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San Jose, CA Urban Area

1,771,563 Population
285.4 square miles 6,207 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$80,727 ±$1,602 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$156,284 ±$3,717 Median household income
  • about double the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.5% ±0.7% (130,486  ±12,515) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.3 minutes ±0.2 (20,469,130  ±382,174) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

636,511 ±4,471 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (1,731,648  ±6,107) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.1% ±0.6% (22,158  ±2,529) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

672,941 ±3,193 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$1,509,000 ±$23,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.4% ±0.8% (252,030  ±14,157.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.1% ±1.3% (1,138,389  ±16,939.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
59% ±1% (744,572  ±12,952.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

56.2% ±0.9% (946,079  ±15,060.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

43.3% ±0.7% (766,116  ±12,290) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

2.3% ±0.2% (32,594  ±2,499) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
32,594 Total veterans ±2,499 29,678 Male ±2,394 2,916 Female ±926

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