San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County, California | |
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Images, from top down, left to right: Calico ghost town, a view of the San Bernardino Mountains range from San Gorgonio Wilderness | |
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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• FIPS code | 06-071 |
Congressional districts | 23rd, 25th, 28th, 33rd, 35th, 40th |
Website | www |
San Bernardino County (
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 the bulk of the county population resides in three
With a population that is 53.7% Hispanic as of 2020, it is California's
History
Indigenous
Colonial period
Following Mexican independence from Spain in 1821, Mexican citizens were granted land grants to establish
Agua Mansa was the first town in what became San Bernardino County, settled by immigrants from New Mexico on land donated from the Rancho Jurupa in 1841.
Establishment
Following the purchase of
In the 1980s, Northern San Bernardino County proposed to create Mojave County due to the abysmal service levels the county provided. Ultimately, the vote for county secession failed. The proposed county was from the Cajon Pass to the city of Needles.[20]
In 1998, County administrator James Hlawek resigned after being subject to an FBI investigation for bribery, but only after Harry Mays, county Treasurer-Tax Collector Thomas O'Donnell, County Investment Officer Sol Levin and three businessmen had agreed to plead guilty to federal bribery charges.[21][22]
In 2004, County Supervisor Geral Eaves Pleaded guilty to bribery for accepting gifts from businesses for allowing billboards on county land.[23]
From 2004 to 2016, the county was embroiled in a corruption scandal over the Colonies housing development in Upland with real estate developer Jeff Burum. The scandal resulted in $102 million being paid to Burum's real estate company. Supervisor Bill Postmus pleaded guilty to 10 felonies in regard to his previous post as county assessor. In 2020, Burum sued the county again and the county reached for a $69 million settlement. 2022, the county's insurance company, Ironside, balked at paying the settlement, claiming that the county willfully "retaliate[d] against the Colonies II Plaintiffs as part of a decades-long dispute over land and water rights in Upland, California, culminating in a malicious prosecution of Burum."[24][25][26][27][28]
In 2020, voters approved Measure K, which limited county supervisors to one term instead of three, while reducing pay from 250 thousand dollars to 60 thousand dollars. County Supervisors appealed the decision, only to lose in the state's appeals court.[29][30][31][32][33] By 2022, term limits were restored and pay was restored to 80% of the annual base compensation for San Bernardino Superior Court judges under a supervisor lead ballot measure[34][35][36]
In 2022, The Board of supervisors were pushed by a major supervisor campaign contributor Jeff Burum to vote for secession from the State of California to form the state of Empire.[37][38][39][40][41]
Geography
According to the
The bulk of the population, nearly two million, live in the roughly 480 square miles south of the San Bernardino Mountains adjacent to Riverside and in the San Bernardino Valley in the southwestern portion of the county. About 390,000 residents live just north of the San Bernardino Mountains, in and around the roughly 280 square-mile area that includes the Victor Valley. Roughly another 100,000 people live scattered across the rest of the sprawling county.
The
The mountains are home to the San Bernardino National Forest, and include the communities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs, Big Bear City, Forest Falls, and Big Bear Lake.
The San Bernardino Valley is at the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley. The San Bernardino Valley includes the cities of Ontario, Chino, Chino Hills, Upland, Fontana, Rialto, Colton, Grand Terrace, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, Highland, Redlands, and Yucaipa.
Adjacent counties
National protected areas
- Angeles National Forest (part)
- Death Valley National Park (part)
- Havasu National Wildlife Refuge (part)
- Joshua Tree National Park (part)
- Mojave National Preserve
- San Bernardino National Forest (part)
- Sand to Snow National Monument (part)
More than 80% of the county's land is owned by the federal government.
Except as noted, these wilderness areas are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management and lie within San Bernardino County:
- Bigelow Cholla Garden Wilderness
- Bighorn Mountain Wilderness (part)
- Black Mountain Wilderness
- Bristol Mountains Wilderness
- Cadiz Dunes Wilderness
- Chemehuevi Mountains Wilderness
- Cleghorn Lakes Wilderness
- Clipper Mountain Wilderness
- Cucamonga Wilderness
- Dead Mountains Wilderness
- Death Valley Wilderness(part)
- Golden Valley Wilderness
- Grass Valley Wilderness
- Havasu Wilderness (part)
- Hollow Hills Wilderness
- Joshua Tree Wilderness (part)
- Kelso Dunes Wilderness
- Kingston Range Wilderness
- Mesquite Wilderness
- Mojave Wilderness
- Newberry Mountains Wilderness
- North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness
- Old Woman Mountains Wilderness
- Pahrump Valley Wilderness(part)
- Piute Mountains Wilderness
- Rodman Mountains Wilderness
- Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness (part)
- San Gorgonio Wilderness (part)
- Sheep Mountain Wilderness (part)
- Sheephole Valley Wilderness
- Stateline Wilderness
- Stepladder Mountains Wilderness
