San Diego Facts

• San Diego is more than just a beautiful city with ideal weather. San Diego is a great place to do business.

• No other American city can boast a better location than San Diego's place on the Pacific Ocean and the international border with Mexico.

• The City's 1.25 million residents make it the seventh largest city in the country and the second largest in California. Yet San Diego has a comfortable, small town atmosphere.

• The median age of San Diego's young dynamic population is 32, with two-thirds less than age 35 and only 10 percent over 65.

• Nearly one-third of San Diego's talented workforce over the age of 25 has at least a bachelor's degree.

• More than 96 percent of San Diegans are employed, and the median family income approaches $40,000.

• The top industries in San Diego are manufacturing, defense, tourism and agriculture.

• Telecommunications, software and biotech are among San Diego's fastest growing industries, and San Diego has become the nation's center for wireless industries with the city being dubbed "Telecom Valley."