Folsom, California demographics

Folsom, CA demographics: median age 41.0; 54.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Folsom city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0624638. The survey estimates a population of 83,916 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Folsom is 41.0 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.9 years. There are 29,963 households (±597). 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	41.0 ±0.9	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 83,916
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	19,034 ±1,095	22.7% ±1.3 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	14,875 ±1,020	17.7% ±1.2 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	37,585 ±1,444	44.8% ±1.7 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	12,422 ±805	14.8% ±1.0 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 83,916
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	41,764 ±881	49.8% ±1.0 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	42,152 ±880	50.2% ±1.0 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: 83,916
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	49,048 ±1,726	58.4% ±2.1 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	4,521 ±1,098	5.4% ±1.3 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	501 ±244	0.6% ±0.3 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	16,757 ±1,542	20.0% ±1.8 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	110 ±99 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,716 ±657	3.2% ±0.8 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	10,263 ±1,111	12.2% ±1.3 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 83,916
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	72,262 ±1,130	86.1% ±1.3 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11,654 ±1,130	13.9% ±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: 29,963
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	18,102 ±600	60.4% ±1.6 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,222 ±257	4.1% ±0.9 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,122 ±390	7.1% ±1.3 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	7,078 ±637	23.6% ±2.1 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,439 ±381	4.8% ±1.3 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,963
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	11,189 ±517	37.3% ±1.6 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	18,774 ±742	62.7% ±2.1 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,963
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	7,078 ±637	23.6% ±2.1 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	9,088 ±671	30.3% ±2.2 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	6,142 ±650	20.5% ±2.1 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	5,236 ±505	17.5% ±1.7 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,749 ±308	5.8% ±1.0 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	445 ±214	1.5% ±0.7 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	225 ±112	0.8% ±0.4 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: 83,916
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	66,974 ±1,387	79.8% ±1.7 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	16,942 ±1,383	20.2% ±1.6 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 79,907
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	60,058 ±1,546	75.2% ±1.9 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	3,737 ±812	4.7% ±1.0 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	72 ±61 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	257 ±130 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	859 ±361	1.1% ±0.5 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,248 ±906	6.6% ±1.1 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	468 ±187	0.6% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,923 ±579	2.4% ±0.7 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	765 ±337	1.0% ±0.4 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	967 ±286	1.2% ±0.4 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,174 ±768	5.2% ±1.0 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	867 ±587 · low precision	1.1% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	512 ±384 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 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: 59,213
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,619 ±469	6.1% ±0.8 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,929 ±720	13.4% ±1.2 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	10,305 ±945	17.4% ±1.6 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,839 ±624	8.2% ±1.0 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	18,719 ±922	31.6% ±1.5 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13,802 ±1,065	23.3% ±1.8 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: 83,275
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	71,558 ±1,190	85.9% ±1.4 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	5,251 ±857	6.3% ±1.0 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	4,256 ±752	5.1% ±0.9 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,535 ±507	1.8% ±0.6 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	675 ±275	0.8% ±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

2.5% of Folsom residents (±0.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 95.8% 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	Folsom	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	2.5% ±0.5 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.8% ±0.7 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.1% ±0.7 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 Folsom . 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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