San Jose, California

South San Jose

San Jose (officially San José) is a city in Santa Clara County, California in the United States.

It is the third biggest city in California, after Los Angeles and San Diego. It is the 12th biggest city in the United States.^[1] It is south of San Francisco. The city has 1,000,000 people. It has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb in the Koeppen climate classification).

By the 1990s, San Jose and the rest of Silicon Valley had become the global center for high tech and internet industries, making it California's fastest-growing economy.^[2] It has very high home prices and is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States.

San Jose is home to San José State University as well as the hockey team San Jose Sharks.

Demographics

2020 census

In the 2020 census, there were 1,013,240 people, 328,622 households, and 239,392 families living in San Jose. The population density was 5,684.1 people per square mile (2,194.6/km²). There were 342,037 housing units. The breakdown by race was 38.5% Asian, 27.3% White, 2.9% Black, 1.4% Native American, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 18.2% from one other race, and 11.2% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 31.2% of the people.

The median (middle) age was 37.6 years. The age breakdown was 21.1% under age 18, 65.6% from 18 to 65, and 13.3% over 65. The gender breakdown was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.

Of the households, 36.2% had children under age 18, 53.4% had a married couple, 6.2% had an unmarried couple, 22.8% had a woman with no partner, 17.6% had a man with no partner, and 19.0% had one person living alone. The average household size was 3.04 people.^[3]^[4]

San Jose, California Media

A 1781 map of the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe
The Peralta Adobe in San Pedro Square was built in 1797 and is San Jose's oldest standing building.
Antonio María Pico served twice as Alcalde of San José (mayor) and was a signer of the Californian Constitution, representing San Jose at the Monterey Constitutional Convention of 1849.
The Bank of Italy Building, built in 1926, is the oldest skyscraper in Downtown San Jose.
The 1928 San Jose annual Fiesta de las Rosas parade in Downtown
Map of San Jose's regions/districts
The Santa Clara Valley experiences a Mediterranean climate, with an average of 301 days of sunshine.
A satellite image of the Santa Clara Valley near San Jose; the city makes up most of the urbanization in the center of the valley.
Map of the major hill and mountain ranges in San Jose: Sierra Azul (Santa Cruz Mountains) Santa Teresa Hills San Juan Bautista Hills Silver Creek Hills Diablo Mountains Los Buellis Hills
President William McKinley memorial in St. James Park