General Demographics in the Tri-County Area

• Alameda
• San Mateo

• Santa Clara County’s A&PI population grew the fastest from 1990 to 2000, growing by 81%.
• Santa Clara County has the second largest Asian population in the state after Los Angeles County.
• The city with the highest percentage of Pacific Islanders in California is East Palo Alto (9%).
• Two-thirds of the Bay Area’s Vietnamese population lives in Santa Clara County.

HIV DATA

In Santa Clara County HIV and AIDS cases reported through June 2004 include:

Of the 19 AIDS cases reported, 26% were White, 5% were Black, 63% were Hispanic, and 5% were Asian/Pacific Islander.
Of the 845 HIV cases, about 53% were White, 9% were Black, 31% were Hispanic, and 5% were Asian/Pacific Islander.
The prevalence rate for AIDS for Asian/Other is 15.7 per 100,000; prevalence rate for HIV/non-AIDS for Asian/Other: 5.9 per 100,000.

Anecdotal evidence indicates that co-morbidities are widespread. Co-morbidity data without racial/ethnic or gender breakdown provides further support. Among persons with HIV/AIDS in Santa Clara County:

23.7% of persons with HIV had a serious mental illness; 20.0% of persons with AIDS had a serious mental illness
7.2% of persons with HIV had a substance abuse problem; 5.4% of persons with AIDS had a substance abuse problem