Sacramento, CA: 16,000 residents of Indian descent; 102 in our $1M+ set

Sacramento has about 16,100 residents of Asian Indian descent, up 11% from about 14,500 in the 2015–2019 survey (our calculation) [1][2]. They are 3.0% of a city of about 529,000 [1][3].

Our database places 102 people at an estimated $1M+ under the Sacramento name [6]. The evidence behind them is more mixed than in most suburbs we have covered [6].

• 16,075 residents of Asian Indian descent (alone or in combination) in Sacramento, California, 2020–2024 average [1], or 3.0% of the population [3].
• +11.1% versus the 2015–2019 estimate of 14,466 [1][2] (our calculation).
• 102 people in the HeyAlbert database placed in Sacramento, California at an estimated $1M+, of whom fewer than 25 are in our $5M+ bands [6].

How Sacramento compares with nearby places

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts 16,075 people who report Asian Indian ancestry, alone or with another group, in Sacramento [1], against 14,466 in 2015–2019 [2]. The table compares it with the places in Sacramento County that have the largest Asian Indian communities. Figures are for whole places, and some places extend into neighboring counties [1][2][4].

Place	2020–2024	2015–2019	Change	Share of place
Sacramento	16,075	14,466	11%	3.0%
Folsom	9,150	6,839	34%	10.9%
Elk Grove	6,600	7,711	-14%	3.7%
Vineyard CDP	4,361	2,001	118%	10.0%
Rancho Cordova	3,136	1,945	61%	3.8%
Florin CDP	1,441	1,430	1%	2.9%
Antelope CDP	1,180	2,095	-44%	2.4%
Arden-Arcade CDP	780	1,270	-39%	0.8%

Asian Indian alone or in any combination. Sources: ACS 5-year estimates [1][2][4]; totals from Table B01003. Change and share are our calculations. Estimates carry margins of error.

Sacramento has the largest community among Sacramento County's places (our ranking), ahead of Folsom at about 9,200 and Elk Grove at about 6,600 [1][2][4]. The share is higher in the suburbs: about 11% in Folsom and about 10% in Vineyard, which more than doubled from about 2,000 to about 4,400 [1][2][4][1][2][4]. Elk Grove fell 14% [1][2][4].

The most concentrated communities

Raw counts favor big cities. Ranking places of 20,000+ residents by the share who report Asian Indian ancestry gives a different map [1][2][3][4][5]:

Place	Asian Indian residents	Total population	Share
Folsom	9,150	83,916	10.9%
Vineyard CDP	4,361	43,751	10.0%
Rancho Cordova	3,136	81,849	3.8%
Elk Grove	6,600	179,155	3.7%
Sacramento	16,075	528,706	3.0%
Florin CDP	1,441	50,211	2.9%
Antelope CDP	1,180	48,301	2.4%

Places with 20,000+ residents and at least 1,000 Asian Indian residents. CDP = census-designated place. Sources: ACS 2020–2024 5-year, Tables B02018 and B01003 [1][2][3][4][5]; shares are our calculation.

What the HeyAlbert database shows in Sacramento, California

HeyAlbert builds profiles of Indian-American individuals with an estimated net worth of $1M or more from public records, and every estimate is tied to a cited source. Our database currently places 102 such people in Sacramento, California [6]. That is a count of people we have found and estimated, not a census of wealthy households: our coverage is partial and uneven.

Estimated net-worth band	People in our database
$5M+	<25
$1M–5M	not shown
Total, $1M+	102

Source: HeyAlbert database [6]. Bands are estimates from public evidence; $5M+ combines our $5–15M and $25M+ tiers. Cells under 25 are suppressed. When one tier has fewer than 25 people, the other tier is not shown either, because it could be subtracted from the total.

City	$1M+	of which $5M+
Sacramento	102	<25

Source: HeyAlbert database [6]. Cities with 25+ people at $1M+; cells under 25 shown as <25. The city is where our sources place the person; for some records it is a workplace rather than a home. Our records are matched on the city name Sacramento; the Census figures are for the whole place.

Our database places 102 people in Sacramento at an estimated $1M+ [6]. Fewer than 25 of them are in our $5M+ bands, so this post shows the $1M+ total and does not split it by tier [6]. Fewer than 25 have a public giving signal [6].

Why our Sacramento, California count looks the way it does

Each estimate in our database rests on a primary piece of public evidence [6]. In Sacramento, California, most rest on one type: home value (public assessor or listing records). Because some evidence types here cover fewer than 25 people, and subtracting them from the total could reveal a suppressed tier, we do not show the evidence counts for this place.

Public home-value records support most of these estimates [6]. The rest come from professional licenses, patents, physician estimates and company filings. That is a wider mix than in most of the suburbs we cover [6].

What it means if you work with these families

For advisors, the city has the biggest community, but the suburbs have the higher share [1][2][4][1][2][4]. Our Folsom and Sacramento County posts cover the rest of the area.

Methodology

Census figures are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020–2024 and 2015–2019, Table B02018, using “Asian Indian, alone or in any combination” [1][2]. Total population comes from Table B01003 [3]. The Census Bureau changed how it codes detailed race responses in 2020, so part of the change between the two periods may reflect coding rather than migration. All estimates carry margins of error. Shares and growth rates are our calculations.

HeyAlbert counts are aggregates from our database as of November 9, 2026 [6]. They include people we identified as likely of Indian origin with an estimated net worth of $1M or more, based on public records such as property assessments, professional licenses, patents, SEC filings and donor rolls. Coverage is partial and depends on which public records exist and which we have processed. These counts are not population totals. Any cell under 25 is suppressed, and we publish aggregates only, never individual records.

Related

• Sacramento County: a community of 46,000 our data barely reaches
• Folsom, CA: 9,150 residents of Indian descent, 11% of the city
• Indian-American wealth in California: where the $5M+ tier lives

HeyAlbert maps 209K+ wealthy Indian-American households and tells you who to call, with every fact cited. See who is in Sacramento, California at heyalbert.site.

Sources

1. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in California. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=040XX00US06$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
2. ACS 2015–2019 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in California. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2019.B02018?g=040XX00US06$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
3. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003 (total population), places in California. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=040XX00US06$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
4. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in Sacramento County, California. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=050XX00US06067$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
5. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003, places in Sacramento County, California. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=050XX00US06067$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
6. HeyAlbert database, aggregate counts (snapshot as of November 9, 2026); how we build it is described on our methodology page. HeyAlbert. https://heyalbert.site/research/methodology/