City of Richmond Demographics
Geography:
Total Area: 56.1 square miles (land area: 33.8; water area 22.3)
Total Miles of Shoreline: 32
Total City parks: 292.6 Acres
Geographical Landmarks: Brooks Island, Brother Islands, Red Rock Island.
Population:
Total Population: 103,828 (source: CA State Dept. of Finance, estimate January 1, 2007)
Population Profile: (source: US Census Bureau State and County QuickFacts, 2000 unless otherwise stated)
Age
Persons under 5 years old, percent: 7.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent: 27.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent: 9.9%
Female persons, percent: 51.4%
Median Age: 34 (US Census Data – 2005)
Persons 25 to 34 years old make up the majority of the population (US Census Data – 2005)
Race/ethnicity
White persons, percent: 31.4%
Black or African American persons, percent: 36.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent: 0.6%
Asian persons, percent: 12.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent: 0.5%
Persons reporting some other race, percent: 13.9%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent: 5.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent: 26.5%
The city’s racial groups were largely segregated, according to the 2000 census, with north and south Richmond being predominantly black, Point Richmond and the eastern hills predominantly white, and central Richmond predominantly Hispanic or Latino.
Household
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 51.5%
Foreign born persons, percent: 25.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+: 36.2%
Spanish: 22.8%
Homeownership rate: 53.3%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units (2005, estimate*): $449,600
Households: 34,625
Persons per household: 2.82
Occupants per room (Hispanic or Latino householder)
1 or less occupants per room: 3,365
1.01 or more: 2,784
Occupants per room (White alone, not Hispanic householder)
1 or less: 10,000
1.01 or more: 315
Occupants per room (Black or African American alone householder)
1 or less: 11,919
1.01 or more: 1,229
Occupants per room (Asian alone householder)
1 or less: 3,034
1.01: 772
Median household income, 1999 $44,210
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+: 34.3
Housing units: 36,044
Education
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+: 75.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+: 22.4%
Percent of residents 20-24 enrolled in school: 30.3%
Percent of residents 18+ enrolled in college or grad school: 8.7%
Economics
Per capita money income (1999)- $19,788
Persons below poverty, percent (1999)- 16.2%
Number of people under the poverty level (2005 American Community Survey Data) – 7,212
Below poverty in the past 12 months- 12.5%
Government
Council-Manager system.
City Council has 9 members elected to alternating 4-year terms.
Mayor: Gayle McLaughlin
City Council: Gayle McLaughlin, Maria T. Viramontes, John E. Marquez, Thomas K. Butt, Tony K. Thurmond, Ludmyrna Lopez, Harpreet Sandhu, Jim Rodgers, Nate Bates
City Manager: William A. Lindsay
Assistant City Manager/Human Resources Management Director: Leslie Knight
City Attorney: John Eastman
*Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey
Citizenship Status
Native- 53.4%
Foreign Born- 46.6%
Naturalized US Citizen: 21.6%
Not a U.S. Citizen: 24.9%
Occupational Trends (for workers age 16+)
Management/professional- 33.3%
Service- 20.8%
Sales/office- 24.9%
Farming- 0%
Construction/maintenance- 9.5%
Production/transportation/moving materials- 11.2%
Armed Forces- 0.4%
Major Employers
Chevron U.S.A., Refinery 1,646
Kaiser Permanente 1,503
West Contra Costa Unified School District 1,271
Social Security Payment Center 1,260
Chevron Research & Technology 1,076
U.S. Postal Service Bulk Mail Center 1,007
United Parcel Service (UPS) 950
City of Richmond 850
CA State Dept. of Health Services 600
Berlex Laboratories, Inc. 471
U.C. Berkeley Field Station 440
Police Beats/Districts
Northern: Hilltop/El Sobrante
Eastern/Central: East Richmond
Downtown/Central: Iron Triangle
Southern: Point Richmond/Marina Bay
List of neighborhoods in Richmond
Atchison Village
Belding Woods
Brickyard Cove
Carriage Hills
Central Richmond
Civic Center
Coronado
Cortez/Stege
Crescent Park
Downtown (Richmond)
East Richmond
Eastshore
El Sobrante Hills
Fairmede Hilltop
Greenbriar
Green Ridge Heights
Hilltop Green
Hilltop Village (Shopping District)
Iron Triangle
Laurel Park
Marina Bay
May Valley
Mira Vista (Richmond View)
North & East
Panhandle Annex
Parchester Village
Park Plaza
Parkview
Point Isabel
Point Richmond
Pullman
Quail Hill
Richmond Annex
Richmond Village
Santa Fe
Shields-Reid
South Richmond aka Iron Triangle
Southwest Richmond Annex
Voter Registration (source: Report of Registration, Feb 10 2007, State of California)
Total registered voters: 35,572
Democrat: 24,735
Republican: 3,309
American Independent: 489
Green: 521
Major Demographic Changes in the Last Decade
One of the largest demographic shifts is the increase in Richmond’s Hispanic or Latino population, which went from over 12,690 in 1990 to 26,319 in 2000. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the 2005 population at 32,667, but the margin for error was over 8,000. Meanwhile the black population has dropped from 38,260 in 1990 to an estimated 27,805 in 2005, though again the margin for error was great, at nearly 5,000 people.
