San Jose is a very large city located in the state of California. With a population of 893,889 people and 151 constituent neighborhoods, San Jose is the third largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, San Jose isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in San Jose are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, San Jose is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Jose who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.39%), management occupations (10.69%), and sales jobs (9.98%).

Also of interest is that San Jose has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

San Jose is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although San Jose is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

In addition to being popular with young singles, San Jose is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

San Jose Information and Demographics

The education level of San Jose citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 31.56% of adults in San Jose have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in San Jose in 2000 was $26,697, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,788 for a family of four. However, San Jose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

San Jose is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Jose home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in San Jose is White, followed by Asian. San Jose also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.19% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in San Jose include German, Italian, English, and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of San Jose's cultural character, accounting for 36.89% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in San Jose are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in San Jose is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Tagalog.