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Concord is a suburb of San Francisco, and was until 1998 the eastern terminus of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commuter train system. Concord has been primarily a bedroom community over the last forty years, but during the last decade corporations such as ChevronTexaco and Bank of America have established extensive back-office operations there, diversifying the local economy.
Concord is also the home of the annual Concord Jazz Festival and the Concord Records jazz record label.
Concord's Mount Diablo High School is home to some of the best academies in the state, specifically the Digital Safari , a three-year program involving the integration of multimedia with the core curriculum through integrated, project-based learning. The headquarters of the Kabul Soccer Club is located in Concord.
Concord's De La Salle High School is home for the record winnnig streak of 151 games set by the football team between 1992 and 2004. During that span, De La Salle won 12 California state championships, and was named national champion five different times (once by ESPN, four times by USA Today).
Jazz musician Dave Brubeck was born in Concord, as was actor Tom Hanks.
Concord is located at 37°58'4" North, 122°0'54" West (37.967825, -122.015135) 1.
According to the United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the city has a total area of 78.1 km˛ (30.1 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 78.1 km˛ (30.1 mi˛) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2 of 2000, there are 121,780 people, 44,020 households, and 30,329 families residing in the city. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 1,560.0/km˛ (4,041.0/mi˛). There are 45,083 housing units at an average density of 577.5/km˛ (1,496.0/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city is 70.71% White, 3.04% Black or African American, 0.76% Native American, 9.39% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Islander, 9.65% from other races, and 5.94% from two or more races. 21.81% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 44,020 households out of which 34.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% are married couples living together, 12.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% are non-families. 23.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.74 and the average family size is 3.22.
In the city the population is spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $55,597, and the median income for a family is $62,093. Males have a median income of $45,734 versus $34,860 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,727. 7.6% of the population and 5.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.0% of those under the age of 18 and 6.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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