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.

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Category:1852 establishments in California
Category:Cities in Alameda County, California