
Racial trends shape Bay Area’s future
The San Francisco Bay Area is the nation’s second most diverse region, with growing representation from all major racial/ethnic groups. Fifty-eight percent of residents in the San Francisco Bay Area region are people of color, including many different racial and ethnic groups. Non-Hispanic Whites are the single largest group (42%) followed by Asians (24%) and Latinos (21%). The Latino population is predominately of Mexican ancestry (69%), though a significant proportion are of Salvadoran ancestry (9%).
