Santa Clara County, CA has a population of 1.92M people with a median age of 37 and a median household income of $111,069. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Santa Clara County, CA grew from 1.92M to 1.92M, a 0.07% increase and its median household income grew from $102,340 to $111,069, a 8.53% increase.
The population of Santa Clara County, CA is 35.4% Asian, 32.2% White, and 25.9% Hispanic. 53% of the people in Santa Clara County, CA speak a non-English language, and 81.4% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Santa Clara County, CA are San Jose State University, with 7,995 graduates, Stanford University, with 5,023 graduates, and Santa Clara University, with 2,962 graduates.
The median property value in Santa Clara County, CA is $925,700, and the homeownership rate is 56.4%. Most people in Santa Clara County, CA commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 27.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Santa Clara County, CA is 2 cars per household.
Santa Clara County, CA is the 6th most populated county in California and borders Alameda County, CA; Merced County, CA; San Benito County, CA; San Mateo County, CA; Santa Cruz County, CA; and Stanislaus County, CA& 1 more.
The economy of Santa Clara County, CA employs 979,335 people. The economy of Santa Clara County, CA is specialized in Professional, Scientific, Tech Services; Information; and Manufacturing, which employ respectively 2.26; 2.22; and 1.69 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Santa Clara County, CA are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services (168,369), Manufacturing (155,934), and Healthcare & Social Assistance (110,525), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($100,278), Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($94,029), and Utilities ($81,654).
Median household income in Santa Clara County, CA is $111,069. Males in Santa Clara County, CA have an average income that is 1.28 times higher than the average income of females, which is $56,697. The income inequality of Santa Clara County, CA (measured using the Gini index) is 0.507 which is higher than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Santa Clara County, CA. In Santa Clara County, CA the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 25-34 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 103 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $7,796. Monterey County, CA has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in California.
Santa Clara County, CA is home to a population of 1.92M people, from which 81.4% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Santa Clara County, CA is composed of 679,686 Asian residents (35.4%), 617,233 White residents (32.2%), 497,340 Hispanic residents (25.9%), 65,587 Two+ residents (3.42%), and 44,281 Black residents (2.31%). The most common foreign languages in Santa Clara County, CA are Spanish (325,446 speakers), Chinese (137,761 speakers), and Vietnamese (117,650 speakers), but compared to other places, Santa Clara County, CA has a relative high number of Vietnamese (117,650 speakers), Hindi (38,100 speakers), and Other Asian (47,686 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Santa Clara County, CA awarded 26,979 degrees. The student population of Santa Clara County, CA is skewed towards females, with 12,114 male students and 14,865 female students. Most students in Santa Clara County, CA are White (8,092 and 30%), followed by Asian (6,065 and 22.5%), Hispanic or Latino (5,978 and 22.2%), and Unknown (1,145 and 4.24%). The largest universities in Santa Clara County, CA by number of graduates are San Jose State University (7,995 and 29.6%), Stanford University (5,023 and 18.6%), and Santa Clara University (2,962 and 11%). The most popular majors in Santa Clara County, CA are General Business Administration & Management (1,210 and 4.48%), General Psychology (502 and 1.86%), and Computer Science (338 and 1.25%). The median tuition costs in Santa Clara County, CA are $47,331 for private four year colleges, and $5,472 and $16,632 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Santa Clara County, CA is $925,700, which is 4.52 times larger than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $836,800 to $925,700, a 10.6% increase. The homeownership rate of Santa Clara County, CA is 56.4%, which is lower than the national average of 63.1%. People in Santa Clara County, CA have an average commute time of 27.3 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Santa Clara County, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.