Hawthorne, California demographics

Hawthorne, CA demographics: median age 33.9; 26.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Hawthorne city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0632548. The survey estimates a population of 85,191 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Hawthorne is 33.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.6 years. There are 30,030 households (±795). 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	33.9 ±0.6	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 85,191
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	21,026 ±1,382	24.7% ±1.6 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	23,350 ±1,347	27.4% ±1.6 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	32,106 ±1,424	37.7% ±1.7 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	8,709 ±670	10.2% ±0.8 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 85,191
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	41,493 ±1,197	48.7% ±1.4 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	43,698 ±1,191	51.3% ±1.4 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: 85,191
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	12,570 ±1,399	14.8% ±1.6 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	21,326 ±1,927	25.0% ±2.3 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,054 ±518	2.4% ±0.6 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,363 ±919	7.5% ±1.1 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	599 ±441 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	20,921 ±1,682	24.6% ±2.0 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	21,358 ±1,828	25.1% ±2.1 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 85,191
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	38,586 ±2,236	45.3% ±2.6 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	46,605 ±2,240	54.7% ±2.6 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: 30,030
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	10,644 ±566	35.4% ±1.6 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,565 ±447	8.5% ±1.5 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	6,132 ±627	20.4% ±2.0 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	8,590 ±711	28.6% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,099 ±345	7.0% ±1.1 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 30,030
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	11,124 ±521	37.0% ±1.4 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	18,906 ±978	63.0% ±2.8 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 30,030
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	8,590 ±711	28.6% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	7,211 ±665	24.0% ±2.1 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	5,561 ±585	18.5% ±1.9 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	4,659 ±509	15.5% ±1.6 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,507 ±368	8.3% ±1.2 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	793 ±183	2.6% ±0.6 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	709 ±254	2.4% ±0.8 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: 85,191
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	57,809 ±1,272	67.9% ±1.5 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	27,382 ±1,274	32.1% ±1.5 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 80,016
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	36,822 ±2,037	46.0% ±2.5 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	35,570 ±2,043	44.5% ±2.5 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	273 ±175 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	37 ±33 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	152 ±182 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,339 ±379	1.7% ±0.5 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	151 ±109 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	604 ±253	0.8% ±0.3 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	891 ±408	1.1% ±0.5 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,280 ±363	1.6% ±0.5 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	590 ±348 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	309 ±206 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,998 ±644	2.5% ±0.8 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: 56,763
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	11,711 ±1,061	20.6% ±1.8 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	14,442 ±1,147	25.4% ±2.0 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	12,060 ±871	21.2% ±1.5 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,787 ±529	6.7% ±0.9 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	10,242 ±1,003	18.0% ±1.7 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4,521 ±574	8.0% ±1.0 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: 84,275
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	76,366 ±1,070	90.6% ±1.2 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	6,151 ±905	7.3% ±1.1 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	626 ±355 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	319 ±182 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	813 ±334	1.0% ±0.4 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

10.6% of Hawthorne residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 93.6% 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	Hawthorne	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.6% ±1.0 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	93.6% ±1.0 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.6% ±0.5 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 Hawthorne . 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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