Selma is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 24,505 people and six associated neighborhoods, Selma is the 291st largest community in California.Selma is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Selma is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Selma who work in office and administrative support (13.48%), sales jobs (9.05%), and farm management occupations (8.64%). You will also find that a lot of people in Selma work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms. Being a small city, Selma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Selma, just 9.97% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Selma in 2022 was $22,940, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,760 for a family of four. However, Selma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Selma is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Selma 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 Selma, accounting for 83.01% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Selma residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Selma include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. Foreign born people are also an important part of Selma's cultural character, accounting for 25.69% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Selma is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Langs. of India.
