Artesia, California demographics

Artesia, CA demographics: median age 40.7; 32.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Artesia city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0602896. The survey estimates a population of 15,889 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Artesia is 40.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.3 years. There are 4,513 households (±269). 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	40.7 ±2.3	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,889
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	3,169 ±466	19.9% ±2.9 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	3,391 ±477	21.3% ±3.0 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	6,463 ±696	40.7% ±4.4 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	2,866 ±386	18.0% ±2.4 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,889
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	7,716 ±362	48.6% ±2.3 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	8,173 ±354	51.4% ±2.2 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: 15,889
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	2,836 ±555	17.8% ±3.5 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	834 ±772 · low precision	5.2% ±4.9 pp · low precision	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	120 ±123 · low precision	0.8% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,900 ±1,190	43.4% ±7.5 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	784 ±560 · low precision	4.9% ±3.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,389 ±613	15.0% ±3.9 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	2,026 ±603	12.8% ±3.8 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 15,889
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	10,628 ±755	66.9% ±4.7 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5,261 ±756	33.1% ±4.8 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: 4,513
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	2,559 ±271	56.7% ±5.0 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	430 ±144	9.5% ±3.1 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	590 ±172	13.1% ±3.7 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	678 ±214	15.0% ±4.7 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	256 ±139 · low precision	5.7% ±3.1 pp · low precision	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 4,513
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	1,598 ±216	35.4% ±4.3 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	2,915 ±353	64.6% ±6.8 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 4,513
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	678 ±214	15.0% ±4.7 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,222 ±305	27.1% ±6.6 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	747 ±224	16.6% ±4.9 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	922 ±263	20.4% ±5.7 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	477 ±155	10.6% ±3.4 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	138 ±74 · low precision	3.1% ±1.6 pp · low precision	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	329 ±139	7.3% ±3.1 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: 15,889
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	8,350 ±904	52.6% ±5.7 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	7,539 ±906	47.4% ±5.7 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 15,186
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	5,040 ±1,021	33.2% ±6.7 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	3,505 ±673	23.1% ±4.4 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	11 ±18 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	13 ±13 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,737 ±813	18.0% ±5.3 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	873 ±309	5.7% ±2.0 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	669 ±274	4.4% ±1.8 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	144 ±111 · low precision	0.9% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,599 ±688	10.5% ±4.5 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	595 ±251	3.9% ±1.7 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±21 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 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: 11,283
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,384 ±395	21.1% ±3.4 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,547 ±378	22.6% ±3.2 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	1,977 ±358	17.5% ±3.1 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	724 ±218	6.4% ±1.9 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,760 ±573	24.5% ±5.0 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	891 ±255	7.9% ±2.2 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: 15,837
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	13,926 ±661	87.9% ±4.2 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,186 ±603 · low precision	7.5% ±3.8 pp · low precision	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	555 ±262	3.5% ±1.7 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	33 ±49 · low precision	0.2% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	137 ±102 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 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

8.7% of Artesia residents (±2.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 93.7% 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	Artesia	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.7% ±2.2 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.7% ±1.4 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	1.7% ±0.7 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Artesia . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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