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Population Growth
in the San Francisco Bay Area's Largest Cities

City and Year


San Jose

Population

1910

28,946

1950

95,280

1970

459,913

1990

782,248


San Francisco

 

1910

416,912

1950

775,357

1970

715,674

1990

723,959


Oakland

 

1910

150,174

1950

384,575

1970

361,561

1990

372,242


Fremont

 

1910

City not yet incorporated

1970

100,869

1990

173,339


Sunnyvale

 

1910

City not yet incorporated

1950

9,829

1970

95,976

1990

117,229


Hayward

 

1910

2,746

1950

14,272

1970

93,058

1990

111,498


Vallejo

 

1910

11,340

1950

26,038

1970

71,710

1990

109,199


Berkeley

 

1910

40,434

1950

113,805

1970

116,716

1990

102,724

Source: California Department of Finance; SF Examiner (March 1, 1998), p. W4.

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