El Segundo is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 15,970 people and two constituent neighborhoods, El Segundo is the 347th largest community in California.

El Segundo is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.66% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, El Segundo is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in El Segundo who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.38%), management occupations (13.87%), and sales jobs (9.41%).

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

El Segundo, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, El Segundo is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of El Segundo 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.

El Segundo Information and Demographics

The population of El Segundo is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 40.83% of adults in El Segundo have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in El Segundo in 2000 was $33,996, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,984 for a family of four. However, El Segundo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

El Segundo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call El Segundo home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in El Segundo is White, followed by Asian. El Segundo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.34% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in El Segundo include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scottish, European, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

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