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Sacramento County

California · 1,618,460 residents (2025 est.) · 965 sq mi
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With 1,594,006 people, Sacramento County is a county in California. Few US counties rank higher on income. Growth has run 30% since 2000, or 370,507 more people. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $534,200. The foreign-born share is 22%. Density works out to 1,651 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $92,175, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 108%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Sacramento County

What changed most since 1990

  • White share69.4% → 40.6% (−28.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Asian share9.0% → 17.6% (+8.6 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts

Among the 58 counties in California

  • 24th in household income$92,175
  • 21st in share with a bachelor's degree34.1%
  • 26th in home value$534,200
  • 4th in diversity score91.3
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
1,594,006
+30%since 2000
from 1,223,499 in 2000
1,618,460 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,651 / sq mi
+30%since 2000
from 1,268 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
37.5
+11%since 2000
from 33.8 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
965 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
986K1.2M1.3M1.5M1.6M19902000201020202024Sacramento County
20241.6M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.9%(94,169)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.1%(97,553)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.8%(108,629)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.4%(101,356)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246%(94,895)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3415.2%(241,628)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.4%(230,117)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.2%(193,673)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.8%(188,616)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.1%(145,543)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 844.3%(68,813)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.8%(29,014)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$92,175
+15%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $43,816 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$43,324
+105%since 2000
from $21,142 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
59.1%
+22.8 ptssince 2009
from 36.4% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
12.5%
−1.6 ptssince 2000
from 14.1% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.444
+3%since 2010
from 0.431 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10.2%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade7.3%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance6.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Other services5.8%
US avg: 6.7%
Retail trade5.7%
US avg: 9.9%
Professional, scientific, technical5.7%
US avg: 5.1%
Public administration4%
US avg: 4.8%
Transportation & warehousing2%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.3%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services1.2%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.9%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.8%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$534,200
+108%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $141,100 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,790
+49%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $659 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
59.0%
+0.9 ptssince 2000
from 58.2% in 2000
41.0% rent
Vacancy rate
4.6%
−3.1 ptssince 2009
from 7.7% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.75 people
+3%since 2009
from 2.67 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
27.2%
−13.3 ptssince 2009
from 40.5% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
53.3%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 52.8% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
5.8
−5%since 2009
from 6.1 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
59
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic57.8%(706,655)
Black9.7%(118,073)
Hispanic / Latino16%(195,890)
Asian10.8%(132,601)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic40.6%(646,578)
Black9%(143,271)
Hispanic / Latino24.2%(385,590)
Asian17.6%(279,817)
Other8.7%(138,750)
Diversity Score
91
+11%since 2009
from 82 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
38
Unchangedsince 2020
from 38 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican19.3%(308,431)
Central American1.7%(26,883)
Puerto Rican0.7%(11,570)
Salvadoran0.7%(11,538)
South American0.6%(10,193)
Spaniard0.5%(8,303)
Guatemalan0.5%(7,690)
Nicaraguan0.2%(3,709)
Peruvian0.2%(3,375)
Colombian0.2%(2,603)
Cuban0.1%(2,367)
Honduran0.1%(1,997)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Panamanian0.1%(1,174)
Argentine0.1%(1,070)
Venezuelan0.1%(914)
Chilean0%(793)
Dominican0%(697)
Ecuadorian0%(681)
Bolivian0%(504)
Uruguayan0%(173)
Asian origin
Filipino3.1%(49,957)
Chinese3%(47,589)
Asian Indian2.7%(42,295)
Hmong2.2%(34,570)
Vietnamese2.1%(33,295)
Kazakh1.1%(18,225)
Japanese0.6%(9,348)
Pakistani0.4%(6,466)
Korean0.4%(6,178)
Mien0.4%(5,762)
Laotian0.3%(5,109)
Cambodian0.3%(4,140)
+ 11 more asian origin groups with data
Taiwanese0.1%(1,430)
Nepalese0.1%(1,217)
Thai0.1%(888)
Indonesian0%(451)
Sri Lankan0%(380)
Burmese0%(283)
Mongolian0%(139)
Malaysian0%(104)
Pacific Islander origin
Fijian0.7%(11,465)
Native Hawaiian0.3%(4,854)
Samoan0.2%(2,623)
Tongan0.2%(2,499)
Chamorro0.1%(2,078)
Marshallese0.1%(1,924)
Guamanian0%(499)
Ancestry
German8.2%(131,012)
English7.9%(126,301)
Irish6.8%(108,971)
Italian3.7%(59,367)
American2.4%(38,220)
Ukrainian1.5%(23,805)
French1.4%(23,113)
Scottish1.4%(22,168)
Russian1.3%(19,949)
Subsaharan African1.2%(19,128)
Portuguese1.2%(18,742)
Norwegian1.1%(17,816)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Polish1.1%(16,762)
Swedish0.9%(14,548)
Arab0.8%(12,827)
Dutch0.7%(11,001)
Scotch-Irish0.6%(10,142)
