Alameda County History

Alameda County
Census Populations
[please note that there may be totals missing for various years]

Incorporated Place/Town/City 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940 1930 1920 1910 1900 1890 1880 1870 1860 1850
1854 Alameda 72,259 76,459 63,852 70,968 63,855 64,430 36,256 35,033 28,806 23,383 16,464 11,165 5,708
1908 Albany 16,444 16,327 15,130 14,674 14,804 17,590 11,493 8,569 2,462 808
Alvarado 364 315
Ashland 20,793 16,590 13,893 14,810
1878 Berkeley 102,743 102,724 103,328 116,716 111,268 113,805 85,547 82,109 56,036 40,434 13,214 5,101
Brooklyn 1,603 1,341
Castro Valley 57,292 48,619 44,011 44,760 37,120
Centerville 1,401 203
Cherryland 13,837 11,088 9,425 9,969
Claremont 272
Decoto 2,830
1982 Dublin 29,973 23,229 13,496 13,641
1896 Emeryville 6,882 5,740 3,714 2,681 2,686 2,889 2,521 2,336 2,390 2,613 1,016 228
1956 Fremont 203,413 173,339 131,945 100,869 43,790 1,085
Goldengate 788
1876 Hayward 140,030 111,498 94,342 93,058 72,700 14,272 6,736 5,530 3,487 2,746 1,965 1,419 1,231 504
Kamondorski 1,006
1876 Livermore 73,345 56,741 48,349 37,703 16,058 4,364 2,885 1,916 2,030 1,493 1,391 855
Lorin 743
1955 Newark 42,471 37,861 32,126 27,153 9,884 1,532 179
Niles 1,519 136
1852 Oakland 399,484 372,242 339,337 361,561 367,548 384,575 302,163 284,063 216,261 150,174 66,960 48,682 34,555 10,500 1,543
Peralta 774
1907 Piedmont 10,952 10,602 10,498 10,917 11,117 10,132 9,866 9,333 4,282 1,719 634
1894 Pleasanton 63,654 50,553 35,160 18,328 4,203 2,244 1,278 1,237 991 1,254 1,100
San Jose Mission 246
1872 San Leandro 79,452 68,223 63,952 68,698 65,962 27,542 14,601 11,455 5,703 3,471 2,253 1,369 426
San Lorenzo 21,898 19,987 20,545 24,633 23,773 158
Sunol 1,332
Temescal 2,032
Union City 66,869 53,762 39,406 14,724 6,618

Sources:
Historical Census Populations of California State, Counties, Cities, Places, and Towns, 1850-2000. California State Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit. 2003. (http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/Demograp/histtext.htm)

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