Is San Jose growing?

How much San Jose, CA has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

San Jose looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +5.1% — 11,051 residents in 2015 → 11,619 in 2023

San Jose population, 2015 to 2023

Growth since 2015

Median age: 40.3 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

San Jose is growing at roughly the national pace since 2015.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.