San Francisco USA

Description: San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California. With a population of 808,437 residents as of 2022, San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

Population: 808,437

Demographics: As of the 2020 census, the racial makeup and population of San Francisco included: 361,382 Whites (41.3%), 296,505 Asians (33.9%), 46,725 African Americans (5.3%), 86,233 Multiracial Americans (9.9%), 6,475 Native Americans and Alaska Natives (0.7%), 3,476 Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (0.4%) and 73,169 persons of other races (8.4%). There were 136,761 Hispanic or Latino residents of any race (15.6%).

History: The earliest archeological evidence of human habitation of the territory of San Francisco dates to 3000 BCE. The Spanish Empire claimed San Francisco as part of Las Californias, a province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The Spanish first arrived in what is now San Francisco on November 2, 1769. In 1821, the Californias were ceded to Mexico by Spain. Despite its attractive location as a port and naval base, post-Conquest San Francisco was still a small settlement with inhospitable geography. Its 1847 population was said to be 459. The California Gold Rush brought a flood of treasure seekers (known as “forty-niners,” as in “1849”). By December 1849 population increased to 25,000 from 1,000 in 1848. The two recent decades have seen booms driven by the internet industry. During the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, startup companies invigorated the San Francisco economy. The early 2020s featured an exodus of tech companies from Downtown San Francisco, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic; although San Francisco has since been widely characterized in the media to have entered an indefinite economic doom loop.

Elevation: 16 m

Climate: Warm-summer Mediterranean climate. The average annual temperature in San Francisco is 13 C (56 F), the average for July is 14 C (57 F), the average for January is 10 C (50 F).

Attractions: Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate Bridge, Cable Cars, Golden Gate Park, Twin Peaks, Walt Disney Family Museum

Airports: San Francisco International Airport SFO, Oakland International Airport OAK, Sonoma County Airport STS, San Jose International Airport SJC

Distance To City Centre: 24 km

Commute Length: 25 min

Average Cost: 75 USD

Peak Times: 7am-10am, 4pm-7:30pm