Demographics of Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County, California had 1,618,460 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +31,691 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Sacramento County, in four figures

1,618,460
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.0%
Change since July 2020: +31,691 people.; 37.5 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $92,175 ±$1,010
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Sacramento County, California's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Sacramento County, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Sacramento County, California's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Sacramento County, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	1,586,769	100.0	100.0
2021	1,588,942	100.1	100.2
2022	1,588,707	100.1	100.7
2023	1,596,637	100.6	101.6
2024	1,609,897	101.5	102.5
2025	1,618,460	102.0	103.1

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Population of Sacramento County, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	1,586,769	+1,742	+1,492	+178	−536
2021	1,588,942	+2,173	+4,049	+2,425	−5,559
2022	1,588,707	−235	+4,147	+11,193	−15,197
2023	1,596,637	+7,930	+4,621	+16,161	−12,749
2024	1,609,897	+13,260	+4,391	+14,962	−5,935
2025	1,618,460	+8,563	+4,381	+7,583	−3,497

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.5 ±0.2: for men 36.3 ±0.2 and for women 38.5 ±0.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Sacramento County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	94,169 ±0	5.9% ±<0.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	270,356 ±2,869	17.0% ±0.2	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	132,077 ±2,142	8.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	471,745 ±2,781	29.6% ±0.2	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	382,289 ±3,035	24.0% ±0.2	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	243,370 ±3,111	15.3% ±0.2	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $92,175 ±$1,010, and income per person $43,324 ±$430, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Sacramento County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	72,567 ±2,304	12.7% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	78,891 ±2,335	13.8% ±0.4	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	81,865 ±2,191	14.3% ±0.4	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	75,392 ±2,440	13.2% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	111,966 ±2,390	19.6% ±0.4	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	65,243 ±1,991	11.4% ±0.3	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	85,133 ±2,193	14.9% ±0.4	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Sacramento County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	196,831 ±6,378	12.5% ±0.4	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	57,409 ±2,542	16.0% ±0.7	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	102,477 ±3,694	11.6% ±0.4	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	36,945 ±1,719	11.1% ±0.5	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Sacramento County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Sacramento County	California	United States
Housing units	598,385 ±452	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.4% ±0.2	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.6% ±0.3	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.0% ±0.6	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	41.0% ±0.6	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$534,200 ±$3,984	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,790 ±$12	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±1	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Sacramento County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	385,590 ±0	24.2% ±<0.1	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	646,578 ±1,473	40.6% ±0.1	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	143,271 ±2,959	9.0% ±0.2	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	279,817 ±2,888	17.6% ±0.2	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	3,912 ±508	0.2% ±<0.1	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	16,929 ±796	1.1% ±<0.1	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	10,782 ±1,284	0.7% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	107,127 ±4,080	6.7% ±0.3	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Sacramento County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	977,995 ±6,355	61.4% ±0.4	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	234,681 ±4,252	14.7% ±0.3	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	26,452 ±1,745	1.7% ±0.1	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	354,878 ±5,315	22.3% ±0.3	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	209,907 ±3,647	13.2% ±0.2	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	144,971 ±4,219	9.1% ±0.3	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Sacramento County among the counties of California

8th of 58 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the California page.

Counties of California near Sacramento County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Orange County	3,149,507	−1.2%
Riverside County	2,544,916	+5.0%
San Bernardino County	2,224,091	+1.9%
Santa Clara County	1,914,391	−0.9%
Alameda County	1,636,630	−2.6%
Sacramento County	1,618,460	+2.0%
Contra Costa County	1,170,070	+0.3%
Fresno County	1,035,456	+2.6%
Kern County	927,068	+2.3%
Ventura County	830,851	−1.5%
San Francisco County	826,079	−5.6%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Counties by population in California
No. 14 Counties by population growth in California
No. 23 Counties by population

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026