San Francisco, CA

Census Place

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2024 Population
830,235
US Senator
Alex Padilla
Democratic Party
US Senator
Adam Schiff
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
40
0.756% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
11.2%
5.38% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$140,970
0.337% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$1.39M
1.01% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
476,356
1.78% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in San Francisco, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

87.3% of the residents in San Francisco, CA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in San Francisco, CA are San Francisco State University (6,637 degrees awarded in 2023), City College of San Francisco (4,690 degrees), and University of San Francisco (3,040 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in San Francisco, CA was $1.39M, and the homeownership rate was 38.2%.

Most people in San Francisco, CA worked at home, and the average commute time was 30.4 minutes. The average car ownership in San Francisco, CA was 1 car per household.

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United StatesCaliforniaSan Francisco County, CASan Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Population & Diversity

San Francisco, CA is home to a population of 830k people, from which 87.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 33.9% of San Francisco, CA residents were born outside of the country (282k people).

In 2024, there were 1.05 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (306k people) in San Francisco, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 290k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 58.4k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

87.3%
2024 Citizenship
87.3%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 87.3% of San Francisco, CA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in San Francisco, CA was 87.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in San Francisco, CA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    306k ± 1.07k
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    290k ± 1.77k
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    58.4k ± 2.46k
16.2%
Hispanic Population
135k people

In 2024, there were 1.05 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (306k people) in San Francisco, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 290k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 58.4k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

16.2% of the people in San Francisco, CA are hispanic (135k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in San Francisco, CA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for California.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,862,617 ± 45,816 people
  2. Philippines
    824,246 ± 22,054 people
  3. China
    687,951 ± 20,184 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of California was Mexico, the natal country of 3,862,617 California residents, followed by Philippines with 824,246 and China with 687,951.

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Foreign-Born Population

33.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
282k people
34.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
285k people

As of 2024, 33.9% of San Francisco, CA residents (282k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in San Francisco, CA was 34.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    5,747 ± 498
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    4,423 ± 568
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    2,098 ± 372

San Francisco, CA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.3 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in San Francisco, CA.

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Economy

The economy of San Francisco, CA employs 476k people. In 2024, the largest industries in San Francisco, CA were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (109,625 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (58,153 people), and Educational Services (38,583 people), and the highest paying industries were Information ($191,496), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($167,034), and Finance & Insurance ($155,432).

Employment

Occupations

476k
2024 Value
± 5,793
−1.78%
1 Year decline
± 1.73%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in San Francisco, CA declined at a rate of −1.78%, from 485k employees to 476k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in San Francisco, CA, are Management Occupations (79,426 people), Computer & Mathematical Occupations (50,242 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (49,917 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of San Francisco, CA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for California.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in California (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

476k
2024 Value
± 5,793
−1.78%
1 Year decline
± 1.73%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in San Francisco, CA declined at a rate of −1.78%, from 485k employees to 476k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in San Francisco, CA, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (109,625 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (58,153 people), and Educational Services (38,583 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of San Francisco, CA, though some of these residents may live in San Francisco, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$102,590
Median earning men ± $1,621
$82,588
Median earning women ± $2,053

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($210,944), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($155,799), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($153,140).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($154,808), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($117,265), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($112,593).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for California.
Y-Axis
2.57%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 17.9M people employed in California. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in California.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for San Francisco, CA. Showing the available data for California.
2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (58.5%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (38.3%)
    Republican Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.25%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in California for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from California

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for California.
Alex Padilla
Senator from California3
Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Kamala Harris, who had become Vice President of the United States.
Adam Schiff
Senator from California1
Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed Laphonza Butler, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein.

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in California over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in San Francisco, CA awarded 19,751 degrees. The student population of San Francisco, CA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 29,148 male students and 39,974 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in San Francisco, CA are Asian (5,336 and 30.3%), Hispanic or Latino (4,615 and 26.2%), White (4,432 and 25.1%), and Black or African American (1,103 and 6.26%).

The largest universities in San Francisco, CA by number of degrees awarded are San Francisco State University (6,637 and 33.6%), City College of San Francisco (4,690 and 23.7%), and University of San Francisco (3,040 and 15.4%).

The most popular majors in San Francisco, CA are General Business Administration & Management (1,630 and 8.25%), Child Care Provider (1,152 and 5.83%), and Liberal Arts & Sciences (816 and 4.13%).

The median tuition costs in San Francisco, CA are $37,327 for private four year colleges, and $5,742 and $17,622 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in San Francisco, CA, the percentage of applicants admitted was 64.8%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 10.1%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 69,122 (42.2% men and 57.8% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 69,122 students enrolled in San Francisco, CA, 42.2% men and 57.8% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 18,561 records, of which 60.2% were women and 39.8% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. General Psychology
    648 degrees awarded
  2. General Biological Sciences
    455 degrees awarded
  3. General Business Administration & Management
    1,267 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in San Francisco, CA was General Psychology with 648 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in San Francisco, CA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. San Francisco State University
    6,637 degrees awarded
  2. City College of San Francisco
    4,690 degrees awarded
  3. University of San Francisco
    3,040 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was San Francisco State University with 6,637 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 7,209 men were awarded degrees from institutions in San Francisco, CA, which is 0.575 times less than the 12,542 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Asian students. These 5,336 degrees mean that there were 1.16 times more degrees awarded to Asian students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 4,615 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($37,327) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($1,696) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private for-profit, 2-year ($3,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in San Francisco, CA was $1.39M in 2024, which is 4.19 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $1.38M to $1.39M, a 1.01% increase. The homeownership rate in San Francisco, CA is 38.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in San Francisco, CA have an average commute time of 30.4 minutes, and they worked at home. Car ownership in San Francisco, CA is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$1.39M
Median Property Value 2024
±$20,642
$139,057
Median Property Taxes
±$2,748

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In San Francisco, CA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in San Francisco, CA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

38.2%
Homeownership
2024
69.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 38.2% of the housing units in San Francisco, CA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 38.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in San Francisco, CA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$140,970
Median Household Income
± $2,593
364k
Number of Households
± 4,553

In 2024, the median household income of the 364k households in San Francisco, CA declined from $140,970 from the previous year's value of $141,446.

The following chart displays the households in San Francisco, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for San Francisco, CA is from California.
0.495
2023 Wage GINI in California
0.498
2022 Wage GINI in California

In 2023, the income inequality in California was 0.495 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.573% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for California was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in California in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in California across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Worked At Home (31%)
  2. Drove Alone (28.6%)
  3. Public Transit (18.7%)

In 2024, 31% of workers in San Francisco, CA worked at home, followed by those who drove alone to work (28.6%) and those who used public transit to get to work (18.7%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

30.4 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in San Francisco, CA have a longer commute time (30.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.57% of the workforce in San Francisco, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in San Francisco, CA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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Car Ownership

1 car
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in San Francisco, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in San Francisco, CA have 1 car.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

11.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in San Francisco, CA (91.1k out of 817k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 75+ and then Males 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in San Francisco, CA is Asian, followed by White and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.7% of the population of San Francisco, CA has health coverage, with 57.7% on employee plans, 15.9% on Medicaid, 10.5% on Medicare, 12.2% on non-group plans, and 0.48% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in California see 1,233 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,233 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1076 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 213 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 14.7% under 18 years, 26.3% between 18 and 34 years, 41.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

3.29%
Uninsured
57.7%
Employer Coverage
15.9%
Medicaid
10.5%
Medicare
12.2%
Non-Group
0.48%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in San Francisco, CA declined by 4.9% from 3.46% to 3.29%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in San Francisco, CA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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