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San Jose

San Jose, California 

San Jose, also known as San José (/ˌsaen hoʊˈzeɪ, -ˈseɪ/; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; , is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. It serves as the political, economic, and cultural hub of Silicon Valley. It is the most populous city in the Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 9.7 million residents, respectively. It is also the third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego and ahead of San Francisco), and the tenth-most populous in the United States, with a 2020 population of 1,013,240. San Jose has a total size of 179.97 square miles and is situated on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay in the Santa Clara Valley (466.1 km2). With a population of almost two million people in 2018, San Jose is the county headquarters of Santa Clara County and the largest city in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area. 

San Jose is renowned for its creativity, diversity of cultures, wealth, and sunny, temperate Mediterranean environment. Mayor Tom McEnery gave the city the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" in 1988 as a result of its association with the burgeoning high tech industry phenomena known as Silicon Valley. Cisco Systems, eBay, Adobe Inc., PayPal, Broadcom, Samsung, Acer, and Zoom are examples of significant international IT businesses with San Jose as their corporate home. With the third-highest GDP per capita (after Zürich and Oslo) and the fifth-most expensive property market, San Jose is one of the richest major cities in the world. In addition to having the largest Hispanic population in the world and the city's oldest Japanese and Portuguese communities, it also has the largest overseas Vietnamese population in the world. 

The Tamien nation of the Californian Ohlone peoples lived in the region around San Jose prior to the arrival of the Spanish. San Jose, the first city established in California, was established as the Pueblo of San José de Guadalupe on November 29, 1777. After the Mexican War of Independence, it then became a part of Mexico in 1821. California was given to the United States in 1848 after being conquered by the Americans during the Mexican-American War. San Jose became the state's first capital two years after California became a state. San Jose underwent an economic boom after World War II, accompanied by a sharp increase in population and forceful annexation of neighboring towns and cities in the 1950s and 1960s. The transformation from an agricultural center to an urbanized metropolitan area was accelerated by the quick development of the high-technology and electronics industries. San Jose officially surpassed San Francisco as the most populated city in Northern California, according to the results of the 1990 U.S. Census. California's fastest-growing economy by the 1990s was San Jose, which had established itself as the world's hub for the high tech and internet sectors. 

 

Geography 

The coordinates of San Jose are 37°20′10′′N 121°53′26′′W. San Jose is situated in the Santa Clara Valley, which is a region of Northern California's Bay Area. Although the majority of the city is located away from the bayshore, San Jose's northernmost section touches San Francisco Bay in Alviso. The city is the fourth-largest city in California by land area, with a total area of 180.0 sq mi (466 km2), according to the United States Census Bureau (after Los Angeles, San Diego and California City). 

 

San Jose is situated between the Calaveras Fault and the San Andreas Fault, which is where the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake originated. On average, San Jose experiences a moderate earthquake once or twice a year. These earthquakes are caused by a creeping part of the Calaveras Fault, a prominent source of seismic activity in Northern California, which is located just east of the city. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake with local time of 1:15 p.m. on April 14, 1984, struck the Calaveras Fault close to Mount Hamilton in San Jose. As previously mentioned, San Jose was severely destroyed by the worst earthquake, which occurred in 1906. The city was previously shaken by significant earthquakes in 1839, 1851, 1858, 1864, 1865, 1868, and 1891. Damage was done as a result of the 1957 Daly City earthquake. A few areas of the city suffered damage as a result of the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. 

 

Climate 

Like the majority of the Bay Area, San Jose experiences warm to hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. It has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). An average of 298 days a year are sunny in San Jose, and the average yearly temperature is 60.5 °F (15.8 °C). It is located inland, has mountains on three sides, and does not have a frontage on the Pacific Ocean like San Francisco. As a result, compared to some other areas of the Bay Area, which can receive nearly three times that amount of rainfall, the city is somewhat better protected from rain, giving it a semi-arid feel with a mean annual rainfall of 15.82 in or 401.8 mm. 

San Jose is made up of numerous microclimates, just like the majority of the Bay Area. Downtown San Jose receives the city's least amount of rain due to a stronger rain shadow cast by the Santa Cruz Mountains, whereas South San Jose, which is only 10 miles (16 km) away, receives more rain and more harsh weather conditions. A hot steppe (BSh) climate is narrowly avoided by San Jose. 

