Sanger is a somewhat small city located in the state of California. With a population of 18,941 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Sanger is the 323rd largest community in California.

Sanger is a blue-collar town, with 43.9% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Sanger is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Sanger who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.77%), sales jobs (7.25%), and teaching (5.35%).

Another important characteristic of Sanger is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Being a small city, Sanger does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Sanger Information and Demographics

The citizens of Sanger have a very low rate of college education: just 8.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Sanger in 2000 was $11,625, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $46,500 for a family of four.

Sanger is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sanger home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Sanger, accounting for 81.32% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Sanger is Native American, followed by Asian. The main ancestry of people in Sanger is German.

In addition, Sanger has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (31.60%).

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