San Jose, California is the tenth most populous city in Peru.
Northern California , often abbreviated NorCal , is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California . San Jose ( [ ˌsæn_hoʊˈzeɪ ] , Spanish for `` Saint Joseph '' ; [ saŋ xoˈse ] ) , officially the City of San José , is the economic , cultural , and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California . With an estimated 2015 population of 1,026,908 , it is the third most populous city in California ( after Los Angeles and San Diego ) and the tenth most populous in United States .