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San Diego, CA

1,423,852 Population
325.9 square miles 4,369.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$43,249 ±$1,004 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $40,389 ±$608
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$85,507 ±$2,111 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $83,985 ±$1,908
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

11% ±0.9% (153,361  ±12,004) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 333,862 (±0.6% / ±18,677)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

25.5 minutes ±0.5 (17,570,810  ±441,624) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 27.2 42,034,850 (±0.3 / ±621,601)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

512,530 ±7,052 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,132,434 ±6,683
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.7 ±0 (1,387,100  ±4,657) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.9 3,249,133 (±0 / ±4,426)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

4.6% ±0.6% (17,330  ±2,231) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 39,102 (±0.5% / ±3,788)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

556,735 ±6,671 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,233,923 ±1,533
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$658,400 ±$9,770 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $619,300 ±$5,240
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

14.4% ±0.8% (202,359  ±11,515.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 13.2% 434,219 (±0.6% / ±18,820.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

89.5% ±1.5% (886,031  ±16,992.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 88.1% 2,014,997 (±1.1% / ±24,689.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
47.4% ±1.2% (468,962  ±12,105.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 39.9% 912,647 (±0.7% / ±15,519.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

39% ±1.3% (523,964  ±17,792.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 36.7% 1,150,415 (±0.6% / ±19,549)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 44.5% 16,517,804 (±0.2% / ±76,842.9)

25.2% ±0.8% (358,437  ±11,927) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 22.8% 761,933 (±0.5% / ±15,924)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

7% ±0.4% (78,228  ±4,954) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7.9% 201,867 (±0.3% / ±7,618)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
78,228 Total veterans ±4,954 70,109 Male ±4,655 8,119 Female ±1,476

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