Santa Clara County, California

County in California, United States

Santa Clara County
County
County of Santa Clara
Clockwise: Downtown San Jose skyline; Hillsides in Morgan Hill; Alviso, San Jose; View of Santa Clara Valley; Almaden Reservoir in South San Jose; Stanford University.
Flag Seal
Location in the state of California
Coordinates: 37°22′N 121°58′W / 37.36°N 121.97°W / 37.36; -121.97Coordinates: 37°22′N 121°58′W / 37.36°N 121.97°W / 37.36; -121.97
Country	United States
State	California
Region	San Francisco Bay Area
Incorporated	February 18, 1850[1]
Named for	Mission Santa Clara de Asís, St. Clare of Assisi
County seat	San Jose
Largest city	San Jose
Area
• Total	1,304 sq mi (3,380 km2)
• Land	1,290 sq mi (3,300 km2)
• Water	14 sq mi (40 km2)
Highest elevation [2]	4,216 ft (1,285 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)[3]
• Total	1,781,642
• Estimate  (2017)[4]	1,938,153
• Density	1,400/sq mi (530/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area codes	408/669, 650
FIPS code	06-085
GNIS feature ID	277307
Website	www.sccgov.org

Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is California's 6th most populous county, with a population of 1,781,642, as of the 2010 census.^[3] The county seat and largest city is San Jose, the 10th most populous city in the United States and California's 3rd most populous city.

Home to Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County is an economic center for high technology and has the third highest GDP per capita in the world (after Zurich, Switzerland and Oslo, Norway), according to the Brookings Institution.^[5] The county's concentration of wealth, primarily due to the tech industry, has made it the most affluent county on the West Coast of the United States and one of the most affluent places in America.^[6][7]

Santa Clara County is part of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. Located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, the urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley. Santa Clara is the most populous county in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Northern California, and is one of the most affluent counties in the United States..mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}

Contents

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  1 Etymology
  


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  2 History
  


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  3 Geography
  
  
  
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    3.1 National protected area
    
  
  
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    3.2 Ecology
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Demographics
  
  
  
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    4.1 2011-2014
    
    
    
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    4.2 2010
    
  
  
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  5 Government
  


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  6 Politics
  
  
  
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    6.1 Voter registration
    
    
    
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      6.1.1 Cities by population and voter registration
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Crime
  
  
  
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    7.1 Cities by population and crime rates
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 Economy
  


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  9 Libraries
  


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  10 Transportation
  
  
  
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    10.3 Road
    
    
    
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      10.3.2 Bicycle network
      
    
    
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      10.3.3 Freeways and expressways
      
      
      
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        10.3.3.1 Major highways
        
      
      
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        10.3.3.2 County routes
        
      
      
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  12 Parks
  


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  13 Sister counties
  


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  14 Communities
  
  
  
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    14.1 Cities
    
  
  
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    14.2 Towns
    
  
  
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    14.5 Former townships
    
  
  
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Etymology

Santa Clara County Government Center in Central San Jose.

Santa Clara County is named after Mission Santa Clara, which was established in 1777 and was in turn named for Saint Clare of Assisi.

History

Main article: History of Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County was one of the original counties of California, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. The original inhabitants included the Ohlone, residing on Coyote Creek and Calaveras Creek. Part of the county's territory was given to Alameda County in 1853.

In 1882, Santa Clara County tried to levy taxes upon property of the Southern Pacific Railroad within county boundaries. The result was the U.S. Supreme Court case of Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), in which the Court extended Due Process rights to artificial legal entities.

In the early 20th Century, the area was promoted as the "Valley of the Heart's Delight" due to its natural beauty, including a significant number of orchards.^[8]

The first major technology company to be based in the area was Hewlett-Packard, founded in a garage in Palo Alto in 1939. IBM selected San Jose as its West Coast headquarters in 1943. Varian Associates, Fairchild Semiconductor, and other early innovators were located in the county by the late 1940s and 1950s. The U.S. Navy had a large presence in the area and began giving large contracts to Silicon Valley electronics companies. The term "Silicon Valley" was coined in 1971. The trend accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s, and agriculture has since then been nearly eliminated from the northern part of the county. Today, Santa Clara County is the headquarters for approximately 6500 high technology companies, including many of the largest tech companies in the world, among them hardware manufacturers AMD, Cisco Systems and Intel, computer and consumer electronics companies Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard, and internet companies eBay, Google, and Yahoo!. Most of what is considered to be Silicon Valley is located within the county, although some adjoining tech regions in San Mateo, (e.g., Facebook), Alameda, and Santa Cruz counties are also considered a part of Silicon Valley.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,304 square miles (3,380 km²), of which 1,290 square miles (3,300 km²) is land and 14 square miles (36 km²) (1.1%) is water.^[9]

Counties which border with Santa Clara County are, clockwise, Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County, Alameda, San Joaquin (within a few hundred feet at Mount Boardman), Stanislaus, Merced, and San Benito. Santa Clara County formerly shared borders with Contra Costa, Mariposa, Monterey, Turlock counties until 1853, 1874, and 1854 respectively (Monterey County currently comes within a few miles of Santa Clara).

The San Andreas Fault runs along the Santa Cruz Mountains in the
south and west of the county.

