Oakland, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Oakland had a population of 399,484 people^<1>. This represents 1.17% of the total population of California, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5	Long Beach	SE	357 mi [574 km]	463,789	0.49% increase
6	Fresno	SE	149 mi [239.8 km]	476,050	11.32% increase
7	Sacramento	NE	68 mi [109.4 km]	463,794	13.95% increase
-8-	Oakland			404,155	1.17% increase
9	Santa Ana	SE	369 mi [593 km]	339,130	0.34% increase
10	Anaheim	SE	367 mi [590 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
11	Riverside	SE	378 mi [608 km]	295,357	15.75% increase

Oakland had 157,508 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Oakland has a total area of 78.2 square miles [202.4 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 56.1 square miles [145.2 km²]22.1 square miles [57.2 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Oakland had a 2000 population density of 7,126 people per square mile [2,751 people/km²], making it the state's 61st most densely populated area.

Alameda County

The coastal city of Oakland is located in Alameda County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,450,396 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 399,484 people, Oakland contained 27.54% of the Alameda County total.

In addition, where the community of Oakland has a population density of 7,126 people per square mile [2,751 people/km²], Alameda County averages 1,966 people per square mile [759 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Alameda County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Oakland and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Oakland. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Oakland. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Oakland, it also contains a comparison between Oakland and the state of California.

Click here for the Oakland QuickFact (QF-0653000).

The following communities are nearby Oakland and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alameda	QF-0600562	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	70,580	2.32% decrease
	San Leandro	QF-0668084	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	77,880	1.98% decrease
	Berkeley	QF-0606000	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	101,371	1.34% decrease
	South San Francisco	QF-0673262	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	62,502	3.22% increase
	Hayward	QF-0633000	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	142,061	1.45% increase
	Foster City	QF-0625338	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	29,089	0.99% increase
	Walnut Creek	QF-0683346	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	63,486	1.26% decrease
	Burlingame	QF-0609066	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]	27,706	1.61% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Oakland.

A Census Quickfact is available for Alameda County (QF-06001).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Oakland:

Oakland is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Oakland.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Oakland. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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