Sacramento is a large coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 407,075 people and 105 constituent neighborhoods, Sacramento is the seventh largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sacramento is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sacramento is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sacramento who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.86%), sales jobs (9.74%), and management occupations (8.09%).

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.

Sacramento is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Sacramento is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

One of the nice things about Sacramento is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Sacramento Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Sacramento who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.95% of adults in Sacramento have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sacramento in 2000 was $18,721, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,884 for a family of four.

Sacramento is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sacramento home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sacramento is White, followed by Asian. Sacramento also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.61% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Sacramento include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

In addition, Sacramento has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.30%).

The languages spoken by people in Sacramento are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Sacramento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Miao, Hmong.