| Table 2 | ||||||||||
| Households by Vehicle Availability – 1960 - 2000 | ||||||||||
| 1960 - 2000 Decennial Censuses | ||||||||||
| No | % of | One | % of | Two | % of | Three-Plus | % of | Total | ||
| County | Year | Vehicle | Total | Vehicle | Total | Vehicles | Total | Vehicles | Total | Households |
| 1960 | 54,827 | 18.6% | 162,752 | 55.1% | 68,373 | 23.1% | 9,415 | 3.2% | 295,367 | |
| 1970 | 60,997 | 16.7% | 170,535 | 46.7% | 111,578 | 30.6% | 21,983 | 6.0% | 365,093 | |
| Alameda | 1980 | 60,955 | 14.3% | 161,652 | 37.9% | 129,851 | 30.5% | 73,634 | 17.3% | 426,092 |
| 1990 | 58,711 | 12.2% | 165,050 | 34.4% | 165,918 | 34.6% | 89,839 | 18.7% | 479,518 | |
| 2000 | 57,287 | 10.9% | 182,586 | 34.9% | 189,075 | 36.1% | 94,418 | 18.0% | 523,366 | |
| 1960 | 10,262 | 8.7% | 63,862 | 54.2% | 38,885 | 33.0% | 4,849 | 4.1% | 117,858 | |
| Contra | 1970 | 13,116 | 7.6% | 72,007 | 41.6% | 71,768 | 41.5% | 16,060 | 9.3% | 172,951 |
| Costa | 1980 | 16,271 | 6.7% | 77,498 | 32.1% | 91,406 | 37.8% | 56,359 | 23.3% | 241,534 |
| 1990 | 19,129 | 6.4% | 87,817 | 29.2% | 123,621 | 41.2% | 69,721 | 23.2% | 300,288 | |
| 2000 | 22,353 | 6.5% | 104,978 | 30.5% | 140,655 | 40.9% | 76,143 | 22.1% | 344,129 | |
| 1960 | 3,967 | 9.0% | 24,877 | 56.3% | 14,083 | 31.9% | 1,268 | 2.9% | 44,195 | |
| 1970 | 4,619 | 6.9% | 29,647 | 44.1% | 27,780 | 41.3% | 5,220 | 7.8% | 67,266 | |
| Marin | 1980 | 4,819 | 5.4% | 32,722 | 36.9% | 34,063 | 38.4% | 17,119 | 19.3% | 88,723 |
| 1990 | 4,879 | 5.1% | 31,404 | 33.1% | 39,311 | 41.4% | 19,412 | 20.4% | 95,006 | |
| 2000 | 5,094 | 5.1% | 35,175 | 34.9% | 42,530 | 42.3% | 17,851 | 17.7% | 100,650 | |
| 1960 | 1,819 | 9.6% | 11,029 | 58.5% | 5,465 | 29.0% | 554 | 2.9% | 18,867 | |
| 1970 | 2,550 | 10.2% | 10,938 | 43.6% | 9,313 | 37.1% | 2,297 | 9.2% | 25,098 | |
| Napa | 1980 | 2,564 | 7.0% | 11,744 | 32.1% | 12,374 | 33.8% | 9,942 | 27.1% | 36,624 |
| 1990 | 2,741 | 6.6% | 12,780 | 30.9% | 16,366 | 39.6% | 9,425 | 22.8% | 41,312 | |
| 2000 | 2,803 | 6.2% | 14,688 | 32.4% | 18,052 | 39.8% | 9,859 | 21.7% | 45,402 | |
| 1960 | 122,847 | 42.1% | 136,689 | 46.8% | 27,263 | 9.3% | 5,171 | 1.8% | 291,970 | |
| San | 1970 | 116,816 | 39.6% | 133,633 | 45.3% | 38,371 | 13.0% | 6,354 | 2.2% | 295,174 |
| Francisco | 1980 | 103,462 | 34.6% | 127,131 | 42.5% | 51,869 | 17.4% | 16,494 | 5.5% | 298,956 |
| 1990 | 93,806 | 30.7% | 127,271 | 41.6% | 64,379 | 21.1% | 20,128 | 6.6% | 305,584 | |
