Oakland, California

**Oakland** is a city in California. It is across the bay from San Francisco.  It is the county seat of Alameda County and the third-most populous city in the Bay Area, after San Jose and San Francisco.  At one time, Oakland had many factories that built cars, ships and airplanes.  It is a major seaport and rail junction. It is the home of the Athletics baseball team.

California governor Jerry Brown was once mayor of Oakland.  They used to have 3 sports ball teams, now they have none. But they have minor league teams, including Oakland Ballers (baseball) and Oakland Roots (soccer).

## Important people

- Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, former United States Senator and California Attorney General

## Demographics

German, Irish, English, Italian and European are the most common ancestries. Chinese and Spanish are the most common spoken foreign languages.

### 2020 census

In the 2020 census, there were 440,646 people, 167,909 households, and 92,285 families living in Oakland. The population density was 7,878.4 people per square mile (3,041.9/km²). There were 178,469 housing units. The breakdown by race was 30.0% White, 21.3% Black, 16.1% Asian, 1.9% Native American, 0.7% Pacific Islander, 18.3% from one other race, and 11.8% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 28.8% of the people.

The median (middle) age was 37.2 years. The age breakdown was 19.1% under age 18, 66.9% from 18 to 65, and 14.0% over 65. The gender breakdown was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

Of the households, 26.9% had children under age 18, 34.9% had a married couple, 9.5% had an unmarried couple, 33.4% had a woman with no partner, 22.1% had a man with no partner, and 32.0% had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.52 people.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Oakland
- **settlement type**: List of cities and towns in California, City
- **image flag**: Flag of Oakland, California.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Oakland, California.png
- **image blank emblem**: Logo of Oakland, California.svg
- **blank emblem link**: Logo
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **nickname**: "Oaktown", "The Town"
- **motto**: "Love life"
- **image map**: Alameda County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Oakland Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location in Alameda County, California, Alameda County and the U.S. state of California
- **pushpin map**: California#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in California##Location in the United States
- **pushpin label**: Oakland
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in California, County
- **subdivision name1**: California
- **subdivision name2**: Alameda County, California, Alameda
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **named for**: The large oak forest that originally covered the area
- **government type**: Mayor-council government, Strong mayor
- **governing body**: Oakland City Council
- **leader title**: List of mayors of Oakland, California, Mayor
- **leader name**: Barbara Lee
- **leader title1**: Vice Mayor
- **leader title2**: California's 7th State Senate district, State senator
- **leader title3**: California State Assembly, Assemblymembers
- **leader name3**: and

- **leader title4**: California's 12th congressional district, U. S. rep.
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 78.03
- **area total km2**: 202.10
- **area land sq mi**: 55.93
- **area land km2**: 144.86
- **area water sq mi**: 22.10
- **area water km2**: 57.24
- **elevation ft**: 43
- **population total**: 440646
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population rank**: Alameda County, California, 1st in Alameda County
List of largest cities in California by population, 8th in California
List of United States cities by population, 45th in the United States
- **population density sq mi**: 7878.53
- **population density km2**: 3041.87
- **population demonym**: Oaklander
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 94601–94615, 94617-94624, 94649, 94659–94662, 94666
- **area code**: Area codes 510 and 341, 510/341
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area codes
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, PST
- **utc offset**: −08:00
- **timezone dst**: Pacific Daylight Time, PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −07:00
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature IDs
- **blank1 info**: ,