San Bernardino County, California | |
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    Images, from top down, left to right: San Bernardino County Court House, Downtown San Bernardino, Calico ghost town, a view of the San Bernardino Mountains range from San Gorgonio Wilderness | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of San Bernardino County | |
 Location in California | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Established | April 26, 1853[1] |
| Named for | The City of San Bernardino, in turn named for San Bernardino de Sena Estancia, in turn named for Saint Bernardino of Siena |
| County seat | San Bernardino |
| Largest city (Pop.) | San Bernardino |
| Largest city (Area) | Apple Valley |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–CEO |
| • Body | Board of Supervisors [2][3] |
| • Chair | Dawn Rowe (N.P.) |
| • Vice Chair | Paul Cook (R) |
| • Board of Supervisors [4] | Supervisors
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| • Chief executive officer | Luther Snoke |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20,105 sq mi (52,070 km2) |
| • Land | 20,057 sq mi (51,950 km2) |
| • Water | 48 sq mi (120 km2) |
| Highest elevation | 11,503 ft (3,506 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,181,654  [6] |
| • Density | 110/sq mi (40/km2) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | $100.650 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
| Area codes | 442/760, 909, 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-071 |
| Congressional districts | 23rd, 25th, 28th, 33rd, 35th, 40th |
| Website | www |
San Bernardino County (/sæn ˌbɜːrnəˈdiːnoʊ/ 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]
- ^ "San Bernardino County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ "Janice Rutherford, Supervisor, District 2 from San Bernardino County, California".
- ^ "Dawn Rowe, Supervisor, District 3 from San Bernardino County, California".
- ^ "San Bernardino County - Board of Supervisors".
- ^ "San Gorgonio Mountain". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "Explore Census Data".
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ^ "Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022" (PDF). www.bea.gov. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
- ^ https://main.sbcounty.gov [bare URL]
- ^ "San Bernardino County, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "P2:: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race". 2020 Census. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 10, 2021.