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Stanford, California

Coordinates: 37°25′21″N 122°9′55″W / 37.42250°N 122.16528°W / 37.42250; -122.16528
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Stanford
Census-designated place
Stanford post office
Stanford post office
Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California
Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California
Stanford is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford is located in California
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford is located in the United States
Stanford
Stanford
Coordinates: 37°25′21″N 122°9′55″W / 37.42250°N 122.16528°W / 37.42250; -122.16528
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySanta Clara
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.776 sq mi (7.190 km2)
 • Land2.731 sq mi (7.072 km2)
 • Water0.045 sq mi (0.118 km2)  1.64%
Elevation
[2]
95 ft (29 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total
21,150
 • Density7,600/sq mi (2,900/km2)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes
94305, 94309
Area code650
FIPS code06-73906
GNIS feature IDs1867061, 2409994

Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University, after which it was named. The CDP's population was 21,150 at the 2020 census.[3] Stanford is adjacent to the city of Palo Alto, which borders it to the east, but the CDP itself remains unincorporated.

Most of the Stanford University campus and other core University-owned land is situated within the CDP of Stanford, though the Stanford University Medical Center, the Stanford Shopping Center, and the Stanford Research Park are officially part of the city of Palo Alto. Its resident population consists of the inhabitants of on-campus housing, including graduate student residences and single-family homes and condominiums owned by their faculty inhabitants but located on leased Stanford land.

The adjacent neighborhood of College Terrace, a residential neighborhood with streets named after universities and colleges, is neither part of the Stanford CDP nor owned by the university (except for a few individual houses[4]). Instead, it is part of Palo Alto.

Geography

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Stanford is located at 37°25′21″N 122°9′55″W / 37.42250°N 122.16528°W / 37.42250; -122.16528 (37.422590, −122.165413).[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2), of which, 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) is land and 0.045 square miles (0.12 km2) (1.64%) is water.

Climate

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This region experiences warm, dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 77.6 °F (25.3 °C), and cool, wet winters, with no average monthly temperatures below 37.7 °F (3.2 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Stanford has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Climate data for Stanford, California
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 71
(22) 		79
(26) 		84
(29) 		91
(33) 		97
(36) 		102
(39) 		105
(41) 		100
(38) 		103
(39) 		95
(35) 		84
(29) 		75
(24) 		105
(41)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 55.5
(13.1) 		59.8
(15.4) 		63.7
(17.6) 		67.2
(19.6) 		72
(22) 		76.1
(24.5) 		77.6
(25.3) 		76.6
(24.8) 		76.7
(24.8) 		71.9
(22.2) 		64.6
(18.1) 		56.8
(13.8) 		68.2
(20.1)
Daily mean °F (°C) 46.6
(8.1) 		50.2
(10.1) 		53.2
(11.8) 		56.2
(13.4) 		60.1
(15.6) 		63.7
(17.6) 		65.6
(18.7) 		65
(18) 		64.1
(17.8) 		59.9
(15.5) 		53.3
(11.8) 		48
(9) 		57.2
(14.0)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 37.7
(3.2) 		40.6
(4.8) 		42.7
(5.9) 		45.1
(7.3) 		48.2
(9.0) 		51.3
(10.7) 		53.5
(11.9) 		53.5
(11.9) 		51.5
(10.8) 		47.9
(8.8) 		42
(6) 		39.2
(4.0) 		46.1
(7.9)
Record low °F (°C) 20
(−7) 		25
(−4) 		25
(−4) 		31
(−1) 		36
(2) 		40
(4) 		40
(4) 		44
(7) 		39
(4) 		32
(0) 		26
(−3) 		22
(−6) 		20
(−7)
Average rainfall inches (mm) 2.7
(69) 		2.7
(69) 		2.1
(53) 		1.1
(28) 		0.5
(13) 		0.1
(2.5) 		0
(0) 		0
(0) 		0.1
(2.5) 		0.7
(18) 		1.6
(41) 		3.2
(81) 		14.8
(377)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 in) 10 10 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 10 57
Source: Climate Summary for Stanford, California

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
200013,314—
201013,8093.7%
202021,15053.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

2020

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The 2020 United States census reported that Stanford had a population of 21,150. The population density was 7,690.9 inhabitants per square mile (2,969.5/km2). The racial makeup of Stanford was 55.7% White, 5.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 24.6% Asian, 1.1% Pacific Islander, 3.6% from other races, and 9.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.6% of the population.[7]

