Demographics of Richmond city, California

Richmond city, California had 114,861 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,247 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Richmond city, in four figures

114,861
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 115,505 ±89.; −1.1%
Change since July 2020: −1,247 people.; 37.9 ±0.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $95,391 ±$4,367
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.

Richmond city, California's population shrank 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Richmond 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

Richmond city, California's population shrank 1.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Richmond 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	116,108	100.0	100.0
2021	115,790	99.7	100.2
2022	115,215	99.2	100.7
2023	114,762	98.8	101.6
2024	115,080	99.1	102.5
2025	114,861	98.9	103.1

Population of Richmond city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	116,108	—
2021	115,790	−318
2022	115,215	−575
2023	114,762	−453
2024	115,080	+318
2025	114,861	−219

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.9 ±0.9: for men 36.4 ±0.8 and for women 39.4 ±1.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Richmond city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	5,553 ±778	4.8% ±0.7	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	18,450 ±1,228	16.0% ±1.1	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	10,937 ±968	9.5% ±0.8	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	34,390 ±1,492	29.8% ±1.3	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	29,406 ±1,404	25.5% ±1.2	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	16,769 ±1,069	14.5% ±0.9	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $95,391 ±$4,367, and income per person $43,743 ±$1,697, 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 Richmond city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	5,176 ±677	12.7% ±1.6	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	6,071 ±803	14.9% ±1.9	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	5,382 ±649	13.2% ±1.5	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	4,761 ±675	11.7% ±1.6	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	7,632 ±789	18.7% ±1.9	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	5,522 ±627	13.5% ±1.5	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	6,262 ±505	15.3% ±1.2	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 Richmond city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	15,507 ±1,898	13.5% ±1.7	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	5,243 ±755	22.2% ±2.9	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,670 ±1,005	11.4% ±1.5	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,594 ±435	11.0% ±1.7	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Richmond city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Richmond city	California	United States
Housing units	42,509 ±1,093	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.0% ±0.9	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.0% ±1.0	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	54.7% ±1.8	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	45.3% ±2.3	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$668,200 ±$11,793	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,960 ±$90	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1966 ±2	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 Richmond city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	52,516 ±2,356	45.5% ±2.0	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	20,899 ±1,664	18.1% ±1.4	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	18,583 ±1,640	16.1% ±1.4	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	15,717 ±1,574	13.6% ±1.4	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	27 to 249	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	159 to 849	0.1% to 0.7%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	1,064 ±467	0.9% ±0.4	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	6,084 ±990	5.3% ±0.9	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 Richmond city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	57,509 ±1,751	49.8% ±1.5	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	15,552 ±1,145	13.5% ±1.0	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2,622 ±794	2.3% ±0.7	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	39,822 ±1,871	34.5% ±1.6	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	18,408 ±1,363	15.9% ±1.2	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	21,414 ±1,981	18.5% ±1.7	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Richmond city among the places of California

54th 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 Richmond city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Vallejo city	124,268 ±96
Concord city	124,035 ±92
Fairfield city	120,785 ±65
Berkeley city	120,257 ±59
Antioch city	116,477 ±144
Richmond city	115,505 ±89
Carlsbad city	114,373 ±104
Murrieta city	112,064 ±62
East Los Angeles CDP	111,647 ±3,509
Temecula city	111,167 ±65
Downey city	110,939 ±44

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Richmond city, California

Rankings this appears in

No. 76 Places in California by poverty rate
No. 78 Places in California by foreign-born share
No. 195 Places in California by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 214 Places in California by median rent
No. 231 Places in California by median age
No. 231 Places in California by median household income

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