Carson is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 89,549 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Carson is the 71st largest community in California.

Carson is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Carson is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carson who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.48%), sales jobs (9.55%), and management occupations (6.16%).

Carson Information and Demographics

The education level of Carson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.07% of adults in Carson have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Carson in 2000 was $17,107, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,428 for a family of four.

Carson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carson home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Carson, accounting for 34.9% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Carson is African-American, followed by Asian.

In addition, Carson has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.87%).

The languages spoken by people in Carson are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Carson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Tagalog, and Other Pacific Island languages.