Palo Alto

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	52,287	100%
In households	51,846	99%
In group quarters	441	1%
RACE
White	49,894	95%
Negro	847	2%
Other races	89	0%
Indian	28	0%
Japanese	776	2%
Chinese	555	1%
Filipino	98	0%
SEX
Male	24,848	48%
Female	27,439	53%
AGE
Under 5 years	5,283	10%
5 to 17 years	13,508	26%
18 to 64 years	28,414	54%
65 years and over	5,082	10%
Median age	31	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	13,217	100%
With own children under 18	8,231	62%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	17,665	100%
All occupied units	16,896	96%
Owner occupied	11,286	67%
Renter occupied	5,610	33%
Vacant	769	4%
Median value dollars	21,100	X
Median gross rent dollars	106	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	47,450	91%
Foreign born	4,837	9%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	9,132	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	30,123	100%
High school 4 years	7,246	24%
College 4 years or more	9,951	33%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	20,316	100%
Private automobile or car pool	15,099	74%
Railroad, subway or elevated	1,416	7%
Bus or streetcar	379	2%
Walked to work	1,034	5%
Other means	754	4%
Worked at home	745	4%
Not reported	889	4%
OCCUPATION
Employed	20,672	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	6,420	31%
Farmers and farm managers	95	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	2,601	13%
Clerical and kindred	3,521	17%
Sales	1,740	8%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	1,825	9%
Operatives and kindred	1,298	6%
Private household workers	647	3%
Service workers, except private household	1,143	6%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	60	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	495	2%
Occupation not reported	827	4%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	1,959	10%