Garden Grove, California demographics

Garden Grove, CA demographics: median age 40.2; 25.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Garden Grove city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0629000. The survey estimates a population of 170,964 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Garden Grove is 40.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.6 years. There are 49,122 households (±876). 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	40.2 ±0.6	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 170,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	35,696 ±1,461	20.9% ±0.9 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	38,723 ±1,484	22.6% ±0.9 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	69,837 ±1,950	40.8% ±1.1 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	26,708 ±1,096	15.6% ±0.6 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 170,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	85,486 ±1,111	50.0% ±0.6 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	85,478 ±1,116	50.0% ±0.7 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: 170,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	40,218 ±2,268	23.5% ±1.3 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,025 ±597	1.2% ±0.3 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,589 ±603	0.9% ±0.4 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	73,661 ±2,645	43.1% ±1.5 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	554 ±311 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	24,974 ±2,189	14.6% ±1.3 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	27,943 ±2,277	16.3% ±1.3 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 170,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	107,469 ±2,671	62.9% ±1.6 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	63,495 ±2,677	37.1% ±1.6 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: 49,122
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	25,209 ±830	51.3% ±1.4 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	4,275 ±477	8.7% ±1.0 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	8,613 ±678	17.5% ±1.3 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	7,961 ±730	16.2% ±1.5 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,064 ±372	6.2% ±0.7 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 49,122
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	18,116 ±567	36.9% ±0.9 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	31,006 ±993	63.1% ±1.7 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 49,122
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	7,961 ±730	16.2% ±1.5 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	11,866 ±760	24.2% ±1.5 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	9,232 ±775	18.8% ±1.5 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	8,567 ±735	17.4% ±1.5 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,817 ±577	11.8% ±1.2 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,555 ±396	5.2% ±0.8 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	3,124 ±371	6.4% ±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: 170,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	92,010 ±2,093	53.8% ±1.2 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	78,954 ±2,092	46.2% ±1.2 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 163,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	51,754 ±2,361	31.7% ±1.4 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	46,411 ±2,259	28.4% ±1.4 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	139 ±74 · low precision	0.1% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	151 ±102 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	215 ±120 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,727 ±486	1.1% ±0.3 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	3,403 ±609	2.1% ±0.4 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,172 ±444	1.3% ±0.3 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	51,634 ±2,392	31.6% ±1.5 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	2,183 ±642	1.3% ±0.4 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	2,226 ±465	1.4% ±0.3 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	906 ±434	0.6% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	341 ±234 · low precision	0.2% ±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: 119,647
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	30,546 ±1,568	25.5% ±1.3 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	27,632 ±1,255	23.1% ±1.0 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	22,096 ±1,114	18.5% ±0.9 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	9,084 ±642	7.6% ±0.5 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	22,306 ±1,133	18.6% ±0.9 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7,983 ±650	6.7% ±0.5 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: 169,670
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	156,910 ±1,535	92.5% ±0.9 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	9,178 ±1,305	5.4% ±0.8 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,892 ±486	1.1% ±0.3 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	671 ±234	0.4% ±0.1 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,019 ±426	0.6% ±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

7.4% of Garden Grove residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 93.2% 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	Garden Grove	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	7.4% ±0.6 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.2% ±1.1 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.5% ±0.3 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 Garden 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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