Census Reporter

San Jose, CA

1,021,786 Population
177.8 square miles 5,746.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$51,310 ±$1,017 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $61,400 ±$878
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$115,893 ±$4,636 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $130,865 ±$2,664
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

7.1% ±0.7% (71,931  ±7,430) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 6.3% 123,477 (±0.5% / ±9,048)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

31.7 minutes ±0.4 (15,960,715  ±338,902) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 30.3 29,507,465 (±0.4 / ±532,392)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

327,894 ±5,001 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 662,842 ±4,591
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
3.1 ±0.1 (1,007,614  ±2,249) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3 1,953,094 (±0 / ±2,672)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

4.6% ±0.7% (11,522  ±1,675) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 21,601 (±0.5% / ±2,240)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

343,234 ±4,703 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 706,285 ±923
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$999,900 ±$14,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,116,400 ±$12,380
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

11.4% ±0.9% (115,546  ±8,834.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 13.8% 272,064 (±0.7% / ±13,126.5)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

85.4% ±1.7% (607,458  ±13,192.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 88.7% 1,234,572 (±1.3% / ±18,089.6)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
45% ±1.2% (319,769  ±8,670.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 52.7% 733,354 (±0.9% / ±12,834.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

59.1% ±1.2% (570,454  ±11,350.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 53.8% 1,008,315 (±0.9% / ±17,383)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 44.5% 16,517,804 (±0.2% / ±76,842.9)

41.1% ±0.9% (419,921  ±9,516) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 39.7% 790,026 (±0.7% / ±13,650)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

3% ±0.3% (23,895  ±2,605) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3.3% 51,152 (±0.2% / ±3,444)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
23,895 Total veterans ±2,605 22,050 Male ±2,492 1,845 Female ±609

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