Editing Cupertino, California (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Aerial view of Apple Park dllu.jpg|left|thumb|The headquarters of [[Apple Inc.]] on Apple Park Way in Cupertino]]
Cupertino is one of many cities that claim to be the "heart" of [[Silicon Valley]], as many semiconductor and computer companies were founded there and in the surrounding areas. The new worldwide headquarters for [[Apple Inc.]] is located there in a modern circular complex. It is a {{convert|150|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[Apple Park|campus]] between Interstate 280, N Wolfe Rd, E Homestead Rd and along Tantau Ave one mile east of the old campus. The nine properties ({{convert|50|acre|km2|1|adj=on}}) south of Pruneridge Avenue were bought in 2006, the property ({{convert|100|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} north of it in 2010 (from [[Hewlett-Packard]]).

On June 7, 2011, [[Steve Jobs]] gave a presentation to Cupertino City Council, detailing the architectural design of the new building and its environs.<ref name="CupertinoCityCouncil">{{cite web|url=http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?recordid=463&page=410|title=Cupertino : City News : Steve Jobs Presents to Cupertino City Council|work=cupertino.org|access-date=October 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609230452/http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?recordid=463&page=410|archive-date=June 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The campus houses 13,000 employees in one central four-story circular building surrounded by extensive landscaping, with parking mainly underground and the rest centralized in a parking structure.
[[File:Cali-mill-pano.jpg|thumb|Cali Mill Plaza, containing the Cypress Hotel and various restaurants]]
In 2002, Cupertino had a labor force of 25,780 with an unemployment rate of 4.5%. The unemployment rate for Santa Clara County as a whole was 8.4%.

One of the major employers in the area is the aggregate rock quarry and [[cement]] plant in the foothills to the west of Cupertino, the [[Permanente Quarry]]. Owned and operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement, it was founded by [[Henry J. Kaiser]] as the Kaiser Permanente Cement Plant in 1939. It provided the majority of the cement used in the construction of the [[Shasta Dam]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} It supplied the {{convert|6|Moilbbl|m3}} of cement over a nine-mile (14&nbsp;km)-long conveyor system.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-538970/Shasta-Dam/ Shasta Dam]– Encyclopædia Britannica {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528140632/https://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-538970/Shasta-Dam/ |date=May 28, 2008 }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2017}}{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} The cement plant is the sole reason for the railroad line that runs through the city.

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2022–23 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2024 |title=City of Cupertino Fiscal Year 2022–23 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |url=https://www.cupertino.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/departments/documents/finance/budgeting-amp-finance/acfr-2022-2023.pdf |access-date=March 10, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! #
! Employer
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|1
|[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
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|2
|[[De Anza College]]
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|3
|Force 5 Software Inc
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|4
|[[Whole Foods Market]]
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|5
|[[Claris|Claris International, Inc]]
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|6
|Health Care Center at the Forum
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|7
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
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|8
|[[Cupertino Union School District]]
|-
|9
|[[Cupertino, California|City of Cupertino]]
|-
|10
|Mist Systems, Inc.
|-
|11
|Intero Real Estate Services, Inc
|-
|12
|[[Keller Williams Realty]]
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|13
|Cupertino Healthcare & Wellness Center
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|14
|Exilant
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|15
|[[BJ's Restaurants|BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse]]
|-
|16
|Sunny View Retirement Community
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|17
|Insight Solutions Inc
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|18
|[[Cupertino High School]]
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|19
|[[Monta Vista High School]]
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|20
|Nexsales Corp
|}