Patterson, California demographics

Patterson, CA demographics: median age 30.9; 13.6% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Patterson city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0656112. The survey estimates a population of 24,693 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Patterson is 30.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.6 years. There are 6,525 households (±385). 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	30.9 ±1.6	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 24,693
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	8,073 ±841	32.7% ±3.4 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	5,422 ±597	22.0% ±2.4 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	8,681 ±740	35.2% ±3.0 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	2,517 ±359	10.2% ±1.5 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 24,693
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	12,511 ±646	50.7% ±2.6 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	12,182 ±650	49.3% ±2.6 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: 24,693
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	6,521 ±1,164	26.4% ±4.7 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	1,223 ±479	5.0% ±1.9 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	277 ±209 · low precision	1.1% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	1,194 ±457	4.8% ±1.9 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	448 ±269 · low precision	1.8% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	5,732 ±1,347	23.2% ±5.5 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	9,298 ±1,607	37.7% ±6.5 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 24,693
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	8,280 ±849	33.5% ±3.4 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16,413 ±856	66.5% ±3.5 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: 6,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,003 ±321	61.3% ±3.3 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	511 ±176	7.8% ±2.7 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	906 ±247	13.9% ±3.7 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	951 ±342	14.6% ±5.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	154 ±87 · low precision	2.4% ±1.3 pp · low precision	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,518 ±229	53.9% ±1.5 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	3,007 ±388	46.1% ±5.3 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 6,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	951 ±342	14.6% ±5.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	1,047 ±215	16.0% ±3.2 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	977 ±226	15.0% ±3.4 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,596 ±348	24.5% ±5.1 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	915 ±221	14.0% ±3.3 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	627 ±249	9.6% ±3.8 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	412 ±176	6.3% ±2.7 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: 24,693
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	19,150 ±652	77.6% ±2.6 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,543 ±664	22.4% ±2.7 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 22,079
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	9,685 ±870	43.9% ±3.8 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	10,735 ±852	48.6% ±3.7 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	12 ±19 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	4 ±9 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±25 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	493 ±325 · low precision	2.2% ±1.5 pp · low precision	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	5 ±8 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	124 ±133 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	26 ±49 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	321 ±182 · low precision	1.5% ±0.8 pp · low precision	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	167 ±109 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	334 ±296 · low precision	1.5% ±1.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	173 ±286 · low precision	0.8% ±1.3 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: 14,110
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,598 ±644	25.5% ±4.5 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,954 ±528	35.1% ±3.5 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,613 ±439	18.5% ±3.0 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,021 ±293	7.2% ±2.1 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	1,390 ±253	9.9% ±1.8 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	534 ±250	3.8% ±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: 24,244
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	22,770 ±486	93.9% ±1.9 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	988 ±380	4.1% ±1.6 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	338 ±201 · low precision	1.4% ±0.8 pp · low precision	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	94 ±113 · low precision	0.4% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	54 ±56 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 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

3.6% of Patterson residents (±1.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 94.8% 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	Patterson	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.6% ±1.1 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.8% ±7.8 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.0% ±1.1 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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