PLACE SEARCH

Advanced search | Cemetery search

California > All counties > San Francisco County > San Francisco

QUICK LINKS

Profile for San Francisco, California, CA

Market Street, Ferry building and San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA

Email this post card

Sponsored Ads

Major port; known for its steep hills and distinctive neighborhoods as diverse as Chinatown and Nob Hill

San Francisco is a city in San Francisco County.

It is the county seat.

The latitude of San Francisco is 37.775N. The longitude is -122.418W.

It is in the Pacific Standard time zone. Elevation is 52 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 751,682.

INCOME SNAPSHOT

Median household income

Local

$55,221

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

For more census details and comparisons, see our San Francisco demographic reports

ESSENTIALS

EMPLOYMENT:
  Local jobs
  Post a job
HOUSING:
  Find Foreclosure
  Local homes for sale
LODGING:
  Nearby hotels
PEOPLE:
  San Francisco family histories
RECORDS:
  Birth, marriage & death
  Court, land & probate
  Military

San Francisco is on a landlocked harbor, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay.

Former and merged names include:
· Yerba Buena

The city was birthed by the gold rush.

The earthquake and fire of 1906 claimed 500 lives and destroyed 3,000 acres.

The city has often led the charge of social change, with Beatniks in the 1950s, hippies in the '60s and rampant consumerism in the '80s and '90s.

Public transportation: Golden Gate Transit, San Francisco Municipal Railway (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 5,725. The number of murders and homicides was 69. The violent crime rate was 7.4 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 2 among best U.S. walking cities by the American Podiatric Medical Association, March 2005

San Francisco received national attention for 1978 assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, by former board member Dan White.

Local foods: sourdough bread

Filming location for:
· 1971 movie, "Dirty Harry" and sequels
· 1994 movie, "Forrest Gump"
· 2006 movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness"

More filming locations

Setting for 2000 movie, "Romeo Must Die"

Census 2000 highlights: 12th largest city in the U.S., by population; Third most crowded city in the U.S., with 16,632 people per square mile; among major American cities, ranked No. 6 in percentage Asian population (30.8%)

Well-known residents have included:
· Mark Twain, writer
· Dashiell Hammett, writer
· William Randolph Hearst, publisher
· Valerie Fleming, 2006 Olympics silver medal winner (bobsled)
· Johnny Mathis, singer

More well-known residents

Local bands (past and present) have included Grateful Dead, Counting Crows, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Miller Band

More local bands

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks, Torrefazione Italia

More info about local coffee quotients

Local festivals include:

San Francisco Blues Festival - Sept. 28-30, 2007
San Francisco Jazz Festival - Sept. 22-Nov. 30, 2007
Carnaval - May 26-27, 2007
Bay to Breakers Footrace - May 20, 2007
Polish Festival - Oct. 7, 2007

Dates often change. Check San Francisco web sites and events links in the sections below.

Send us festival info for San Francisco

Performing arts: American Conservatory Theater, New Century Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Nearby parks & recreation: Golden Gate Park, Angel Island State Park, Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, Japanese Tea Garden

More parks info

San Francisco attractions: Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown, Golden Gate Bridge, Steinhart Aquarium, Yerba Buena Gardens, Aquarium of the Bay

Sports teams: Giants (NL), 49ers (NFL), Dragons (Major League Lacrosse)

Historic sites and museums: Museum of the City of San Francisco, Maritime National Historic Park, Alcatraz, Asian Art Museum, Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the African Diaspora, Contemporary Jewish Museum

Colleges and universities: University of San Francisco, Golden Gate University, New College of California, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco State University, Academy of Art University

More colleges info

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 479

More info

Quotes:
San Francisco was where the social hemorrhaging was showing up. San Francisco was where the missing children were gathering and calling themselves 'hippies.'
-- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion

More quotes

Songs:
· "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
· "San Francisco Bay Blues"
· "San Francisco Days" (Chris Isaak)

Listed places near San Francisco

Click on a group to see the items on the map

Please wait while the map loads... click here to force load

Add extra pins to the map by clicking on the list above the map. You may click the displayed pins for more information, or search the displayed pins by using the above search field.

Neighborhoods in San Francisco include Bernal Heights, Castro District, Chinatown, Cole Valley, Deco Ghetto, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Park, Inner Richmond, Inner Sunset, Marina ... More neighborhood info

San Francisco photos from ePodunk users


Alcatraz Island	San Francisco, seen taking off from Oakland	"Monet - Sold Out" Legion of Honor Museum
More photos

Profile for San Francisco, California, CA

Sponsored Ads

Listed places near San Francisco

Search Health Care Jobs