Ceres is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 34,534 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Ceres is the 215th largest community in California.

Ceres is a blue-collar town, with 37.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Ceres is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ceres who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.35%), sales jobs (11.79%), and food service (5.05%).

Ceres Information and Demographics

The population of Ceres has a very low overall level of education: only 8.27% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Ceres in 2000 was $14,420, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,680 for a family of four.

Ceres is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ceres home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ceres is White, followed by Asian. Ceres also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.82% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Ceres include German, Irish, English, Portuguese, and Italian.

Ceres also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.00%.

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