2024 population: 4,648,486 ( 105,169 from 2020)
Land area: 2470.3 square miles
Population density: 1881.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,621,137	34.87%	9.8%
Black:	316,334	6.81%	6.0%
Indian:	10,154	0.22%	5.6%
Asian:	1,411,183	30.36%	5.9%
2+ races:	193,356	4.16%	1.4%
Hispanic:	1,096,322	23.58%	0.9%

Total non-White:	3,027,349	65.13%	2.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	190,799	10.0
Deaths:	142,706	7.5
Net Migration:	-326,637	-17.2
Net Immigration:	179,409	9.4

Change in White population:	-176,240	-3.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	71,071	1.5

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
4,753,655
1,797,377	37.81%
336,520	7.08%
10,757	0.23%
1,331,966	28.02%
190,730	4.01%
1,086,305	22.85%
2,956,278	62.19%

2010
4,335,391
1,840,372	42.45%
349,895	8.07%
10,657	0.25%
1,024,377	23.63%
157,746	3.64%
938,794	21.65%
2,495,019	57.55%

2000
4,123,740
2,026,022	49.13%
387,490	9.40%
13,150	0.32%
809,577	19.63%
141,425	3.43%
733,249	17.78%
2,097,718	50.87%

1990
3,686,592
2,172,251	58.92%
415,292	11.26%
16,911	0.46%
589,121	15.98%
n/a
493,017	13.37%
1,514,341	41.08%

1980
3,250,630
2,167,888	66.69%
385,265	11.85%
4,499	0.14%
335,689	10.33%
n/a
352,189	10.83%
1,082,742	33.31%

1970
3,109,519
2,271,370	73.05%
291,205	9.36%
10,596	0.34%
150,783	4.85%
n/a
363,893	11.70%
838,149	26.95%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
477,380	11.0
275,208	6.3
-36,864	-0.9
231,599	5.3

-42,995	-1.0
461,259	10.6

Number	Rate
2000's
520,322	12.6
268,980	6.5
-347,375	-8.4
266,519	6.5

-185,650	-4.5
397,301	9.6

Number	Rate
1990's
558,748	15.2
301,681	8.2
-215,858	-5.9
324,186	8.8

-146,229	-4.0
583,377	15.8

Number	Rate
1980's
518,058	15.9
291,790	9.0
233,343	7.2
n/a

4,363	0.1
431,599	13.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-52,363	-1.7
n/a

-103,482	-3.3
244,593	7.9

Age, Family & Household Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, 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
39.8
907,413	19.5%
3,741,073	80.5%
763,576	16.4%

1,723,229
2.67

1,096,129	63.6%
843,909	77.0%
72,222	6.6%
627,100	36.4%

2010
Number	Percent
38.3
920,636	21.2%
3,414,755	78.8%
546,480	12.6%

1,627,360
2.61

1,006,992	61.9%
747,012	74.2%
86,217	8.6%
620,368	38.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.4
927,840	22.5%
3,195,900	77.5%
483,222	11.7%

1,553,014
2.60

967,091	62.3%
737,500	76.3%
84,161	8.7%
585,923	37.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
806,508	21.9%
2,880,084	78.1%
436,536	11.8%

1,424,731
2.52

893,508	62.7%
690,127	77.2%
79,216	8.9%
531,223	37.3%

1980
Number	Percent
32.2
762,838	23.5%
2,487,792	76.5%
360,313	11.1%

1,282,689
2.48

806,920	62.9%
640,836	79.4%
80,509	10.0%
475,769	37.1%

2022 Housing Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	62,601	3.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	48,749	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	33,002	1.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	36,106	2.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	35,945	2.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	33,476	1.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	33,968	2.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	33,787	2.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	35,332	2.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	69,089	4.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	100,417	5.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	165,828	9.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	150,543	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	128,406	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	215,134	12.5%
$200,000 or more	540,846	31.4%

Median Household Income	130,257
Per Capita Income	69,695

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	159

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	87,507	5.1%
Public Assistance	55,141	3.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	147,862	8.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,816,926	74.8%
Unemployed	98,832	4.1%
In Armed Forces	2,666	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,918,424	79.0%
Not in Labor Force	509,171	21.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	949,845	717,785	57.0%
Non-Profit	79,392	137,293	36.6%
Self-Employed	154,433	113,947	57.5%

Local Government	74,825	107,231	41.1%
State Government	37,414	49,139	43.2%
Federal Government	26,232	21,072	55.5%

Total Private + Self	1,104,278	831,732	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	217,863	314,735	40.9%
Total	1,322,141	1,146,467	53.6%

Pct. Govt.	12.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	562,462	22.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	435,858	17.6%
Professional, Technical	776,724	31.4%
Service Occupations	360,869	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,132	0.2%
All others	337,103	13.6%

White Collar		71.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	415,707	16.8%
Health care and social assistance	315,283	12.7%
Retail trade	224,689	9.1%
Educational services	210,714	8.5%
Manufacturing	181,723	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	147,429	6.0%
Construction	136,717	5.5%
Finance and insurance	122,602	5.0%
Transportation and warehousing	115,202	4.7%
Other services	113,359	4.6%
Information	103,173	4.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	101,999	4.1%
Public administration	91,958	3.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	56,291	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	54,711	2.2%
Wholesale trade	48,075	1.9%
Utilities	17,469	0.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	9,816	0.4%
Management	4,594	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,505	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	661,512	14.10%
Puerto Rican	31,983	0.68%
Cuban	9,884	0.21%
Dominican	2,996	0.06%

