Westminster is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 87,884 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Westminster is the 73rd largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Westminster is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Westminster is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Westminster who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.05%), sales jobs (11.66%), and management occupations (7.33%).

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

In addition, Westminster is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Westminster Information and Demographics

The citizens of Westminster are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 18.11% of adults in Westminster having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Westminster in 2000 was $18,218, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,872 for a family of four.

Westminster is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Westminster home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Westminster is White, followed by Asian. Westminster also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.43% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Westminster include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Westminster's cultural character, accounting for 42.64% of the city's population.

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