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Oakland
City
Skyline of Downtown Oakland, with the San Francisco Bay in the background Davidson Courthouse Fox Oakland Theatre Tribune Tower Eastern span of the Bay Bridge Oakland Temple Lake Merritt Oakland Coliseum African American Museum and Library
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Nickname(s):  "Oaktown",[1] "The Town"
Motto:  "Love life"[2]
Location in Alameda County and the U.S. state of California
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Coordinates: 37°48′16″N 122°16′15″W / 37.80444°N 122.27083°W / 37.80444; -122.27083
Country	United States
State	California
County	Alameda
Incorporated	May 4, 1852 (172 years ago) (1852-05-04)[3][4]
Named for	The large oak forest that originally covered the area[5]
Government
• Type	Strong mayor[6]
• Body	Oakland City Council
• Mayor	Sheng Thao (D)[7]
• Vice Mayor	Rebecca Kaplan (D)
• State senator	Nancy Skinner (D)[8]
• Assemblymembers	Buffy Wicks (D) and Mia Bonta (D)[9]
• U. S. rep.	Barbara Lee (D)[10]
Area [11]
• Total	78.03 sq mi (202.10 km2)
• Land	55.93 sq mi (144.86 km2)
• Water	22.10 sq mi (57.24 km2)
Elevation [12]	43 ft (13 m)
Population  (2020)[13]
• Total	440,646
• Rank	1st in Alameda County 8th in California 45th in the United States
• Density	7,878.53/sq mi (3,041.87/km2)
Demonym	Oaklander
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	94601–94615, 94617-94624, 94649, 94659–94662, 94666[14]
Area codes	510/341
FIPS code	06-53000
GNIS feature IDs	277566, 2411292
Website	www.oaklandca.gov

Oakland is a city in California. It is across the bay from San Francisco. It is the county seat of Alameda County and the third-most populous city in the Bay Area, after San Jose and San Francisco. At one time, Oakland had many factories that built cars, ships and airplanes. It is a major seaport and rail junction. It is the home of the Athletics baseball team.

California governor Jerry Brown was once mayor of Oakland. The current mayor is Sheng Thao. They used to have 3 sports ball teams, now they have none. But they have minor league teams, including Oakland Ballers (baseball) and Oakland Roots (soccer).^[15]

• Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, former United States Senator and California Attorney General

In the 2020 census, there were 440,646 people, 167,909 households, and 92,285 families living in Oakland. The population density was 7,878.4 people per square mile (3,041.9/km²). There were 178,469 housing units. The breakdown by race was 30.0% White, 21.3% Black, 16.1% Asian, 1.9% Native American, 0.7% Pacific Islander, 18.3% from one other race, and 11.8% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 28.8% of the people.

The median (middle) age was 37.2 years. The age breakdown was 19.1% under age 18, 66.9% from 18 to 65, and 14.0% over 65. The gender breakdown was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

Of the households, 26.9% had children under age 18, 34.9% had a married couple, 9.5% had an unmarried couple, 33.4% had a woman with no partner, 22.1% had a man with no partner, and 32.0% had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.52 people.^[16][17]

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