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):

2022
Number	Percent
34.5
148,111	26.6%
408,861	73.4%
73,575	13.2%

175,747
3.11

130,092	74.0%
89,808	69.0%
13,218	10.2%
45,655	26.0%

2010
Number	Percent
32.9
147,158	28.6%
367,295	71.4%
54,831	10.7%

165,180
3.08

124,032	75.1%
88,016	71.0%
13,097	10.6%
41,148	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%

2022 Housing Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,427	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	6,183	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,941	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,009	3.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	6,492	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	6,660	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	6,494	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,145	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,482	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,615	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	17,572	10.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	24,117	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,550	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	13,923	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,012	8.5%
$200,000 or more	16,125	9.2%

Median Household Income	74,872
Per Capita Income	32,044

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	13,500	7.7%
Public Assistance	6,437	3.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,087	14.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	116,716	65.9%
Unemployed	8,166	4.6%
In Armed Forces	204	0.1%

Total Labor Force	125,086	70.7%
Not in Labor Force	51,957	29.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	98,010	66,251	59.7%
Non-Profit	5,379	8,802	37.9%
Self-Employed	15,130	7,298	67.5%

Local Government	9,348	14,921	38.5%
State Government	3,399	5,224	39.4%
Federal Government	1,613	1,398	53.6%

Total Private + Self	113,140	73,549	60.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	19,739	30,345	39.4%
Total	132,879	103,894	56.1%

Pct. Govt.	15.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	28,430	12.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	45,898	19.4%
Professional, Technical	41,408	17.5%
Service Occupations	43,344	18.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	7,881	3.3%
All others	78,030	32.9%

White Collar		48.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	29,909	12.6%
Manufacturing	28,802	12.1%
Retail trade	26,462	11.2%
Construction	21,016	8.9%
Educational services	20,906	8.8%
Accommodation and food services	16,782	7.1%
Transportation and warehousing	16,408	6.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,900	5.0%
Other services	11,311	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,918	4.6%
Public administration	10,470	4.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,287	3.9%
Wholesale trade	7,025	3.0%
Finance and insurance	5,245	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,408	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,112	1.3%
Information	2,014	0.8%
Utilities	1,880	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	169	0.1%
Management	86	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	246,665	44.68%
Puerto Rican	3,448	0.62%
Cuban	570	0.10%
Dominican	66	0.01%

Total Central American	7,306	1.32%
Costa Rican	19	0.00%
Guatemalan	1,934	0.35%
Honduran	208	0.04%
Nicaraguan	983	0.18%
Panamanian	95	0.02%
Salvadoran	4,067	0.74%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,379	0.43%
Argentinean	215	0.04%
Bolivian	99	0.02%
Chilean	121	0.02%
Colombian	563	0.10%
Ecuadorian	208	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	1,162	0.21%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	11	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	7,993	1.45%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	8,984	1.63%
Filipino	6,213	1.13%
Chinese	4,153	0.75%
Cambodian	3,554	0.64%
Vietnamese	1,885	0.34%
Laotian	1,042	0.19%
Japanese	952	0.17%
Korean	809	0.15%
Hmong	580	0.11%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	293,754	57.1%
Spanish	174,406	33.9%
Other Indo-European	19,232	3.7%
Other	6,472	1.3%
Other Asian	5,463	1.1%
Chinese	3,396	0.7%
Tagalog	3,354	0.7%
Arabic	2,727	0.5%
German, other Germanic	1,461	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	38,557	7.0%
Irish	33,617	6.1%
English	32,200	5.8%
Portuguese	21,392	3.9%
Italian	18,737	3.4%
American	15,530	2.8%
European	9,505	1.7%
French	6,798	1.2%
Swedish	6,736	1.2%
Dutch	5,512	1.0%
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac	5,481	1.0%
Scottish	5,159	0.9%
Norwegian	4,973	0.9%
Polish	3,102	0.6%
Afghan	2,443	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	493,684	89.4%
Not a citizen	58,379	10.6%

Native	440,517	79.8%
Foreign-born	111,546	20.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
38,168	10.9%	30,813	8.8%	105,597	30.1%	112,220	32.0%	44,136	12.6%	19,751	5.6%
Average years of education: 12.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	38,168	10.9%
9-12 Years	30,813	8.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	105,597	30.1%
Some College	112,220	32.0%
Bach. Degree	44,136	12.6%
Grad Degree	19,751	5.6%
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	183,317
Median Value	$393,300

Occupied	175,747	95.9%
Vacant	7,570	4.1%

Owned	106,359	60.5%
Rented	69,388	39.5%
Median Rent	$1,433

Single-Family Units	146,442	79.9%
Detached	138,644	75.6%
Attached	7,798	4.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	17,658	9.6%
Mobile Homes	8,129	4.4%

Modesto, CA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Modesto, CA Metro Area