San Mateo

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	69,870	100%
In households	69,226	99%
In group quarters	644	1%
RACE
White	65,242	93%
Negro	1,691	2%
Other races	97	0%
Indian	23	0%
Japanese	1,760	3%
Chinese	926	1%
Filipino	131	0%
WHITE, SPANISH SURNAME	1,897	3%
SEX
Male	33,779	48%
Female	36,091	52%
AGE
Under 5 years	7,020	10%
5 to 17 years	17,174	25%
18 to 64 years	40,019	57%
65 years and over	5,657	8%
Median age	32	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	18,933	100%
With own children under 18	11,181	59%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	23,018	100%
All occupied units	22,090	96%
Owner occupied	14,983	68%
Renter occupied	7,107	32%
Vacant	928	4%
Median value dollars	19,200	X
Median gross rent dollars	118	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	62,603	90%
Foreign born	7,267	10%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	8,236	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	41,419	100%
High school 4 years	12,979	31%
College 4 years or more	6,012	15%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	27,833	100%
Private automobile or car pool	20,296	73%
Railroad, subway or elevated	2,124	8%
Bus or streetcar	1,684	6%
Walked to work	1,582	6%
Other means	662	2%
Worked at home	481	2%
Not reported	1,004	4%
OCCUPATION
Employed	28,351	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	4,446	16%
Farmers and farm managers	256	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	3,821	14%
Clerical and kindred	5,088	18%
Sales	3,208	11%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	3,595	13%
Operatives and kindred	2,432	9%
Private household workers	830	3%
Service workers, except private household	2,300	8%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	84	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	957	3%
Occupation not reported	1,334	5%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	2,882	10%