San Jose, California

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 13th most populous city in the United States. 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. 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. References Other websites City of San Jose Web site