2024 population: 556,972 ( 3,687 from 2020)
Land area: 1496.0 square miles
Population density: 372.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	196,041	35.20%	10.6%
Black:	15,402	2.77%	2.1%
Indian:	2,637	0.47%	5.2%
Asian:	39,135	7.03%	13.6%
2+ races:	16,640	2.99%	6.3%
Hispanic:	287,117	51.55%	7.9%

Total non-White:	360,931	64.80%	8.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	29,429	13.3
Deaths:	21,807	9.9
Net Migration:	-12,703	-5.7
Net Immigration:	8,347	3.8

Change in White population:	-23,141	-4.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	26,828	4.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
553,285
219,182	39.61%
15,091	2.73%
2,782	0.50%
34,448	6.23%
15,655	2.83%
266,127	48.10%
334,103	60.39%

2010
514,453
240,423	46.73%
13,065	2.54%
2,870	0.56%
27,728	5.39%
13,867	2.70%
215,658	41.92%
274,030	53.27%

2000
446,997
256,001	57.27%
10,621	2.38%
3,483	0.78%
19,588	4.38%
14,462	3.24%
141,871	31.74%
190,996	42.73%

1990
370,522
262,357	70.81%
5,849	1.58%
3,723	1.00%
18,552	5.01%
n/a
80,041	21.60%
108,165	29.19%

1980
265,900
213,959	80.47%
3,078	1.16%
3,945	1.48%
4,591	1.73%
n/a
39,886	15.00%
51,941	19.53%

1970
194,506
165,083	84.87%
1,692	0.87%
599	0.31%
948	0.49%
n/a
24,569	12.63%
29,423	15.13%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
70,420	13.7
37,771	7.3
-728	-0.1
4,607	0.9

-21,241	-4.1
60,073	11.7

Number	Rate
2000's
75,988	17.0
33,683	7.5
8,724	2.0
14,781	3.3

-15,578	-3.5
83,034	18.6

Number	Rate
1990's
72,693	19.6
31,286	8.4
10,262	2.8
21,153	5.7

-6,356	-1.7
82,831	22.4

Number	Rate
1980's
57,626	21.7
25,307	9.5
74,026	27.8
n/a

48,398	18.2
56,224	21.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
50,260	25.8
n/a

48,876	25.1
22,518	11.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
34.9
147,379	26.5%
409,593	73.5%
76,271	13.7%

177,874
3.08

131,068	73.7%
90,024	68.7%
13,938	10.6%
46,806	26.3%

2010
Number	Percent
65.9
-220,137	-42.8%
734,590	142.8%
109,662	21.3%

330,360
3.08

248,064	75.1%
176,032	71.0%
26,194	10.6%
82,296	24.9%

2000
Number	Percent
31.9
138,816	31.1%
308,181	68.9%
46,519	10.4%

145,253
3.03

110,249	75.9%
83,071	75.3%
11,588	10.5%
35,004	24.1%

1990
Number	Percent
30.6
113,116	30.5%
257,406	69.5%
40,253	10.9%

125,731
2.90

95,264	75.8%
76,127	79.9%
8,733	9.2%
30,467	24.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.5
79,279	29.8%
186,621	70.2%
28,987	10.9%

94,842
2.77

71,306	75.2%
59,439	83.4%
6,245	8.8%
23,536	24.8%

2024 Housing Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,820	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,035	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,851	2.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,406	3.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,227	2.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,760	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,224	3.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,778	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,609	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,389	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	16,853	9.5%
$75,000 to $99,999	24,225	13.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	19,548	11.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,387	8.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,618	9.3%
$200,000 or more	20,144	11.3%

Median Household Income	81,468
Per Capita Income	34,849

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	97

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,699	7.7%
Public Assistance	6,843	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	29,706	16.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	114,607	66.9%
Unemployed	7,473	4.4%
In Armed Forces	382	0.2%

Total Labor Force	122,462	71.5%
Not in Labor Force	48,848	28.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	98,725	66,695	59.7%
Non-Profit	5,634	9,530	37.2%
Self-Employed	15,181	8,075	65.3%

Local Government	9,169	16,206	36.1%
State Government	3,565	5,438	39.6%
Federal Government	1,560	1,016	60.6%

Total Private + Self	113,906	74,770	60.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	19,928	32,190	38.2%
Total	133,834	106,960	55.6%

Pct. Govt.	15.3%
Pct. Private + Self	78.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	29,460	12.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	44,681	18.5%
Professional, Technical	44,387	18.4%
Service Occupations	42,816	17.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,230	3.0%
All others	79,719	33.1%

