# California Senior Housing & Health Data
California has 2,272 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 166,128 elderly units, of which 464 are rural and 947 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 2,272
- Elderly units: 166,128
- HUD Section 202: 600 properties (63,182 units)
- USDA Section 515: 395 properties (19,699 units)
- Rural properties: 464 across 32 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 947 (68,703 units)
- Population 65+: 5,994,486 (est. 1,766,167 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/CA