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 citizens of Sacramento are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.84% of adults in Sacramento have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sacramento in 2022 was $39,336, 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 $157,344 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 29.37% 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: 21.31%.
The most common language spoken in Sacramento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