National protected area

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  Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Ecology

Tule elk roam the Diablo Range and are often seen on Coyote Ridge from U.S. Highway 101 - courtesy Bill Leikam

Three tule elk just north of U. S. Highway 101 in Basking Ridge Park. The freeway is a barrier to elk migration to the Coast Range. Courtesy Craige Edgerton

In 1978, California Department of Fish and Game warden Henry Coletto urged the department to choose the Mount Hamilton area as one of California's relocation sites under a new statewide effort to restore tule elk (Cervus canadensis ssp. nannodes). While other ranchers refused, tech pioneers Bill Hewlett and David Packard allowed Coletto and state biologists to translocate 32 tule elk from the Owens Valley in the eastern Sierra onto the 28,000-acre (11,000 ha) San Felipe Ranch, which the families jointly own, in the hills east of Morgan Hill.^[10] From the three original 1978–1981 translocations to the Mount Hamilton region of the Diablo Range, there are multiple herds in different locations including the Isabel Valley, San Antonio Valley, Livermore area, San Felipe Ranch, Metcalf Canyon, Coyote Ridge, Anderson Lake, and surrounding areas. As of 2012^[update], an estimated 400 tule elk roam 1,875 square kilometres (724 sq mi) in northeastern Santa Clara County and southeastern Alameda County.^[11] As of 2017 there are four herds in the Coyote Ridge area, often visible from U. S. Highway 101, according to Craige Edgerton, recently retired executive director of the Silicon Valley Land Conservancy and local naturalist Michael Hundt.^[12]

The Nature Conservancy "Mount Hamilton Project" has acquired or put under conservation easement 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of land towards its 500,000 acres (200,000 ha) goal for habitat conservation within a 1,200,000 acres (490,000 ha) area encompassing much of eastern Santa Clara County as well as portions of southern Alameda County, western Merced and Stanislaus Counties, and northern San Benito County. Acquisitions to date include the 1,756-acre (711 ha) Rancho Cañada de Pala, straddling the Alameda Creek and Coyote Creek watersheds for California tiger salamander habitat; a conservation easement on the 3,259-acre Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, which abuts the north side of Joseph D. Grant County Park; a conservation easement on the 28,359-acre San Felipe Ranch, connecting Joseph D. Grant County Park with Henry W. Coe State Park; the 2,899-acre South Valley Ranch which protects a tule elk herd in the San Antonio Valley, and other properties.^[13][14]

As of 1980^[update], Santa Clara County has the highest number of Superfund Sites of any county in the United States, accounting for 25 polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.^[15][16] The vast majority of these Superfund sites were caused by firms associated with the high tech sector located in Silicon Valley.^[17]

Demographics

2011-2014

Thematic map showing median household income across central Santa Clara County

As of 2013, Santa Clara County has the highest median household income of any county in California at $84,741.^[18]

Population, race, and income
Total population[19]	1,762,754
White[19]	896,937	50.9%
Black or African American[19]	45,219	2.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native[19]	9,906	0.6%
Asian[19]	560,362	31.8%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander[19]	6,445	0.4%
Some other race[19]	171,082	9.7%
Two or more races[19]	72,803	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[20]	468,262	26.6%
Per capita income[21]	$40,698
Median household income[22]	$89,064
Median family income[23]	$103,255

Places by population, race, and income

Places by population and race
Place	Type[24]	Population[19]	White[19]	Other[19] [note 1]	Asian[19]	Black or African American[19]	Native American[19] [note 2]	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[20]
Alum Rock	CDP	11,814	60.5%	25.7%	11.3%	2.0%	0.5%	73.0%
Burbank	CDP	5,827	67.3%	19.2%	11.6%	1.5%	0.3%	48.5%
Cambrian Park	CDP	3,581	78.6%	9.0%	3.9%	0.3%	8.2%	16.8%
Campbell	City	39,108	68.7%	12.0%	16.9%	1.4%	0.9%	16.8%
Cupertino	City	57,459	34.6%	3.9%	60.7%	0.4%	0.4%	4.3%
East Foothills	CDP	6,983	67.3%	17.4%	13.4%	1.9%	0.1%	31.4%
Fruitdale	CDP	1,087	82.9%	1.0%	9.6%	3.2%	3.3%	7.2%
Gilroy	City	47,808	70.4%	19.3%	6.4%	2.0%	1.9%	56.0%
Lexington Hills	CDP	2,298	88.7%	3.4%	6.4%	0.4%	1.1%	2.3%
Los Altos	City	28,752	71.4%	6.2%	21.6%	0.6%	0.3%	5.9%
Los Altos Hills	Town	7,912	66.2%	1.9%	31.7%	0.1%	0.0%	1.9%
Los Gatos	Town	29,165	84.0%	4.3%	9.2%	1.6%	0.8%	5.6%
Loyola	CDP	3,747	74.0%	3.9%	20.9%	0.0%	1.2%	2.3%
Milpitas	City	66,038	21.8%	14.6%	59.0%	3.5%	1.1%	17.1%
Monte Sereno	City	3,338	80.0%	3.5%	14.3%	2.2%	0.0%	6.1%
Morgan Hill	City	37,278	69.2%	15.9%	11.5%	2.4%	1.0%	34.9%
Mountain View	City	73,394	58.8%	12.8%	25.1%	2.6%	0.8%	21.0%
Palo Alto	City	63,475	65.5%	5.5%	25.4%	3.3%	0.3%	7.6%
San Jose	City	939,688	47.6%	16.2%	32.1%	3.0%	1.0%	33.0%
San Martin	CDP	6,799	66.8%	21.0%	10.5%	0.8%	0.9%	39.3%
Santa Clara	City	114,482	46.0%	12.0%	38.2%	2.5%	1.3%	19.4%
Saratoga	City	29,781	51.8%	3.6%	44.0%	0.5%	0.1%	3.0%
Stanford	CDP	13,416	59.9%	8.3%	26.2%	4.6%	1.0%	12.2%
Sunnyvale	City	138,436	44.6%	12.3%	40.6%	1.8%	0.8%	17.8%

