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The longer view · ACS annual estimates

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area

Employment among residents aged 16+. Metro boundaries and industry definitions can change between releases.

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Share of resident employment

The 2020 gap is intentional: standard ACS 1-year estimates were not published. Lines do not bridge missing years. Year-to-year changes are descriptive, not statistically tested growth.

Annual figures & age profile

Year	Employed in selection	Share	Population	Aged 22–24	Aged 25–29
2010	155,223	18.1%	1,843,255	72,050	135,287
2011	162,581	18.4%	1,865,450	70,290	139,354
2012	167,120	18.4%	1,894,388	71,837	139,582
2013	175,198	18.7%	1,919,641	78,200	140,121
2014	176,492	18.1%	1,952,872	77,925	143,585
2015	193,113	19.4%	1,976,836	80,217	146,719
2016	214,213	21.3%	1,978,816	76,751	154,525
2017	217,348	20.9%	1,998,463	77,749	159,742
2018	217,458	20.8%	1,999,107	76,961	161,751
2019	234,004	22.3%	1,990,660	77,073	162,733
2021	214,942	21.6%	1,952,185	70,934	146,306
2022	229,957	22.4%	1,938,524	75,178	144,376
2023	234,641	22.4%	1,945,767	80,924	146,273
2024	255,202	24.0%	1,995,484	82,067	152,546

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Industry footprint by metro

Share is the percentage of all employed residents working in your selected industries. Concentration compares that share with the US average for the same year: 2× means twice the share, not twice your chance of a job.

Metropolitan area	Employed in selection	Industry share	US concentration	Residents 22–29
Wausau, WI Metro Area	5,499± 1,030 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	14,385
Sandusky, OH Metro Area	4,335± 1,383 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	9,954
Kankakee, IL Metro Area	4,012± 1,012 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	12,448
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area	12,953± 2,098 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	31,387
Goldsboro, NC Metro Area	3,875± 1,299 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	13,120
Lewiston, ID-WA Metro Area	2,334± 819 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	5,297
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area	12,678± 1,915 MOE	7.5%	0.6×	40,087
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA Metro Area	4,403± 1,141 MOE	7.4%	0.6×	12,824
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area	2,847± 928 MOE	7.4%	0.6×	8,208
Decatur, IL Metro Area	3,234± 797 MOE	7.3%	0.6×	9,588
Walla Walla, WA Metro Area	2,044± 783 MOE	7.3%	0.6×	6,039
Dubuque, IA Metro Area	3,767± 844 MOE	7.3%	0.6×	10,662
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area	3,394± 840 MOE	7.2%	0.6×	17,447
Abilene, TX Metro Area	5,772± 1,257 MOE	7.1%	0.6×	22,898
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Metro Area	5,743± 1,083 MOE	7.1%	0.6×	18,703
Paducah, KY-IL Metro Area	3,316± 957 MOE	7.1%	0.6×	8,513
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metro Area	4,337± 882 MOE	7.1%	0.6×	13,125
St. Cloud, MN Metro Area	7,877± 1,356 MOE	7.1%	0.5×	24,067
Dalton, GA Metro Area	4,905± 1,516 MOE	7.1%	0.5×	18,393
Elmira, NY Metro Area	2,587± 719 MOE	7.0%	0.5×	8,149
Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area	4,766± 1,136 MOE	7.0%	0.5×	18,476
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area	5,281± 1,269 MOE	7.0%	0.5×	15,899
Longview-Kelso, WA Metro Area	3,613± 882 MOE	7.0%	0.5×	9,549
Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area	9,093± 1,612 MOE	7.0%	0.5×	30,168
Enid, OK Metro Area	2,010± 827 MOE	7.0%	0.5×	6,404
Visalia, CA Metro Area	14,248± 2,167 MOE	6.9%	0.5×	53,415
Kokomo, IN Metro Area	2,645± 916 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	8,526
Valdosta, GA Metro Area	4,617± 1,199 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	23,593
Greenville, NC Metro Area	5,857± 1,507 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	29,706
Fond du Lac, WI Metro Area	3,713± 951 MOE	6.8%	0.5×	9,445

Definitions & source

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, DP03 and B01001. Counts cover civilian employed residents aged 16 and over, including people who commute elsewhere. They are not local workplace job counts or job vacancies. No career seniority breakdown is available in these tables.

Ages 22–24 and 25–29 are published bands; we do not estimate an exact 22–26 group. MOEs are 90% margins of error; combined counts use the Census square-root-of-summed-squares approximation. Small differences may be sampling noise. Historical boundaries and classifications are not harmonized.

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