West Sacramento is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 31,604 people and six constituent neighborhoods, West Sacramento is the 230th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, West Sacramento isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in West Sacramento are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Sacramento is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in West Sacramento who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.63%), sales jobs (8.89%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.02%).

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

One of the nice things about West Sacramento is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

West Sacramento Information and Demographics

The citizens of West Sacramento have a very low rate of college education: just 9.82% 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 West Sacramento in 2000 was $15,245, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,980 for a family of four.

West Sacramento is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Sacramento home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in West Sacramento is White, followed by Asian. West Sacramento also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.76% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in West Sacramento include Russian, German, Irish, English, and Italian.

West Sacramento also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.07%.

The most common language spoken in West Sacramento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.