San Francisco County

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	740,316	100%
In households	713,321	96%
In group quarters	26,995	4%
RACE
White	604,403	82%
Negro	74,383	10%
Other races	2,226	0%
Indian	1,068	0%
Japanese	9,464	1%
Chinese	36,445	5%
Filipino	12,327	2%
WHITE, SPANISH SURNAME	51,602	7%
SEX
Male	363,424	49%
Female	376,892	51%
AGE
Under 5 years	58,851	8%
5 to 17 years	122,296	17%
18 to 64 years	465,561	63%
65 years and over	93,608	13%
Median age	37	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	182,027	100%
With own children under 18	79,615	44%
Population per household	2	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	310,559	100%
All occupied units	291,975	94%
Owner occupied	102,182	35%
Renter occupied	189,793	65%
Vacant	18,584	6%
Median value dollars	17,300	X
Median gross rent dollars	73	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	597,785	81%
Foreign born	142,531	19%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	6,717	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	491,732	100%
High school 4 years	132,826	27%
College 4 years or more	54,346	11%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	336,596	100%
Private automobile or car pool	132,245	39%
Railroad, subway or elevated	244	0%
Bus or streetcar	123,698	37%
Walked to work	36,295	11%
Other means	4,646	1%
Worked at home	16,243	5%
Not reported	23,225	7%
OCCUPATION
Employed	331,156	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	40,446	12%
Farmers and farm managers	344	0%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	28,510	9%
Clerical and kindred	79,268	24%
Sales	25,219	8%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	32,838	10%
Operatives and kindred	38,161	12%
Private household workers	6,946	2%
Service workers, except private household	39,286	12%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	392	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	14,148	4%
Occupation not reported	25,598	8%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	29,065	9%