Hanford is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 58,470 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Hanford is the 159th largest community in California.Hanford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hanford is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hanford who work in sales jobs (9.90%), office and administrative support (8.94%), and healthcare (7.20%). In terms of college education, Hanford is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.05% of adults 25 and older in Hanford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hanford in 2022 was $30,889, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,556 for a family of four. However, Hanford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hanford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hanford 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 Hanford, accounting for 50.10% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hanford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hanford include German, Irish, Portuguese, English, and Italian. In addition, Hanford has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.04%). The most common language spoken in Hanford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
