San Fernando is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 23,534 people and three constituent neighborhoods, San Fernando is the 287th largest community in California.

When you are in San Fernando, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.0% of San Fernando's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, San Fernando is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Fernando who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.10%), sales jobs (8.07%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.55%).

San Fernando is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

San Fernando Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, San Fernando ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.44% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in San Fernando in 2000 was $11,485, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,940 for a family of four.

The people who call San Fernando home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in San Fernando, accounting for 89.55% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in San Fernando is African-American, followed by Asian.

San Fernando also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 43.45%.

The most common language spoken in San Fernando is Spanish. Some people also speak English.