San Jose, California

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The 2000 Census showed that San Jose had a population of 894,943 people^<1>. This represents 2.63% of the total population of California, making it the state's 3rd 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
1	Los Angeles	SE	296 mi [476.4 km]	3,833,995	3.77% increase
2	San Diego	SE	407 mi [655 km]	1,279,329	4.57% increase
-3-	San Jose			948,279	5.96% increase
4	San Francisco	NW	68 mi [109.4 km]	808,976	4.15% increase
5	Long Beach	SE	317 mi [510 km]	463,789	0.49% increase
6	Fresno	E	117 mi [188.3 km]	476,050	11.32% increase
7	Sacramento	N	89 mi [143.2 km]	463,794	13.95% increase

San Jose had 281,841 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that San Jose has a total area of 178.2 square miles [461.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 174.9 square miles [452.9 km²]3.31 square miles [8.59 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, San Jose had a 2000 population density of 5,117 people per square mile [1,976 people/km²], making it the state's 120th most densely populated area.

Santa Clara County

The city of San Jose is located in Santa Clara County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 1,686,154 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 894,943 people, San Jose contained 53.1% of the Santa Clara County total.

In addition, where the community of San Jose has a population density of 5,117 people per square mile [1,976 people/km²], Santa Clara County averages 1,306 people per square mile [504 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in San Jose and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on San Jose. 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 San Jose. Not only does the QuickFact have details about San Jose, it also contains a comparison between San Jose and the state of California.

Click here for the San Jose QuickFact (QF-0668000).

The following communities are nearby San Jose and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Campbell	QF-0610345	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	38,617	1.26% increase
	Los Gatos	QF-0644112	SW	8 mi [12.87 km]	29,320	2.55% increase
	Santa Clara	QF-0669084	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	110,200	7.66% increase
	Milpitas	QF-0647766	NW	10 mi [16.09 km]	67,503	7.66% increase
	Saratoga	QF-0670280	W	11 mi [17.7 km]	30,445	2.02% increase
	Cupertino	QF-0617610	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	53,637	6.12% increase
	Sunnyvale	QF-0677000	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	132,109	0.26% increase
	Morgan Hill	QF-0649278	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	38,096	13.53% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Santa Clara County (QF-06085).

Miscellaneous Information

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

San Jose 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 San Jose.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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) San Jose. 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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