People QuickFacts Sunnyvale California Population, 2012 estimate 146,197 38,041,430 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 140,060 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 4.4% 2.1% Population, 2010 140,081 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.0% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 22.4% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.2% 11.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.6% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 43.0% 57.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.0% 6.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 40.9% 13.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.5% 4.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 18.9% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 34.5% 40.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.0% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 44.1% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 53.3% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.9% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 56.9% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,864 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.2 27.0  Housing units, 2010 55,791 13,680,081 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 48.3% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 46.4% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $710,600 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 53,155 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.59 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $44,617 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $93,292 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts Sunnyvale California Total number of firms, 2007 11,126 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 36.6% 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.1% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 31.7% 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 10,241,234 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 10,557,761 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,863,086 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,390 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 276,670 80,852,787     Geography QuickFacts Sunnyvale California Land area in square miles, 2010 21.99 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 6,371.1 239.1 FIPS Code 77000 06 Counties Santa Clara 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