Citrus Heights is part of the
Sacramento metropolitan area.
Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the
2020 census, Citrus Heights had a population of 87,583 and a population density of . The racial makeup of Citrus Heights was 68.9%
White, 3.9%
African American, 1.2%
Native American, 4.2%
Asian, 0.5%
Pacific Islander, 8.3% from
other races, and 13.0% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.6% of the population. The median age was 38.6 years. The age distribution was 20.7% under the age of 18, 8.4% aged 18 to 24, 28.8% aged 25 to 44, 24.1% aged 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 93.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.4 males age 18 and over. There were 34,532 households, out of which 28.6% included children under the age of 18. Of all households, 41.6% were married-couple households, 9.1% were
cohabiting couple households, 18.9% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 30.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 27.1% of households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52. There were 21,782
families (63.1% of all households). There were 35,928 housing units at an average density of . Of those units, 96.1% were occupied and 3.9% were vacant. Of occupied units, 57.6% were owner-occupied and 42.4% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%, and the rental vacancy rate was 4.5%.
2010 census At the
2010 census Citrus Heights had a population of 83,301. The population density was . The racial makeup of Citrus Heights was 66,856 (80.3%) White, 2,751 (3.3%) African American, 753 (0.9%) Native American, 2,714 (3.3%) Asian (1.2% Filipino, 0.4% Indian, 0.4% Chinese, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.4% Other), 363 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 5,348 (6.4%) from other races, and 4,516 (5.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13,734 persons (16.5%). The census reported that 82,815 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 304 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 182 (0.2%) were institutionalized. There were 32,686 households, 10,452 (32.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 14,241 (43.6%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 4,689 (14.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,027 (6.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,653 (8.1%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 252 (0.8%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 8,860 households (27.1%) were one person and 3,280 (10.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.53. There were 20,957 families (64.1% of households); the average family size was 3.08. The age distribution was 19,241 people (23.1%) under the age of 18, 8,480 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 23,022 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 21,473 people (25.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,085 people (13.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 36.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. There were 35,075 housing units at an average density of 2,465.1 per square mile, of the occupied units 18,832 (57.6%) were owner-occupied and 13,854 (42.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.8%. 47,329 people (56.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 35,486 people (42.6%) lived in rental housing units. ==Economy==