Sunnyvale, California

Santa Clara County

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Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California, to the west adjacent to San José, with around 140,000 inhabitants ( 2010).

The majority of single-family closely built-up urban area covers an area of ​​58.6 square kilometers. The city is the center of Silicon Valley. Here you will find, among other things, the headquarters of AMD, Juniper Networks, MIPS Technologies, Bloom Energy, OCZ Technology, NetApp, HP, Palm, and Yahoo!, which also maintains its main data center here.

Demography

The 2010 Census showed a population of 140 081 number. Thus, the urban population increased by approximately 10,000 compared to 2000. The demographic structure was no difference in the number of ethnic groups represented a difference in comparison, California. Are Asian immigrants throughout the state and the USA generally a minority, they found according to the census data, a relative majority of 40 percent. White, however, were represented with a share of 34 percent. Nearly 19 percent of the urban population are Hispanic or Latino, so their share is low for Californian experience. Also, African-Americans were relatively very poorly represented, since they represent only two percent of the population. The number of households was according to the census of 2010 53 384. For every 100 females thus were 101.5 males. The median age of the city 's population was 35.6 years.

Climate

The climate of the region near the Pacific is Mediterranean. The summer months always fall out of touch with average temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius, but even values ​​of more than 40 degrees were measured. Rainfall in the summer much less frequently observed than in the winter months, however, the temperatures often remain relatively mild even in the winter months. Still can occur occasionally even single digits in December and January. That, however, temperatures below freezing are measured, is more rarely the case, due to the proximity to the sea and the geographic location.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Brian Boitano, former figure skater
  • Teri Hatcher, actress
  • Steve Wozniak, computer engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Apple Inc.
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