2024 population: 485,375 ( 3,487 from 2020)
Land area: 1575.6 square miles
Population density: 308.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	282,292	58.16%	5.7%
Black:	8,284	1.71%	6.3%
Indian:	3,231	0.67%	4.4%
Asian:	25,707	5.30%	14.1%
2+ races:	15,323	3.16%	5.3%
Hispanic:	150,538	31.01%	6.5%

Total non-White:	203,083	41.84%	7.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	18,670	9.5
Deaths:	19,181	9.8
Net Migration:	-8,619	-4.4
Net Immigration:	5,847	3.0

Change in White population:	-16,993	-3.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,506	2.8

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
488,862
299,285	61.22%
7,790	1.59%
3,381	0.69%
22,534	4.61%
14,551	2.98%
141,321	28.91%
189,577	38.78%

2010
483,878
320,027	66.14%
6,769	1.40%
3,584	0.74%
19,211	3.97%
12,944	2.68%
120,430	24.89%
163,851	33.86%

2000
458,614
341,686	74.50%
6,116	1.33%
3,477	0.76%
14,614	3.19%
12,289	2.68%
79,511	17.34%
116,928	25.50%

1990
388,222
328,610	84.64%
5,156	1.33%
3,891	1.00%
11,028	2.84%
n/a
39,537	10.18%
59,612	15.36%

1980
299,681
267,112	89.13%
3,356	1.12%
2,791	0.93%
5,111	1.71%
n/a
20,775	6.93%
32,569	10.87%

1970
204,885
183,138	89.39%
1,951	0.95%
1,502	0.73%
1,693	0.83%
n/a
15,200	7.42%
21,747	10.61%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
45,881	9.5
37,644	7.8
-709	-0.1
3,206	0.7

-20,742	-4.3
25,726	5.3

Number	Rate
2000's
53,617	11.7
34,996	7.6
-19,442	-4.2
16,712	3.6

-21,659	-4.7
46,923	10.2

Number	Rate
1990's
56,133	14.5
35,669	9.2
20,325	5.2
14,766	3.8

13,076	3.4
57,316	14.8

Number	Rate
1980's
51,436	17.2
30,339	10.1
68,835	23.0
n/a

61,498	20.5
27,043	9.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
81,255	39.7
n/a

83,974	41.0
10,822	5.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, 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
42.7
94,082	19.4%
391,293	80.6%
100,577	20.7%

189,653
2.52

120,088	63.3%
91,378	76.1%
9,127	7.6%
69,565	36.7%

2010
Number	Percent
39.9
106,471	22.0%
377,407	78.0%
67,364	13.9%

185,825
2.55

117,114	63.0%
87,539	74.7%
10,551	9.0%
68,711	37.0%

2000
Number	Percent
37.5
111,447	24.3%
347,167	75.7%
57,518	12.5%

172,690
2.59

113,645	65.8%
88,692	78.0%
10,261	9.0%
59,045	34.2%

1990
Number	Percent
34.8
95,447	24.6%
292,775	75.4%
52,348	13.5%

149,382
2.55

100,859	67.5%
81,864	81.2%
8,270	8.2%
48,523	32.5%

1980
Number	Percent
31.8
78,382	26.2%
221,299	73.8%
40,349	13.5%

115,008
2.55

80,209	69.7%
66,649	83.1%
7,084	8.8%
34,799	30.3%

2022 Housing Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,982	3.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,582	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,644	1.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,678	2.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,636	2.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,048	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,372	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,013	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,943	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,020	5.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,673	8.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	23,819	12.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	20,217	10.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	16,037	8.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	25,074	13.2%
$200,000 or more	32,915	17.4%

Median Household Income	99,266
Per Capita Income	52,523

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	139

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	9,216	4.9%
Public Assistance	4,226	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	14,441	7.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	158,093	73.5%
Unemployed	8,494	3.9%
In Armed Forces	726	0.3%

Total Labor Force	167,313	77.8%
Not in Labor Force	47,800	22.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	88,681	68,898	56.3%
Non-Profit	6,892	14,743	31.9%
Self-Employed	19,694	14,797	57.1%

Local Government	9,337	13,227	41.4%
State Government	3,801	4,592	45.3%
Federal Government	1,544	1,119	58.0%

Total Private + Self	108,375	83,695	56.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	21,574	33,681	39.0%
Total	129,949	117,376	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	13.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	45,727	18.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	50,053	20.2%
Professional, Technical	56,649	22.9%
Service Occupations	46,318	18.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,226	1.3%
All others	49,168	19.8%

