San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with an estimated 989,814 residents as of 2025. The city's metropolitan area is home to nearly two million people, while the broader combined statistical area has a population of over nine million. Located in Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi and is the county seat of Santa Clara County. Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area around San Jose was long inhabited by the Tamien nation of the Ohlone people. San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first city founded in the Californias. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 after the Mexican War of Independence. Following the U.S. Conquest of California during the Mexican–American War, the territory was ceded to the United States in 1848.

Country: United States
State: California
County: Santa Clara
Region: San Francisco Bay Area
Pueblo founded: November 29, 1777
Founded as: Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe
Incorporated: March 27, 1850
Named for: Saint Joseph
• Type: Council–manager
• Body: San Jose City Council
• Mayor: Matt Mahan (D)
• City Manager: Jennifer Maguire
• Water: 1.72%
• Total: 1,013,240
• Estimate (2025): 989,814
• Rank: 34th in North America, 13th in the United States, 3rd in California
• Metro: 2,000,468 (US: 35th)
• CSA: 9,164,058 (US: 5th)
Demonym(s): San Josean(s), San Joséan(s), Josefino/a(s)
Wikidata description: city and county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States
Wikidata id: Q16553
Wikidata label: San Jose
Wikidata aliases: Array
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