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):

2022
Number	Percent
36.3
597,531	23.6%
1,932,402	76.4%
359,162	14.2%

749,976
3.19

558,130	74.4%
410,751	73.6%
47,559	8.5%
191,846	25.6%

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%

2022 Housing Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	31,703	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	20,909	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	21,573	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	24,094	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	24,914	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	24,597	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	23,777	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	23,279	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	24,768	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	47,826	6.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	66,338	8.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	99,965	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	83,206	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	62,380	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	78,407	10.5%
$200,000 or more	92,240	12.3%

Median Household Income	84,505
Per Capita Income	35,356

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	43,070	5.7%
Public Assistance	28,154	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	90,207	12.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	477,438	65.5%
Unemployed	33,490	4.6%
In Armed Forces	4,136	0.6%

Total Labor Force	515,064	70.7%
Not in Labor Force	213,544	29.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	430,318	308,576	58.2%
Non-Profit	23,586	36,342	39.4%
Self-Employed	70,434	38,786	64.5%

Local Government	40,743	60,733	40.2%
State Government	17,092	24,367	41.2%
Federal Government	12,281	7,804	61.1%

Total Private + Self	500,752	347,362	59.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	93,702	129,246	42.0%
Total	594,454	476,608	55.5%

Pct. Govt.	15.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	143,869	13.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	236,722	22.1%
Professional, Technical	199,244	18.6%
Service Occupations	213,134	19.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	9,551	0.9%
All others	280,373	26.1%

White Collar		54.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	134,614	12.5%
Retail trade	132,380	12.3%
Construction	101,452	9.5%
Educational services	88,144	8.2%
Manufacturing	87,949	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	86,543	8.1%
Transportation and warehousing	71,296	6.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	55,637	5.2%
Public administration	55,549	5.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	53,398	5.0%
Other services	52,551	4.9%
Finance and insurance	31,945	3.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	31,177	2.9%
Wholesale trade	29,122	2.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	21,262	2.0%
Information	16,570	1.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13,035	1.2%
Utilities	9,173	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	785	0.1%
Management	760	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,074,125	44.21%
Puerto Rican	16,438	0.68%
Cuban	9,009	0.37%
Dominican	2,358	0.10%

Total Central American	66,940	2.76%
Costa Rican	1,870	0.08%
Guatemalan	23,893	0.98%
Honduran	4,103	0.17%
Nicaraguan	5,650	0.23%
Panamanian	2,353	0.10%
Salvadoran	28,778	1.18%
Other Central American	293	0.01%

Total South American	22,396	0.92%
Argentinean	2,475	0.10%
Bolivian	1,020	0.04%
Chilean	994	0.04%
Colombian	8,496	0.35%
Ecuadorian	1,928	0.08%
Paraguayan	34	0.00%
Peruvian	5,255	0.22%
Uruguayan	259	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,584	0.07%
Other South American	351	0.01%

Other Hispanic	42,011	1.73%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	62,830	2.59%
Chinese	26,042	1.07%
Vietnamese	18,271	0.75%
Indian	15,786	0.65%
Korean	10,118	0.42%
Japanese	4,998	0.21%
Cambodian	3,199	0.13%
Taiwanese	2,544	0.10%
Thai	1,791	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,335,069	58.5%
Spanish	788,923	34.6%
Tagalog	36,044	1.6%
Other Indo-European	28,867	1.3%
Chinese	21,604	0.9%
Other Asian	16,128	0.7%
Vietnamese	15,076	0.7%
Arabic	11,826	0.5%
Korean	8,085	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	164,242	6.8%
English	143,710	5.9%
Irish	132,536	5.5%
Italian	76,105	3.1%
American	66,247	2.7%
European	40,902	1.7%
French	30,751	1.3%
Scottish	26,516	1.1%
Polish	22,500	0.9%
Norwegian	21,160	0.9%
Swedish	17,688	0.7%
Dutch	16,985	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	10,565	0.4%
Russian	10,515	0.4%
British	10,224	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,195,704	90.4%
Not a citizen	233,783	9.6%

Native	1,903,513	78.4%
Foreign-born	525,974	21.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
142,806	9.0%	126,225	7.9%	426,917	26.8%	514,606	32.3%	244,893	15.4%	138,553	8.7%
Average years of education: 12.7

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	142,806	9.0%
9-12 Years	126,225	7.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	426,917	26.8%
Some College	514,606	32.3%
Bach. Degree	244,893	15.4%
Grad Degree	138,553	8.7%
Average years of education: 12.7

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	851,646
Median Value	$462,900

Occupied	749,976	88.1%
Vacant	101,670	11.9%

Owned	513,821	68.5%
Rented	236,155	31.5%
Median Rent	$1,711

Single-Family Units	632,357	74.3%
Detached	585,506	68.7%
Attached	46,851	5.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	102,143	12.0%
Mobile Homes	73,733	8.7%

Palm Springs, CA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Palm Springs, CA Market Area