The census reported that 41.0% of the population lived in households, 59.0% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.[7]

There were 4,499 households, out of which 12.9% included children under the age of 18, 27.0% were married-couple households, 9.4% were cohabiting couple households, 27.8% had a female householder with no partner present, and 35.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 43.0% of households were one person, and 2.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.93.[7] There were 1,471 families (32.7% of all households).[8]

The age distribution was 4.7% under the age of 18, 36.8% aged 18 to 24, 48.5% aged 25 to 44, 6.5% aged 45 to 64, and 3.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.3 males.[7]

There were 4,829 housing units at an average density of 1,756.0 units per square mile (678.0 units/km2), of which 4,499 (93.2%) were occupied. Of these, 18.2% were owner-occupied, and 81.8% were occupied by renters.[7]

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $70,651, and the per capita income was $42,003. About 7.0% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line.[9]

2010

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At the 2010 census Stanford had a population of 13,809. The population density was 4,974.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,920.7/km2). The racial makeup of Stanford was 7,932 (57.4%) White, 651 (4.7%) African American, 86 (0.6%) Native American, 3,777 (27.4%) Asian, 28 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 263 (1.9%) from other races, and 1,072 (7.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1,439 persons (10.4%).[10]

The census reported that 55.6% of the population lived in households and 44.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 3,913 households, 517 (13.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,159 (29.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 47 (1.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 24 (0.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 159 (4.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (0.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,522 households (38.9%) were one person and 87 (2.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.96. There were 1,230 families (31.4% of households); the average family size was 2.77.

The age distribution was 917 people (6.6%) under the age of 18, 7,914 people (57.3%) aged 18 to 24, 3,595 people (26.0%) aged 25 to 44, 762 people (5.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 621 people (4.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 22.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.1 males.

There were 3,999 housing units at an average density of 1,440.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 790 (20.2%) were owner-occupied and 3,123 (79.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 0.9%. 2,022 people (14.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,657 people (41.0%) lived in rental housing units.

Politics

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The area is strongly Democratic, with 54% registered with the Democratic Party and 15% registered with the Republican Party.[11]

In the California State Legislature, Stanford is in the 13th senatorial district, represented by Democrat Josh Becker, and in the 24th Assembly district, represented by Democrat Alex Lee.[12]

In the United States House of Representatives, Stanford is in California's 16th congressional district, represented by Democrat Sam Liccardo.[13]

Education

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The Stanford CDP is part of the Palo Alto Unified School District which serves students kindergarten through high school. Two of the district's schools are within the boundaries of the CDP: Escondido Elementary School[14] and Lucille M. Nixon Elementary School.[15]

Preschools in the CDP include the Bing Nursery School, run by the university's School of Humanities and Sciences,[16] and the Children's Center of the Stanford Community, a parent-teacher cooperative.[17]

Notable people

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See also: List of Stanford University people

The following are people who were either born or spent a significant part of their childhood living in Stanford, California.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files – Places – California". United States Census Bureau.
  2. ^ "Stanford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Census Data: Stanford (cdp)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Dremann, Sue (August 23, 2019). "Stanford is snapping up homes in College Terrace". www.paloaltoonline.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Stanford CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing". US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  8. ^ "Stanford CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing". US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  9. ^ "Stanford CDP, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles". US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  10. ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Stanford CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  11. ^ "SD14 partisan registration". Archived from the original on August 20, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
  12. ^ "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  13. ^ "California's 16th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC.
  14. ^ "Escondido | Friends Around the World". escondido.pausd.org. Retrieved March 11, 2020. Both the street address of the school and the map of the CDP indicate it is in the CDP
  15. ^ "Lucille M. Nixon Elementary". lmnixon.org. Retrieved March 11, 2020. Both the street address of the school and the map of the CDP indicate it is in the CDP
  16. ^ "History of Bing Nursery School | Bing Nursery School". bingschool.stanford.edu. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "CCSC – About". CCSC. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  18. ^ Staff, Entrepreneur (April 5, 2022). "Sam Bankman-Fried, the young billionaire who wants to donate his fortune". Entrepreneur. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  19. ^ Kadvany, Elena (November 8, 2016). "Stanford University names engineering dean as new provost". Palo Alto Online.
  20. ^ Stanford Historical Society (1998). Historic Houses of Lower San Juan District. p. 5. Archived from the original on March 8, 2025.
  21. ^ "John Gall Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  22. ^ "Marco Zappacosta". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
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