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2010 POPULATION 
66,584 (Source: California Department of Finance)

INCORPORATED OCT. 21, 1914
(click here for history of Walnut Creek)

FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Council/Manager; General Law City

PHYSICAL AREA
Approximately 19.45 square miles - incorporated area

ELEVATION
131 feet above sea level

NUMBER OF HOMES 
32,572 total housing units
Single-family dwellings: 53%
Multi-family dwellings: 47%
(Source: California Department of Finance)

AVERAGE HOME PRICE
Detached single-family home: $857,136
(Source: Contra Costa Association of Realtors; July 2006)

REGISTERED VOTERS 
42,185 (As of 3/19/09)
(Source: Contra Costa County Elections Office)

PARTY AFFILIATION 
18,912 Democrats 
13,848 Republicans 
777     American Independent
275     Green
169     Libertarian
49       Peace & Freedom
7,869  Declined to state
286     Miscellaneous 
(Source: Contra Costa County Elections Office - March 2009)

EMPLOYMENT
2% unemployment rate (July 2000)

GENDER (2000 Census)
Male 29,683, or 46.2%
Female 34,613, or 53.8%

AGE (2006-08 American Community Survey, U.S. Census)
Under 18: 16%
18-64: 59%
65 and above: 26%

RACIAL MAKEUP (2006-08 American Community Survey - US Census)
White, 82% (compared with 83.9 % in 2000; 90.8% in 1990)
Black, 2% (compared with 1.1% in 2000; 0.8% in 1990)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 12% (compared with 9.4% in 2000; 6.7% in 1990)
Latino or Hispanic, 6% (6% in 2000; not tracked in 1990)
All others, 4%

EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS (2000 Census)
High school graduate or higher, 95% (population age 25 and older)
Bachelor's degree or higher, 56%

EMPLOYMENT STATUS (2000 Census)
In labor force, 31,539 persons over age 16 or 57.9%
Not in labor force, 22,937 persons over age 16 or 42.1%

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
30,301

PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD
2.09

INCOME LEVELS OF HOUSEHOLDS (2000 Census)
Mean Income $85,685
Median Income $76,522 (Source: 2005-2007 American Community Survey - US Census)

CITY PARKS
22 totaling over 250 acres

OPEN SPACE
2,704 acres
CLIMATE (click for current forecast, averages)

TOP EMPLOYERS IN WALNUT CREEK*

• John Muir Medical Center
• Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
• Bank of the West
• Central Garden & Pet
• City of Walnut Creek
• Contra Costa Times
• ManorCare Health Services
• Target
• The PMI Group, Inc.

* As listed in the 2008 Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce Business Directory