2024 population: 2,529,933 ( 109,966 from 2020)
Land area: 7209.2 square miles
Population density: 350.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	765,026	30.24%	6.5%
Black:	161,010	6.36%	4.6%
Indian:	11,371	0.45%	1.6%
Asian:	200,396	7.92%	15.6%
2+ races:	64,512	2.55%	8.1%
Hispanic:	1,327,618	52.48%	10.3%

Total non-White:	1,764,907	69.76%	10.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	116,337	12.0
Deaths:	90,441	9.3
Net Migration:	57,069	5.9
Net Immigration:	26,500	2.7

Change in White population:	-53,353	-2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	163,319	6.7

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
2,419,967
818,379	33.82%
153,914	6.36%
11,552	0.48%
173,307	7.16%
59,684	2.47%
1,203,131	49.72%
1,601,588	66.18%

2010
2,189,641
869,068	39.69%
130,823	5.97%
10,931	0.50%
131,770	6.02%
48,110	2.20%
995,257	45.45%
1,320,573	60.31%

2000
1,545,387
788,831	51.04%
92,403	5.98%
10,135	0.66%
58,483	3.78%
33,535	2.17%
559,575	36.21%
756,556	48.96%

1990
1,170,413
757,709	64.74%
60,063	5.13%
8,965	0.77%
41,390	3.54%
n/a
302,286	25.83%
412,704	35.26%

1980
663,166
491,808	74.16%
30,371	4.58%
5,883	0.89%
9,935	1.50%
n/a
123,966	18.69%
171,358	25.84%

1970
459,074
352,757	76.84%
17,513	3.81%
2,411	0.53%
2,972	0.65%
n/a
79,621	17.34%
106,317	23.16%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
279,019	12.7
146,841	6.7
134,914	6.2
14,279	0.7

-50,689	-2.3
281,015	12.8

Number	Rate
2000's
279,418	18.1
125,757	8.1
384,069	24.9
48,613	3.1

80,237	5.2
564,017	36.5

Number	Rate
1990's
243,406	20.8
108,833	9.3
190,098	16.2
65,052	5.6

31,122	2.7
343,852	29.4

Number	Rate
1980's
160,009	24.1
77,692	11.7
433,088	65.3
n/a

265,901	40.1
241,346	36.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
166,527	36.3
n/a

139,051	30.3
65,041	14.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Palm Springs, CA Market 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
37.0
597,369	23.6%
1,932,564	76.4%
382,888	15.1%

775,335
3.15

579,985	74.8%
420,550	72.5%
48,907	8.4%
195,350	25.2%

2010
Number	Percent
33.7
620,108	28.3%
1,569,533	71.7%
258,586	11.8%

686,260
3.14

510,241	74.4%
376,381	73.8%
49,824	9.8%
176,019	25.6%

2000
Number	Percent
33.1
467,079	30.2%
1,078,308	69.8%
194,833	12.6%

506,781
2.98

375,207	74.0%
291,390	77.7%
35,868	9.6%
131,574	26.0%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
333,468	28.5%
836,945	71.5%
153,890	13.1%

402,426
2.85

298,517	74.2%
244,910	82.0%
22,753	7.6%
103,909	25.8%

1980
Number	Percent
31.9
184,390	27.8%
478,776	72.2%
98,456	14.8%

243,161
2.68

180,026	74.0%
153,778	85.4%
13,284	7.4%
63,135	26.0%

2024 Housing Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	30,827	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	18,772	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	19,210	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	21,125	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	21,491	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	23,121	3.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	21,458	2.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	23,719	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	22,454	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	44,162	5.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	66,681	8.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	99,672	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	87,607	11.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	65,397	8.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	94,622	12.2%
$200,000 or more	115,017	14.8%

Median Household Income	93,074
Per Capita Income	38,317

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	109

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	45,359	5.9%
Public Assistance	32,750	4.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	108,865	14.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	480,629	66.0%
Unemployed	33,502	4.6%
In Armed Forces	4,757	0.7%

Total Labor Force	518,888	71.2%
Not in Labor Force	209,759	28.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	437,399	317,758	57.9%
Non-Profit	25,588	37,478	40.6%
Self-Employed	73,438	44,416	62.3%

Local Government	43,167	67,827	38.9%
State Government	18,116	25,202	41.8%
Federal Government	13,551	7,702	63.8%

Total Private + Self	510,837	362,174	58.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	100,422	138,209	42.1%
Total	611,259	500,383	55.0%

Pct. Govt.	15.8%
Pct. Private + Self	78.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	156,152	14.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	231,615	20.8%
Professional, Technical	218,201	19.6%
Service Occupations	219,451	19.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	11,276	1.0%
All others	288,455	25.9%

