Pomona is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 149,644 people and 22 constituent neighborhoods, Pomona is the 26th largest community in California.

Pomona is a blue-collar town, with 36.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Pomona is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pomona who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.04%), sales jobs (9.52%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.45%).

One downside of living in Pomona, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.88 minutes every day commuting to work.

Pomona Information and Demographics

The citizens of Pomona are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.79% of adults in Pomona have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pomona in 2000 was $13,336, which is lower middle income relative to California, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $53,344 for a family of four.

Pomona is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pomona home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Pomona, accounting for 64.5% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Pomona is African-American, followed by Asian. The main ancestry of people in Pomona is German.

Pomona also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.68%.

The most common language spoken in Pomona is Spanish. Some people also speak English.