A Diverse Community
San José is a City proud of the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population
and workforce, and the rich cultural identity of its many neighborhoods.
Our residents speak more than 52 different languages (San Jose Unified
School District 2002). Japantown is a popular tourist stop and a corner-stone
neighborhood full of tradition. Biblioteca LatinoAmericana, one of the
City's innovative library branches, boasts one of the largest collections
of Spanish language materials in Northern California. The City sponsors
many cultural festivals and numerous ethnic chambers of commerce are active
in our community.
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Demographics
The Pie Chart shows the division of the City of San José population to be 31.8 percent White, 3.1 percent African American, 30.3 percent Asian, 31.5 percent Hispanic and 3.3 percent Other.
This information was provided by the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 2005
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Traditions Old And New
- Vietnamese Tet Festival
- San José Children's Faire
- Portuguese Heritage Fall Festival
- Cinco de Mayo Festival
- Gay Pride Parade
- Juneteenth Festival
- Chinese Summer Festival
- Obon Festival
- San José Int'l Mariachi Festival
- Filipino Heritage Festival
- Festival of the Arts
- Italian Family Festival
- Veteran's Day Parade
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A Sustainable Community
At the heart of this dynamic region is a thriving economy sustained in part by many high-tech and manufacturing companies. The San José metropolitan area ranks second as a national leader in exports, and has strong economic ties with countries throughout the world.
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San José Businesses by Type*
| Services |
18,826 |
| Branch Locations of Other Businesses |
9,410 |
| Financial/Insurance/Real Estate |
7,424 |
| Retail |
7,193 |
| Construction/Contractors |
3,472 |
| Manufacturing |
2,048 |
| Wholesale |
1,545 |
| Transportation/Utilities |
1,274 |
| Attorneys |
808 |
| Exempt (Non-Taxable) |
370 |
| Agriculture |
4 |
| Total Businesses |
52,374 |
| *City of San José, July 2002 |
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Largest Employers*
| County of Santa Clara |
14,800 |
| Cisco Systems |
13,400 |
| City of San José |
7,200 |
| IBM |
6,400 |
| San Jose State University |
5,760 |
| San Jose Unified School Dist. |
3,360 |
| Hitachi |
2,900 |
| Agilent Technologies |
2,880 |
| Xilinx |
2,600 |
| Adobe Systems |
2,000 |
| Good Samaritan Health System |
1,850 |
| KLA Tencor Instruments |
1,850 |
| Novellus Systems |
1,800 |
| Cadence Design Systems |
1,760 |
| Sanmina-SCI |
1,750 |
| *Office of Economic Development, City of San José, 2004 |
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Financial Information
San José was cited by Financial World magazine as one of the best-managed cities in America. It has among the highest credit ratings of large cities in California (Standard & Poors AA+, Fitch AA+, and Moody's Aa1). San José is committed to its mission of delivering the highest quality services in the most cost-effective manner. A budget of $3.34 billion allows the City to offer a full range of services to its residents and businesses. |
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