Composition of Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software Workers in 2015 Composition of All Computer and Mathematical Workers in 2015 Composition of All Computer and Information Systems Managers in 2015

Silicon Valley Workforce: 2015

           Employed Population by Citizenship Status, 2015

Silicon Valley Area                  San Francisco Area
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Santa Clara & San Mateo counties     Alameda & San Francisco counties
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    Citizen  Naturalized      Not a     Citizen  Naturalized      Not a
   by birth     Citizen     Citizen    by birth     Citizen     Citizen  Occupation
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
      5,195       3,663       2,309       5,175       3,644       1,356  Computer and Information Systems Managers (MGR)
     24,384      20,797      37,700      22,620      12,444      18,907  Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software (CMM)
      3,795       3,304       2,624       5,794       1,621       1,787  Computer Programmers (CMM)
     18,979      11,618       7,161      25,513       7,910       7,185  Other Computer and Mathematical (CMM)
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
     52,353      39,382      49,794      59,102      25,619      29,235  Total Computer and Mathematical (CMM & MGR)
      3,448       2,848       1,310       1,494         650         753  Architectural and Engineering Managers (MGR)
     23,723      22,146      15,415      17,902      11,386       6,431  Architectural and Engineering (ENG)
        124         247           0         683          69          68  Natural Sciences Managers (MGR)
     12,010       6,532       4,935      19,122       4,024       4,264  Life, physical, and social science (SCI)
      4,031       2,134         466       3,727         878         546  Medical and Health Services Managers (MGR)
     44,700      32,174       8,730      54,164      24,784       7,949  Medical and Health Services (MED & HLS)
      6,231       3,392       1,379       9,779       4,466       1,582  Financial Managers (MGR)
     11,161       9,710       3,891      12,843       7,592       2,454  Accountants and Auditors (FIN)
      9,670       4,283       1,107      12,490       4,678       1,929  Other Financial (FIN)
     91,821      33,773      22,669     105,855      24,531      14,362  Other Managers (MGR)
    483,929     189,988     172,098     551,354     172,476     151,036  Other Workers
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    743,201     346,609     281,794     848,515     281,153     220,609  TOTAL (all occupations)
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      Percent of Employed Population by Citizenship Status, 2015

Silicon Valley Area                  San Francisco Area
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Santa Clara & San Mateo counties     Alameda & San Francisco counties
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    Citizen  Naturalized      Not a     Citizen  Naturalized      Not a
   by birth     Citizen     Citizen    by birth     Citizen     Citizen  Occupation
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
       46.5        32.8        20.7        50.9        35.8        13.3  Computer and Information Systems Managers (MGR)
       29.4        25.1        45.5        41.9        23.1        35.0  Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software (CMM)
       39.0        34.0        27.0        63.0        17.6        19.4  Computer Programmers (CMM)
       50.3        30.8        19.0        62.8        19.5        17.7  Other Computer and Mathematical (CMM)
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
       37.0        27.8        35.2        51.9        22.5        25.7  Total Computer and Mathematical (CMM & MGR)
       45.3        37.4        17.2        51.6        22.4        26.0  Architectural and Engineering Managers (MGR)
       38.7        36.1        25.2        50.1        31.9        18.0  Architectural and Engineering (ENG)
       33.4        66.6         0.0        83.3         8.4         8.3  Natural Sciences Managers (MGR)
       51.2        27.8        21.0        69.8        14.7        15.6  Life, physical, and social science (SCI)
       60.8        32.2         7.0        72.4        17.0        10.6  Medical and Health Services Managers (MGR)
       52.2        37.6        10.2        62.3        28.5         9.1  Medical and Health Services (MED & HLS)
       56.6        30.8        12.5        61.8        28.2        10.0  Financial Managers (MGR)
       45.1        39.2        15.7        56.1        33.2        10.7  Accountants and Auditors (FIN)
       64.2        28.4         7.4        65.4        24.5        10.1  Other Financial (FIN)
       61.9        22.8        15.3        73.1        16.9         9.9  Other Managers (MGR)
       57.2        22.5        20.3        63.0        19.7        17.3  Other Workers
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       54.2        25.3        20.5        62.8        20.8        16.3  TOTAL (all occupations)

Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), United States Census Bureau
        Create extract with variables STATEFIP, COUNTY, MET2013, PUMA, CITIZEN, EMPSTAT, and OCC.
        The variables YEAR, DATANUM, SERIAL, HHWT, GQ, PERNUM, and PERWT are automatically preselected.
        For samples, select ACS for 2015. For data format, select STATA. For structure, select rectangular.
        For more information, see IPUMS Documentation: User's Guide
Note: Citizen by birth = born in U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands or
      Northern Marianas, or born abroad of American parent(s);
      Tables and plots generated with R source code linked below.