Places by population and income
Place	Type[24]	Population[25]	Per capita income[21]	Median household income[22]	Median family income[23]
Alum Rock	CDP	11,814	$19,409	$62,884	$63,098
Burbank	CDP	5,827	$30,919	$51,623	$50,720
Cambrian Park	CDP	3,581	$44,782	$102,825	$110,054
Campbell	City	39,108	$44,354	$82,687	$97,703
Cupertino	City	57,459	$51,965	$124,825	$146,601
East Foothills	CDP	6,983	$41,571	$105,050	$111,250
Fruitdale	CDP	1,087	$57,675	$76,058	$100,508
Gilroy	City	47,808	$28,719	$75,483	$86,658
Lexington Hills	CDP	2,298	$74,185	$126,696	$157,632
Los Altos	City	28,752	$77,267	$151,856	$180,238
Los Altos Hills	Town	7,912	$109,694	$218,077	$230,000
Los Gatos	Town	29,165	$69,134	$122,875	$156,197
Loyola	CDP	3,747	$87,773	$190,724	$189,583
Milpitas	City	66,038	$32,465	$94,589	$100,768
Monte Sereno	City	3,338	$94,727	$181,719	$245,417
Morgan Hill	City	37,278	$39,433	$94,301	$106,659
Mountain View	City	73,394	$51,635	$91,446	$110,657
Palo Alto	City	63,475	$72,199	$122,532	$161,373
San Jose	City	939,688	$33,770	$80,764	$89,500
San Martin	CDP	6,799	$37,094	$77,188	$87,731
Santa Clara	City	114,482	$39,523	$89,004	$105,100
Saratoga	City	29,781	$71,223	$155,182	$183,776
Stanford	CDP	13,416	$31,942	$60,189	$161,818
Sunnyvale	City	138,436	$44,617	$93,292	$106,922

2010

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1860	11,912		—
1870	26,246		120.3%
1880	35,039		33.5%
1890	48,005		37.0%
1900	60,216		25.4%
1910	83,539		38.7%
1920	100,676		20.5%
1930	145,118		44.1%
1940	174,949		20.6%
1950	290,547		66.1%
1960	642,315		121.1%
1970	1,064,714		65.8%
1980	1,295,071		21.6%
1990	1,497,577		15.6%
2000	1,682,585		12.4%
2010	1,781,642		5.9%
Est. 2018	1,956,598	[26]	9.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[27] 1790–1960[28] 1900–1990[29] 1990–2000[30] 2010–2015[3]

The 2010 United States Census reported that Santa Clara County had a population of 1,781,642. The ethnic makeup of Santa Clara County was 836,616 (47.0%) White, 46,428 (2.6%) African American, 12,960 (0.7%) Native American, 570,524 (32.0%) Asian, 7,060 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 220,806 (12.4%) from other races, and 87,248 (4.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 479,210 persons (26.9%) of the population.^[31]

2010 Total Population 1,781,642 - 100.0% One Race 1,694,394 - 95.1% Not Hispanic or Latino 1,302,432 - 73.1% White alone 626,909 - 35.2% Black or African American alone 42,331 - 2.4% American Indian and Alaska Native alone 4,042 - 0.2% Asian alone 565,466 - 31.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 6,252 - 0.4% Some other race alone 3,877 - 0.2% Two or more races alone 53,555 - 3.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 479,210 - 26.9%

Demographic profile^[32]

The largest ancestry groups were:

• 22.5% Mexican
  


• 8.6% Chinese
  


• 8.2% German
  


• 7.1% Vietnamese
  


• 6.6% Indian
  


• 6.0% English
  


• 6.0% Irish
  


• 4.9% Filipino
  


• 4.6% Italian
  


• 2.0% French
  


• 1.6% Portuguese
  


• 1.6% Korean
  


• 1.4% American
  


• 1.4% Japanese
  


• 1.4% Scottish
  


• 1.2% Polish
  


• 1.2% Swedish
  


• 1.1% Russian
  


• 1.1% Norwegian
  


• 1.0% Dutch
  

Population reported at 2010 United States Census
The County	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Santa Clara County	1,781,642	836,616	46,428	12,960	570,524	7,060	220,806	87,248	479,210
Incorporated cities and towns	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Campbell	39,349	26,315	1,158	275	6,320	161	2,713	2,407	7,247
Cupertino	58,302	18,270	344	117	36,895	54	670	1,952	2,113
Gilroy	48,821	28,674	942	831	3,448	111	12,322	2,493	28,214
Los Altos	28,976	20,459	148	48	6,815	59	195	1,252	1,132
Los Altos Hills	7,922	5,417	37	4	2,109	8	50	297	213
Los Gatos	29,413	24,060	269	86	3,203	52	462	1,281	2,120
Milpitas	66,790	13,725	1,969	309	41,536	346	5,811	3,094	11,240
Monte Sereno	3,341	2,698	14	12	464	0	28	125	162
Morgan Hill	37,882	24,713	746	335	3,852	125	5,779	2,332	12,863
Mountain View	74,066	41,468	1,629	344	19,232	391	7,241	3,761	16,071
Palo Alto	64,403	41,359	1,197	121	17,461	142	1,426	2,697	3,974
San Jose	945,942	404,437	30,242	8,297	303,138	4,017	148,749	47,062	313,636
Santa Clara	116,468	52,359	3,154	579	43,889	651	9,624	6,212	22,589
Saratoga	29,926	16,125	94	41	12,376	23	202	1,065	1,034
Sunnyvale	140,081	60,193	2,735	662	57,320	638	12,177	6,356	26,517
Census-designated places	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Alum Rock	15,536	6,581	207	298	2,039	70	5,466	875	10,977
Burbank	4,926	2,994	135	64	379	16	1,049	289	2,509
Cambrian Park	3,282	2,598	26	29	221	19	190	199	591
East Foothills	8,269	4,853	205	78	1,445	41	1,219	428	3,118
Fruitdale	935	633	31	11	110	4	88	58	244
Lexington Hills	2,421	2,148	10	5	90	0	59	109	193
Loyola	3,261	2,291	19	1	760	2	37	151	114
San Martin	7,027	4,329	27	71	470	18	1,752	360	3,249
Stanford	13,809	7,932	651	86	3,777	28	263	1,072	1,439
Unincorporated communities	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
All others not CDPs (combined)	30,494	21,985	439	256	3,175	84	3,234	1,321	7,651

