2024 population: 3,298,799 ( 152 from 2020)
Land area: 4210.2 square miles
Population density: 783.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,399,074	42.41%	5.2%
Black:	152,959	4.64%	1.8%
Indian:	13,415	0.41%	3.9%
Asian:	445,638	13.51%	7.0%
2+ races:	124,988	3.79%	6.1%
Hispanic:	1,162,725	35.25%	3.9%

Total non-White:	1,899,725	57.59%	4.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	156,252	11.8
Deaths:	105,924	8.0
Net Migration:	-112,332	-8.5
Net Immigration:	63,551	4.8

Change in White population:	-76,158	-2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	76,310	2.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,298,647
1,475,232	44.72%
155,735	4.72%
13,955	0.42%
416,456	12.63%
117,828	3.57%
1,119,441	33.94%
1,823,415	55.28%

2010
3,095,313
1,500,047	48.46%
146,600	4.74%
14,098	0.46%
341,562	11.03%
94,943	3.07%
991,348	32.03%
1,595,266	51.54%

2000
2,813,833
1,548,833	55.04%
154,487	5.49%
15,253	0.54%
257,461	9.15%
81,012	2.88%
750,965	26.69%
1,265,000	44.96%

1990
2,498,016
1,639,845	65.65%
150,670	6.03%
17,155	0.69%
191,768	7.68%
n/a
498,578	19.96%
858,171	34.35%

1980
1,861,846
1,381,595	74.21%
102,236	5.49%
4,409	0.24%
95,090	5.11%
n/a
274,530	14.75%
480,251	25.79%

1970
1,357,854
1,089,921	80.27%
54,007	3.98%
5,120	0.38%
23,879	1.76%
n/a
174,209	12.83%
267,933	19.73%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
398,611	12.9
193,678	6.3
-66,277	-2.1
107,098	3.5

-24,815	-0.8
228,149	7.4

Number	Rate
2000's
423,374	15.0
181,546	6.5
-126,860	-4.5
103,448	3.7

-48,786	-1.7
330,266	11.7

Number	Rate
1990's
464,832	18.6
182,971	7.3
-137,655	-5.5
179,326	7.2

-91,012	-3.6
406,829	16.3

Number	Rate
1980's
381,047	20.5
151,302	8.1
419,356	22.5
n/a

258,250	13.9
377,920	20.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
359,385	26.5
n/a

291,674	21.5
212,318	15.6

Age, Family & Household Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.7
697,372	21.1%
2,601,427	78.9%
481,993	14.6%

1,149,157
2.78

767,463	66.8%
575,880	75.0%
60,431	7.9%
381,694	33.2%

2010
Number	Percent
34.6
724,168	23.4%
2,371,145	76.6%
351,425	11.4%

1,086,865
2.75

720,480	66.3%
531,925	73.8%
68,123	9.5%
366,385	33.7%

2000
Number	Percent
33.4
720,751	25.6%
2,093,082	74.4%
313,702	11.1%

995,492
2.73

669,102	67.2%
510,831	76.3%
67,682	10.1%
326,390	32.8%

1990
Number	Percent
31.1
611,066	24.5%
1,886,950	75.5%
272,348	10.9%

887,719
2.69

605,144	68.2%
478,178	79.0%
56,470	9.3%
282,575	31.8%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
475,235	25.5%
1,386,611	74.5%
190,850	10.3%

670,634
2.62

461,788	68.9%
377,775	81.8%
45,212	9.8%
208,846	31.1%

2022 Housing Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	45,215	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	29,721	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	27,463	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	31,896	2.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	32,695	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	31,105	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	29,550	2.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	32,186	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	31,215	2.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	65,296	5.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	93,830	8.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	139,423	12.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	122,485	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	98,307	8.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	135,006	11.7%
$200,000 or more	203,764	17.7%

Median Household Income	96,974
Per Capita Income	46,957

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	134

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	55,952	4.9%
Public Assistance	35,479	3.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	113,739	9.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	974,359	68.3%
Unemployed	61,974	4.3%
In Armed Forces	64,638	4.5%

Total Labor Force	1,100,971	77.2%
Not in Labor Force	324,985	22.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	589,583	455,141	56.4%
Non-Profit	45,608	77,990	36.9%
Self-Employed	107,167	73,025	59.5%

Local Government	41,634	65,542	38.8%
State Government	25,017	31,785	44.0%
Federal Government	38,713	20,946	64.9%

Total Private + Self	696,750	528,166	56.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	150,972	196,263	43.5%
Total	847,722	724,429	53.9%

Pct. Govt.	14.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	288,348	18.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	309,226	19.6%
Professional, Technical	426,119	27.1%
Service Occupations	282,680	17.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,894	0.4%
All others	268,452	17.0%

White Collar		65.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	200,510	12.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	181,213	11.5%
Retail trade	160,886	10.2%
Manufacturing	153,879	9.8%
Educational services	136,301	8.7%
Accommodation and food services	123,612	7.8%
Construction	102,392	6.5%
Other services	78,009	5.0%
Public administration	77,832	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	71,607	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	59,213	3.8%
Finance and insurance	58,453	3.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	42,702	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	38,393	2.4%
Wholesale trade	32,467	2.1%
Information	31,362	2.0%
Utilities	11,963	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	10,139	0.6%
Management	3,321	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	571	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	983,086	29.88%
Puerto Rican	27,674	0.84%
Cuban	8,024	0.24%
Dominican	3,797	0.12%