Danish0.5%(7,236)
Romanian0.4%(6,987)
Welsh0.4%(6,654)
British0.4%(6,499)
Armenian0.4%(5,820)
Iranian0.4%(5,794)
Swiss0.3%(5,424)
Greek0.3%(5,080)
Nigerian0.2%(3,804)
West Indian0.2%(3,220)
French Canadian0.2%(3,207)
Hungarian0.2%(3,074)
Czech0.2%(2,779)
Finnish0.2%(2,423)
Egyptian0.1%(2,362)
Ethiopian0.1%(2,361)
Lebanese0.1%(2,044)
Austrian0.1%(2,002)
Croatian0.1%(1,953)
Canadian0.1%(1,808)
Jamaican0.1%(1,752)
Palestinian0.1%(1,584)
Brazilian0.1%(1,406)
Lithuanian0.1%(1,319)
Iraqi0.1%(1,211)
Slovak0.1%(935)
Jordanian0.1%(900)
Turkish0.1%(896)
Bulgarian0.1%(847)
Latvian0%(677)
Kenyan0%(586)
Serbian0%(569)
Israeli0%(566)
Belgian0%(533)
Syrian0%(524)
Australian0%(463)
Haitian0%(415)
Ghanaian0%(356)
Slovene0%(258)
Moroccan0%(250)
Barbadian0%(158)
Macedonian0%(101)
Guyanese0%(77)
Somali0%(76)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
34.1%
+9.3 ptssince 2000
from 24.8% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
88.3%
+5.0 ptssince 2000
from 83.3% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
12.4%
+4.3 ptssince 2000
from 8.1% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.3 min
+68%since 2000
from 16.3 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
66.0%
−9.2 ptssince 2009
from 75.3% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
9.4%
−3.7 ptssince 2009
from 13.1% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
1.3%
−1.6 ptssince 2009
from 3.0% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
19.1%
+14.7 ptssince 2009
from 4.4% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.7%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 2.1% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.7%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 1.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
6.6%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 7.1% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
6.7%
−5.0 ptssince 2011
from 11.7% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
63.6%
−1.2 ptssince 2011
from 64.8% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
74.1%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 72.3% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
18.3%
+0.5 ptssince 2009
from 17.8% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
42.6%
+5.7 ptssince 2009
from 36.9% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 49.1% in 2009
Female
50.8%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 50.9% in 2009
Foreign born
22.3%
+2.9 ptssince 2009
from 19.4% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
5.5%
−4.8 ptssince 2009
from 10.3% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
13.1%
+0.2 ptssince 2012
from 12.9% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
4.9%
−9.7 ptssince 2013
from 14.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
94.0%
+11.2 ptssince 2017
from 82.8% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.1%
+1.9 ptssince 2020
from 95.2% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
88.4%
+3.0 ptssince 2020
from 85.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
66.3%
−2.0 ptssince 2016
from 68.3% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
13.2%
−0.1 ptssince 2016
from 13.3% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married39.7%(250,458)
Married49.7%(313,299)
Widowed2.2%(14,138)
Divorced8.4%(52,986)
Women 15+
Never married33.6%(222,731)
Married46.6%(308,867)
Widowed7.4%(49,298)
Divorced12.4%(81,878)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
4.9%
−9.7 ptssince 2013
from 14.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
57.3%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 56.8% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
10.8%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 10.6% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
16.3%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 15.7% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
28.6%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 28.2% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.9%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 1.9% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
66.2%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 66.0% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
41.3%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 40.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.6%(16,513)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.7%(13,929)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.3%(23,744)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.1%(4,098)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(660)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 67,205 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Sacramento County, decade by decade

Sacramento County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
19901,041,219$77,515$309,60923.0%61.1
20001,223,499$79,818$257,03624.8%77.1
20101,418,788$81,191$466,38527.8%85.8
20201,585,055$85,672$452,09131.4%91.5
20241,594,006$92,175$534,20034.1%91.3

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Sacramento County, California?

Sacramento County, California has about 1,594,006 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Sacramento County, California?

The typical household in Sacramento County, California earns about $92,175 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Sacramento County, California expensive?

In Sacramento County, California, the median home is worth about $534,200, and the typical rent is about $1,790 a month.

How educated are people in Sacramento County, California?

About 34.1% of adults age 25 and over in Sacramento County, California hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Sacramento County, California?

About 12.5% of people in Sacramento County, California live below the federal poverty line.

Has Sacramento County, California grown since 1990?

Yes, Sacramento County, California has grown since 1990. The population has added about 552,787 residents, a change of about 53 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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