Riverside, California demographics

Riverside, CA demographics: median age 33.6; 25.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Riverside city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0662000. The survey estimates a population of 319,069 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Riverside is 33.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 95,176 households (±1,096). 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	33.6 ±0.5	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 319,069
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	73,557 ±2,301	23.1% ±0.7 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	92,600 ±2,439	29.0% ±0.8 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	114,767 ±2,521	36.0% ±0.8 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	38,145 ±1,439	12.0% ±0.5 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 319,069
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	158,274 ±1,858	49.6% ±0.6 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	160,795 ±1,844	50.4% ±0.6 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: 319,069
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	105,092 ±3,324	32.9% ±1.0 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	19,943 ±1,679	6.3% ±0.5 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,719 ±714	1.2% ±0.2 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	26,140 ±1,913	8.2% ±0.6 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	1,169 ±462	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	102,585 ±4,274	32.2% ±1.3 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	60,421 ±4,403	18.9% ±1.4 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 319,069
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	141,535 ±3,195	44.4% ±1.0 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	177,534 ±3,183	55.6% ±1.0 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: 95,176
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	46,839 ±1,227	49.2% ±1.2 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	7,144 ±734	7.5% ±0.8 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	16,287 ±873	17.1% ±0.9 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	18,207 ±926	19.1% ±0.9 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	6,699 ±679	7.0% ±0.7 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 95,176
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	36,535 ±890	38.4% ±0.8 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	58,641 ±1,571	61.6% ±1.5 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 95,176
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	18,207 ±926	19.1% ±0.9 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	26,220 ±1,359	27.5% ±1.4 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	16,300 ±898	17.1% ±0.9 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	16,162 ±916	17.0% ±0.9 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	9,683 ±689	10.2% ±0.7 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	4,867 ±522	5.1% ±0.5 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	3,737 ±386	3.9% ±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: 319,069
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	247,748 ±2,380	77.6% ±0.7 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	71,321 ±2,383	22.4% ±0.7 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 301,568
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	163,243 ±3,027	54.1% ±1.0 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	111,676 ±3,366	37.0% ±1.1 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	807 ±267	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	409 ±196	0.1% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	469 ±185	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	5,910 ±1,132	2.0% ±0.4 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	1,495 ±499	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	4,417 ±723	1.5% ±0.2 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	3,257 ±757	1.1% ±0.3 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	3,576 ±734	1.2% ±0.2 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	2,775 ±596	0.9% ±0.2 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	2,306 ±602	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,228 ±414	0.4% ±0.1 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: 203,390
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	34,089 ±1,696	16.8% ±0.8 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	58,928 ±2,178	29.0% ±1.0 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	42,068 ±1,590	20.7% ±0.8 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	15,990 ±1,319	7.9% ±0.6 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	31,149 ±1,429	15.3% ±0.7 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21,166 ±1,319	10.4% ±0.6 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: 316,261
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	283,726 ±2,481	89.7% ±0.8 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	15,425 ±1,647	4.9% ±0.5 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	13,087 ±1,354	4.1% ±0.4 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	2,008 ±424	0.6% ±0.1 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,015 ±464	0.6% ±0.1 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

8.9% of Riverside residents (±0.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 94.3% 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	Riverside	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.9% ±0.5 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.3% ±0.5 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.0% ±0.3 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

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 Riverside . 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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