Elk Grove, California demographics

Elk Grove, CA demographics: median age 39.4; 38.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Elk Grove city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0622020. The survey estimates a population of 179,155 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Elk Grove is 39.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 55,592 households (±1,009). 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	39.4 ±0.5	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 179,155
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	45,077 ±1,816	25.2% ±1.0 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	33,825 ±1,471	18.9% ±0.8 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	75,292 ±1,983	42.0% ±1.1 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	24,961 ±1,109	13.9% ±0.6 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 179,155
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	87,115 ±1,153	48.6% ±0.6 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	92,040 ±1,164	51.4% ±0.6 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: 179,155
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	58,307 ±2,469	32.5% ±1.4 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	19,153 ±1,702	10.7% ±0.9 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,027 ±305	0.6% ±0.2 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	56,515 ±2,319	31.5% ±1.3 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	2,555 ±620	1.4% ±0.3 pp	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	13,220 ±1,773	7.4% ±1.0 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	28,378 ±2,613	15.8% ±1.5 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 179,155
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	147,017 ±2,301	82.1% ±1.3 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32,138 ±2,287	17.9% ±1.3 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: 55,592
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	34,268 ±1,117	61.6% ±1.7 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,176 ±410	5.7% ±0.7 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	7,285 ±671	13.1% ±1.2 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	8,697 ±735	15.6% ±1.3 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,166 ±321	3.9% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 55,592
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	23,971 ±634	43.1% ±0.8 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	31,621 ±1,221	56.9% ±1.9 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 55,592
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	8,697 ±735	15.6% ±1.3 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	15,610 ±887	28.1% ±1.5 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	9,734 ±737	17.5% ±1.3 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	11,421 ±754	20.5% ±1.3 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,828 ±565	10.5% ±1.0 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,244 ±318	4.0% ±0.6 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	2,058 ±388	3.7% ±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: 179,155
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	133,664 ±1,702	74.6% ±0.9 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	45,491 ±1,707	25.4% ±1.0 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 169,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	110,567 ±1,924	65.2% ±1.1 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	13,192 ±1,542	7.8% ±0.9 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	131 ±73 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	347 ±161	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,201 ±812 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	11,312 ±1,385	6.7% ±0.8 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	566 ±247	0.3% ±0.1 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	9,260 ±1,169	5.5% ±0.7 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	7,088 ±1,049	4.2% ±0.6 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	7,649 ±1,058	4.5% ±0.6 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,816 ±743	2.8% ±0.4 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	1,751 ±502	1.0% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,690 ±503	1.0% ±0.3 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: 120,014
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	10,795 ±774	9.0% ±0.6 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	21,215 ±1,410	17.7% ±1.2 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	28,895 ±1,592	24.1% ±1.3 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	12,482 ±1,001	10.4% ±0.8 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	31,167 ±1,528	26.0% ±1.2 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15,460 ±1,074	12.9% ±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: 177,666
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	162,282 ±1,708	91.3% ±1.0 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	7,817 ±1,341	4.4% ±0.8 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	5,888 ±967	3.3% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	753 ±218	0.4% ±0.1 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	926 ±455	0.5% ±0.3 pp	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

2.9% of Elk Grove residents (±0.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 96.9% 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	Elk Grove	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	2.9% ±0.4 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	96.9% ±0.5 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.1% ±0.3 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Higher

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 Elk Grove . 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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