People QuickFacts California City California Population, 2012 estimate 13,364 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 14,120 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -5.4% 2.1% Population, 2010 14,120 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.0% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.4% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.4% 11.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 41.0% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 65.1% 57.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 15.2% 6.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.6% 13.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.4% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.6% 4.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 38.1% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 39.9% 40.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 77.2% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 10.2% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 20.5% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 79.8% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 13.2% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,802 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 32.6 27.0  Housing units, 2010 5,210 13,680,081 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 62.4% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.3% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $145,100 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 4,531 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.96 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,161 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $53,768 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 24.0% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts California City California Total number of firms, 2007 440 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.3% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.6% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) NA 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 21,868 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $1,605 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 7,356 80,852,787     Geography QuickFacts California City California Land area in square miles, 2010 203.52 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 69.4 239.1 FIPS Code 09780 06 Counties Kern County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts