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By Job Gal | July 22, 2008
San Francisco, California
The City of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California, and 14th most populous city in the country. The city is located at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, San Francisco Bay to the east and the Golden Gate to the north.
In 1776, the Spanish settled near present day San Francisco, which is named for Francis of Assisi. The city’s population boomed in 1848 during the California Gold Rush, and was devastated by an earthquake and fire in 1906. The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Fort Mason played important roles during World War II. The UN Charter, forming the United Nations, was drafted and signed in San Francisco in 1945.
The dot-com boom of the late 1990s brought many startup companies to the area, and high technology and entrepreneurship continue to play an important role in the city’s economy. Today San Francisco is a popular tourist destination and is known for its diverse culture and various landmarks.
San Francisco’s Job Market
Tourism serves as San Francisco’s most prominent market, and attracts the fourth-highest number of foreign tourists in the country. More than 16 million people visited San Francisco in 2007, spending about $8.2 billion.
The city’s fastest growing industries include: retail trade, professional and business services, administrative, support, waste management and remediation services, education and health services and leisure and hospitality.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 30.7 minutes
San Francisco unemployment rate: 5.2 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.5 percent
San Francisco’s Largest Employers
McKesson
1 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Wells Fargo
420 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94163
Gap
2 Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
PG&E Corp.
1 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
Charles Schwab
120 Kearny St.
San Francisco, CA 94108
URS
600 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Levi Strauss
1155 Battery St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Core-Mark Holding
395 Oyster Point Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Williams-Sonoma
3250 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Del Monte Foods
1 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
Sanfranjobs
San Francisco Chronicle
City of San Francisco
SanFranciscoGigs
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Continuing Education
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco State University
City College of San Francisco
University of San Francisco
San Francisco Art Institute
Academy of Art University
California College of the Arts
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
California Culinary Academy
Discovering San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Island
Coit Tower
Chinatown
Cable cars
Chinese New Year Parade
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Symphony
Museum of Modern Art
Palace of the Legion of Honor
Palace of Fine Arts
Pier 39
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Statistics
Population
Total population: 751,682
Persons under five-years old: 4.1 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 14.5 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 13.7 percent
Female: 49.2 percent
White: 49.7 percent
Black: 7.8 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: .5 percent
Asian: 30.8 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .5 percent
Other: 6.5 percent
Multi-racial: 4.3 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 14.1 percent
Education
High school graduates: 81.2 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 45 percent
Housing
Housing units: 346,527
Homeownership rate: 35 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $396,400
Households: 329,700
Persons per household: 2.3
Income
Median household income: $55,221
Per capita income: $34,556
Persons below poverty: 11.3 percent
Transportation
Airports: San Francisco International
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: San Francisco Municipal Railway, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Caltrain, Greyhound, AC Transit, SamTrans, Golden Gate Transit
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 20.4 inches
Average low temp. in January: 46 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 66 degrees
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