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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 72,296
  equals Births 122,360
  less Deaths 50,064
Net Migration 65,473
  equals net International Migration 89,264
  plus net Domestic Migration -23,791

The population of the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA changed from 1,842,401 on 2010 to 1,976,836 in 2015 -- a change of 134,435 (7.30%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (72,296) exceeded net migration (65,473); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
San Benito County, CA06069P0000001 55,557 56,197 56,885 57,605 58,308 58,792 3,235 5.82
Santa Clara County, CA06085P0000001 1,786,844 1,814,205 1,841,318 1,871,140 1,896,040 1,918,044 131,200 7.34
Total P0000001 1,842,401 1,870,402 1,898,203 1,928,745 1,954,348 1,976,836 134,435 7.30
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
San Benito County, CA06069B0000001 760 763 716 741 758 769 3,747 
Santa Clara County, CA06085B0000001 23,464 24,021 23,416 24,180 23,371 23,625 118,613 
Total B0000001 24,224 24,784 24,132 24,921 24,129 24,394 122,360 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
San Benito County, CA06069D0000001 140 268 276 321 315 303 1,483 
Santa Clara County, CA06085D0000001 8,688 9,161 9,323 9,455 10,172 10,470 48,581 
Total D0000001 8,828 9,429 9,599 9,776 10,487 10,773 50,064 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
San Benito County, CA06069NC000001 620 495 440 420 443 466 2,264 
Santa Clara County, CA06085NC000001 14,776 14,860 14,093 14,725 13,199 13,155 70,032 
Total NC000001 15,396 15,355 14,533 15,145 13,642 13,621 72,296 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
San Benito County, CA06069MI000001 40 61 42 49 66 68 286 
Santa Clara County, CA06085MI000001 13,532 16,008 15,832 17,446 19,862 19,830 88,978 
Total MI000001 13,572 16,069 15,874 17,495 19,928 19,898 89,264 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
San Benito County, CA06069MD000001 472 108 208 227 212 -32 723 
Santa Clara County, CA06085MD000001 -7,820 -2,566 -2,503 -1,885 -7,483 -10,077 -24,514 
Total MD000001 -7,348 -2,458 -2,295 -1,658 -7,271 -10,109 -23,791 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
San Benito County, CA06069MN000001 512 169 250 276 278 36 1,009 
Santa Clara County, CA06085MN000001 5,712 13,442 13,329 15,561 12,379 9,753 64,464 
Total MN000001 6,224 13,611 13,579 15,837 12,657 9,789 65,473 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
San Benito County, CA06069GQ000001 322 415 410 403 396 400 78 24.22
Santa Clara County, CA06085GQ000001 30,047 29,665 30,110 30,474 30,958 30,891 844 2.81
Total GQ000001 30,369 30,080 30,520 30,877 31,354 31,291 922 3.04

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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