White Collar		49.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	30,837	12.8%
Manufacturing	29,795	12.4%
Retail trade	28,111	11.7%
Educational services	22,967	9.5%
Construction	21,150	8.8%
Accommodation and food services	16,432	6.8%
Transportation and warehousing	16,086	6.7%
Other services	11,625	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	11,240	4.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,023	4.6%
Public administration	9,960	4.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,364	3.9%
Wholesale trade	6,446	2.7%
Finance and insurance	5,352	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,268	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,988	1.2%
Information	2,153	0.9%
Utilities	2,010	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	153	0.1%
Management	103	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	254,678	45.97%
Puerto Rican	3,124	0.56%
Cuban	625	0.11%
Dominican	40	0.01%

Total Central American	8,703	1.57%
Costa Rican	6	0.00%
Guatemalan	2,128	0.38%
Honduran	381	0.07%
Nicaraguan	1,333	0.24%
Panamanian	439	0.08%
Salvadoran	4,416	0.80%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,734	0.31%
Argentinean	92	0.02%
Bolivian	148	0.03%
Chilean	184	0.03%
Colombian	424	0.08%
Ecuadorian	246	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	624	0.11%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	16	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	8,303	1.50%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	10,062	1.82%
Filipino	6,576	1.19%
Chinese	3,662	0.66%
Cambodian	3,474	0.63%
Vietnamese	1,945	0.35%
Hmong	931	0.17%
Korean	812	0.15%
Laotian	712	0.13%
Japanese	536	0.10%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	294,760	57.0%
Spanish	176,283	34.1%
Other Indo-European	20,165	3.9%
Other	6,172	1.2%
Other Asian	5,171	1.0%
Tagalog	3,722	0.7%
Chinese	2,651	0.5%
Arabic	2,405	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,551	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	37,040	6.7%
English	33,268	6.0%
Irish	33,219	6.0%
Portuguese	22,208	4.0%
Italian	16,806	3.0%
American	11,868	2.1%
European	7,464	1.3%
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac	6,223	1.1%
French	6,137	1.1%
Scottish	6,032	1.1%
Swedish	5,775	1.0%
Dutch	5,586	1.0%
Norwegian	3,557	0.6%
Polish	2,762	0.5%
Greek	2,396	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	493,098	89.0%
Not a citizen	60,892	11.0%

Native	437,696	79.0%
Foreign-born	116,294	21.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
39,845	11.2%	31,514	8.9%	103,506	29.2%	109,869	31.0%	47,465	13.4%	22,168	6.3%
Average years of education: 12.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	39,845	11.2%
9-12 Years	31,514	8.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	103,506	29.2%
Some College	109,869	31.0%
Bach. Degree	47,465	13.4%
Grad Degree	22,168	6.3%
Average years of education: 12.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	360,680	318,080	42,600	11.8%
1991	367,722	312,954	54,768	14.9%
1992	383,626	320,126	63,500	16.6%
1993	388,310	322,808	65,502	16.9%
1994	387,270	325,228	62,042	16.0%
1995	384,630	325,358	59,272	15.4%
1996	388,684	332,346	56,338	14.5%
1997	395,840	343,276	52,564	13.3%
1998	403,190	353,714	49,476	12.3%
1999	405,078	361,884	43,194	10.7%

2000	415,126	383,192	31,934	7.7%
2001	427,520	391,616	35,904	8.4%
2002	438,292	395,586	42,706	9.7%
2003	443,692	399,504	44,188	10.0%
2004	447,282	406,012	41,270	9.2%
2005	453,318	415,286	38,032	8.4%
2006	449,286	413,578	35,708	7.9%
2007	454,208	415,214	38,994	8.6%
2008	463,680	412,148	51,532	11.1%
2009	472,340	396,160	76,180	16.1%

2010	487,656	403,340	84,316	17.3%
2011	484,356	403,128	81,228	16.8%
2012	483,318	410,232	73,086	15.1%
2013	480,536	417,566	62,970	13.1%
2014	480,444	426,158	54,286	11.3%
2015	481,972	435,942	46,030	9.6%
2016	485,474	443,538	41,936	8.6%
2017	484,274	447,776	36,498	7.5%
2018	486,180	454,536	31,644	6.5%
2019	484,916	455,058	29,858	6.2%

2020	481,282	429,770	51,512	10.7%
2021	480,400	440,322	40,078	8.3%
2022	484,552	458,270	26,282	5.4%
2023	489,852	458,342	31,510	6.4%
2024	507,266	472,312	34,954	6.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	185,149
Median Value	$450,100

Occupied	177,874	96.1%
Vacant	7,275	3.9%

Owned	108,828	61.2%
Rented	69,046	38.8%
Median Rent	$1,623

Single-Family Units	148,172	80.0%
Detached	140,057	75.6%
Attached	8,115	4.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	18,128	9.8%
Mobile Homes	7,733	4.2%

Modesto, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area