Santa Clara County

Decennial Census Data

1960
TOTAL POPULATION	642,315	100%
In households	622,219	97%
In group quarters	20,096	3%
RACE
White	621,625	97%
Negro	4,187	1%
Other races	639	0%
Indian	705	0%
Japanese	10,432	2%
Chinese	2,394	0%
Filipino	2,333	0%
SEX
Male	318,532	50%
Female	323,783	50%
AGE
Under 5 years	82,148	13%
5 to 17 years	162,621	25%
18 to 64 years	352,868	55%
65 years and over	44,678	7%
Median age	26	X
HOUSEHOLDS
Families	158,602	100%
With own children under 18	102,126	64%
Population per household	3	X
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
All housing units	199,922	100%
All occupied units	184,945	93%
Owner occupied	127,240	69%
Renter occupied	57,705	31%
Vacant	14,977	8%
Median value dollars	17,100	X
Median gross rent dollars	94	X
PLACE OF BIRTH
Native	591,070	92%
Foreign born	51,245	8%
INCOME IN 1959
Families median income dollars	7,417	X
YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
Population 25 years and over	336,297	100%
High school 4 years	91,583	27%
College 4 years or more	49,366	15%
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
All workers	227,983	100%
Private automobile or car pool	178,625	78%
Railroad, subway or elevated	4,603	2%
Bus or streetcar	6,621	3%
Walked to work	11,678	5%
Other means	5,911	3%
Worked at home	9,703	4%
Not reported	10,842	5%
OCCUPATION
Employed	228,156	100%
Professional, technical, and kindred	42,376	19%
Farmers and farm managers	3,055	1%
Managers, officials, and propr's exc. farm	20,503	9%
Clerical and kindred	34,841	15%
Sales	17,808	8%
Craftsmen, foremen, and kindred	34,432	15%
Operatives and kindred	30,572	13%
Private household workers	4,496	2%
Service workers, except private household	16,759	7%
Farm laborers and farm foremen	3,766	2%
Laborers, except farm and mine	8,949	4%
Occupation not reported	10,599	5%
CLASS OF WORKER
Self-employed	21,494	9%