San Rafael

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	20,460	100%
In households	19,535	96%
In group quarters	925	5%
RACE
White	20,268	99%
Negro	51	0%
Other races	9	0%
Indian	16	0%
Japanese	34	0%
Chinese	50	0%
Filipino	32	0%
SEX
Male	9,630	47%
Female	10,830	53%
AGE
Under 5 years	1,954	10%
5 to 17 years	4,353	21%
18 to 64 years	12,135	59%
65 years and over	2,018	10%
Median age	33	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	5,458	100%
With own children under 18	3,012	55%
Population per household	2	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY	7,501	100%
All housing units	6,898	92%
All occupied units	3,927	57%
Owner occupied	2,971	43%
Renter occupied	603	8%
Vacant
Median value dollars	20,800	X
Median gross rent dollars	92	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	18,607	91%
Foreign born	1,853	9%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	7,715	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	12,201	100%
High school 4 years	3,878	32%
College 4 years or more	1,907	16%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	8,523	100%
Private automobile or car pool	6,124	72%
Railroad, subway or elevated	0	0%
Bus or streetcar	460	5%
Walked to work	933	11%
Other means	199	2%
Worked at home	344	4%
Not reported	463	5%
OCCUPATION
Employed	8,389	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	1,204	14%
Farmers and farm managers	45	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	1,171	14%
Clerical and kindred	1,450	17%
Sales	872	10%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	1,042	12%
Operatives and kindred	753	9%
Private household workers	253	3%
Service workers, except private household	728	9%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	35	0%
Laborers, except farm and mine	316	4%
Occupation not reported	520	6%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	1,232	15%