Demographics of Cerritos city, California

Cerritos city, California had 46,367 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −3,022 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Cerritos city, in four figures

46,367
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 47,867 ±53.; −6.1%
Change since July 2020: −3,022 people.; 47.7 ±1.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $135,439 ±$5,063
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Cerritos city, California's population shrank 6.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Cerritos city, 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

Cerritos city, California's population shrank 6.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Cerritos city, 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	49,389	100.0	100.0
2021	48,327	97.8	100.2
2022	47,594	96.4	100.7
2023	47,119	95.4	101.6
2024	46,825	94.8	102.5
2025	46,367	93.9	103.1

Population of Cerritos city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	49,389	—
2021	48,327	−1,062
2022	47,594	−733
2023	47,119	−475
2024	46,825	−294
2025	46,367	−458

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.7 ±1.4: for men 45.9 ±1.8 and for women 49.0 ±1.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Cerritos city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	1,908 ±346	4.0% ±0.7	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	7,258 ±615	15.2% ±1.3	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,975 ±425	6.2% ±0.9	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	10,231 ±710	21.4% ±1.5	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	12,808 ±722	26.8% ±1.5	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	12,687 ±800	26.5% ±1.7	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $135,439 ±$5,063, and income per person $57,886 ±$3,176, 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 Cerritos city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	1,110 ±250	6.9% ±1.5	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,413 ±268	8.8% ±1.6	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,279 ±221	8.0% ±1.4	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,743 ±270	10.8% ±1.6	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,270 ±412	20.4% ±2.5	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	2,400 ±296	14.9% ±1.8	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4,850 ±429	30.2% ±2.5	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 Cerritos city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	2,509 ±629	5.3% ±1.3	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	324 ±156	3.6% ±1.7	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,257 ±420	5.5% ±1.8	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	928 ±262	5.9% ±1.6	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Cerritos city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cerritos city	California	United States
Housing units	16,343 ±494	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	98.3% ±0.5	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	1.7% ±0.7	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	75.9% ±2.4	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	24.1% ±2.9	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$935,300 ±$15,183	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,930 ±$161	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1974 ±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 Cerritos city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	7,659 ±775	16.0% ±1.6	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,598 ±665	11.7% ±1.4	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,746 ±768	5.7% ±1.6	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	29,516 ±1,120	61.7% ±2.3	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 86	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	29 to 297	0.1% to 0.6%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	41 to 359	0.1% to 0.7%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,943 ±459	4.1% ±1.0	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

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 Cerritos city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	22,232 ±878	46.4% ±1.8	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,810 ±449	8.0% ±0.9	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	732 ±236	1.5% ±0.5	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	21,093 ±841	44.1% ±1.8	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	16,824 ±852	35.1% ±1.8	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,269 ±550	8.9% ±1.1	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Cerritos city among the places of California

196th of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Cerritos city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Azusa city	49,031 ±47
Poway city	48,713 ±102
San Luis Obispo city	48,491 ±43
Antelope CDP	48,301 ±2,408
North Highlands CDP	47,957 ±2,791
Cerritos city	47,867 ±53
Los Banos city	47,593 ±35
Brea city	47,469 ±55
La Mirada city	47,180 ±101
Rancho Santa Margarita city	46,990 ±61
Newark city	46,903 ±42

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Cerritos city, California

Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Places in California by median rent
No. 18 Places by median rent
No. 18 Places in California by foreign-born share
No. 26 Places in California by median age
No. 61 Places by foreign-born share
No. 71 Places in California by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — 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 — incorporated places and New England towns 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