Chapter 3: FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY

      Chapter 3 covers the population and settlement. Immigration also mentioned in this chapter.
     
      According to the 2010 US Cencus, there are 390,724 people lives Oakland. The city was 27.3% Black or African American, 25.9% White(non-Hispanic), 16.7% Asian. Hispanics or Latinos (of any race): make up 25.4% of the total population. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.38. I found that an analysis by the Urban Institute of U.S. Census 2000 numbers showed that Oakland has the third-highest concentration of gays and lesbians among the 50 largest U.S. cities, behind San Francisco and Seattle. Census data show that, among incorporated places that have at least 500 female couples, Oakland has the nation's largest proportion. In 2000, Oakland counted 2,650 lesbian couples; one in every 41 Oakland couples listed themselves as a same-sex female partnership


     As I already mentioned in Chapter 1, Ohlone people was the original settelers in Oakland before the Spainish conquered them. As the Census shows, African American are the major population in Oakland. According to the 2000 U.S. census, Oakland is the second most ethnically diverse city in Alameda County, with many languages spoken.


     In 1980s, Mexican start to immigrant to Oakland. Mexican population is increased. Still, African American is the major population in Oakland.




Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California#Post-WWII_.281940s_and_1950s.29
             http://oaklandca.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm