Sacramento is a very large city located in the state of California. With a population of 535,798 people and 194 associated neighborhoods, Sacramento is the sixth largest community in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sacramento is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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 (12.38%), management occupations (9.44%), and sales jobs (7.79%). 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: 19.72% 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: 37.07% of adults in Sacramento have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Sacramento in 2022 was $43,376, 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 $173,504 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. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Sacramento, accounting for 29.37% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Sacramento residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sacramento include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. In addition, Sacramento has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.35%). The most common language spoken in Sacramento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
