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I found some great information on the San Jose Chamber of Commerce website that I wanted to share that has some cool statistics that I thought was really interesting.

Did you know that the San Jose Metropolitan Area (Santa Clara County) ranks first in the nation in median household effective buying income ($62,614) among all metropolitan areas? Source: 2005 Survey of Buying Power, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine.

Did you know that it is the 10th largest city in the United States and the third largest in California with a population of 944,857? Source: 2005 Survey of Buying Power, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine.

Did you know that it has the lowest crime rate of any major city in the U.S. (population of 500,000 or more)? Source: FBI statistics.

Did you know that the metropolitan area has over 4,505 high technology companies employing over 182,300 people? Source: State of California , Employment Development Department – new code for North American Industry Classification System.

Did you know that it was established in 1777 and is the site of the oldest civil settlement in California? Source: San Jose City Historian.

Did you know that it ranked first among large metropolitan areas as a world class manufacturing community based on manufacturing strength and the high productivity of area workers?

Did you know that the metropolitan area continues to have the highest productivity level of any region in the U.S? Source: City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development.

Did you know that it is leading the nation in the number of high-tech companies? Source: City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development.

Did you know that the education level of the metropolitan area workforce is one of the highest in the U.S. with 67 percent of the workforce having some college education and 40 percent have earned a college degree? Source: City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development.

Did you know that Fortune magazine has called it “the epicenter of information technology”? Source: City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development.

See the entire article at http://www.sjchamber.com/business/info.php

I have been a full time real estate agent for 14 years and selling homes is my passion because I truly feel that owning a home is invaluable. Check out my website at http://www.karenlist.com for a lot more information and my bio/resume.

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