Hanford is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 58,470 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Hanford is the 159th largest community in California.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hanford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hanford is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hanford who work in sales jobs (9.90%), office and administrative support (8.94%), and healthcare (7.20%). The percentage of adults in Hanford who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.05% of the adults in Hanford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hanford in 2022 was $30,889, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,556 for a family of four. However, Hanford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hanford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hanford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Hanford, accounting for 50.10% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hanford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hanford include German, Irish, Portuguese, English, and Italian. Hanford also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.04%. The most common language spoken in Hanford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
