San Francisco Fast Facts

Information provided by San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, and San Francisco International Airport.

Population: 

789,600 in San Francisco

Jobs:

• 565,300 in San Francisco
• 50.3% of San Francisco jobs are held by residents
• About 259,000 people commute into San Francisco to work (48% of workers)
• 35.1% of adults in San Francisco have a bachelor's degree or higher 

Convention & Visitor Industry:

• $6.5 billion is spent by visitors annually
• More than 16.5 million visitors per year
• Visitor spending generates more than $143 million in hotel taxes annually
• Convention-related expenditures total some $1.6 billion each year 

Retail Sales:

More than 13,000 retail establishments generate some $7.5 billion a year in San Francisco

Business:

• 52,000 businesses in San Francisco with 96% of these having 50 or fewer employees
• Business taxes totaled $234 million in fiscal 1998/99

Airport:

• SFO is the fifth busiest airport in the United States
• 40 million passengers per year
• 99% of the Bay Area's international air cargo

Port:

• 80,000 passengers per year pass through the Port of San Francisco 
• $72 billion total trade through Port of San Francisco in 1999