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People QuickFacts |
Santa Clara County |
California |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
1,764,499 | 36,756,666 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
4.9% | 8.5% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
1,682,584 | 33,871,650 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
7.5% | 7.4% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
24.2% | 25.5% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
10.9% | 11.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
48.8% | 50.0% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
62.0% | 76.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
2.9% | 6.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.8% | 1.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
31.2% | 12.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.4% | 0.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
2.7% | 2.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
26.0% | 36.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
38.0% | 42.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
51.2% | 50.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
34.1% | 26.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
45.4% | 39.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
83.4% | 76.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
40.5% | 26.6% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
254,729 | 5,923,361 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
26.1 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
617,697 | 13,393,878 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
59.8% | 56.9% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
31.6% | 31.4% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$446,400 | $211,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
565,863 | 11,502,870 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.92 | 2.87 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$84,265 | $59,928 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$32,795 | $22,711 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
8.3% | 12.4% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Santa Clara County |
California |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
45,624 | 891,9971 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
912,972 | 13,771,6501 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
-8.7% | 6.9%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
121,417 | 2,757,179 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
134,573 | 2,908,758 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.1% | 3.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.0% | 1.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
22.3% | 12.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 0.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
9.9% | 14.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
27.8% | 29.9% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
47,110,263 | 378,661,414 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 655,954,708 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
20,035,462 | 359,120,365 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$11,964 | $10,264 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,036,675 | 55,559,669 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
3,471 | 62,681 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
15,392,097 | 299,922,6301 |
