City Demographics

Mountain View's greatest asset is its people. The resident population of Mountain View is approximately 76,260 and population during the day grows to more than 100,000. More than half the population is between 20 and 54, while nearly 25% is in the 25 to 34 year age bracket. The median age is 34.6 years old.

Census Data as of 2013 
 

Population1	76,260
Race and Ethnicity, 20102
White	56.0%
Asian	26.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%
Black or African-American	2.2%
Native American, Native Alaskan	0.5%
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander	0.5%
Age3
Persons Under 5	7.1%
Persons Under 18	19.7%
Persons 65 and Over	10.6%
Gender4
Male	50.9
Female	49.1
Housing5
Number of Housing Units	34,136
Persons per Household	2.36
Employment
Jobs per Employed Residents	67,3276 / 39,7847 = 1.692
Workers per Household	41,4188 / 32,1979 = 1.286
Unemployment Rate	5%10
Geography11
Land Area, Square Miles	12.00
Persons per Square Mile	6,174.7
Elevation Above Sea Level	105 ft
Parks	The City standard is 3 acres of park space per 1,000 residents.

¹Source: US Census Bureau. State and County Quick Facts. January 2014. 
²Source: US Census Bureau. State and County Quick Facts. January 2014.
³Source: US Census Bureau. State and County Quick Facts. January 2014. 
⁴Source: US Census Bureau. State and County Quick Facts. January 2014.
⁵Source: US Census Bureau. State and County Quick Facts. January 2014
⁶Workers Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (Measure: Employment), Jan 2012
⁷Households Source: CA DoF Table E-5 (Occupied Housing Units), Jan 2012
⁸Jobs Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimate (Table S0804), 2011
⁹Employed Residents Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimate (Table DP03), 2011
¹⁰Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment Rate. August 2013. 
¹¹Source: US Census Bureau. State and County Quick Facts. January 2014.