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People QuickFacts |
Oakland |
California |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
397,067 | 36,457,549 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-0.6% | 7.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
399,484 | 33,871,648 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.1% | 7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.0% | 27.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
10.5% | 10.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.7% | 50.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
31.3% | 59.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
35.7% | 6.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
15.2% | 10.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% | 0.3% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
5.0% | 4.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
21.9% | 32.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
51.5% | 50.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
26.6% | 26.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
36.8% | 39.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
73.9% | 76.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
30.9% | 26.6% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
31.1 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
157,508 | 12,214,549 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
41.4% | 56.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$235,500 | $211,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
150,790 | 11,502,870 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.60 | 2.87 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$40,055 | $47,493 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$21,936 | $22,711 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
19.4% | 14.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Oakland |
California |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
3,565,596 | 655,954,708 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,518,773 | 359,120,365 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,276 | $10,264 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
535,149 | 55,559,669 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
34,050 | 2,908,758 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
17.5% | 3.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
1.5% | 1.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
14.8% | 12.8% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
8.6% | 14.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 0.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
37.2% | 29.9% |
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