2000

As of the census^[33] of 2000, there are 1,682,585 people, 565,863 households, and 395,538 families residing in the county. The population density is 503/km² (1,304/mi²). There are 579,329 housing units at an average density of 173/km² (449/mi²). The ethnic makeup of the county is 53.8% White, 2.8% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 25.6% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 12.1% from other races, and 4.7% from two or more races. 24.0% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 565,863 households out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.41.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 35.4% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 102.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $74,335, and the median income for a family was $81,717. Males had a median income of $56,240 versus $40,574 for females. The per capita income for the county was $32,795. About 4.9% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Santa Clara County has five elected supervisors, elected within their districts.

The county is one among three counties in California (with Napa and Madera) to establish a separate department, the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections, to deal with corrections pursuant to California Government Code §23013.

The county also pays the $340,000 salary and benefits of the California state Department of Social Services director, which is reimbursed by the state, skirting the $165,000 state law cap for the position.^[34]

In the United States House of Representatives, Santa Clara County is split between 4 congressional districts:^[35]

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  California's 17th congressional district, represented by Democrat Ro Khanna,


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  California's 18th congressional district, represented by Democrat Anna Eshoo,


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  California's 19th congressional district, represented by Democrat Zoe Lofgren, and


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  California's 20th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta.^[36]
  

In the California State Senate, the county is split between 4 legislative districts:^[37]

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  the 10th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bob Wieckowski,


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  the 13th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jerry Hill,


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  the 15th Senate District, represented by Democrat Jim Beall, and


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  the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat Bill Monning.

In the California State Assembly, the county is split between 6 legislative districts:^[38]

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  the 24th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Marc Berman,


• 
  the 25th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Kansen Chu,


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  the 27th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ash Kalra,


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  the 28th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Evan Low,


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  the 29th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mark Stone, and


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  the 30th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Robert Rivas.

Voters in the county also elect a number of other officials to county-wide positions, including the Santa Clara County District Attorney, the Santa Clara County Sheriff, and a large number of criminal and civil judges that serve in courts throughout the county.

Politics

Historically, Santa Clara County was a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. From 1892 until 1988, the only Democrats to carry Santa Clara County were Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey. Since 1988, Santa Clara County has been a Democratic stronghold in presidential and congressional elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Ronald Reagan in 1984. While Republicans remained competitive at the state and local level throughout the 1990s, there are currently no elected Republicans representing significant parts of the county above the county level.

Presidential elections results

Santa Clara County vote
by party in presidential elections^[39]

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2016	20.58% 144,826	72.71% 511,684	6.71% 47,199
2012	27.14% 174,843	69.97% 450,818	2.89% 18,616
2008	28.55% 190,039	69.45% 462,241	2.00% 13,309
2004	34.63% 209,094	63.94% 386,100	1.43% 8,622
2000	34.44% 188,750	60.66% 332,490	4.91% 26,889
1996	32.16% 168,291	56.88% 297,639	10.96% 57,361
1992	28.38% 170,870	49.21% 296,265	22.41% 134,920
1988	46.99% 254,442	51.30% 277,810	1.71% 9,276
1984	54.81% 288,638	43.65% 229,865	1.54% 8,136
1980	48.02% 229,048	35.01% 166,995	16.98% 80,960
1976	49.46% 219,188	46.94% 208,023	3.59% 15,927
1972	51.90% 237,334	45.60% 208,506	2.50% 11,453
1968	45.61% 163,446	48.42% 173,511	5.97% 21,410
1964	36.63% 117,420	63.10% 202,249	0.27% 858
1960	52.67% 131,735	47.05% 117,667	0.28% 690
1956	59.09% 105,657	40.56% 72,528	0.35% 633
1952	59.74% 91,940	39.66% 61,035	0.61% 932
1948	53.25% 52,982	42.11% 41,905	4.64% 4,615
1944	47.04% 39,409	52.36% 43,869	0.60% 499
1940	49.20% 40,100	49.63% 40,449	1.16% 947
1936	40.41% 26,498	58.48% 38,346	1.12% 732
1932	47.54% 27,353	49.14% 28,272	3.31% 1,906
1928	63.81% 31,710	35.39% 17,589	0.79% 395
1924	58.02% 20,056	7.41% 2,560	34.57% 11,952
1920	68.09% 19,565	22.57% 6,485	9.33% 2,682
1916	50.77% 16,592	43.40% 14,185	5.83% 1,904
1912	0.75% 173	39.64% 9,173	59.61% 13,793
1908	58.88% 7,950	28.41% 3,836	12.71% 1,716
1904	66.10% 8,274	24.77% 3,100	9.13% 1,143
1900	58.25% 7,107	37.76% 4,607	3.98% 486
1896	53.51% 6,315	43.99% 5,191	2.50% 295
1892	44.48% 4,620	40.12% 4,167	15.40% 1,600

