Adelanto, California demographics

Adelanto, CA demographics: median age 29.6; 7.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Adelanto city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0600296. The survey estimates a population of 37,964 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Adelanto is 29.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.5 years. There are 9,253 households (±433). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	29.6 ±1.5	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	12,761 ±1,046	33.6% ±2.8 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	9,596 ±797	25.3% ±2.1 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	12,739 ±894	33.6% ±2.4 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	2,868 ±437	7.6% ±1.2 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	19,289 ±664	50.8% ±1.7 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	18,675 ±657	49.2% ±1.7 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	6,560 ±1,107	17.3% ±2.9 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	6,396 ±916	16.8% ±2.4 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	461 ±189	1.2% ±0.5 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	640 ±286	1.7% ±0.8 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	119 ±199 · low precision	0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	9,534 ±1,322	25.1% ±3.5 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	14,254 ±1,635	37.5% ±4.3 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,043 ±1,219	31.7% ±3.2 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25,921 ±1,222	68.3% ±3.2 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,253
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	3,899 ±455	42.1% ±4.5 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,009 ±278	10.9% ±3.0 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,711 ±378	29.3% ±3.8 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,301 ±290	14.1% ±3.1 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	333 ±127	3.6% ±1.4 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,253
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,084 ±342	54.9% ±2.7 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	4,169 ±511	45.1% ±5.1 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,253
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,301 ±290	14.1% ±3.1 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,714 ±340	18.5% ±3.6 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,471 ±344	15.9% ±3.6 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,576 ±338	17.0% ±3.6 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,461 ±294	15.8% ±3.1 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	705 ±226	7.6% ±2.4 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,025 ±202	11.1% ±2.1 pp	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 37,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	31,153 ±792	82.1% ±2.1 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	6,811 ±796	17.9% ±2.1 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 35,232
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	18,230 ±1,332	51.7% ±3.7 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	16,213 ±1,265	46.0% ±3.5 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	58 ±71 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	87 ±84 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	59 ±89 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	79 ±102 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	49 ±60 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	19 ±36 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	80 ±70 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	89 ±77 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	67 ±89 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	94 ±78 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	108 ±116 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 21,510
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	5,786 ±666	26.9% ±3.0 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,245 ±746	33.7% ±3.3 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	4,730 ±541	22.0% ±2.4 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,094 ±526	9.7% ±2.4 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	1,139 ±294	5.3% ±1.4 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	516 ±149	2.4% ±0.7 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 37,699
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	33,456 ±869	88.7% ±2.3 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,074 ±779	8.2% ±2.1 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	868 ±335	2.3% ±0.9 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	278 ±277 · low precision	0.7% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	23 ±37 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.5% of Adelanto residents (±1.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 92.5% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Adelanto	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.5% ±1.6 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.5% ±2.2 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.3% ±1.0 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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