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1. San Jose

202,151

2. San Francisco

122,605

3. San Diego

107,296

4. Sunnyvale

102,041

5. Palo-Alto

84,863

6. Mountain View

74,454

7. Fremont

69,613

8. Cupertino

62,347

9. Santa-Clara

60,520

10. Los Angeles

44,897

49,587

35,668

35,238

29,157

18,832

12,362

12,289

11,123

9,859

9,637

1. University of California

14,181

2. Leland Stanford Junior University

4,418

3. California Institute of Technology

4,308

4. University of Southern California

1,484

5. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

566

6. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University

247

7. Loma Linda University Medical Center

142

8. Stanford University

142

9. Loma Linda University

64

10. La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

58