Gubernatorial elections results

Santa Clara County vote
by party in gubernatorial elections

Year	GOP	DEM
2018	28.6% 175,791	71.4% 438,758
2014	27.1% 107,113	72.9% 288,732
2010	34.9% 178,695	61.3% 314,022
2006	52.2% 225,132	42.9% 185,037
2003	39.2% 160,807	39.9% 163,768
2002	32.4% 116,862	55.3% 199,399
1998	31.7% 133,015	64.3% 270,105
1994	47.5% 212,075	47.5% 211,904
1990	42.6% 178,310	52.2% 218,843
1986	59.9% 227,285	37.6% 142,907
1982	44.0% 180,232	52.9% 216,781
1978	29.8% 110,444	61.4% 227,493
1974	46.7% 153,761	50.6% 166,760
1970	51.5% 172,562	46.1% 154,570
1966	55.4% 164,970	44.6% 132,793
1962	47.6% 112,700	51.2% 121,149

As of November 2012, all of the cities, towns, and the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County have more registered Democrats than Republicans.^[40] In the 2008 US Presidential Election, Democratic nominee Barack Obama carried every city and town in the county, as well as the unincorporated areas.^[41]

Following the passage of Proposition 8, Santa Clara County joined San Francisco and Los Angeles in a lawsuit, becoming, along with San Francisco and Los Angeles, the first governmental entities in the world to sue for same-sex marriage.^[42]

Voter registration

Population and registered voters
Total population[19]	1,762,754
Registered voters[43][note 3]	817,310	46.4%
Democratic[43]	372,979	45.6%
Republican[43]	177,268	21.7%
Democratic–Republican spread[43]	+195,711	+23.9%
Independent[43]	17,009	2.1%
Green[43]	4,326	0.5%
Libertarian[43]	4,843	0.6%
Peace and Freedom[43]	1,950	0.2%
Americans Elect[43]	36	0.0%
Other[43]	1,542	0.2%
No party preference[43]	237,357	29.0%

Cities by population and voter registration

Cities by population and voter registration
City	Population[19]	Registered voters[43] [note 3]	Democratic[43]	Republican[43]	D–R spread[43]	Other[43]	No party preference[43]
Campbell	39,108	53.4%	45.3%	23.8%	+21.5%	7.3%	26.2%
Cupertino	57,459	48.2%	37.0%	20.0%	+17.0%	4.0%	40.4%
Gilroy	47,808	42.7%	48.5%	25.2%	+23.3%	6.8%	22.1%
Los Altos	28,752	67.4%	41.5%	29.4%	+12.1%	4.3%	26.2%
Los Altos Hills	7,912	73.6%	34.9%	33.6%	+1.3%	4.3%	28.7%
Los Gatos	29,165	65.0%	41.0%	31.5%	+9.5%	6.2%	23.7%
Milpitas	66,038	40.4%	42.5%	19.2%	+23.3%	5.3%	35.0%
Monte Sereno	3,338	73.7%	37.1%	36.9%	+0.2%	6.1%	22.3%
Morgan Hill	37,278	52.6%	40.9%	32.0%	+8.9%	6.9%	23.0%
Mountain View	73,394	46.0%	49.1%	16.4%	+32.7%	5.3%	30.8%
Palo Alto	63,475	59.7%	52.6%	15.5%	+37.1%	3.8%	29.2%
San Jose	939,688	44.6%	46.8%	20.6%	+26.2%	6.0%	28.8%
Santa Clara	114,482	41.9%	46.5%	19.9%	+26.6%	6.1%	29.7%
Saratoga	29,781	66.8%	34.2%	31.5%	+2.7%	3.9%	31.8%
Sunnyvale	138,436	41.1%	45.0%	19.9%	+25.1%	5.0%	31.8%

Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported in 2009 and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

Population and crime rates
Population[19]	1,762,754
Violent crime[44]	5,013	2.84
Homicide[44]	46	0.03
Forcible rape[44]	387	0.22
Robbery[44]	1,499	0.85
Aggravated assault[44]	3,081	1.75
Property crime[44]	23,790	13.50
Burglary[44]	7,094	4.02
Larceny-theft[44][note 4]	28,303	16.06
Motor vehicle theft[44]	7,356	4.17
Arson[44]	403	0.23

Cities by population and crime rates

Cities by population and crime rates
City	Population[45]	Violent crimes[45]	Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons	Property crimes[45]	Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
Campbell	41,339	90	2.23	1,649	40.88
Cupertino	59,769	58	0.97	797	13.33
Gilroy	50,042	159	3.18	1,788	35.73
Los Altos	29,704	6	0.20	299	10.07
Los Altos Hills	8,121	5	0.62	45	5.54
Los Gatos	30,161	38	1.26	629	20.85
Milpitas	68,433	81	1.18	2,023	29.56
Monte Sereno	3,426	3	0.88	35	10.22
Morgan Hill	38,834	50	1.29	695	17.90
Mountain View	75,933	155	2.04	1,419	18.69
Palo Alto	66,019	53	0.80	1,409	21.34
San Jose	976,459	3,547	3.63	28,463	29.15
Santa Clara	119,360	221	1.85	3,306	27.70
Saratoga	30,683	9	0.29	231	7.53
Sunnyvale	143,606	170	1.18	2,555	17.79

Economy

The county's economy is heavily service based. Technology, both hardware and software, dominates the service sector by value, but like any other county, Santa Clara has its share of retail and office support workers.