United States and California Workforce: 2015

            Employed Population by Citizenship Status, 2015

United States                        California
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    Citizen  Naturalized      Not a     Citizen  Naturalized      Not a
   by birth     Citizen     Citizen    by birth     Citizen     Citizen  Occupation
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
    465,890      66,548      50,199      42,503      15,558       7,863  Computer and Information Systems Managers (MGR)
    739,246     174,821     275,425     102,399      56,811      80,879  Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software (CMM)
    326,676      61,799      52,878      36,635      13,852      12,001  Computer Programmers (CMM)
  2,153,235     271,452     221,475     213,777      57,990      36,263  Other Computer and Mathematical (CMM)
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
  3,685,047     574,620     599,977     395,314     144,211     137,006  Total Computer and Mathematical (CMM & MGR)
    121,798      20,083      12,212      14,101       6,980       4,434  Architectural and Engineering Managers (MGR)
  2,193,408     328,851     191,791     226,857     100,613      53,343  Architectural and Engineering (ENG)
     15,699       2,485       2,174       1,551         951         290  Natural Sciences Managers (MGR)
  1,032,154     141,228     152,731     127,818      33,377      24,343  Life, physical, and social science (SCI)
    582,030      60,183      18,380      51,538      16,150       3,935  Medical and Health Services Managers (MGR)
 10,363,080   1,454,766     613,214     825,131     311,135     104,202  Medical and Health Services (MED & HLS)
  1,007,395     115,328      52,774      94,990      28,372      10,782  Financial Managers (MGR)
  1,617,590     231,255      88,507     150,795      66,135      22,147  Accountants and Auditors (FIN)
  1,242,723     121,433      49,085     126,467      32,182      12,385  Other Financial (FIN)
 11,267,549   1,014,045     661,608   1,173,870     272,717     142,817  Other Managers (MGR)
 92,719,907   8,523,805  10,714,365   8,784,090   2,139,840   2,570,236  Other Workers
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
125,848,380  12,588,082  13,156,818  11,972,522   3,152,663   3,085,920  TOTAL (all occupations)
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      Percent of Employed Population by Citizenship Status, 2015

United States                        California
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    Citizen  Naturalized      Not a     Citizen  Naturalized      Not a
   by birth     Citizen     Citizen    by birth     Citizen     Citizen  Occupation
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
       80.0        11.4         8.6        64.5        23.6        11.9  Computer and Information Systems Managers (MGR)
       62.1        14.7        23.2        42.7        23.7        33.7  Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software (CMM)
       74.0        14.0        12.0        58.6        22.2        19.2  Computer Programmers (CMM)
       81.4        10.3         8.4        69.4        18.8        11.8  Other Computer and Mathematical (CMM)
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       75.8        11.8        12.3        58.4        21.3        20.3  Total Computer and Mathematical (CMM & MGR)
       79.0        13.0         7.9        55.3        27.4        17.4  Architectural and Engineering Managers (MGR)
       80.8        12.1         7.1        59.6        26.4        14.0  Architectural and Engineering (ENG)
       77.1        12.2        10.7        55.6        34.1        10.4  Natural Sciences Managers (MGR)
       77.8        10.6        11.5        68.9        18.0        13.1  Life, physical, and social science (SCI)
       88.1         9.1         2.8        72.0        22.5         5.5  Medical and Health Services Managers (MGR)
       83.4        11.7         4.9        66.5        25.1         8.4  Medical and Health Services (MED & HLS)
       85.7         9.8         4.5        70.8        21.2         8.0  Financial Managers (MGR)
       83.5        11.9         4.6        63.1        27.7         9.3  Accountants and Auditors (FIN)
       87.9         8.6         3.5        73.9        18.8         7.2  Other Financial (FIN)
       87.1         7.8         5.1        73.9        17.2         9.0  Other Managers (MGR)
       82.8         7.6         9.6        65.1        15.9        19.0  Other Workers
 ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
       83.0         8.3         8.7        65.7        17.3        16.9  TOTAL (all occupations)

Source: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), United States Census Bureau
        Create extract with variables STATEFIP, COUNTY, MET2013, PUMA, CITIZEN, EMPSTAT, and OCC.
        The variables YEAR, DATANUM, SERIAL, HHWT, GQ, PERNUM, and PERWT are automatically preselected.
        For samples, select ACS for 2015. For data format, select STATA. For structure, select rectangular.
        For more information, see IPUMS Documentation: User's Guide
Note: Citizen by birth = born in U.S., Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands or
      Northern Marianas, or born abroad of American parent(s);
      Tables and plots generated with R source code linked below.

Source code for acs_stem15.R (common code for creating htm and pngs)
Source code for acs_stem_sv15.R (specific code for Silicon Valley)
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