People QuickFacts San Mateo California Population, 2012 estimate 99,670 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 97,207 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.5% 2.1% Population, 2010 97,207 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.8% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 20.8% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 14.4% 11.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.2% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 57.8% 57.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.4% 6.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 18.9% 13.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 2.1% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.7% 4.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 26.6% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 46.5% 40.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.4% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 33.5% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 42.8% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.6% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 43.1% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,754 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.7 27.0  Housing units, 2010 40,014 13,680,081 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 53.6% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 45.2% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $740,600 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 37,439 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.52 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $45,248 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $86,772 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.9% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts San Mateo California Total number of firms, 2007 11,260 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.1% 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 17.1% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.6% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 438,303 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,652,191 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $18,254 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 306,425 80,852,787     Geography QuickFacts San Mateo California Land area in square miles, 2010 12.13 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 8,013.8 239.1 FIPS Code 68252 06 Counties San Mateo County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts