Contra Costa County

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	409,030	100%
In households	405,333	99%
In group quarters	3,697	1%
RACE
White	378,888	93%
Negro	25,294	6%
Other races	275	0%
Indian	447	0%
Japanese	1,886	1%
Chinese	1,006	0%
Filipino	1,234	0%
WHITE, SPANISH SURNAME	24,854	6%
SEX
Male	204,148	50%
Female	204,882	50%
AGE
Under 5 years	48,720	12%
5 to 17 years	115,228	28%
18 to 64 years	222,503	54%
65 years and over	2,579	6%
Median age	27	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	104,972	100%
With own children under 18	68,790	66%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	124,279	100%
All occupied units	117,858	95%
Owner occupied	85,690	73%
Renter occupied	32,168	27%
Vacant	6,421	5%
Median value dollars	14,600	X
Median gross rent dollars	77	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	385,821	94%
Foreign born	23,209	6%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	7,327	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	216,660	100%
High school 4 years	64,271	30%
College 4 years or more	27,411	13%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	140,761	100%
Private automobile or car pool	116,318	83%
Railroad, subway or elevated	33	0%
Bus or streetcar	6,037	4%
Walked to work	6,762	5%
Other means	3,098	2%
Worked at home	3,716	3%
Not reported	4,797	3%
OCCUPATION
Employed	142,569	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	21,910	15%
Farmers and farm managers	887	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	14,214	10%
Clerical and kindred	20,841	15%
Sales	12,018	8%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	23,415	16%
Operatives and kindred	23,173	16%
Private household workers	2,957	2%
Service workers, except private household	9,833	7%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	1,346	1%
Laborers, except farm and mine	6,674	5%
Occupation not reported	5,301	4%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	12,743	9%