People QuickFacts East Palo Alto California Population, 2006 estimate 32,784 36,457,549 Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 11.1% 7.6% Population, 2000 29,506 33,871,648 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 10.0% 7.3% Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 35.0% 27.3% Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 5.1% 10.6% Female persons, percent, 2000 48.5% 50.2%  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 27.0% 59.5% Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 23.0% 6.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.8% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.2% 10.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 7.6% 0.3% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 4.6% 4.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 58.8% 32.4%  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.2% 50.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 43.8% 26.2% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 64.8% 39.5% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 48.2% 76.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 10.6% 26.6% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 25.9 27.7  Housing units, 2000 7,091 12,214,549 Homeownership rate, 2000 43.5% 56.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $302,100 $211,500  Households, 2000 6,976 11,502,870 Persons per household, 2000 4.20 2.87 Median household income, 1999 $45,006 $47,493 Per capita money income, 1999 $13,774 $22,711 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 16.2% 14.2%     Business QuickFacts East Palo Alto California Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D 655,954,708 Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 164,748 359,120,365 Retail sales per capita, 2002 $5,221 $10,264 Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 19,778 55,559,669 Total number of firms, 2002 948 2,908,758 Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 3.9% American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 F 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 F 12.8% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 14.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 29.9%      Geography QuickFacts East Palo Alto California Land area, 2000 (square miles) 2 155,959 Persons per square mile, 2000 11,571.0 217.2 FIPS Code 20956 06 Counties San Mateo County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts