Editing San Francisco (section)

===Education, households, and income===
[[File:Seacliff District SF.jpg|thumb|left|[[Sea Cliff, San Francisco|Sea Cliff]] is one of the city's most expensive neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.california.com/guide-san-franciscos-most-expensive-neighborhoods/|title=A Guide to San Francisco's Most Expensive Neighborhoods|website=www.california.com}}</ref>]]
Of all major cities in the United States, San Francisco has the second-highest percentage of residents with a college degree, second only to [[Seattle]]. Over 44% of adults have a bachelor's or higher degree.<ref name="Bizjournals">{{cite news|url = http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/12.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060701071804/http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/12.html|archive-date = July 1, 2006|title = The brainpower of America's largest cities|access-date =August 5, 2010|year = 2006|publisher = Bizjournals.com (data interpreted from U.S. Census)}}</ref> San Francisco had the highest rate at 7,031 per square mile, or over 344,000 total graduates in the city's {{convert|46.7|sqmi|km2}}.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news|last = Winter |first = Michael|url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/new-measure-ranks-san-francisco-the-smartest-us-city/1|title = New measure ranks San Francisco the 'smartest' U.S. city|work = USA Today|access-date =August 5, 2010|date = June 9, 2010}}</ref>

San Francisco has the highest estimated percentage of gay and lesbian individuals of any of the 50 largest U.S. cities, at 15%.<ref>{{cite web|last = Gates |first=Gary|title = Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey|publisher=The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law|url=http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf|access-date =July 10, 2008|date=October 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070702202709/http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/SameSexCouplesandGLBpopACS.pdf|archive-date = July 2, 2007}}</ref> San Francisco also has the highest percentage of same-sex households of any American county, with the Bay Area having a higher concentration than any other [[metropolitan area]].<ref name="gaystats">{{cite web|title = Gay and Lesbian Families in the United States: Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Households|url = http://www.hrc.org/documents/gayandlesbianfamilies.pdf|publisher = Human Rights Campaign|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080413201016/http://www.hrc.org/documents/gayandlesbianfamilies.pdf|archive-date = April 13, 2008|access-date =August 26, 2006}}</ref>

San Francisco ranks third of American cities in median household income<ref name="Census ACS 2003">{{cite web|title=Median Household Income (In 2003 Inflation-adjusted Dollars) (Place Level)|url=https://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R07T160.htm|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209192629/http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R07T160.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 9, 2004|access-date=June 23, 2009|date=August 22, 2007}}</ref> with a 2007 value of $65,519.<ref name="SF QuickFacts">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: San Francisco County, California|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06075.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713075807/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06075.html|archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> Median family income is $81,136.<ref name="SF QuickFacts"/> An emigration of middle-class families has left the city with a lower proportion of children than any other large American city,<ref>{{cite news|first=Aaron|last=Sankin|url = https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/families-flee-san-francisco_n_1335639|title = Families Flee San Francisco: City Has Lowest Percentage Of Kids Of Any Major U.S. City|access-date =August 8, 2018|date = March 9, 2012|work = HuffPost}}</ref> with the dog population cited as exceeding the child population of 115,000, in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last = Hendrix |first = Michael|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/young-americans-loneliness-sets-the-table-for-friendsgiving/2018/11/21/4de85848-ed9c-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html|title = Young Americans' loneliness sets the table for Friendsgiving|newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]|access-date = November 21, 2018|date = November 21, 2018}}</ref> The city's [[poverty rate]] is 12%, lower than the national average.<ref>{{cite web|title=Economic Characteristics|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US06075&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C05000US06075&_street=&_county=san+francisco&_cityTown=san+francisco&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=
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|access-date=January 9, 2015
|year=2007
|work=2005–2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates – Data Profile Highlights
|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
[[Homelessness in San Francisco|Homelessness has been a chronic problem for San Francisco]] since the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/special/excerpt.html |publisher=PBS |title=Deinstitutionalization: A Psychiatric 'Titanic' |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720013649/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/asylums/special/excerpt.html |archive-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref>
The city is believed to have the highest number of homeless inhabitants per capita of any major U.S. city.<ref>{{cite web
|title       = San Francisco Program Combats Homelessness with Innovation
|publisher   = [[PBS]]
|date        = April 5, 2005
|url         = https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june05/homeless_4-8.html
|access-date  = September 6, 2007
|url-status=dead
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120110054843/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june05/homeless_4-8.html
|archive-date = January 10, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last = Pratt
|first = Timothy
|title = Critics say regional plan won't solve the problem
|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun
|date = August 12, 2006
|url = http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/aug/12/critics-say-regional-plan-wont-solve-the-problem/
|access-date =August 30, 2006}}</ref>

There are 345,811 households in the city, out of which: 133,366 households (39%) were individuals, 109,437 (32%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]], 63,577 (18%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21,677 (6%) were [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 10,384 (3%) were [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. The average household size was 2.26; the average family size was 3.11. 452,986 people (56%) lived in rental housing units, and 327,985 people (41%) lived in owner-occupied housing units.
The median age of the city population is 38 years.

San Francisco declared itself a [[sanctuary city]] in 1989, and city officials strengthened the stance in 2013 with its 'Due Process for All' ordinance. The law declared local authorities could not hold immigrants for immigration offenses if they had no violent felonies on their records and did not currently face charges.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Cindy|last1= Carcamo|first2= Kate |last2=Mather|first3=Dakota|last3= Smith|url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sanctuary-cities-20161114-story.html |title=Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration leaves a lot unanswered for sanctuary cities like L.A.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 15, 2016|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> The city issues a [[SF City ID Card|Resident ID Card]] regardless of the applicant's immigration status.<ref>{{cite news| last = Buchanan| first = Wyatt| title = S.F. supervisors approve ID cards for residents| publisher = [[San Francisco Chronicle]]| date = November 14, 2007| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/14/BAB9TBP5H.DTL&tsp=1 | access-date = April 17, 2019}}</ref>