Sunnyvale is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 131,905 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Sunnyvale is the 34th largest community in California.

Sunnyvale is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.98% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sunnyvale is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sunnyvale who work in computer science and math (17.43%), management occupations (12.92%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.75%).

Also of interest is that Sunnyvale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Sunnyvale, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Sunnyvale is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Sunnyvale a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Sunnyvale is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Sunnyvale are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Sunnyvale Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Sunnyvale, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Sunnyvale is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.78% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sunnyvale in 2000 was $36,524, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,096 for a family of four. However, Sunnyvale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sunnyvale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sunnyvale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sunnyvale is White, followed by Asian. Sunnyvale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.24% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Sunnyvale include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Sunnyvale also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.41%.

The languages spoken by people in Sunnyvale are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Sunnyvale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, Other Asian languages, Tagalog, Hindi, and Vietnamese.