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Population (year 2000): 399,484. Estimated
population in July 2005: 395,274 (-1.1% change)
Males: 192,757 (48.3%), Females: 206,727 (51.7%)
Alameda County
Zip codes:
94601,
94602,
94603,
94605,
94606,
94607,
94609,
94610,
94611,
94612,
94618,
94619,
94621.
Median resident age: 33.3 years
Median household income: $40,055 (year 2000)
Median house value: $235,500 (year 2000)
Races in Oakland:
- Black (35.7%)
- White Non-Hispanic (23.5%)
- Hispanic (21.9%)
- Other race (11.7%)
- Chinese (8.0%)
- Two or more races (5.0%)
- Vietnamese (2.2%)
- Other Asian (2.1%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Filipino (1.6%)
- Japanese (0.5%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (4.9%), Irish (4.3%), English
(4.0%), Subsaharan African (2.7%), Italian (2.2%), French
(1.3%).
Elevation: 42 feet
Land area: 56.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oakland
- High school or higher: 73.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 12.9%
- Unemployed: 8.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oakland city
- Never married: 39.3%
- Now married: 40.2%
- Separated: 3.4%
- Widowed: 6.4%
- Divorced: 10.7%
26.6% Foreign born (12.7% Latin America, 11.0%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +925 (+0.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers in Oakland:
- ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (1411 E 31ST
ST)
- CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR (51 ST AND GROVE
STREETS)
- KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP OAKLAND CAMPUS (280 W
MAC ARTHUR BLVD)
- SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER (HAWTHORNE & WEBSTER
STS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oakland:
- METROPOLITAN OAKLAND INTL (about 6 miles; OAKLAND,
CA; ID: OAK)
- SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL (about 16 miles; SAN
FRANCISCO, CA; ID: SFO)
- BUCHANAN FIELD (about 18 miles; CONCORD, CA; ID: CCR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oakland:
- HAYWARD EXECUTIVE (about 13 miles; HAYWARD, CA; ID:
HWD)
- SAN CARLOS (about 21 miles; SAN CARLOS, CA; ID: SQL)
- PALO ALTO ARPT OF SANTA CLARA CO (about 26 miles;
PALO ALTO, CA; ID: PAO)
Amtrak station:
OAKLAND (245 2ND ST.). Services: ticket office, fully
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid
short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car
rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
Biggest Colleges/Universities in Oakland:
- LANEY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 5,549;
Location: 900 FALLON ST; Public; Website:
laney.peralta.cc.ca.us)
- MERRITT COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 2,646;
Location: 12500 CAMPUS DR; Public; Website:
www.merritt.edu)
- CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS (FT
enrollment: 1,106; Location: 5212 BROADWAY; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.ccac-art.edu; Offers
Master's degree)
- MILLS COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 998; Location:
5000 MACARTHUR BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.mills.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- SAMUEL MERRITT COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 636;
Location: 370 HAWTHORNE AVE; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.samuelmerritt.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- HOLY NAMES COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 613;
Location: 3500 MOUNTAIN BLVD; Private, not-for-profit;
Website: www.hnc.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- SIERRA ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
(FT enrollment: 477; Location: 9465 EARHART RD; Private,
for-profit)
- PATTEN COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 390; Location:
2433 COOLIDGE AVE; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.patten.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- ACADEMY OF CHINESE CULTURE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
(FT enrollment: 163; Location: 1601 CLAY ST; Private,
not-for-profit; Offers Master's degree)
- CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING-OAKLAND (FT
enrollment: 78; Location: 8390 CAPWELL DR; Private,
not-for-profit)
- NATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE-OAKLAND (FT
enrollment: 69; Location: 1404 Franklin Street; Private,
for-profit; Website: WWW.NTIUSA.COM)
- SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS (FT
enrollment: 49; Location: 2301 TELEGRAPH AVENUE;
Private, for-profit; Website: www.sfsce.org)
- MOLER BARBER COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 26;
Location: 3500 BROADWAY; Private, for-profit)
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM ADMIN CENTRAL OFF
(Location: 1111 FRANKLIN ST; Public; Website:
www.ucop.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE (Location:
7700 EDGEWATER DR STE 745; Private, for-profit)
- MCKINNON INSTITUTE OF PROF MASSAGE AND BODYWORK
(Location: 2940 WEBSTER ST; Private, for-profit)
- SUMMIT COLLEGE (Location: 2111 FRANKLIN ST;
Private, for-profit)
- ARMSTRONG UNIVERSITY (Location: 1608 WEBSTER
ST; Private, not-for-profit; Offers Master's degree)
- LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (Location: 401 15TH
STREET; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.lincolnuca.edu; Offers Master's degree)
- PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OFFICE
(Location: 333 E EIGHTH ST; Public; Website:
www.peralta.cc.ca.us)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Oakland:
