Alameda is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 72,259 people and 16 constituent neighborhoods, Alameda is the 92nd largest community in California.

Alameda is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Alameda is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Alameda who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.40%), management occupations (14.33%), and sales jobs (10.79%).

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

Of important note, Alameda is also a city of artists. Alameda has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Alameda's character.

Another interesting thing about Alameda, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Alameda is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Alameda are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Alameda Information and Demographics

The citizens of Alameda are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.17% of adults in Alameda have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Alameda in 2000 was $30,982, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,928 for a family of four.

Alameda is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Alameda home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Alameda is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Alameda include Irish, German, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Alameda's cultural character, accounting for 26.06% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Alameda 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 Alameda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Tagalog, and Spanish.