San Diego USA

Description: San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.3 million residents, the city is the eighth-most populous in the United States and the second-most populous in the state of California after Los Angeles.

Population: 1,268,395

Demographics:  According to 2020 census racial makeup of San Diego was 58.9% White, 6.7% African American, 0.6% Native American, 15.9% Asian (5.9% Filipino, 2.7% Chinese, 2.5% Vietnamese, 1.3% Indian, 1.0% Korean, 0.7% Japanese, 0.4% Laotian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.1% Thai). 0.5% Pacific Islander (0.2% Guamanian, 0.1% Samoan, 0.1% Native Hawaiian), 12.3% from other races, and 5.1% from two or more races. The ethnic makeup of the city was 28.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race); 24.9% of the total population were Mexican American, 1.4% were Spanish American and 0.6% were Puerto Rican. Median age of Hispanics was 27.5 years, compared to 35.1 years overall and 41.6 years among non-Hispanic whites; Hispanics were the largest group in all ages under 18, and non-Hispanic whites constituted 63.1% of population 55 and older.

History: What has been referred to as the San Dieguito complex was established in the area at least 9,000 years ago. The Kumeyaay may have culturally evolved from this complex or migrated into the area around 1000 C.E. The first European to visit the region was explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, sailing under the flag of Castile but possibly born in Portugal. Sailing his flagship San Salvador from Navidad, New Spain, Cabrillo claimed the bay for the Spanish Empire in 1542, and named the site “San Miguel”. The permanent European colonization of both California and San Diego began in 1769 with the arrival of four contingents of Spaniards from New Spain and the Baja California peninsula. In May 1769, Portolà established the Fort Presidio of San Diego on a hill near the San Diego River above the Kumeyaay village of Cosoy, which would later become incorporated into the Spanish settlement, making it the first settlement by Europeans in what is now the state of California. In 1821, Mexico won its independence from Spain, and San Diego became part of the Mexican territory of Alta California. The state of California was admitted to the United States in 1850. That same year San Diego was designated the seat of the newly established County of San Diego and was incorporated as a city. The city’s population grew rapidly during and after World War II, more than doubling between 1930 (147,995) and 1950 (333,865). As the Cold War ended, the military shrank and so did defense spending. San Diego has since become a center of the emerging biotech industry and is home to telecommunications giant Qualcomm. San Diego had also grown in the tourism industry.

Elevation: 19 m

Climate: Hot-summer Mediterranean climate. The average annual temperature in San Diego is 17 C (62 F), the average for July is 23 C (73 F), the average for January is 14 C (57 F).

Attractions:  San Diego Zoo, SeaWorld San Diego, Legoland California in Carlsbad, USS Midway Museum, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Coronado Bridge, Cabrillo National Monument

Airports: San Diego International Airport SAN, Montgomery Gibbs Airport MYF, Brown Field Municipal Airport SDM, Tijuana International Airport TIJ

Distance To City Centre: 5 km

Commute Length: 10 min

Average Cost: 35 USD

Peak Times: 7am-9am, 4pm-6pm