White Collar		54.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	142,363	12.8%
Retail trade	135,741	12.2%
Construction	102,084	9.2%
Educational services	93,722	8.4%
Manufacturing	87,837	7.9%
Accommodation and food services	84,739	7.6%
Transportation and warehousing	77,749	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	61,429	5.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	58,151	5.2%
Public administration	56,590	5.1%
Other services	54,203	4.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	34,226	3.1%
Finance and insurance	33,122	3.0%
Wholesale trade	28,508	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	20,833	1.9%
Information	16,013	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	14,915	1.3%
Utilities	9,958	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	925	0.1%
Management	766	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,090,978	44.02%
Puerto Rican	17,705	0.71%
Cuban	8,043	0.32%
Dominican	3,328	0.13%

Total Central American	77,501	3.13%
Costa Rican	2,463	0.10%
Guatemalan	27,543	1.11%
Honduran	4,876	0.20%
Nicaraguan	6,357	0.26%
Panamanian	2,709	0.11%
Salvadoran	33,069	1.33%
Other Central American	484	0.02%

Total South American	24,881	1.00%
Argentinean	2,910	0.12%
Bolivian	1,174	0.05%
Chilean	1,190	0.05%
Colombian	9,008	0.36%
Ecuadorian	2,834	0.11%
Paraguayan	115	0.00%
Peruvian	5,483	0.22%
Uruguayan	102	0.00%
Venezuelan	1,822	0.07%
Other South American	243	0.01%

Other Hispanic	48,127	1.94%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	61,708	2.49%
Chinese	27,530	1.11%
Indian	19,898	0.80%
Vietnamese	18,709	0.75%
Korean	10,506	0.42%
Japanese	5,258	0.21%
Taiwanese	3,095	0.12%
Cambodian	2,750	0.11%
Laotian	2,271	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,343,906	57.6%
Spanish	816,625	35.0%
Tagalog	35,598	1.5%
Other Indo-European	32,757	1.4%
Chinese	25,220	1.1%
Other Asian	17,905	0.8%
Arabic	15,152	0.6%
Vietnamese	15,100	0.6%
Korean	8,374	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	163,726	6.6%
English	152,281	6.1%
Irish	131,317	5.3%
Italian	74,701	3.0%
American	66,131	2.7%
European	30,412	1.2%
French	28,554	1.2%
Scottish	27,986	1.1%
Polish	23,603	1.0%
Norwegian	19,766	0.8%
Swedish	16,699	0.7%
Dutch	16,335	0.7%
Russian	10,097	0.4%
Scotch-Irish	9,434	0.4%
African	8,294	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,239,640	90.4%
Not a citizen	238,960	9.6%

Native	1,934,735	78.1%
Foreign-born	543,865	21.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
144,835	8.8%	127,464	7.7%	438,508	26.6%	517,200	31.3%	269,593	16.3%	152,235	9.2%
Average years of education: 12.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	144,835	8.8%
9-12 Years	127,464	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	438,508	26.6%
Some College	517,200	31.3%
Bach. Degree	269,593	16.3%
Grad Degree	152,235	9.2%
Average years of education: 12.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	536,428	498,080	38,348	7.1%
1991	551,422	495,159	56,263	10.2%
1992	576,055	507,395	68,660	11.9%
1993	582,050	511,391	70,659	12.1%
1994	597,407	533,406	64,001	10.7%
1995	607,553	550,198	57,355	9.4%
1996	612,312	560,729	51,583	8.4%
1997	638,299	589,754	48,545	7.6%
1998	660,337	616,284	44,053	6.7%
1999	692,556	654,371	38,185	5.5%

2000	680,221	644,150	36,071	5.3%
2001	709,270	670,047	39,223	5.5%
2002	746,220	697,630	48,590	6.5%
2003	775,987	724,882	51,105	6.6%
2004	817,506	768,504	49,002	6.0%
2005	852,711	807,102	45,609	5.3%
2006	882,641	838,261	44,380	5.0%
2007	903,169	849,266	53,903	6.0%
2008	912,039	833,559	78,480	8.6%
2009	921,434	795,712	125,722	13.6%

2010	977,784	839,147	138,637	14.2%
2011	977,288	846,288	131,000	13.4%
2012	985,244	868,757	116,487	11.8%
2013	993,023	893,454	99,569	10.0%
2014	1,009,162	925,465	83,697	8.3%
2015	1,033,458	963,825	69,633	6.7%
2016	1,051,610	987,187	64,423	6.1%
2017	1,071,594	1,014,926	56,668	5.3%
2018	1,090,129	1,041,495	48,634	4.5%
2019	1,105,704	1,058,717	46,987	4.2%

2020	1,107,723	997,725	109,998	9.9%
2021	1,133,045	1,050,042	83,003	7.3%
2022	1,152,096	1,104,077	48,019	4.2%
2023	1,157,871	1,102,297	55,574	4.8%
2024	1,181,346	1,118,627	62,719	5.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	869,414
Median Value	$557,300

Occupied	775,335	89.2%
Vacant	94,079	10.8%

Owned	535,986	69.1%
Rented	239,349	30.9%
Median Rent	$1,901

Single-Family Units	650,084	74.8%
Detached	595,953	68.5%
Attached	54,131	6.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	102,031	11.7%
Mobile Homes	75,526	8.7%

Palm Springs, CA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2024 Housing Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area