In December and January, the daily average temperature is roughly 50 °F (10 °C), but in July and August, it is roughly 70 °F (21.1 °C). 

San Jose has had temperatures ranging from 19 °F (7.2 °C) on December 22–23, 1990, to 109 °F (42.8 °C) on September 6, 2022. A typical year has 2.7 mornings where the temperature falls to or below freezing, and 16 afternoons when the maximum temperature reaches or surpasses 90 °F or 32.2 °C. Even though the diurnal temperature range is far broader than it is along the coast or in San Francisco, it still pales in comparison to that of the Central Valley. 

 

Demographics 

San Jose has a population of 945,942 according to the 2010 United States Census. 2,029.4 people per square kilometer, or 5,256.2 people per square mile, made up the population. 404,437 (42.8%) people in San Jose were of a racial minority. White, 303,138 (32.0%) 30242 (3.2%) of the population is Asian (including 10.4% Vietnamese, 6.7% Chinese, 5.6% Filipino, 4.6% Indian, 1.2% Korean, 1.2% Japanese, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Pakistani, and 0.2% Laotian). There were 148,749 people of other races, 148,297 (0.9%) Native Americans, 4,017 (0.4%) Pacific Islanders, 47,062 (5.0%) people of two or more races, and 8,297 (0.9%) African Americans. 313 636 persons (33.2%) had Hispanic or Latino ancestry. Mexicans made up 28.2% of the city's population, with Salvadorans (0.7%) and Puerto Ricans (0.5%) making up the next two largest Hispanic groups. In 2010, there were 28.7% non-Hispanic White people, down from 75.7% in 1970. 

According to the census, 3,780 persons (0.4%) were institutionalized, 9,542 (1.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 932,620 (98.6%) of the population resided in households. There were 301,366 households, of which 122,958 (40.8%) included residents under the age of 18, 162,819 (54.0%) were headed by married people of different sexes living together, 37,988 (12.6%) by a woman without a husband, and 18,702 (6.2%) by a man without a wife. There were 2,458 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships and 16,900 (5.6%) unmarried opposite-sex relationships. 19,305 (6.1%) of the 59,385 households (or 19.7%) were made up of people living alone who were 65 years of age or older. The typical number of households was 3.09. The average number of families was 3.54, and there were 219,509 of them (72.8% of all households). 

The city's age distribution was as follows: 234,678 persons (24.8%) were under the age of 18, 89,457 (9.5%) were between the ages of 18 and 24, 294,399 (31.1%) were between the ages of 25 and 44, 232,166 (24.5%) were between the ages of 45 and 64, and 95,242 (10.1%) were over the age of 65. Age was 35.2 years on average. There were 101.1 men for every 100 females. There were 99.8 males for every 100 females that were at least 18 years old. 

At an average density of 1,745.0 per square mile (673.7/km2), there were 314,038 housing units, 176,216 of which were owner-occupied and 125,150 of which were occupied by renters. 1.6% of homes were vacant, compared to 4.3% of rental properties. Owner-occupied housing units were occupied by 553,436 individuals (58.5% of the population), while rented housing units were occupied by 379,184 persons (40.1%). 

 

Economy 

With a GDP of $1.03 trillion, the CSA San Jose and San Francisco share was the third-largest urban economy in the nation as of 2018. With a GDP per capita of $106,757, this CSA has one of the highest levels among the 500+ major statistical areas in the U.S. in 2018. 

San Jose is a foreign-trade zone for the United States. The city became the 18th international trade zone to be formed in the country when the U.S. Federal Government granted it its Foreign Trade Zone designation in 1974. Santa Clara County, Monterey County, San Benito County, Santa Cruz County, as well as the southern portions of San Mateo County and Alameda County, are all included in the City of San Jose's power to oversee and regulate international trade. 