- COLLEGE OF ALAMEDA (about 3 miles; ALAMEDA, CA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,450)
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY (about 6 miles;
BERKELEY, CA; FT enrollment: 29,690)
- ACADEMY OF ART COLLEGE (about 12 miles; SAN
FRANCISCO, CA; FT enrollment: 4,548)
- GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY-SAN FRANCISCO (about 12
miles; SAN FRANCISCO, CA; FT enrollment: 3,092)
- CHABOT COLLEGE (about 14 miles; HAYWARD, CA; FT
enrollment: 6,852)
- CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE (about 15 miles; SAN PABLO, CA;
FT enrollment: 3,626)
- UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO (about 15 miles; SAN
FRANCISCO, CA; FT enrollment: 7,199)
Biggest public high schools in Oakland:
- SKYLINE HIGH (Students: 2,092; Location:
12250 SKYLINE BLVD.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OAKLAND SENIOR HIGH (Students: 2,079;
Location: 1023 MACARTHUR BLVD.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OAKLAND TECHNICAL SENIOR HIGH (Students:
1,676; Location: 4351 BROADWAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
- LEADERSHIP PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
1,652; Location: 8601 MACARTHUR BLVD.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MCCLYMONDS SENIOR HIGH (Students: 745;
Location: 2607 MYRTLE ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- PAUL ROBESON COLLEGE PREP. SCHOOL OF VISUAL &
PERF (Students: 422; Location: 4610 FOOTHILL
BOULEVARD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- COLLEGE PREPARATORY & ARCHITECTURE ACADEMY
(Students: 421; Location: 4610 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD;
Grades: 09 - 12)
- MEDIA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL (Students:
418; Location: 4610 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD; Grades: 09 - 12)
- OAKLAND MILITARY INSTITUTE, COLLEGE PREPARATORY
AC (Students: 342; Location: 2405 WEST 14TH STREET,
BLDG 79; Grades: 07 - 12)
- FREMONT SENIOR HIGH (Students: 301; Location:
900 HIGH ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Oakland:
- BISHOP O DOWD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,127;
Location: 9500 STEARNS AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- HEAD ROYCE SCHOOL (Students: 760; Location:
4315 LINCOLN AVENUE; Grades: KG - 12)
- COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL (Students: 338;
Location: 6100 BROADWAY; Grades: 9 - 12)
- HOLY NAMES HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 309;
Location: 4660 HARBORD DRIVE; Grades: 9 - 12; Girls
only)
- ST ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 275;
Location: 1530 34TH AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- PATTEN ACADEMY OF CHRISTIAN ED (Students:
194; Location: 2433 COOLIDGE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 12)
- GOLDEN GATE ACADEMY (Students: 153; Location:
3800 MOUNTAIN BOULEVARD; Grades: 1 - 12)
- BEACON HIGH (Students: 63; Location: 2101
LIVINGSTON ST.; Grades: 9 - 12)
- FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER (Students: 53;
Location: 3800 COOLIDGE; Grades: 8 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Oakland:
- ELMHURST MIDDLE (Students: 997; Location:
1800 98TH AVE.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY (Students: 973;
Location: 1700 28TH AVE.; Grades: KG - 06)
- HARTE (BRET) MIDDLE (Students: 965; Location:
3700 COOLIDGE AVE.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- COX ELEMENTARY (Students: 962; Location: 9860
SUNNYSIDE ST.; Grades: KG - 05)
- MONTERA MIDDLE (Students: 914; Location: 5555
ASCOT DR.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- SIMMONS (CALVIN) MIDDLE (Students: 907;
Location: 2101 35TH AVE.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE (Students: 898; Location:
1926 19TH AVE.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 860;
Location: 2035 40TH AVE.; Grades: KG - 06)
- GARFIELD ELEMENTARY (Students: 800; Location:
1640 22ND AVE.; Grades: KG - 06)
- WEBSTER ACADEMY (K-6) (Students: 734;
Location: 8000 BIRCH ST.; Grades: KG - 06)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in Oakland:
- ST ELIZABETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
504; Location: 1516 33RD AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
- STS.CYRIL-LOUIS BERTRAND ACADEMY (Students:
324; Location: 3200 62ND; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST THERESA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 319;
Location: 4850 CLAREWOOD DRIVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST LAWRENCE O TOOLE SCHOOL (Students: 280;
Location: 3695 HIGH STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST PAULS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL (Students: 271;
Location: 116 MONTECITO AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST LEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 267;
Location: 4238 HOWE STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- REDWOOD DAY (Students: 264; Location: 3245
SHEFFIELD AVE.; Grades: KG - 8)
- OPERATION KICK-OFF (Students: 257; Location:
6118 E. 14TH ST.; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST AUGUSTINE SCHOOL (Students: 249; Location:
410 ALCATRAZ AVE; Grades: KG - 8)
- ST JARLATH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 243;
Location: 2634 PLEASANT STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Oakland:
- OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$14,997,032; Location: 125 14TH ST.; 1,092,130 books;
27,463 audio materials; 14,679 video materials; 2,720
serial subscriptions)
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