Bellflower, California demographics

Bellflower, CA demographics: median age 36.0; 21.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Bellflower city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0604982. The survey estimates a population of 76,819 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Bellflower is 36.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 23,802 households (±595). 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	36.0 ±1.1	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 76,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	17,765 ±1,079	23.1% ±1.4 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	19,288 ±1,091	25.1% ±1.4 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	30,173 ±1,312	39.3% ±1.7 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	9,593 ±732	12.5% ±1.0 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 76,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	37,425 ±812	48.7% ±1.1 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	39,394 ±825	51.3% ±1.1 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: 76,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	15,857 ±1,655	20.6% ±2.2 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	8,398 ±981	10.9% ±1.3 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,070 ±444	1.4% ±0.6 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	9,006 ±1,143	11.7% ±1.5 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	168 ±147 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	26,278 ±1,967	34.2% ±2.6 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	16,042 ±1,698	20.9% ±2.2 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 76,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	30,432 ±1,746	39.6% ±2.3 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	46,387 ±1,747	60.4% ±2.3 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: 23,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	10,587 ±463	44.5% ±1.6 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,176 ±284	9.1% ±1.2 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,722 ±422	19.8% ±1.7 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	4,562 ±518	19.2% ±2.1 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,755 ±412	7.4% ±1.7 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 23,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	9,106 ±433	38.3% ±1.5 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	14,696 ±809	61.7% ±3.0 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 23,802
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	4,562 ±518	19.2% ±2.1 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	6,077 ±607	25.5% ±2.5 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,922 ±555	16.5% ±2.3 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	4,598 ±480	19.3% ±2.0 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,879 ±365	12.1% ±1.5 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,142 ±249	4.8% ±1.0 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	622 ±165	2.6% ±0.7 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: 76,819
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	53,184 ±1,085	69.2% ±1.4 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	23,635 ±1,088	30.8% ±1.4 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 72,501
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	30,235 ±1,656	41.7% ±2.3 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	33,716 ±1,697	46.5% ±2.3 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	93 ±85 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	79 ±72 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	29 ±42 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	729 ±381 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	475 ±269 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	390 ±175	0.5% ±0.2 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	442 ±205	0.6% ±0.3 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	3,339 ±643	4.6% ±0.9 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,499 ±468	2.1% ±0.6 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	854 ±335	1.2% ±0.5 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	621 ±257	0.9% ±0.4 pp	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: 52,194
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	10,452 ±950	20.0% ±1.8 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	14,407 ±1,063	27.6% ±2.0 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	12,208 ±860	23.4% ±1.6 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,856 ±499	7.4% ±0.9 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,928 ±714	15.2% ±1.3 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,343 ±485	6.4% ±0.9 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: 76,052
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	70,270 ±1,085	92.4% ±1.4 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	4,477 ±923	5.9% ±1.2 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	451 ±176	0.6% ±0.2 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	517 ±207	0.7% ±0.3 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	337 ±192 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 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

8.9% of Bellflower residents (±1.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 91.3% 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	Bellflower	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.9% ±1.1 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.3% ±1.4 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.2% ±0.4 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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