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Emeryville, California
Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its proximity to San Francisco ("The City") and Silicon Valley has been a catalyst for recent economic growth. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,882.
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History
The city had earlier played a role as a naturalistic playground for the people of the bay. In the early 20th century, a large park, dance hall and fairground were built along the waterfront (on the Emeryville Shellmound ) to serve as an entertainment and social spot in the area. On February 22, 1920 the first dog race track to employ an imitation rabbit opened in Emeryville. These have since been paved and in the last few decades the city saw itself grow along side the tremendous technological and scientific advances spearheaded by the Bay Area's innovative artists, engineers, scientists and businessmen.
Business and Industry
Emeryville is now headquarters to many large and small businesses, boasting itself as home to a burgeoning biotechnology, software and film industry.
Companies include:
- Chiron Corporation [1] - a global biotech leader and research company and manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and blood testing kits, providing therapeutics against multiple sclerosis, vaccines against meningitis, flu and rabies, and testing kits for hepatitis and HIV.
- Pixar Animation Studios [2] - a major animation and computer graphics firm responsible for award-winning short and feature films such as Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Finding Nemo.
- LeapFrog [3] - a market leader of educational toys and materials geared towards children and teenagers.
- Wham-O Toys [4] - a toy company and an inventor's workshop, home of the original frisbee, hacky sack and hula hoop.
- Ask Jeeves [5] - a growing Internet search engine that survived the dot.com bust of the 1990s, which uses questions to filter the web for the most relevant articles.
Geography
Emeryville is located at 37°50'9" North, 122°17'14" West (37.835926, -122.287253)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²). 3.2 km² (1.2 mi²) of it is land and 1.8 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 36.79% water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 6,882 people, 3,975 households, and 1,164 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,178.0/km² (5,646.2/mi²). There are 4,274 housing units at an average density of 1,352.6/km² (3,506.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 44.99% White, 19.46% African American, 0.49% Native American, 25.57% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 4.18% from other races, and 5.06% from two or more races. 8.95% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 3,975 households out of which 10.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 18.0% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 70.7% are non-families. 55.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.71 and the average family size is 2.69.
In the city the population is spread out with 11.4% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 42.2% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 100.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $45,359, and the median income for a family is $57,063. Males have a median income of $49,333 versus $39,527 for females. The per capita income for the city is $33,260. 13.2% of the population and 6.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.5% are under the age of 18 and 8.0% are 65 or older.
External links
Emeryville Shellmound:
- http://emeryville.wli.net/public_info/archaeology_history.htm
- http://sscl.berkeley.edu/arf/publications/54.html