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Vallejo Demographics and Statistics

The demographic data of the metropolitan statistical area of Vallejo present some truly exciting facts.This region is populated significantly by residents of a number of cultures, heritages, and lifestyles. The United States Census Bureau provides insight into a number of interesting findings. This rise in the overall population of the area is due to a combination of the following factors: domestic migration, international migration and natural changes i.e. ratio of births and deaths occurring in the city.

Vallejo, CA

People QuickFacts Vallejo California
Population, 2006 estimate 116,844 36,457,549
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 0.1% 7.6%
Population, 2000 116,760 33,871,648
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 7.2% 7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 27.6% 27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.2% 10.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000 51.6% 50.2%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 36.0% 59.5%
Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 23.7% 6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.7% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 24.2% 10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 1.1% 0.3%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 6.6% 4.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 15.9% 32.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 54.1% 50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 24.7% 26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 33.2% 39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.7% 76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 21.1% 26.6%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 35.4 27.7
 
Housing units, 2000 41,219 12,214,549
Homeownership rate, 2000 63.2% 56.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $166,400 $211,500
 
Households, 2000 39,601 11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000 2.90 2.87
Median household income, 1999 $50,030 $47,493
Per capita money income, 1999 $20,415 $22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 10.1% 14.2%
Business QuickFacts Vallejo California
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 315,246 655,954,708
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 1,353,032 359,120,365
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,342 $10,264
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 99,904 55,559,669
Total number of firms, 2002 6,515 2,908,758
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 3.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 S 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 25.7% 12.8%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 S 14.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 36.6% 29.9%
 
Geography QuickFacts Vallejo California
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 30 155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000 3,867.5 217.2
FIPS Code 81666 06
Counties Solano County