History of San Jose, CA

With an estimated 2019 population of 1,021,795, the third most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego) and the tenth most populous in the United States. Located in the center of Santa Clara Valley, on the southern coast of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of ​​179.97 square kilometers (466.1 km2). San Jose is the seat of the state of Santa Clara County, the richest region in California and one of the richest states in the United States. San Jose is a major part of the San Jose - Sunnyvale - Santa Clara Metropolitan Statistical Area, with an estimated population of 2 million in 2018. It is also the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, consisting of 7.7 million people and 8.7 million people, respectively.

San Jose is known as the center of innovation, with its richness, Mediterranean climate, and very high cost of living. its discovery in the high-tech industry as a cultural, political and economic center has earned the city the nickname "Silicon Valley Capital". San Jose is one of the richest cities in the United States and the world and has the third highest GDP per capita in the world (after Zürich, Switzerland and Oslo, Norway), according to the Brookings Institution. The San Jose Metropolitan area has the highest billionaires and has the highest billionaires in the United States per capita. With an average home price of $ 1,085,000, San Jose has the most expensive housing market in the country and the most expensive housing market in the world, according to a 2017 Demographics International Housing Affordability Survey. Major global technology companies including Cisco Systems, eBay, Adobe Inc., PayPal, Broadcom, Samsung, Acer, i -Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Zoom maintain their headquarters in San Jose, central Silicon Valley. Shares of CSA San Jose and San Francisco have been the third largest economy in cities since 2018, with a GDP of $ 1.03 trillion. Of the 500+ key statistical units in the U.S., the CSA was among the highest GDP per capita in 2018, at $ 106,757.