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Mayor: Chuck Reed (to Nov. 2010)
City Manager: Les White
2000 census population (rank): 894,943
(11); % change: 14.4; Male: 454,798 (50.8%);
Female: 440,145 (49.2%); White: 425,017 (47.5%);
Black: 31,349 (3.5%); American Indian and Alaska
Native: 6,865 (0.8%); Asian: 240,375 (26.9%); Other
race: 142,691 (15.9%); Two or more races: 45,062 (5.0%);
Hispanic/Latino: 269,989 (30.2%). 2000 percent population
18 and over: 73.6%; 65 and over: 8.3%; Median age:
32.6.
2005 population estimate (rank): 912,332
(10)
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additional census data
Land area: 175 sq mi. (453 sq km);
Alt.: Highest, 4,372 ft.; lowest, sea
level
Avg. daily temp.: Jan., 49.4° F; July,
69.5° F
Churches: 403;
City-owned parks and playgrounds: 152 (3,136
ac.);
Radio stations: 14;
Television stations: 4
Civilian Labor Force (PMSA) April 2006:
833,0001;
Unemployed: 38,4001,
Percent: 4.61;
Per capita personal income (MSA)
2004: $48,5301
Chamber of Commerce: San Jose Chamber of
Commerce, 310 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95113
1. San
Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, Calif.
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San Jose, the third-largest city in California and seat of
Santa Clara County, is located in the northern part of the state in the
Santa Clara Valley, 50 mi south of downtown San Francisco.
San Jose was founded on Nov. 29, 1777, by Spanish colonizers who named
the settlement Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe in honor of Saint
Joseph and after the Guadalupe River on which the pueblo (town) was
situated. San Jose was the first city to be established in California.
After California became a U.S. territory in 1847, San Jose was the
state capital from 1849 to 1852 and was incorporated as a city in 1850. It
developed commercially as a supply base for gold prospectors and, when the
railroad connected it with San Francisco in 1864, it became the
distribution point for agricultural products from the Santa Clara
Valley.
Today, the city continues to be the distribution and food-processing
center for the surrounding rich agricultural region, which produces
seasonal fruits and grapes. More than 50 wineries grace the valley.
San Jose is the capital of Silicon (Santa Clara) Valley,
where many high-tech companies are located. The area is also one of the
world's leading centers for medical treatment and research. Heart
transplants, gene splicing, and transportable baby incubators were
developed there.
San Jose has healthy retail, transportation, and tourism industries and
is the primary center for real estate and industrial development in the
area. In 2001, it ranked second in the U.S. based on the median household
income of $71,000.
See also Encyclopedia: San Jose.
Selected famous
natives and residents:
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“Fatty” Arbuckle
actor;
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Cesar Chavez
labor leader;
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Peggy Fleming
figure skater;
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Farley Granger
actor;
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Edmund Lowe
actor;
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Jim Plunkett
football player.
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