The San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara metropolitan region, comprising Santa Clara County and San Benito County, was ranked as the highest performing metropolitan area in the US in 2012, ahead of Austin, Texas and Raleigh, North Carolina, according to the Milken Institute.^[46] The GDP of the metro area reached $176.7 billion in 2011, or $94,587 per capita,^[47] roughly on par with Qatar in both total GDP and per capita (nominal).^[48] GDP grew a strong 7.7% in 2011, and in contrast with most of California, GDP and per capita GDP (nominal) is well above 2007 (financial crisis) levels. Despite relative wealth vis a vis other regions nationally, a large underclass exists whose income is roughly equivalent to that elsewhere in the country, despite extreme land prices. The surge in metro GDP is highly correlated with home prices, which for average single-family homes passed $1 million ($1,017,528) in August 2013.^[49]

Libraries

Santa Clara County Library, is a public library system serving the communities and cities of Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, and all unincorporated areas of the county.^[50] All other cities run their own library system.

Transportation

Air

Southwest Airlines aircraft parked at Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport

The county's main airport is Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC). It is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry^[51] and as of 2019 has five international routes (one to Canada, one to England, one to Japan, one to Mexico, and one to China) but the airport's busiest routes are all to cities in the western United States. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is also often used for commercial services by residents of Santa Clara County.

Moffett Federal Airfield (NUQ), a former U.S. Naval Air Station, is used by the Air National Guard, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Google, and by the San Jose Police and Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department as an air operations base.^[52] There are also smaller general aviation airports in Palo Alto (PAO), San Jose (Reid-Hillview) (RHV), and San Martin(E16)

Rail

Santa Clara Station, 2012

Santa Clara County is served by Caltrain commuter rail from Gilroy through San Jose and Silicon Valley north to San Francisco Airport and San Francisco. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority operates the VTA light rail system, which primarily serves San Jose, with one line continuing as far north as Mountain View. Santa Clara and San Jose are also served by the Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail line which provides services to Stockton, and Amtrak which provides service to Sacramento and Oakland. The Amtrak Coast Starlight train between Seattle and Los Angeles also stops in San Jose. In the future, BART will provide service to San Jose and Santa Clara.

Road

VTA bus arriving at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills

Buses

Santa Clara County has consolidated its transportation services into the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which operates a bus system.

Bicycle network

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is establishing a bicycle network throughout the county. Santa Clara County Bicycle network is part of the San Francisco Bay Area Regional Bikeway Network.

• Bikeways Map (Effective April 2011)


• Regional Bicycle Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area 2009 Update

Freeways and expressways

The county has an extensive freeway system and a separate expressway system (though it’s not as extensive as those in Southern California). Expressways in California are distinct from freeways; although access to adjoining properties is eliminated, at-grade intersections are allowed. However, unlike expressways virtually everywhere else in California, the Santa Clara County expressways were built, signed, and maintained as county roads; they are not maintained by Caltrans, although they are patrolled by the California Highway Patrol.

There is also a large street network dominated by four- and six-lane arterials. Some of the newer boulevards (primarily in the West Valley) are divided with landscaped medians.

Major highways

Main article: State highways in California

• 
  Interstate 280
  


• 
  Interstate 680
  


• 
  Interstate 880
  


• 
  U.S. Route 101
  


• 
  State Route 9
  


• 
  State Route 17
  


• 
  State Route 25
  


• 
  State Route 35
  


• 
  State Route 82
  


• 
  State Route 85
  


• 
  State Route 87
  


• 
  State Route 130
  


• 
  State Route 152
  


• 
  State Route 156
  


• 
  State Route 237
  

County routes

See also: List of county routes in Santa Clara County, California

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Santa Clara County expressway system County Route G2—Lawrence Expressway County Route G3—Page Mill Road/Oregon Expressway County Route G4—San Tomas Expressway/Montague Expressway County Route G5—Foothill Expressway

County Route G6—Central Expressway County Route G8—Almaden Expressway County Route G10—Blossom Hill Road County Route G21—Capitol Expressway

Other roads

• The Alameda

Sea

The county has no commercial seaports, although small boats can access San Francisco Bay from several points. Like many other Bay Area counties, it is dependent upon the Port of Oakland for transport of ocean cargo.

Jails

Santa Clara County Department of Correction is administered by the county's sheriff's office and supervises the following facilities:

• Santa Clara County Main Jail^[53]
  
  
  • Main Jail South (up to 674 men)
  
  
  • Main Jail North (up to 919 men)
  
  
  
  


• Elmwood Correctional Facility (up to 600 women, 2,500 men)^[54]
  


• North County Jail (day use only for Palo Alto courthouse)


• Juvenile Detention^[55]
  
  
  • Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall (up to 390 boys and girls)
  
  
  • William F. James Boys Ranch (up to 96 teenage boys)
  
  
  
  

Parks

Main article: Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department

Santa Clara County has an extensive park system, much of it founded in the major park expansion of the late 1970s. Parks within the county include:

• Almaden Quicksilver County Park


• Grant Ranch Park


• Henry W. Coe State Park


• Sanborn Park


• Vasona Park

Open space preserves include:

• El Sereno Open Space Preserve

Santa Clara County also contains Ulistac Natural Area, a volunteer maintained natural open space. Foreign and invasive species are removed when possible as native plants are introduced. Migratory birds and butterflies often use this area.

Sister counties

To promote friendship and understanding and to build bridges with countries of origin for various ethnic populations in the county, the County of Santa Clara has created a Sister County Commission to coordinate the program. As of 2009, there are three sister counties:^[56]

• 
  Province of Florence, Italy


• 
  Moscow Area, Russia


• 
  Hsinchu County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Communities

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Atherton is the 1st most expensive place to live in the United States.

Los Altos is the 3rd most expensive zip code in the United States.^[57]

Palo Alto is the 5th most educated city^[58] and the 5th most expensive zip code in the United States.^[59]

Morgan Hill is the 17th most expensive place to live in the United States.^[63]

Los Gatos is the 33rd wealthiest city in the United States.^[62]

Saratoga is the 16th most educated and the 8th wealthiest city in the United States.^[60][61]

Cities

There are 13 cities in Santa Clara County, they are...

