San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County, California
Flag of San Bernardino County, California
Coat of arms of San Bernardino County, California
Map
Interactive map of San Bernardino County
Location in California
Location in California
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
EstablishedApril 26, 1853[1]
Named forThe City of San Bernardino, in turn named for San Bernardino de Sena Estancia, in turn named for Saint Bernardino of Siena
County seatSan Bernardino
Largest city (Pop.)San Bernardino
Largest city (Area)Apple Valley
Government
 • TypeCouncil–CEO
 • BodyBoard of Supervisors [2][3]
 • ChairDawn Rowe (N.P.)
 • Vice ChairPaul Cook (R)
 • Board of Supervisors [4]
Supervisors
 • Chief executive officerLuther Snoke
Area
 • Total
20,105 sq mi (52,070 km2)
 • Land20,057 sq mi (51,950 km2)
 • Water48 sq mi (120 km2)
Highest elevation11,503 ft (3,506 m)
Population
 • Total
2,181,654 Increase[6]
 • Density110/sq mi (40/km2)
GDP
 • Total$100.650 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Area codes442/760, 909, 951
FIPS code06-071
Congressional districts23rd, 25th, 28th, 33rd, 35th, 40th
Websitewww.sbcounty.gov

San Bernardino County (/sæn ˌbɜːrnəˈdn/ SAN BUR-nə-DEE-noh), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County,[9] is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181,654,[10] making it the fifth-most populous county in California and the 14th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is San Bernardino.[11]

While included within the Greater Los Angeles area, San Bernardino County is included in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan statistical area.

With an area of 20,105 square miles (52,070 km2), San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous United States by area, although some of Alaska's boroughs and census areas are larger. The county is close to the size of West Virginia.

This vast county stretches from where 93% of the county population resides in three Census County Divisions (Fontana, San Bernardino, and Victorville-Hesperia), counting 1,793,186 people as of the 2010 Census, covering 1,730 square miles (4,500 km2), across the thinly populated deserts and mountains. It spans an area from south of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino Valley, to the Nevada border and the Colorado River.

With a 2020 population that was 53.7% Hispanic, it is California's most populous majority-Hispanic county and the second-largest nationwide.[12]

  1. ^ "San Bernardino County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Janice Rutherford, Supervisor, District 2 from San Bernardino County, California".
  3. ^ "Dawn Rowe, Supervisor, District 3 from San Bernardino County, California".
  4. ^ "San Bernardino County - Board of Supervisors".
  5. ^ "San Gorgonio Mountain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Explore Census Data".
  7. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  8. ^ "Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022" (PDF). www.bea.gov. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
  9. ^ https://main.sbcounty.gov [bare URL]
  10. ^ "San Bernardino County, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  11. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  12. ^ "P2:: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race". 2020 Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 10, 2021.

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