Santa Clara County, California

• White (non-Hispanic) 517,612 27.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 475,827 25.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,721 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 766,176 40.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 80,095 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,181 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6,964 0.4%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10,471 0.6%

• Under 18 390,076 20.5%
• 18–24 164,705 8.7%
• 25–44 583,210 30.7%
• 45–64 482,046 25.3%
• 65 and over 282,010 14.8%

Median household income

$166,984

90% interval $163,157–$170,811

+$66,854 vs CA · 1st of 58

Below poverty line

7.1%

90% interval 6.5%–7.7%

−4.7 pp vs CA · 57th of 58

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−1.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$438.5B

10.83% of state

Avg. annual pay

$211,900

Establishments

84,447

• Professional & business services 270,678 24.2%
• Education & health services 260,736 23.3%
• Manufacturing 124,661 11.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 120,713 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 103,232 9.2%
• Information 94,142 8.4%
• Construction 51,531 4.6%
• Financial activities 35,889 3.2%
• Public administration 27,990 2.5%
• Other services 26,760 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 3,131 0.3%
• Unclassified 117 0.0%

Home ownership

55.1%

−0.8 pp vs CA · 49th of 58

Median gross rent

$2,857

+$821 vs CA · 2nd of 58

Owner-occupied

363,147

Renter-occupied

296,206

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $542,536/yr) pays 11.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $46,739/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 510,744 68.1%
• Republican 210,924 28.1%
• Other / third-party 28,765 3.8%

• Spanish 307,944 17.1%
• Chinese 190,779 10.6%
• Vietnamese 119,090 6.6%
• Tagalog 46,968 2.6%
• Korean 28,055 1.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24,126 1.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8,912 0.5%
• Arabic 8,281 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 7,975 0.4%

Households

659,353

Family households

459,812

69.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

158,983

34.6% of families

Single-mother families

27,075

5.9% of families

Veterans

39,968

2.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 503,382 26.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 169,726 8.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 163,758 8.5%
• Mainline Protestant 26,714 1.4%
• Orthodox 12,514 0.6%
• Black Protestant 5,342 0.3%

Health insured

96.1%

±0.1 pp

Uninsured

3.9%

±0.1 pp

53rd of 58

With a disability

9.0%

±0.1 pp

58th of 58

Bachelor's or higher

56.5%

+19.4 pp vs CA · 3rd of 58

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.4%

90% interval 4.1%–4.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Santa Clara County Superior Court

Judges

90 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 courts.ca.gov per-court rosters and Judicial Council Court Statistics Report. Counts for the smallest rural counties (Alpine, Sierra, Mono, Modoc, Trinity, Mariposa, Colusa) are at or near the statutory authorized-judgeship floor per Cal. Gov. Code § 69590 et seq.)

Court seats

San Jose

Traffic fatalities

100

6.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

96