San Jose Metro Area Population 1950-2020
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the San Jose metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of San Jose in 2020 is 1,791,000, a 0.45% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of San Jose in 2019 was 1,783,000, a 0.39% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of San Jose in 2018 was 1,776,000, a 0.79% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of San Jose in 2017 was 1,762,000, a 0.74% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
18,804,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,447,000 |
| Chicago |
8,865,000 |
| Houston |
6,371,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,301,000 |
| Miami |
6,122,000 |
| Atlanta |
5,803,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,717,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,322,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,511,000 |
| Boston |
4,309,000 |
| Detroit |
3,548,000 |
| Seattle |
3,433,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,314,000 |
| San Diego |
3,251,000 |
| Minneapolis |
2,926,000 |
| Tampa |
2,877,000 |
| Denver |
2,827,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,699,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,469,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,325,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,320,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,213,000 |
| Portland |
2,151,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,123,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,054,000 |
| Austin |
2,053,000 |
| Orlando |
1,964,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,807,000 |
| San Jose |
1,791,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,763,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,746,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,704,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,686,000 |
| Columbus |
1,644,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,477,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,444,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,439,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,280,000 |
| Nashville |
1,249,000 |
| Providence |
1,200,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,169,000 |
| Memphis |
1,150,000 |
| Richmond |
1,105,000 |
| Louisville |
1,089,000 |
| McAllen |
1,012,000 |
| Hartford |
999,000 |
| New Orleans |
992,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
989,000 |
| Tucson |
982,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
953,000 |
| El Paso |
951,000 |
| Albuquerque |
915,000 |
| Honolulu |
892,000 |
| Buffalo |
891,000 |
| Cape Coral |
851,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
848,000 |
| Birmingham |
842,000 |
| Omaha |
835,000 |
| Fresno |
769,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
766,000 |
| Tulsa |
766,000 |
| Allentown |
763,000 |
| Rochester |
743,000 |
| Dayton |
741,000 |
| Knoxville |
741,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
736,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
734,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
716,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
711,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
708,000 |
| Bakersfield |
691,000 |
| Concord |
683,000 |
| Springfield |
669,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
668,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
636,000 |
| Albany |
630,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
599,000 |
| New Haven |
593,000 |
| The Woodlands |
570,000 |
| Akron |
565,000 |
| Worcester |
548,000 |
| Des Moines |
544,000 |
| Harrisburg |
542,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
537,000 |
| Greenville |
529,000 |
| Kissimmee |
528,000 |
| Wichita |
527,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
521,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
519,000 |
| Little Rock |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
509,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
509,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
507,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
504,000 |
| Reno |
504,000 |
| Lancaster |
497,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
491,000 |
| Madison |
487,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
476,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
467,000 |
| Boise City |
447,000 |
| Spokane |
447,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
445,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
444,000 |
| Stockton |
436,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
421,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
420,000 |
| Syracuse |
420,000 |
| Durham |
418,000 |
| Modesto |
411,000 |
| Concord |
401,000 |
| Visalia |
401,000 |
| Oxnard |
397,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
392,000 |
| Huntsville |
384,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
377,000 |
| Scranton |
375,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
370,000 |
| Greensboro |
361,000 |
| Lafayette |
358,000 |
| Youngstown |
357,000 |
| Pensacola |
355,000 |
| Asheville |
354,000 |
| Antioch |
353,000 |
| Montgomery |
352,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
347,000 |
| Fayetteville |
347,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Lakeland |
344,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
340,000 |
| Fort Collins |
337,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
334,000 |
| Mobile |
333,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
331,000 |
| Trenton |
329,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
328,000 |
| Lansing |
326,000 |
| Rockford |
324,000 |
| Savannah |
324,000 |
| Shreveport |
322,000 |
| Laredo |
315,000 |
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San Jose - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2020 |
1,791,000 |
0.45% |
| 2019 |
1,783,000 |
0.39% |
| 2018 |
1,776,000 |
0.79% |
| 2017 |
1,762,000 |
0.74% |
| 2016 |
1,749,000 |
0.81% |
| 2015 |
1,735,000 |
0.81% |
| 2014 |
1,721,000 |
0.76% |
| 2013 |
1,708,000 |
0.83% |
| 2012 |
1,694,000 |
0.77% |
| 2011 |
1,681,000 |
0.78% |
| 2010 |
1,668,000 |
0.79% |
| 2009 |
1,655,000 |
0.79% |
| 2008 |
1,642,000 |
0.80% |
| 2007 |
1,629,000 |
0.80% |
| 2006 |
1,616,000 |
0.81% |
| 2005 |
1,603,000 |
0.75% |
| 2004 |
1,591,000 |
0.82% |
| 2003 |
1,578,000 |
0.77% |
| 2002 |
1,566,000 |
0.77% |
| 2001 |
1,554,000 |
0.84% |
| 2000 |
1,541,000 |
1.05% |
| 1999 |
1,525,000 |
1.13% |
| 1998 |
1,508,000 |
1.14% |
| 1997 |
1,491,000 |
1.15% |
| 1996 |
1,474,000 |
1.17% |
| 1995 |
1,457,000 |
1.11% |
| 1994 |
1,441,000 |
1.19% |
| 1993 |
1,424,000 |
1.14% |
| 1992 |
1,408,000 |
1.15% |
| 1991 |
1,392,000 |
1.16% |
| 1990 |
1,376,000 |
1.25% |
| 1989 |
1,359,000 |
1.34% |
| 1988 |
1,341,000 |
1.36% |
| 1987 |
1,323,000 |
1.38% |
| 1986 |
1,305,000 |
1.32% |
| 1985 |
1,288,000 |
1.34% |
| 1984 |
1,271,000 |
1.36% |
| 1983 |
1,254,000 |
1.37% |
| 1982 |
1,237,000 |
1.31% |
| 1981 |
1,221,000 |
1.41% |
| 1980 |
1,204,000 |
1.69% |
| 1979 |
1,184,000 |
1.81% |
| 1978 |
1,163,000 |
1.75% |
| 1977 |
1,143,000 |
1.78% |
| 1976 |
1,123,000 |
1.81% |
| 1975 |
1,103,000 |
1.75% |
| 1974 |
1,084,000 |
1.88% |
| 1973 |
1,064,000 |
1.72% |
| 1972 |
1,046,000 |
1.85% |
| 1971 |
1,027,000 |
1.78% |
| 1970 |
1,009,000 |
4.34% |
| 1969 |
967,000 |
5.22% |
| 1968 |
919,000 |
5.27% |
| 1967 |
873,000 |
5.31% |
| 1966 |
829,000 |
5.20% |
| 1965 |
788,000 |
5.21% |
| 1964 |
749,000 |
5.20% |
| 1963 |
712,000 |
5.33% |
| 1962 |
676,000 |
5.30% |
| 1961 |
642,000 |
5.07% |
| 1960 |
611,000 |
11.09% |
| 1959 |
550,000 |
13.17% |
| 1958 |
486,000 |
13.02% |
| 1957 |
430,000 |
13.16% |
| 1956 |
380,000 |
13.10% |
| 1955 |
336,000 |
13.13% |
| 1954 |
297,000 |
12.93% |
| 1953 |
263,000 |
12.88% |
| 1952 |
233,000 |
13.11% |
| 1951 |
206,000 |
13.19% |
| 1950 |
182,000 |
0.00% |
