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1960 and 1950 Censuses

San Francisco Population
from the 1960 census


All persons 740,316
White 604,403
Negro 74,383
American Indian 1,068
Chinese 36,445
Filpino 12,327
Japanese 9,464
Other 2,226

1960 Census of Population: Characteristics of the Population. California. vol. 1, pt. 6. Table 28, p. 6-198.

White persons of Spanish surname 51,602

Californians of Spanish Surname. Department of Industrial Relations, et al. May 1964. Table 7, pg. 26.


1950 census


All persons 775,357
White 693,888
Negro 43,502
Other races 37,967

1950 U. S. Census of Population. San Francisco-Oakland Calif. Census Tracts (Bulletin P-D49) Table 1, pg. 7.


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