Barstow is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 25,231 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Barstow is the 282nd largest community in California.

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

The rate of college-level education in Barstow is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.42% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Barstow in 2018 was $24,761, which is low income relative to California, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,044 for a family of four. However, Barstow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Barstow is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Barstow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Barstow, accounting for 51.58% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Barstow residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Barstow include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Norwegian.

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