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Sacramento, CA
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Sacramento profile


Living in Sacramento



Sacramento is a very large city located in the state of California. With a population of 528,001 people and 194 constituent neighborhoods, Sacramento is the sixth largest community in California.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.57% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Sacramento, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Sacramento is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Sacramento a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Sacramento is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

The education level of Sacramento citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.13% of adults in Sacramento have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sacramento in 2018 was $35,793, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,172 for a family of four. However, Sacramento contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sacramento is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sacramento home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sacramento residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Sacramento also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sacramento include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

Sacramento also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.91%.

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