Sacramento is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Sacramento is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.
The education level of Sacramento citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.84% of adults in Sacramento have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sacramento in 2018 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Sacramento's cultural character, accounting for 21.31% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Sacramento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
