Pasadena is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 133,871 people and 33 constituent neighborhoods, Pasadena is the 32nd largest community in California.

Pasadena is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.96% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Pasadena is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pasadena who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.42%), management occupations (10.60%), and sales jobs (9.88%).

Of important note, Pasadena is also a city of artists. Pasadena has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pasadena's character.

Also of interest is that Pasadena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing that you will notice about Pasadena is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Pasadena a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Pasadena is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Pasadena Information and Demographics

The population of Pasadena is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 41.34% of adults in Pasadena have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pasadena in 2000 was $28,186, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,744 for a family of four.

Pasadena is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pasadena home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pasadena is White, followed by African-American. Pasadena also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.47% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Pasadena include English, German, Irish, Armenian, and Italian.

In addition, Pasadena has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.33%).

The languages spoken by people in Pasadena 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 Pasadena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Armenian, and Chinese.