Total Central American	34,329	1.04%
Costa Rican	1,646	0.05%
Guatemalan	13,617	0.41%
Honduran	2,619	0.08%
Nicaraguan	2,844	0.09%
Panamanian	3,300	0.10%
Salvadoran	9,634	0.29%
Other Central American	669	0.02%

Total South American	30,451	0.93%
Argentinean	3,251	0.10%
Bolivian	839	0.03%
Chilean	3,914	0.12%
Colombian	8,981	0.27%
Ecuadorian	3,097	0.09%
Paraguayan	88	0.00%
Peruvian	7,168	0.22%
Uruguayan	565	0.02%
Venezuelan	2,282	0.07%
Other South American	266	0.01%

Other Hispanic	47,286	1.44%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	153,691	4.67%
Chinese	61,476	1.87%
Vietnamese	48,314	1.47%
Indian	44,904	1.36%
Korean	22,444	0.68%
Japanese	16,532	0.50%
Laotian	7,460	0.23%
Cambodian	5,910	0.18%
Taiwanese	5,393	0.16%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,964,368	63.4%
Spanish	739,114	23.9%
Tagalog	86,108	2.8%
Other Indo-European	59,967	1.9%
Chinese	49,727	1.6%
Other Asian	48,502	1.6%
Vietnamese	37,906	1.2%
Arabic	27,720	0.9%
Other	26,467	0.9%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	291,097	8.8%
Irish	244,588	7.4%
English	233,947	7.1%
Italian	131,813	4.0%
American	85,591	2.6%
European	68,160	2.1%
French	58,916	1.8%
Polish	54,526	1.7%
Scottish	47,870	1.5%
Swedish	39,140	1.2%
Norwegian	36,662	1.1%
Russian	28,728	0.9%
Dutch	26,938	0.8%
British	21,007	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	19,165	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,981,856	90.6%
Not a citizen	307,845	9.4%

Native	2,546,746	77.4%
Foreign-born	742,955	22.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
136,101	6.0%	118,736	5.3%	409,287	18.1%	666,815	29.5%	564,011	25.0%	362,670	16.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	136,101	6.0%
9-12 Years	118,736	5.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	409,287	18.1%
Some College	666,815	29.5%
Bach. Degree	564,011	25.0%
Grad Degree	362,670	16.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,429,508	2,317,494	112,014	4.6%
1991	2,419,624	2,265,904	153,720	6.4%
1992	2,426,208	2,249,280	176,928	7.3%
1993	2,436,134	2,245,056	191,078	7.8%
1994	2,453,658	2,278,034	175,624	7.2%
1995	2,450,668	2,295,470	155,198	6.3%
1996	2,467,124	2,333,340	133,784	5.4%
1997	2,550,556	2,440,836	109,720	4.3%
1998	2,628,366	2,535,572	92,794	3.5%
1999	2,707,630	2,622,894	84,736	3.1%

2000	2,750,446	2,644,238	106,208	3.9%
2001	2,811,822	2,693,456	118,366	4.2%
2002	2,884,650	2,735,084	149,566	5.2%
2003	2,914,462	2,761,416	153,046	5.3%
2004	2,956,264	2,816,502	139,762	4.7%
2005	2,980,142	2,852,190	127,952	4.3%
2006	2,997,088	2,878,412	118,676	4.0%
2007	3,035,006	2,898,330	136,676	4.5%
2008	3,093,234	2,906,088	187,146	6.1%
2009	3,122,324	2,816,356	305,968	9.8%

2010	3,031,724	2,697,666	334,058	11.0%
2011	3,043,490	2,723,730	319,760	10.5%
2012	3,073,850	2,788,548	285,302	9.3%
2013	3,075,288	2,831,250	244,038	7.9%
2014	3,075,024	2,874,796	200,228	6.5%
2015	3,097,588	2,935,372	162,216	5.2%
2016	3,126,492	2,978,286	148,206	4.7%
2017	3,143,704	3,016,424	127,280	4.0%
2018	3,159,468	3,052,682	106,786	3.4%
2019	3,160,118	3,056,564	103,554	3.3%

2020	3,076,722	2,793,094	283,628	9.2%
2021	3,095,656	2,895,078	200,578	6.5%
2022	3,179,102	3,069,604	109,498	3.4%
2023	3,192,864	3,068,834	124,030	3.9%
2024	3,296,972	3,154,632	142,340	4.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,230,349
Median Value	$725,200

Occupied	1,149,157	93.4%
Vacant	81,192	6.6%

Owned	623,317	54.2%
Rented	525,840	45.8%
Median Rent	$2,011

Single-Family Units	743,665	60.4%
Detached	619,561	50.4%
Attached	124,104	10.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	362,024	29.4%
Mobile Homes	42,373	3.4%

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area