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5 area teams make volleyball NCAAs

The Stanford and Cal women's volleyball teams will host first- and second-round games in the NCAA Women's Championship, the NCAA announced Sunday....

Husband gains kidney, wife donates one, at Stanford Hospital in ...

By Will Oremus Allan Soriano needed a new kidney. His wife, Josephine Soriano, was willing to donate one of hers if it would get him off dialysis....

San Jose St., Santa Clara, St. Mary's women all win

11-28 23:45 PST -- Senior guard Natalie White hit the game-winning shot with no time remaining to give San Jose State a 49-48 victory over Sacramento...

Husband gains, wife donates kidney at Stanford as part of cross ...

By Will Oremus Allan Soriano needed a new kidney. His wife, Josephine Soriano, was willing to donate one of hers if it would get him off dialysis....

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Santa Clara, CA Demographics

Santa Clara, California Population (2007) :109756
Population (2000 census)102361
2006 Data:
Santa Clara, CA average commute time11.88 minutes
Bicycle commuters1.48%
Walking commuters:3.25%
Residents that work at home:4.62%
Santa Clara, CA general demographics:
Population (2006 estimate)112098
Male:52.76%
Female:47.24%
White alone47.95%
Black or African American alone2.58%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.80%
Asian alone34.43%
Some other race alone9.34%
Two or more races:4.51%
Hispanic or Latino17.69%
U.S. citizen, born in the United States62.92%
U.S. citizen, born abroad of American parent(s)0.76%
U.S. citizen by naturalization15.69%
Not a U.S. citizen20.59%
Children under the age of 58.66%
2000 Data:
Median real estate taxes1639
Median year structure built1965
Median gross rent1238
Median household income in 199969466
Per capita income in 199931755
Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 199924.1
Median Value of Owner Occupied Houses387000
Racial breakdown
White alone48.12
Asian alone28.44
Hispanic or Latino:16.29
Two or more races4.08
Black or African American alone2.23
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone0.36
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.29
Some other race alone0.16
Languages Spoken
Speak only English57.62%
Spanish or Spanish Creole10.21%
Vietnamese4.29%
Tagalog4.22%
Chinese4.14%
Other Asian languages2.90%
Other Indic languages2.30%
Hindi2.11%
Korean1.89%
Portuguese or Portuguese Creole1.74%