Richmond is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 99,716 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Richmond is the 58th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Richmond is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Richmond is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Richmond who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.87%), sales jobs (9.54%), and management occupations (7.58%).

Also of interest is that Richmond has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Richmond are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Richmond, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.27 minutes every day commuting to work.

Richmond Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Richmond who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.37% of adults in Richmond have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Richmond in 2000 was $19,788, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,152 for a family of four.

Richmond is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Richmond home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Richmond is African-American, followed by White. Richmond also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.85% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Richmond include German, Irish, and English.

Richmond also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.82%.

The most common language spoken in Richmond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.