• Campbell


• Cupertino


• Gilroy


• Los Altos


• Milpitas


• Monte Sereno


• Morgan Hill


• Mountain View


• Palo Alto


• 
  San Jose (county seat)


• Santa Clara


• Saratoga


• Sunnyvale

Towns

• Los Altos Hills


• Los Gatos

Note: There is no legal difference between cities and towns in California; incorporated places are free to use either term in their official names.

Census-designated places

• Alum Rock


• Burbank


• Cambrian Park


• East Foothills


• Fruitdale


• Lexington Hills


• 
  Loyola also known as Loyola Corners
  


• San Martin


• Stanford

Unincorporated communities

• 
  Bell Station, also known as Bell's Station and Hollenbeck's Station
  


• Casa Loma


• Chemeketa Park


• 
  Coyote, also known as Burnett c. 1860–1882


• East San Jose


• Llagas-Uvas


• 
  Madrone, now part of Morgan Hill
  


• Redwood Estates


• Rucker


• 
  San Antonio, also known as Deforest c. 1892–1924


• Sveadal

Former townships

• Almaden Township: Present-day Almaden Valley, Cambrian Park and portions of Campbell and Los Gatos.


• Alviso Township: Present-day Alviso.


• Burnett Township: Present-day Coyote, Santa Teresa and Morgan Hill.


• Fremont Township: Present-day Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and part of Cupertino.


• Gilroy Township: Present-day Gilroy and San Martin.


• Milpitas Township: Present-day Milpitas.


• Redwood Township: Present-day Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Saratoga, Redwood Estates and portions of Cupertino and Campbell.


• San Jose Township: Most of present-day San Jose.


• Santa Clara Township: Present-day Santa Clara and portions of San Jose, Cupertino and Campbell.

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Santa Clara County.^[64]

† county seat

Rank	City/Town/etc.	Municipal type	Population (2010 Census)
1	† San Jose	City	945,942
2	Sunnyvale	City	140,081
3	Santa Clara	City	116,468
4	Mountain View	City	74,066
5	Milpitas	City	66,790
6	Palo Alto	City	64,403
7	Cupertino	City	58,302
8	Gilroy	City	48,821
9	Campbell	City	39,349
10	Morgan Hill	City	37,882
11	Saratoga	City	29,926
12	Los Gatos	Town	29,413
13	Los Altos	City	28,976
14	Alum Rock	CDP	15,536
15	Stanford	CDP	13,809
16	East Foothills	CDP	8,269
17	Los Altos Hills	Town	7,922
18	San Martin	CDP	7,027
19	Burbank	CDP	4,926
20	Monte Sereno	City	3,341
21	Cambrian Park	CDP	3,282
22	Loyola	CDP	3,261
23	Lexington Hills	CDP	2,421
24	Fruitdale	CDP	935

See also

• 
  San Francisco Bay Area portal
  


• 
  California portal
  


• 
  United States portal
  

• Committee for Green Foothills


• List of attractions in Silicon Valley


• List of school districts in Santa Clara County, California


• National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Clara County, California


• Old Almaden Winery


• Santa Clara County expressway system


• Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union


• Santa Clara Valley

Notes

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2. 
   ^ Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native
   


3. 
   ^ ^ab Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.
   


4. 
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Santa Clara County, California, United States
County seat: San Jose
Cities and towns	Campbell Cupertino Gilroy Los Altos Los Altos Hills Los Gatos Milpitas Monte Sereno Morgan Hill Mountain View Palo Alto San Jose Santa Clara Saratoga Sunnyvale
CDPs	Alum Rock Burbank Cambrian Park East Foothills Fruitdale Lexington Hills Loyola San Martin Stanford
Unincorporated communities	Ashrama Bell Station Casa Loma Chemeketa Park Coyote Holy City Loma Chiquita Mountain Home New Almaden Old Gilroy Redwood Estates Rucker San Antonio Valley Sargent Sveadal
CCDs	Diablo Range Lexington Hills Llagas-Uvas South Santa Clara Valley West Santa Clara
Ghost towns	Alma Lexington Patchen Wrights

v t e San Jose and Silicon Valley attractions
Arboreta and Gardens	Arizona Cactus Garden Chinese Cultural Garden Emma Prusch Farm Park Hakone Gardens Japanese Friendship Garden Overfelt Gardens SJ Municipal Rose Garden Stanford Arboretum Villa Montalvo Arboretum
Cultural	American Musical Theatre of SJ Ballet San Jose Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph Choral Project De Saisset Museum Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library Gurdwara Sahib Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies Mexican Heritage Plaza Montalvo Arts Center Villa Montalvo Opera San José SJ City Hall SJ Flea Market SJ Improv SJ Museum of Art SJ Rep Theatre sjDANCEco Symphony Silicon Valley Triton Museum of Art Viet Museum Villa Mira Monte Vivace Youth Chorus
Event venues	Avaya Stadium CEFCU Stadium City National Civic Levi's Stadium PAL Stadium San Jose Center for the Performing Arts SAP Center at San Jose SC Convention Center Shoreline Amphitheatre SJ Convention Center SJ Municipal Stadium SJSU Event Center Arena Solar4America Ice Stanford Stadium Stevens Stadium
Events	BayCon Cinequest Film Festival FanimeCon Further Confusion LiveStrong Challenge SJ Holiday Parade SJ Jazz Festival Silicon Valley Comic Con Stanford Jazz Festival Christmas in the Park
Historical	Circle of Palms Hotel De Anza Hangar One History Park at Kelley Park HP Garage Japanese American Museum New Almaden Peralta Adobe Portuguese Historical Museum Rengstorff House Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum SJ Museum of Quilts & Textiles Winchester Mystery House
Parks / Trails	Almaden Quicksilver County Park Alum Rock Park Anderson Lake Bay Area Ridge Trail Calero Reservoir Castle Rock State Park Coyote–Bear Park Ed Levin Park Grant Ranch County Park Guadalupe River Trail Henry W. Coe State Park Kelley Park Lake Cunningham Los Alamitos Creek Trail Los Gatos Creek Trail Plaza de César Chávez Rancho San Antonio Rosicrucian Park Sanborn County Park SF Bay Trail Shoreline Park Stevens Creek Trail Uvas Canyon Uvas Creek Preserve Uvas Reservoir Vasona Park
Science, Tech, and Education	Children's Discovery Museum Computer History Museum Googleplex Intel Museum Lick Observatory NASA Ames Exploration Center SJSU SCU Stanford The Tech Museum of Innovation
Shopping	Eastridge Great Mall Oakridge PruneYard San Antonio Santana Row Stanford Vallco Valley Fair Westgate
Theme parks and tours	Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad California's Great America Gilroy Gardens Happy Hollow Park & Zoo Raging Waters
Vineyards and Wineries	Byington Vineyard J Lohr Vineyards and Wines Mountain Winery Picchetti Brothers Winery Savannah–Chanelle Vineyards

