Geographic-scope notice: Chinatown is not a separately-incorporated place in the U.S. Census Bureau's Place geography – it is either a neighborhood within a larger municipality (in San Francisco County) or a town-class subdivision in a state where the Census reports demographics at the town rather than place level. To avoid presenting county-level aggregates as city-level data, this page does not show synthetic Census or health figures for Chinatown. For the surrounding county aggregates, see the California state directory.
City safety & data profile
ChinatownCA
Chinatown, CA is a 101K-resident city in San Francisco County.
San Francisco County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Chinatown, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Chinatown has a population larger than 92% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
Data updated 2026-07-20
- 101K
- Population
- Top 8%
- By size
The read on Chinatown
Chinatown is one of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
The quick read
Reading Chinatown, CA beyond the headline numbers
Chinatown sits inside San Francisco County, California, at roughly 37.80°N, -122.41°W. Population 100,574.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Chinatown from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Comparison bars benchmark each metric against the national reference.
Safety Context
Chinatown, CA is located in San Francisco County, California. With a population of 101K, Safety alerts for the Chinatown area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
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Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
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AirNow - California
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CDC Air Quality & Health
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EPA NAAQS standards
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Using Chinatown's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Chinatown area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Chinatown against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Francisco County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census, CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.