Population: 898,943 Males: 454,798 (50.8%), Females: 440,145 (49.2%)
Elevation: 87 feet
County: Santa Clara
Land area: 174.9 square miles
Zip codes: 95101..95103, 95108..95139, 95150..95161, 95170..95173, 95190..95194, 95196, 95164, 95141, 95142, 95148, 95106. Median resident age: 32.6 years Median household income: $70,243 Median house value: $394,000
Races in San Jose:
- White Non-Hispanic (36.0%)
- Hispanic (30.2%)
- Other race (15.9%)
- Vietnamese (8.8%)
- Chinese (5.7%)
- Filipino (5.4%)
- Two or more races (5.0%)
- Black (3.5%)
- Asian Indian (3.0%)
- Other Asian (1.6%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
- Japanese (1.3%)
- Korean (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (7.6%), Irish (6.1%), English (5.6%), Italian (4.8%), United States (1.9%), French (1.8%).
For population 25 years and over in San Jose city
- High school or higher: 78.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.7%
- Unemployed: 4.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in San Jose city
- Never married: 31.2%
- Now married: 54.0%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 4.4%
- Divorced: 8.4%
36.8% Foreign born (20.4% Asia, 12.8% Latin America).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (327.5 miles, pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Seven Trees, CA (2.6 miles),
Sunol-Midtown, CA (2.9 miles),
Buena Vista, CA (3.2 miles),
Burbank, CA (4.2 miles),
Fruitdale, CA (4.4 miles),
Cambrian Park, CA (5.1 miles),
Alum Rock, CA (5.5 miles),
Campbell, CA (5.8 miles).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1996: 2229 buildings, average cost: $142,300
- 1997: 2329 buildings, average cost: $152,100
- 1998: 1963 buildings, average cost: $158,500
- 1999: 1596 buildings, average cost: $160,700
- 2000: 1336 buildings, average cost: $162,200
- 2001: 540 buildings, average cost: $158,800
- 2002: 620 buildings, average cost: $187,000
Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (28.1%), Educational,health and social services (13.6%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (13.5%), Retail trade (10.5%).
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