San Francisco County, California (CA)

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% of renters here:	65%
State:	43%

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Races in San Francisco County, California:

Median resident age:	36.5 years
California median age:	33.3 years

Males: 394,828	(50.8%)
Females: 381,905	(49.2%)

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San Francisco County:	2.3 people
California:	2.9 people

This county:	$73,798
California:	$61,021

This county:	$1,206
State:	$1,035

San Francisco County:	$824,300
California:	$467,000

Detached houses: $1,107,510

Here:	$1,107,510
State:	$604,989

Townhouses or other attached units: $841,510

Here:	$841,510
State:	$502,696

In 2-unit structures: $981,687

Here:	$981,687
State:	$742,682

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $971,108

Here:	$971,108
State:	$503,436

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $853,906

Here:	$853,906
State:	$468,105

Mobile homes: $257,007

Here:	$257,007
State:	$59,450

San Francisco County:	11.0%
California:	13.3%

Area name: San Francisco, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in San Francisco County is $1227 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1536 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $2051 a month.

Cities in this county include: San Francisco, Little Grass Valley.

2005 air pollution in San Francisco County:

Carbon Monoxide: 3 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.016 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.057 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Significantly below U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.047 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Significantly below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 19 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 43 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 9.5 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 33 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.002 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.006 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: San Mateo County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Current college students: 85,159
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 45.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 285,541 (57% naturalized citizens)

San Francisco County:	36.8%
Whole state:	26.2%

Mean travel time to work: 30.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 76.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 62,653
• One, attached: 48,752
• Two: 37,677
• 3 or 4: 43,174
• 5 to 9: 39,152
• 10 to 19: 35,055
• 20 or more: 79,504
• Mobile homes: 377
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 183

Housing units in San Francisco County with a mortgage: 54,435 (5,748 second mortgage, 6,508 home equity loan, 344 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25,110

Here:	68.4% with mortgage
State:	79.0% with mortgage

Here		41.8%
USA		50.2%

San Francisco County-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below California state average. It is 1161% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/1906 at 13:12:21, a magnitude 7.9 (7.9 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 34.9 miles away from San Francisco County center, causing $524,000,000 total damage
On 10/18/1989 at 00:04:15, a magnitude 7.1 (6.5 MB, 7.1 MS, 6.9 MW, 7.0 ML) earthquake occurred 58.0 miles away from the county center, causing 62 deaths (62 shaking deaths) and 3757 injuries, causing $1,305,032,704 total damage
On 4/24/1984 at 21:15:19, a magnitude 6.2 (5.7 MB, 6.1 MS, 6.2 MW, 6.2 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 50.9 miles away from the county center
On 1/24/1980 at 19:00:09, a magnitude 5.9 (5.3 MB, 5.9 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.5 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 39.0 miles away from San Francisco County center
On 1/27/1980 at 02:33:36, a magnitude 5.8 (5.0 MB, 5.0 MS, 5.8 ML) earthquake occurred 38.2 miles away from the county center
On 8/6/1979 at 17:05:22, a magnitude 5.9 (5.4 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, 5.9 ML) earthquake occurred 66.4 miles away from San Francisco County center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 169,508 (40%) Carpooled: 45,152 (11%) Bus or trolley bus: 89,443 (21%) Streetcar or trolley car: 11,467 (3%) Subway or elevated: 25,237 (6%) Railroad: 2,426 (1%) Ferryboat: 187 (0%) Taxi: 1,551 (0%) Motorcycle: 3,951 (1%) Bicycle: 8,302 (2%) Walked: 39,192 (9%) Other means: 2,761 (1%) Worked at home: 19,376 (5%)

9.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($60,440 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.51%
California average:	5.75%

0.36% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,182 average AGI)

San Francisco County:	0.36%
California average:	0.21%

5.74% relocated from other counties in California ($38,397 average AGI)
3.42% relocated from other states ($20,861 average AGI)

San Francisco County:	3.42%
California average:	1.75%

from San Mateo County, CA	1.19% ($68,160 average AGI)
from Alameda County, CA	0.99% ($53,345)
from Santa Clara County, CA	0.70% ($102,801)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.50% ($56,579)
from Contra Costa County, CA	0.46% ($58,453)
from Marin County, CA	0.31% ($98,521)
from New York County, NY	0.26% ($115,433)

9.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($76,729 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.15%
California average:	6.27%

0.22% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,542 average AGI)

San Francisco County:	0.22%
California average:	0.11%

6.32% relocated to other counties in California ($53,835 average AGI)
2.61% relocated to other states ($21,352 average AGI)

San Francisco County:	2.61%
California average:	2.40%

to San Mateo County, CA	1.63% ($65,876 average AGI)
to Alameda County, CA	1.35% ($62,349)
to Contra Costa County, CA	0.62% ($74,794)
to Los Angeles County, CA	0.50% ($65,331)
to Santa Clara County, CA	0.47% ($168,757)
to Marin County, CA	0.40% ($132,281)
to New York County, NY	0.27% ($100,738)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.9

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 117,837 (103,470 aged, 14,367 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 497,492 (101,199 male householders, 45,987 female householders)

  108,657 spouses, 148,792 children (142,125 natural, 3,386 adopted, 3,281 stepchildren), 14,863 grandchildren, 15,509 brothers or sisters, 12,995 parents, 25,920 other relatives, 23,570 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 259,499 (95,123 male householders (62,904 living alone)), 87,541 female householders (64,476 living alone)), 76,835 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 19,742 (4,820 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 60,014 2-persons, 32,430 3-persons, 25,685 4-persons, 13,506 5-persons, 7,522 6-persons, 8,029 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 127,380 1-person, 41,767 2-persons, 9,401 3-persons, 2,878 4-persons, 787 5-persons, 249 6-persons, 202 7-or-more-persons.

54.3% of residents of San Francisco County speak English at home.
12.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
26.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $7,606,654,000 ($10221 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $361,522,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,516,391,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $1,267,797,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $43,739,000
Federal grants: $2,609,875,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,002,059,000 ($295,346,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,166,793,000 ($26,058,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $282,430,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $155,414,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,547,000

Here:	59 per 1000 residents
State:	77 per 1000 residents

Here:	45 per 1000 residents
State:	34 per 1000 residents

Here:	+60 per 1000 residents
State:	+39 per 1000 residents

Here:	-124 per 1000 residents
State:	-18 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 81.37 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	5.3
State:	5.8

Here:	3.0
State:	3.5

58% of San Francisco County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in California.

San Francisco County:	58.0%
State average:	52.5%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 268519
• Northeast: 68365
• Midwest: 58532
• South: 53952
• West: 29443

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $430,200

Here:	26.9%
California:	9.9%

Here:	16.9%
California:	7.8%

Here:	20.8%
California:	15.4%

• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #86 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #93 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"

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