4. California ranks 48th on the state business tax climate index.
Individual Income
Taxes
Corporate Taxes Sales Taxes
13.3%
50th
8.84%
35th
7.5%
40th
Political
5. Economical
California Economy grows to 6th largest in the world.
(World Bank, 2016)
USA
China
Japan
Germany
United Kingdom
California
France
$17.9
$10.8
$4.1
$3.3
$2.8
$2.5
$2.4 (trillion)
6. Economical
Nearly every industry in California experienced job gains over
the past several years since 2007.
Leisure & Hospitality
(14.8%)
Health Care & Social Assistance
(19.2%)
45%
Construction
(11%)
7. Environmental
San Jose is the largest city in the county with nearly
1 million of population.
Santa Clara County's population of nearly 1.8
million is one of the largest county in the state.
Nearly 92% of the Santa Clara’s population lives in cities.
8. Environmental
San Jose Giants
San Jose Sharks
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose SaberCats
Three major universities:
Stanford University
Santa Clara University
San Jose State University
9. The iconic corporations likes Apple and Google both are
seeking to expand its presence in San Jose.
Environmental
• Apple will construct a massive office complex near Mineta
International Airport, accommodating for 20,000 employees.
10. High level of acceptance the new technology in Santa Clara
county.
Technological
11. The trend of developing in Augmented reality (AR) and
Virtual reality (VR) Technology.
Technological
(AR)(VR)
12. The population of the Bay Area has increased by 270,000
since 2010, reaching 7.4 million by 2014.
Social
Average Annual Population Growth Rate by County
13. The top three counties that had highest household growth
rate from 2010 to 2014:
Social
• Santa Clara (2.0 percent)
• Solano (1.5 percent)
• Contra Costa (1.4 percent)
Average Annual Household Growth Rate by County
14. Although household formation has slowed in the current decade,
household size has increased. Santa Clara County has the
largest average household size of the nine Bay Area counties.
Social
Household Size by County(2005-2014)
15. Although the majority of population in Bay Area is still White
Ethnic, however, the percentage of White is slightly reducing
and being replaced by Asian and Hispanic ethnic.
Social
Ethnic Composition of the Bay Area
16. Comparing with other two ethnics, Hispanic and Asian both
have a dramatically growth rate during 2010 to 2013,
however, the trend of growth rate for Hispanic ethnic is
actually lower than few years ago. In contrasting side, the
growth rate for asian ethnic has remain stable.
Social
Average Annual Growth Rate by Ethnic Group
(2000-2005, 2005-2010, 2010-2013)
17. Ethnic Composition of Population in Bay Area Counties(2013)
Social
33.8%
33.2%
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Asian
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic Black
Non-Hispanic Other
26.8%
02.5%
03.7%
Santa Clara county:
