Madera, California demographics

Madera, CA demographics: median age 30.4; 10.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Madera city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0645022. The survey estimates a population of 67,831 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Madera is 30.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.7 years. There are 17,526 households (±511). 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	30.4 ±0.7	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 67,831
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	20,904 ±1,079	30.8% ±1.6 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	17,786 ±899	26.2% ±1.3 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	22,626 ±1,155	33.4% ±1.7 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	6,515 ±607	9.6% ±0.9 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 67,831
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	33,368 ±773	49.2% ±1.1 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	34,463 ±767	50.8% ±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: 67,831
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	15,769 ±1,677	23.2% ±2.5 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,088 ±515	3.1% ±0.8 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,751 ±774	2.6% ±1.1 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	921 ±330	1.4% ±0.5 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	192 ±150 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	31,689 ±2,247	46.7% ±3.3 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	15,421 ±1,991	22.7% ±2.9 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 67,831
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	12,807 ±1,087	18.9% ±1.6 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55,024 ±1,084	81.1% ±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: 17,526
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	7,737 ±574	44.1% ±3.0 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,956 ±325	11.2% ±1.8 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,074 ±438	23.2% ±2.4 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	2,756 ±325	15.7% ±1.8 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,003 ±264	5.7% ±1.5 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,526
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	8,575 ±486	48.9% ±2.4 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,951 ±649	51.1% ±3.4 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 17,526
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	2,756 ±325	15.7% ±1.8 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,928 ±525	22.4% ±2.9 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,892 ±493	16.5% ±2.8 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,660 ±431	15.2% ±2.4 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,608 ±367	14.9% ±2.1 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,535 ±295	8.8% ±1.7 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,147 ±276	6.5% ±1.6 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: 67,831
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	50,472 ±1,231	74.4% ±1.8 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	17,359 ±1,238	25.6% ±1.8 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 63,322
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	25,177 ±1,436	39.8% ±2.2 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	36,914 ±1,447	58.3% ±2.2 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	28 ±35 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	26 ±33 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	660 ±336 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	68 ±81 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	127 ±99 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	29 ±34 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	125 ±121 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	168 ±143 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 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: 39,548
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	14,739 ±1,248	37.3% ±3.1 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	9,889 ±993	25.0% ±2.5 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	7,660 ±828	19.4% ±2.1 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,931 ±495	7.4% ±1.2 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,910 ±534	7.4% ±1.3 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,419 ±347	3.6% ±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: 67,075
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	60,556 ±1,312	90.3% ±1.9 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	4,164 ±1,014	6.2% ±1.5 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,527 ±553	2.3% ±0.8 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	310 ±195 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	518 ±349 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 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

8.5% of Madera residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 90.7% 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	Madera	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.5% ±1.2 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	90.7% ±1.6 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.1% ±0.6 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 Madera . 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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