Numerous businesses with 1,000 or more employees are located in San Jose, including the corporate headquarters of Adobe, Altera, Brocade Communications Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Cisco Systems, eBay, Lee's Sandwiches, Lumileds, PayPal, Roku, Inc., Rosendin Electric, Sanmina-SCI, Western Digital, and Xilinx, as well as significant locations for Becton Dickinson, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Hitachi, IBM, Kaiser San Jose serves as the home base for Samsung Semiconductor's operations in North America. The 2015-opened new Samsung campus will house about 2000 workers. 

There are numerous other significant businesses with headquarters in San Jose, including Align Technology, Atmel, Bloom Energy, CEVA, Cypress Semiconductor, Cohesity, Echelon, Extreme Networks, GlobalLogic, Harmonic, Integrated Device Technology, Maxim Integrated, Micrel, Move, Netgear, Novellus Systems, Nutanix, Oclaro, OCZ, Quantum, SunPower, Sharks Sports and Entertainment, Supermicro, Tessera Technologies, TiV The local government, Santa Clara County, and San Jose State University are all significant government employers. San Jose serves as the headquarters for Acer's American division. Netcom's main office was in San Jose before it closed. 

Apple Inc., with headquarters in Cupertino, acquired a 40-acre property near San Jose on July 31, 2015. Up to 16,000 workers are expected to work at the location, which is vacant ground, which will include an office and research facility. The site cost Apple $138.2 million. In 2010, Connecticut-based Five Mile Capital Partners, the site's seller, paid $40 million for it. Real estate analysts anticipate that additional Silicon Valley-based tech corporations will follow Apple's example and buy land or property in San Jose. 

 

Architecture 

There is a height restriction for buildings in the downtown area, which is below the final approach corridor to the airport, because it is in the flight path to the adjacent Mineta San Jose International Airport (also shown in the panoramic above). Local restrictions, the distance from the runway, and a slope specified by Federal Aviation Administration rules all influence the height restriction. Structures in the central business district are restricted to a maximum height of 300 feet (91 meters), however buildings can rise higher as you move further away from the airport. 

The city's architecture has received harsh criticism over the last few decades. San Jose's lack of aesthetically acceptable architectural designs has been criticized by residents. The downtown area's redevelopment, which began in the 1950s and included the demolition of several blocks of ancient business and residential buildings, is to blame for this lack of architectural "beauty." The Downtown Historic District, the Hotel De Anza, and the Hotel Sainte Claire are three exceptions to this rule because of its architectural and historical value and are both included on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Compared to most private businesses, municipal construction projects have experimented with architectural styles more. Bold colors and distinctive exteriors have been tried out on the Children's Discovery Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation, and the San Jose Repertory Theater building. Richard Meier & Partners' new City Hall, which was completed in 2005, stands out among the expanding number of municipal construction initiatives. 

There are numerous instances of beautiful homes in San Jose. There are late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles in areas including Hanchett Park, Naglee Park, Rose Garden, and Willow Glen (including Palm Haven). 

There are several different architectural styles, such as Queen Anne Victorian, Craftsman, Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial, Mediterranean Revival, and Neoclassical. 

Frank Delos Wolfe, Theodore Lenzen, Charles McKenzie, and Julia Morgan are notable architects. 

 

Population 

Santa Clara County, California, contains the city of San Jose. Additionally, it serves as Santa Clara County's county seat. It is the 10th largest city in the United States and the third largest city in California, with a projected population of 1,026,700 in 2020. San Jose's population has declined by -0.26% since the most recent census, which showed a population of 1,029,409 in 2020, despite the city's current annual growth rate of 0.66%. San Jose has a population density of 5,774 persons per square mile and a total length of nearly 181 miles. 

With an 8.27% poverty rate, San Jose has a $142,635 average household income. The median monthly cost of rent in recent years has been, and the median value of a home is. San Jose's median age is 36.7 years, with 35.7 years for men and 37.9 years for women. 

The third-largest city in California and the tenth largest in the country is San Jose. In the larger Bay Area, it is also the biggest city in Northern California. In 2014, San Jose's population barely surpassed one million. 

 

Current City Mayor 

The 65th Mayor of our city, Mayor Liccardo has lived in San Jose for a very long time. He has made a concerted effort to create a city that is safer, more powerful, and richer since he took office in 2015. 

Sam was re-elected by San Jose residents to lead the city for a further four years in 2018.