v t e San Francisco Bay Area
Bodies of water	Bodega Bay Carquinez Strait Clifton Forebay Golden Gate Grizzly Bay Guadalupe River Half Moon Bay Lake Berryessa Napa River Oakland Estuary Petaluma River Richardson Bay Richmond Inner Harbor Russian River Sacramento River San Francisco Bay San Leandro Bay San Pablo Bay Sonoma Creek Suisun Bay Tomales Bay
Counties	Alameda Contra Costa Marin Napa San Francisco San Mateo Santa Clara Solano Sonoma
Major cities	Oakland San Francisco San Jose
Cities and towns 100k–250k	Antioch Berkeley Concord Daly City Fairfield Fremont Hayward Richmond Santa Clara Santa Rosa Sunnyvale Vallejo
Cities and towns 50k–99k	Alameda Brentwood Castro Valley Cupertino Livermore Milpitas Mountain View Napa Novato Palo Alto Petaluma Pittsburg Pleasanton Redwood City San Leandro San Mateo San Rafael San Ramon South San Francisco Union City Vacaville Walnut Creek
Cities and towns 25k-50k	Belmont Benicia Burlingame Campbell Danville Dublin East Palo Alto Foster City Gilroy Los Altos Los Gatos Martinez Menlo Park Morgan Hill Newark Oakley Pacifica Pleasant Hill Rohnert Park San Bruno San Carlos San Pablo Saratoga Suisun City Windsor
Cities and towns 10k–25k	Alamo Albany American Canyon Ashland Bay Point Cherryland Clayton Discovery Bay Dixon El Cerrito El Sobrante Emeryville Fairview Half Moon Bay Healdsburg Hercules Hillsborough Lafayette Larkspur Millbrae Mill Valley Moraga North Fair Oaks Orinda Piedmont Pinole San Anselmo San Lorenzo Sonoma Stanford Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Sub-regions	East Bay North Bay San Francisco Peninsula Silicon Valley South Bay
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v t e  State of California
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Regions	Antelope Valley Big Sur California Coast Ranges Cascade Range Central California Central Coast Central Valley Channel Islands Coachella Valley Coastal California Conejo Valley Cucamonga Valley Death Valley East Bay (SF Bay Area) East County (SD) Eastern California Emerald Triangle Gold Country Great Basin Greater San Bernardino Inland Empire Klamath Basin Lake Tahoe Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles Basin Lost Coast Mojave Desert Mountain Empire North Bay (SF) North Coast North Coast (SD) Northern California Owens Valley Oxnard Plain Peninsular Ranges Pomona Valley Sacramento Valley Salinas Valley San Fernando Valley San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Peninsula San Gabriel Valley San Joaquin Valley Santa Clara Valley Santa Clara River Valley Santa Clarita Valley Santa Ynez Valley Shasta Cascade Sierra Nevada Silicon Valley South Bay (LA) South Bay (SD) South Bay (SF) South Coast Southern Border Region Southern California Transverse Ranges Tri-Valley Victor Valley Wine Country
Metro regions	Metropolitan Fresno Los Angeles metropolitan area Greater Sacramento San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area San Francisco metropolitan area San Diego–Tijuana
Counties	Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba
Most populous cities	Los Angeles San Diego San Jose San Francisco Fresno Sacramento Long Beach Oakland Bakersfield Anaheim

v t e Majority-minority counties in the Western United States
Mountain	Arizona Apache Greenlee Navajo Santa Cruz Yuma Colorado Alamosa Conejos Costilla Montana Big Horn Blaine Glacier Roosevelt Nevada Clark New Mexico Bernalillo Chaves Cibola Colfax Curry De Baca Doña Ana Eddy Grant Guadalupe Hidalgo Lea Luna McKinley Mora Rio Arriba San Juan San Miguel Sandoval Santa Fe Socorro Taos Valencia Utah San Juan
Pacific	Alaska Aleutians East Aleutians West Bethel Dillingham Hoonah–Angoon Kusilvak Lake and Peninsula Nome North Slope Northwest Arctic Prince of Wales–Hyder Yakutat Yukon–Koyukuk California Alameda Colusa Contra Costa Fresno Imperial Kern Kings Los Angeles Madera Merced Monterey Orange Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Solano Stanislaus Sutter Tulare Ventura Yolo Hawaii Hawaii County Honolulu Kalawao Kauai Maui Washington Adams Franklin Yakima

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