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Local Data: San Francisco

In 2020, there were 15,811 people living with HIV in San Francisco.
In 2020, 131 people were newly diagnosed with HIV.

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HIV Prevalence

Number of people living with HIV, 2020 15,811

Rate of people living with HIV per 100,000 population, 2020 1,964

Percent of people living with HIV, by Sex, 2020

94.2% 5.9%
  • Male
  • Female

Percent of people living with HIV, by Race/Ethnicity, 2020

11.9% 20.6% 57.3%
  • Black
  • Hispanic/Latinx
  • White

Percent of people living with HIV, by Age, 2020

0.5% 19.1% 44.6% 35.8%
  • Aged 13-24
  • Aged 25-44
  • Aged 45-59
  • Aged 60+

Rate of people living with HIV per 100,000 population, by Geography, 2020

2000 1600 1200 800 400 0 1,964 City 406 State 319 Region 382 United States

New HIV Diagnoses

Number of new HIV diagnoses, 2020 131

Rate of new HIV diagnoses per 100,000 population, 2020 16

Percent of people newly diagnosed with HIV, by Sex, 2020

85.6% 14.4%
  • Male
  • Female

Percent of people newly diagnosed with HIV, by Race/Ethnicity, 2020

21.0% 37.0% 28.0%
  • Black
  • Hispanic/Latinx
  • White

Percent of people newly diagnosed with HIV, by Age, 2020

12.2% 58.0% 26.0% 3.8%
  • Aged 13-24
  • Aged 25-44
  • Aged 45-59
  • Aged 60+

Number of New HIV Diagnoses, 2016-2020

Number of New HIV Diagnoses 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 100 200 300 236 237 205 168 131

Rate of people newly diagnosed with HIV per 100,000 population, by Geography, 2020

20 16 12 8 4 0 16 City 12 State 10 Region 11 United States

HIV Mortality

Number of deaths of people living with HIV in San Francisco, 2020* 286

Number of deaths of people living with HIV in California, 2020 1,783

Demographics, 2010

Total Population 805,232

City Population by Race/Ethnicity

  • American Indian / Alaska Native (0.2%)
  • Asian (33.0%)
  • Black (5.8%)
  • Hispanic / Latinx (15.1%)
  • Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander (0.4%)
  • White (41.9%)
  • Multiple Race (3.2%)
  • Other* (0.4%)

*Includes other races/ethnicities or missing/suppressed data

Number of Transgender People Living with HIV, 2020

Male to Female 420

Female to Male 9

Late HIV Diagnoses, 2020

A late HIV diagnosis is defined as having an AIDS diagnosis within three months of initial HIV diagnosis.

City

83.0% 17.0%

State

78.6% 21.4%

Region

78.7% 21.3%

United States

78.4% 21.6%
  • Diagnosed with HIV
  • Diagnosed with AIDS

People Living with HIV, by Transmission Category, 2020

Percent of People Living with HIV, by Transmission Category, 2020+

Male Transmission Categories

  • Injection Drug Use (3.1%)
  • Heterosexual Contact (1.2%)
  • Male-to-Male Sexual Contact (79.8%)
  • Male-to-Male Sexual Contact & Injection Drug Use (14.7%)
  • Other* (1.2%)

Female Transmission Categories

  • Injection Drug Use (44.0%)
  • Heterosexual Contact (43.8%)
  • Other* (12.2%)

*Includes risk factor not reported or identified, along with hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, or missing/suppressed data.

People Newly Diagnosed with HIV, by Transmission Category, 2020

Percent of People Newly Diagnosed with HIV, by Transmission Category, 2020+

Male Transmission Categories

  • Injection Drug Use (4.7%)
  • Male-to-Male Sexual Contact (74.8%)
  • Male-to-Male Sexual Contact & Injection Drug Use (11.2%)
  • Other* (9.3%)

Female Transmission Categories

  • Injection Drug Use (38.9%)
  • Heterosexual Contact (33.3%)
  • Other* (27.8%)

*Includes risk factor not reported or identified, along with hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, or missing/suppressed data.

Social Determinants of Health, 2020

  • City
  • State
  • Region
  • United States
89.5% 83.9% 87.2% 88.5%

Percent of Population with a High School Education, 2020

0.484 0.487 0.477 0.482

Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient), 2020

8.5% 11.5% 12.2% 12.8%

Percent of Population Living in Poverty, 2020

$110,837 $83,001 $72,464 $64,994

Median Household Income, 2020

8.1% 10.2% 9.0% 8.1%

Percent of Population Unemployed, 2020

17.0% 19.5% 16.4% 14.2%

Percent of Population Living in Unstable Housing, 2020

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2020

700 560 420 280 140 0 619.1 452.2 447.9 481.3 Chlamydia 266.4 198.5 183.4 206.5 Gonnorhea 24.0 19.5 16.7 12.7 Primary & Secondary Syphilis Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases per 100,000 Population, 2020
  • City*
  • State
  • Region
  • United States

*2019 city data displayed

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