San Jose (California)
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Coordinates | 37°20′10″N 121°53′26″W |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Santa Clara |
Region | San Francisco Bay Area |
Metro | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara |
CSA | San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland |
Pueblo founded | November 29, 1777 |
Founded as | Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe |
Incorporated | March 27, 1850 |
Named for | Saint Joseph |
Elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Demonym(s) | San Josean(s) San Joséan(s) Josefino/a(s) |
Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
ZIP codes | List 95002 95008 95101 95103 95106 95108–95113 95115–95141 95148 95150–95161 95164, 95170 95172 95173 95190–95194 95196 |
Area code(s) | 408/669 |
FIPS code | 06-68000 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1654952, 2411790 |
Airport | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport |
Website | www.sanjoseca.gov |
Government (Type) | Council–manager |
Government (Body) | San Jose City Council |
Government (Mayor) | Sam Liccardo (D) |
Government (City Manager) | Jennifer Maguire |
Government (Assemblymembers) | List Alex Lee (D)Ash Kalra (D)Evan Low (D)Mark Stone (D) |
Government (City) | 181.36 sq mi (469.72 km2) |
Government (Land) | 178.24 sq mi (461.63 km2) |
Government (Water) | 3.12 sq mi (8.09 km2) 1.91% |
Government (Urban) | 342.27 sq mi (741.03 km2) |
Government (Metro) | 2,694.61 sq mi (6,979 km2) |
Area (City) | 181.36 sq mi (469.72 km2) |
Area (Land) | 178.24 sq mi (461.63 km2) |
Area (Water) | 3.12 sq mi (8.09 km2) 1.91% |
Area (Urban) | 342.27 sq mi (741.03 km2) |
Area (Metro) | 2,694.61 sq mi (6,979 km2) |
Population (2020) (City) | 1,013,240 |
Population (2020) (Rank) | 10th in the United States 3rd in California |
Population (2020) (Density) | 5,684.69/sq mi (2,194.92/km2) |
Population (2020) (Metro) | 2,000,468 (35th) |
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San Jose,[A] officially San José (/ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ, -ˈseɪ/; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), [B] is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 population of 1,013,240, it is the most populous city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 9.7 million people respectively, the third-most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego and ahead of San Francisco), and the tenth-most populous in the United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component of the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of around two million residents in 2018.