| 2000 | 94,178 | 28.6% | 138,526 | 42.0% | 73,017 | 22.1% | 23,979 | 7.3% | 329,700 | |
| 1960 | 10,723 | 7.9% | 75,382 | 55.8% | 43,807 | 32.4% | 5,259 | 3.9% | 135,171 | |
| San | 1970 | 13,871 | 7.5% | 83,622 | 45.2% | 71,859 | 38.8% | 15,676 | 8.5% | 185,028 |
| Mateo | 1980 | 14,338 | 6.4% | 82,065 | 36.4% | 82,946 | 36.8% | 45,852 | 20.4% | 225,201 |
| 1990 | 14,683 | 6.1% | 78,396 | 32.4% | 93,527 | 38.7% | 55,308 | 22.9% | 241,914 | |
| 2000 | 15,507 | 6.1% | 80,879 | 31.8% | 101,478 | 39.9% | 56,239 | 22.1% | 254,103 | |
| 1960 | 16,216 | 8.8% | 99,770 | 54.0% | 59,952 | 32.4% | 8,976 | 4.9% | 184,914 | |
| Santa | 1970 | 22,224 | 6.9% | 129,631 | 40.2% | 139,888 | 43.3% | 31,039 | 9.6% | 322,782 |
| Clara | 1980 | 25,213 | 5.5% | 146,886 | 32.0% | 171,326 | 37.4% | 115,094 | 25.1% | 458,519 |
| 1990 | 27,326 | 5.3% | 147,789 | 28.4% | 210,612 | 40.5% | 134,453 | 25.8% | 520,180 | |
| 2000 | 31,978 | 5.7% | 164,212 | 29.0% | 231,806 | 41.0% | 137,867 | 24.4% | 565,863 | |
| 1960 | 4,260 | 11.1% | 24,238 | 63.0% | 8,776 | 22.8% | 1,179 | 3.1% | 38,453 | |
| 1970 | 4,505 | 8.8% | 25,602 | 50.1% | 17,588 | 34.4% | 3,425 | 6.7% | 51,120 | |
| Solano | 1980 | 5,398 | 6.7% | 26,915 | 33.5% | 29,148 | 36.2% | 18,965 | 23.6% | 80,426 |
| 1990 | 6,516 | 5.7% | 32,190 | 28.4% | 47,208 | 41.6% | 27,515 | 24.3% | 113,429 | |
| 2000 | 8,566 | 6.6% | 37,921 | 29.1% | 52,087 | 39.9% | 31,829 | 24.4% | 130,403 | |
| 1960 | 6,832 | 14.5% | 25,732 | 54.5% | 12,767 | 27.1% | 1,860 | 3.9% | 47,191 | |
| 1970 | 7,189 | 10.6% | 32,183 | 47.4% | 23,094 | 34.0% | 5,395 | 8.0% | 67,861 | |
| Sonoma | 1980 | 7,725 | 6.7% | 38,997 | 34.1% | 39,039 | 34.1% | 28,713 | 25.1% | 114,474 |
| 1990 | 8,741 | 5.9% | 46,602 | 31.3% | 59,959 | 40.2% | 33,709 | 22.6% | 149,011 | |
| 2000 | 9,921 | 5.8% | 54,446 | 31.6% | 69,169 | 40.1% | 38,867 | 22.5% | 172,403 | |
| 1960 | 231,753 | 19.7% | 624,331 | 53.2% | 279,371 | 23.8% | 38,531 | 3.3% | 1,173,986 | |
| Bay | 1970 | 245,887 | 15.8% | 687,798 | 44.3% | 511,239 | 32.9% | 107,449 | 6.9% | 1,552,373 |
| Area | 1980 | 240,745 | 12.2% | 705,610 | 35.8% | 642,022 | 32.6% | 382,172 | 19.4% | 1,970,549 |
| 1990 | 236,532 | 10.5% | 729,299 | 32.5% | 820,901 | 36.5% | 459,510 | 20.5% | 2,246,242 | |
| 2000 | 247,687 | 10.0% | 813,411 | 33.0% | 917,869 | 37.2% | 487,052 | 19.8% | 2,466,019 | |
| Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Decennial Censuses – 1960-1990 | ||||||||||