Total Central American	195,564	4.17%
Costa Rican	2,971	0.06%
Guatemalan	53,108	1.13%
Honduran	10,613	0.23%
Nicaraguan	32,667	0.70%
Panamanian	3,261	0.07%
Salvadoran	91,981	1.96%
Other Central American	963	0.02%

Total South American	59,424	1.27%
Argentinean	6,273	0.13%
Bolivian	1,799	0.04%
Chilean	5,214	0.11%
Colombian	12,459	0.27%
Ecuadorian	3,901	0.08%
Paraguayan	220	0.00%
Peruvian	24,456	0.52%
Uruguayan	1,031	0.02%
Venezuelan	3,472	0.07%
Other South American	599	0.01%

Other Hispanic	70,188	1.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	505,080	10.76%
Filipino	248,547	5.30%
Indian	235,284	5.01%
Vietnamese	66,771	1.42%
Korean	50,986	1.09%
Japanese	38,339	0.82%
Taiwanese	18,323	0.39%
Cambodian	7,983	0.17%
Laotian	6,709	0.14%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,607,424	58.6%
Spanish	690,245	15.5%
Chinese	398,658	9.0%
Other Indo-European	215,623	4.8%
Tagalog	155,541	3.5%
Other Asian	133,845	3.0%
Vietnamese	52,670	1.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	47,710	1.1%
Other	35,971	0.8%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	334,193	7.1%
Irish	323,347	6.9%
English	301,429	6.4%
Italian	205,664	4.4%
American	106,609	2.3%
European	99,613	2.1%
French	80,538	1.7%
Polish	64,543	1.4%
Scottish	64,137	1.4%
Russian	57,761	1.2%
Portuguese	51,471	1.1%
Swedish	45,641	1.0%
Norwegian	44,826	1.0%
British	34,885	0.7%
Dutch	32,882	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,082,335	87.0%
Not a citizen	609,907	13.0%

Native	3,241,422	69.1%
Foreign-born	1,450,820	30.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
198,399	5.8%	154,005	4.5%	516,021	15.1%	772,230	22.6%	1,027,893	30.0%	753,550	22.0%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	198,399	5.8%
9-12 Years	154,005	4.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	516,021	15.1%
Some College	772,230	22.6%
Bach. Degree	1,027,893	30.0%
Grad Degree	753,550	22.0%
Average years of education: 14.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,047,326	3,901,020	146,306	3.6%
1991	4,025,856	3,820,216	205,640	5.1%
1992	4,043,632	3,789,204	254,428	6.3%
1993	4,049,786	3,791,688	258,098	6.4%
1994	4,065,386	3,825,038	240,348	5.9%
1995	4,041,260	3,822,614	218,646	5.4%
1996	4,063,510	3,874,666	188,844	4.6%
1997	4,172,220	4,008,246	163,974	3.9%
1998	4,242,946	4,093,802	149,144	3.5%
1999	4,303,724	4,176,732	126,992	3.0%

2000	4,563,208	4,411,070	152,138	3.3%
2001	4,566,974	4,363,012	203,962	4.5%
2002	4,484,732	4,202,608	282,124	6.3%
2003	4,379,162	4,097,548	281,614	6.4%
2004	4,315,980	4,078,756	237,224	5.5%
2005	4,294,466	4,088,818	205,648	4.8%
2006	4,316,102	4,136,380	179,722	4.2%
2007	4,393,298	4,202,306	190,992	4.3%
2008	4,485,550	4,228,646	256,904	5.7%
2009	4,522,344	4,080,568	441,776	9.8%

2010	4,640,088	4,170,298	469,790	10.1%
2011	4,680,408	4,246,976	433,432	9.3%
2012	4,772,814	4,394,024	378,790	7.9%
2013	4,808,632	4,494,234	314,398	6.5%
2014	4,872,850	4,615,586	257,264	5.3%
2015	4,955,900	4,743,084	212,816	4.3%
2016	5,043,576	4,849,464	194,112	3.8%
2017	5,090,614	4,919,678	170,936	3.4%
2018	5,118,240	4,975,952	142,288	2.8%
2019	5,150,448	5,013,338	137,110	2.7%

2020	4,950,266	4,547,564	402,702	8.1%
2021	4,936,888	4,660,924	275,964	5.6%
2022	5,069,418	4,918,062	151,356	3.0%
2023	5,034,898	4,849,494	185,404	3.7%
2024	5,003,380	4,793,854	209,526	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,851,003
Median Value	$1,113,265

Occupied	1,723,229	93.1%
Vacant	127,774	6.9%

Owned	954,768	55.4%
Rented	768,461	44.6%
Median Rent	$2,353

Single-Family Units	1,082,907	58.5%
Detached	909,888	49.2%
Attached	173,019	9.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	545,513	29.5%
Mobile Homes	18,419	1.0%

San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area