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City of Santa Clara
Santa Clara County
           
  Census 2000   2007 ACS Estimates
TOTAL POPULATION 102,361 100.0%   109,363 100.0%
In households 99,574 97.3%   105,427 96.4%
In group quarters 2,787 2.7%   3,936 3.6%
     
RACE    
White 56,903 55.6%   50,990 46.6%
Black or African American 2,341 2.3%   2,370 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 542 0.5%   480 0.4%
Asian 29,966 29.3%   39,359 36.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 437 0.4%   851 0.8%
Some other race 7,102 6.9%   11,286 10.3%
Two or more races 5,070 5.0%   4,027 3.7%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE    
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 16,364 16.0%   20,854 19.1%
Not Hispanic or Latino 85,997 84.0%   88,509 80.9%
White 49,392 48.3%   43,056 39.4%
Black or African American 2,237 2.2%   2,196 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 275 0.3%   416 0.4%
Asian 29,791 29.1%   39,100 35.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 416 0.4%   694 0.6%
Some other race 275 0.3%   176 0.2%
Two or more races 3,611 3.5%   2,871 2.6%
     
PLACE OF BIRTH BY CITIZENSHIP STATUS    
Native 66,410 65.0%   67,953 62.1%
Foreign born 35,694 35.0%   41,410 37.9%
Naturalized citizen 13,057 12.8%   17,605 16.1%
Not a citizen 22,637 22.2%   23,805 21.8%
     
SEX    
Male 52,086 50.9%   56,476 51.6%
Female 50,275 49.1%   52,887 48.4%
     
AGE    
Under 5 years 6,688 6.5%   9,932 9.1%
5 to 17 years 13,707 13.4%   13,539 12.4%
18 to 64 years 71,066 69.4%   74,845 68.4%
65 years and over 10,900 10.7%   11,047 10.1%
Median age 33.4 X   34.4 X
     
HOUSEHOLDS    
Total households 38,526 100.0%   40,665 100.0%
Family households 24,100 62.6%   25,222 62.0%
Families with children under 18 10,563 27.4%   13,083 32.2%
Average household size 2.58 X   2.59 X
Average family size 3.14 X   3.27 X
     
HOUSING OCCUPANCY    
Total housing units 39,630 100.0%   42,480 100.0%
Occupied housing units 38,526 97.2%   40,665 95.7%
Owner-occupied housing units 17,763 46.1%   19,298 47.5%
Renter-occupied housing units 20,763 53.9%   21,367 52.5%
Vacant housing units 1,104 2.8%   1,815 4.3%
1 unit, detached housing 17,633 44.5%   17,978 42.3%
Median value owner occupied unit (dollars) 396,500 X   656,500 X
Median gross rent (dollars) 1,238 X   1,252 X
     
INCOME AND POVERTY IN 1999   PAST 12 MONTHS  
Median household income (dollars) 69,466 X   76,850 X
Median family income (dollars) 77,189 X   92,065 X
Per capita income (dollars) 31,755 X   35,380 X
Individuals in poverty 7,786 7.8%   10,379 9.5%
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
Population 25 and over 70,097 100.0%   74,247 100.0%
High school graduate 11,990 17.1%   13,486 18.2%
Bachelor's degree 18,076 25.8%   19,850 26.7%
Graduate or professional degree 11,612 16.6%   14,133 19.0%
     
COMMUTING TO WORK    
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 21.8 X   20.6 X
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK FOR WORKERS 16 YEARS AND OVER    
Total 54,676 100.0%   52,317 100.0%
Car, truck, or van: 49,076 89.8%   45,509 87.0%
Drove alone 42,835 78.3%   41,694 79.7%
Carpooled 6,241 11.4%   3,815 7.3%
Public transportation (Census 2000 includes taxicabs, ACS excludes them) 1,587 2.9%   1,877 3.6%
Bus or trolley bus 1,076 2.0%   1,102 2.1%
Streetcar or trolley car 25 0.0%   0 0.0%
Subway or elevated 82 0.1%   291 0.6%
Railroad 374 0.7%   484 0.9%
Ferryboat 0 0.0%   0 0.0%
Taxicab 30 0.1%   9 0.0%
Motorcycle 77 0.1%   172 0.3%
Bicycle 788 1.4%   551 1.1%
Walked 1,730 3.2%   1,885 3.6%
Other means 176 0.3%   411 0.8%
Worked at home 1,242 2.3%   1,903 3.6%
     
DETAILED PLACE TO PLACE COMMUTING (in Excel)    
     
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION    
Employed civilian population 16 years and over 55,528 100.0%   54,358 100.0%
Management, professional and related 28,498 51.3%   27,644 50.9%
Service 5,142 9.3%   6,796 12.5%
Sales and office 12,862 23.2%   13,055 24.0%
Farming, fishing & forestry 94 0.2%   18 0.0%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance 3,033 5.5%   3,509 6.5%
Production, transportation, and material moving 5,899 10.6%   3,336 6.1%
     
CLASS OF WORKER        
Self-employed workers 2,612 4.7%   2,448 4.5%
 
 
                Source: Census 2000 SF1, SF3, DP1-DP4, CTPP, 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates
 
 
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