White Collar		61.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	34,300	13.8%
Retail trade	28,053	11.3%
Manufacturing	25,484	10.3%
Construction	22,820	9.2%
Educational services	20,614	8.3%
Professional, scientific, technical	19,708	7.9%
Accommodation and food services	17,798	7.2%
Other services	13,258	5.3%
Public administration	10,812	4.4%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,626	4.3%
Finance and insurance	7,945	3.2%
Transportation and warehousing	6,790	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	6,457	2.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,867	2.4%
Wholesale trade	5,536	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,664	1.9%
Information	4,444	1.8%
Utilities	2,423	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	161	0.1%
Management	155	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	110,609	22.65%
Puerto Rican	2,255	0.46%
Cuban	1,043	0.21%
Dominican	45	0.01%

Total Central American	8,697	1.78%
Costa Rican	251	0.05%
Guatemalan	1,940	0.40%
Honduran	579	0.12%
Nicaraguan	1,009	0.21%
Panamanian	252	0.05%
Salvadoran	4,546	0.93%
Other Central American	120	0.02%

Total South American	3,512	0.72%
Argentinean	767	0.16%
Bolivian	47	0.01%
Chilean	260	0.05%
Colombian	1,228	0.25%
Ecuadorian	373	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	691	0.14%
Uruguayan	25	0.01%
Venezuelan	79	0.02%
Other South American	42	0.01%

Other Hispanic	10,453	2.14%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	4,898	1.00%
Chinese	4,349	0.89%
Vietnamese	3,087	0.63%
Indian	2,711	0.56%
Japanese	1,493	0.31%
Korean	1,191	0.24%
Cambodian	743	0.15%
Laotian	515	0.11%
Taiwanese	393	0.08%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	343,472	73.8%
Spanish	94,726	20.3%
Other Indo-European	6,469	1.4%
Other Asian	3,717	0.8%
Tagalog	3,261	0.7%
Chinese	2,894	0.6%
German, other Germanic	2,191	0.5%
Vietnamese	2,117	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,006	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	61,161	12.5%
Irish	59,715	12.2%
English	55,555	11.4%
Italian	39,623	8.1%
European	18,511	3.8%
French	14,613	3.0%
American	11,996	2.5%
Scottish	11,933	2.4%
Norwegian	9,355	1.9%
Polish	8,668	1.8%
Swedish	8,013	1.6%
Portuguese	6,990	1.4%
Russian	6,206	1.3%
Dutch	5,503	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	5,439	1.1%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	446,803	91.5%
Not a citizen	41,633	8.5%

Native	408,862	83.7%
Foreign-born	79,574	16.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
20,899	5.9%	17,291	4.9%	64,140	18.1%	118,222	33.3%	82,815	23.3%	51,484	14.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	20,899	5.9%
9-12 Years	17,291	4.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	64,140	18.1%
Some College	118,222	33.3%
Bach. Degree	82,815	23.3%
Grad Degree	51,484	14.5%
Average years of education: 13.7

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	412,448	396,504	15,944	3.9%
1991	424,682	400,790	23,892	5.6%
1992	434,250	403,440	30,810	7.1%
1993	440,136	410,912	29,224	6.6%
1994	447,814	421,282	26,532	5.9%
1995	447,498	422,844	24,654	5.5%
1996	457,006	436,300	20,706	4.5%
1997	475,506	457,232	18,274	3.8%
1998	491,502	475,118	16,384	3.3%
1999	498,756	485,164	13,592	2.7%

2000	506,272	489,468	16,804	3.3%
2001	514,350	495,328	19,022	3.7%
2002	513,202	486,930	26,272	5.1%
2003	505,736	477,908	27,828	5.5%
2004	507,846	482,694	25,152	5.0%
2005	506,918	484,544	22,374	4.4%
2006	508,796	488,488	20,308	4.0%
2007	515,376	493,246	22,130	4.3%
2008	519,514	489,454	30,060	5.8%
2009	515,302	464,742	50,560	9.8%

2010	489,218	435,092	54,126	11.1%
2011	491,236	440,176	51,060	10.4%
2012	491,342	447,128	44,214	9.0%
2013	498,038	462,190	35,848	7.2%
2014	511,126	482,096	29,030	5.7%
2015	515,318	492,056	23,262	4.5%
2016	518,428	497,752	20,676	4.0%
2017	519,888	502,208	17,680	3.4%
2018	521,244	506,680	14,564	2.8%
2019	514,186	500,072	14,114	2.7%

2020	490,182	451,582	38,600	7.9%
2021	487,358	460,336	27,022	5.5%
2022	496,554	481,018	15,536	3.1%
2023	495,926	477,982	17,944	3.6%
2024	493,274	472,940	20,334	4.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	205,393
Median Value	$748,500

Occupied	189,653	92.3%
Vacant	15,740	7.7%

Owned	116,921	61.6%
Rented	72,732	38.4%
Median Rent	$2,029

Single-Family Units	153,200	74.6%
Detached	137,335	66.9%
Attached	15,865	7.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	29,184	14.2%
Mobile Homes	9,182	4.5%

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area