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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: Los Altos city, California

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	27,693	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	13,352	48.2
Female	14,341	51.8

Under 5 years	1,629	5.9
5 to 9 years	1,974	7.1
10 to 14 years	1,975	7.1
15 to 19 years	1,332	4.8
20 to 24 years	609	2.2
25 to 34 years	1,989	7.2
35 to 44 years	4,794	17.3
45 to 54 years	4,668	16.9
55 to 59 years	1,978	7.1
60 to 64 years	1,399	5.1
65 to 74 years	2,483	9.0
75 to 84 years	2,155	7.8
85 years and over	708	2.6

Median age (years)	44.2	(X)

18 years and over	21,132	76.3
Male	10,067	36.4
Female	11,065	40.0
21 years and over	20,675	74.7
62 years and over	6,135	22.2
65 years and over	5,346	19.3
Male	2,337	8.4
Female	3,009	10.9

RACE
One race	26,927	97.2
White	22,250	80.3
Black or African American	130	0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	48	0.2
Asian	4,271	15.4
Asian Indian	710	2.6
Chinese	2,244	8.1
Filipino	110	0.4
Japanese	717	2.6
Korean	264	1.0
Vietnamese	72	0.3
Other Asian ¹	154	0.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	45	0.2
Native Hawaiian	8	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	6	0.0
Samoan	2	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	29	0.1
Some other race	183	0.7
Two or more races	766	2.8

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	22,951	82.9
Black or African American	178	0.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	126	0.5
Asian	4,772	17.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	80	0.3
Some other race	403	1.5

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	27,693	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	822	3.0
Mexican	439	1.6
Puerto Rican	37	0.1
Cuban	20	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	326	1.2
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,871	97.0
White alone	21,656	78.2

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	27,693	100.0
In households	27,274	98.5
Householder	10,462	37.8
Spouse	7,264	26.2
Child	7,862	28.4
Own child under 18 years	6,347	22.9
Other relatives	760	2.7
Under 18 years	176	0.6
Nonrelatives	926	3.3
Unmarried partner	278	1.0
In group quarters	419	1.5
Institutionalized population	297	1.1
Noninstitutionalized population	122	0.4

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	10,462	100.0
Family households (families)	8,026	76.7
With own children under 18 years	3,517	33.6
Married-couple family	7,264	69.4
With own children under 18 years	3,188	30.5
Female householder, no husband present	561	5.4
With own children under 18 years	232	2.2
Nonfamily households	2,436	23.3
Householder living alone	1,955	18.7
Householder 65 years and over	1,021	9.8

Households with individuals under 18 years	3,653	34.9
Households with individuals 65 years and over	3,423	32.7

Average household size	2.61	(X)
Average family size	2.98	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	10,727	100.0
Occupied housing units	10,462	97.5
Vacant housing units	265	2.5
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	35	0.3

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	0.3	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.2	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	10,462	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	8,954	85.6
Renter-occupied housing units	1,508	14.4

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.67	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.21	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.