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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
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area	18,727± 2,165 MOE	10.2%	0.8×	33,630
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area	8,931± 1,438 MOE	10.2%	0.8×	17,443
Binghamton, NY Metro Area	11,534± 1,942 MOE	10.2%	0.8×	26,055
Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area	12,403± 2,460 MOE	10.2%	0.8×	33,179
Decatur, AL Metro Area	7,095± 1,552 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	15,572
Glens Falls, NY Metro Area	5,916± 1,096 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	11,892
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area	18,314± 2,924 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	31,510
Midland, MI Metro Area	4,063± 1,022 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	7,612
Billings, MT Metro Area	9,860± 1,946 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	19,101
Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area	39,473± 3,514 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	77,971
Johnson City, TN Metro Area	10,334± 1,951 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	22,984
Columbus, GA-AL Metro Area	13,446± 2,304 MOE	10.1%	0.8×	38,469
Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area	24,769± 2,884 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	56,768
Fayetteville, NC Metro Area	14,768± 1,770 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	53,731
Tyler, TX Metro Area	12,137± 2,201 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	25,526
Springfield, MO Metro Area	24,602± 2,321 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	59,663
Twin Falls, ID Metro Area	6,197± 1,720 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	12,439
Owensboro, KY Metro Area	4,990± 1,172 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	11,416
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area	14,949± 2,036 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	29,217
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area	36,961± 3,659 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	89,209
Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area	7,445± 1,596 MOE	10.0%	0.8×	14,927
Great Falls, MT Metro Area	3,931± 1,040 MOE	9.9%	0.8×	9,073
Warner Robins, GA Metro Area	8,978± 2,016 MOE	9.9%	0.8×	20,381
Hinesville, GA Metro Area	3,195± 1,377 MOE	9.9%	0.8×	14,013
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area	13,070± 2,025 MOE	9.8%	0.8×	36,332
Lynchburg, VA Metro Area	12,498± 1,977 MOE	9.8%	0.8×	28,530
Las Cruces, NM Metro Area	10,126± 1,993 MOE	9.8%	0.8×	28,231
Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area	33,636± 3,451 MOE	9.8%	0.8×	69,720
Charleston, WV Metro Area	8,686± 1,514 MOE	9.8%	0.8×	18,990
Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area	5,384± 1,436 MOE	9.8%	0.8×	12,369

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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