Sacramento is a very large city located in the state of California. With a population of 528,001 people and 194 associated neighborhoods, Sacramento is the sixth largest community in California.Unlike some cities, Sacramento isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sacramento are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sacramento is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sacramento who work in office and administrative support (12.26%), management occupations (9.58%), and sales jobs (8.69%). Also of interest is that Sacramento has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.07% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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.
