Alameda County, California Basics:
Alameda County California - Government Site
Population: 1,553,960
Area: 739 square miles
County seat: Oakland
Area code(s) in use: 510 925
Time zone: PST
High school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 41.1%
Median household income: $71,516
Persons in poverty: 12.0%
Home ownership rate: 53.7%
Mean travel time to work: 28.4 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Contra Costa Marin San Francisco San Joaquin San Mateo Santa Clara Solano Stanislaus