2013 US Census estimate is 837,442, which is considerably more than 500,000. [1]
> The bay area has something like 15 million people.
The 9-county Bay Area has approximately 7.1 million people as of 2010. [2]
[1] http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06075.html
[2] http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/bayarea.htm
NYC by comparison has ~2.5x in the metro for every 1x in the City.[1]
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[1] 19.9 million vs 8.4 million.
NYC by comparison has ~2.5x in the metro for every 1x in the City.[1]
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[1] 19.9 million vs 8.4 million.