- Trilobite Wilderness
- Turtle Mountains Wilderness
- Whipple Mountains Wilderness
Demographics
2020
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 5,551 | — | |
1870 | 3,988 | −28.2% | |
1880 | 7,786 | 95.2% | |
1890 | 25,497 | 227.5% | |
1900 | 27,929 | 9.5% | |
1910 | 56,706 | 103.0% | |
1920 | 73,401 | 29.4% | |
1930 | 133,900 | 82.4% | |
1940 | 161,108 | 20.3% | |
1950 | 281,642 | 74.8% | |
1960 | 503,591 | 78.8% | |
1970 | 684,072 | 35.8% | |
1980 | 895,016 | 30.8% | |
1990 | 1,418,380 | 58.5% | |
2000 | 1,709,434 | 20.5% | |
2010 | 2,035,210 | 19.1% | |
2020 | 2,181,654 | 7.2% | |
2023 (est.) | 2,195,611 | [45] | 0.6% |
U.S. Decennial Census[46] 1790–1960[47] 1900–1990[48] 1990–2000[49] 2010[50] 2020[51] |
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2010[50] | Pop 2020[51] | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
|
677,598 | 566,113 | 33.29% | 25.95% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
170,700 | 173,322 | 8.39% | 7.94% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
8,523 | 8,412 | 0.42% | 0.39% |
Asian alone (NH) | 123,978 | 176,204 | 6.09% | 8.08% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 5,845 | 6,173 | 0.29% | 0.28% |
Other race alone (NH) | 4,055 | 12,117 | 0.20% | 0.56% |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 43,366 | 68,400 | 2.13% | 3.14% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1,001,145 | 1,170,913 | 49.19% | 53.67% |
Total | 2,035,210 | 2,181,654 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
2011
Population, race, and income | |||||
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Total population[52] | 2,023,452 | ||||
White[52] | 1,240,228 | 61.3% | |||
Black or African American[52] | 176,209 | 8.7% | |||
American Indian or Alaska Native[52] | 20,762 | 1.0% | |||
Asian[52] | 126,991 | 6.3% | |||
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander[52] | 5,984 | 0.3% | |||
Some other race[52] | 364,236 | 18.0% | |||
Two or more races[52] | 89,042 | 4.4% | |||
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[53] | 984,022 | 48.6% | |||
Per capita income[54] | $21,932 | ||||
Median household income[55] | $55,853 | ||||
Median family income[56] | $61,525 |
Places by population, race, and income
Places by population and race | ||||||||
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Place | Type[57] | Population[52] | White[52] | Other[52] [note 1] |
Asian[52] | Black or African American[52] |
Native American[52] [note 2] |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[53] |
Adelanto | City |
30,670 | 55.5% | 19.4% | 2.4% | 21.1% | 1.5% | 51.8% |
Apple Valley | Town |
68,316 | 76.6% | 10.1% | 2.0% | 10.4% | 0.9% | 28.7% |
Baker | CDP | 713 | 37.0% | 52.5% | 0.0% | 8.7% | 1.8% | 69.6% |
Barstow | City |
22,913 | 58.8% | 18.0% | 1.7% | 16.4% | 5.0% | 39.6% |
Big Bear City | CDP | 11,504 | 82.3% | 13.7% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 23.7% |
Big Bear Lake | City |
5,109 | 74.9% | 20.9% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 24.0% |
Big River | CDP | 1,213 | 88.0% | 8.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 12.1% |
Bloomington | CDP | 25,234 | 60.9% | 33.2% | 0.8% | 3.5% | 1.6% | 83.5% |
Bluewater | CDP | 114 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.5% |
Chino | City |
78,050 | 60.8% | 22.2% | 9.8% | 6.4% | 0.9% | 54.3% |
Chino Hills | City |
74,765 | 55.6% | 11.8% | 28.3% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 30.2% |
Colton | City |
52,283 | 50.2% | 32.5% | 5.2% | 10.4% | 1.6% | 68.0% |
Crestline | CDP | 8,743 | 87.5% | 9.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 14.2% |
Fontana | City |
192,779 | 58.2% | 24.8% | 6.4% | 9.7% | 0.9% | 65.9% |
Fort Irwin |
CDP | 9,781 | 69.4% | 10.1% | 7.1% | 10.2% | 3.2% | 25.5% |
Grand Terrace | City |
12,132 | 65.4% | 20.8% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 0.6% | 37.9% |
Hesperia | City |
88,247 | 74.9% | 15.0% | 2.1% | 6.3% | 1.7% | 47.9% |
Highland | City |
52,777 | 52.4% | 29.5% | 7.1% | 10.1% | 0.9% | 47.9% |
Homestead Valley | CDP | 3,072 | 94.7% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 3.8% |
Joshua Tree | CDP | 7,194 | 82.4% | 10.6% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 1.3% | 16.4% |
Lake Arrowhead | CDP | 9,434 | 81.0% | 16.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 23.7% |
Lenwood | CDP | 3,784 | 63.3% | 25.1% | 0.4% | 9.4% | 1.8% | 44.7% |
Loma Linda | City |
23,081 | 48.4% | 15.0% | 28.7% | 6.8% | 1.1% | 22.8% |
Lucerne Valley | CDP | 6,029 | 76.4% | 6.6% | 1.7% | 12.1% | 3.1% | 21.3% |
Lytle Creek | CDP | 735 | 86.8% | 2.3% | 8.2% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 27.3% |
Mentone | CDP | 8,670 | 75.5% | 12.0% | 4.2% | 7.7% | 0.7% | 29.7% |
Montclair | City |
36,802 | 43.1% | 39.8% | 10.2% | 4.6% | 2.3% | 67.1% |
Morongo Valley | CDP | 3,550 | 81.7% | 15.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 25.4% |
Mountain View Acres | CDP | 3,376 | 68.5% | 18.2% | 1.9% | 11.1% | 0.4% | 58.4% |
Muscoy | CDP | 11,573 | 52.2% | 41.8% | 3.2% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 82.8% |
Needles | City |
4,910 | 74.5% | 9.3% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 11.5% | 16.0% |
Oak Glen | CDP | 502 | 95.6% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 20.9% |
Oak Hills | CDP | 8,780 | 84.2% | 9.6% | 3.5% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 34.5% |
Ontario | City |
165,120 | 52.6% | 33.9% | 4.6% | 7.6% | 1.4% | 66.5% |
Phelan | CDP | 12,851 | 78.5% | 14.8% | 4.0% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 29.5% |
Piñon Hills | CDP | 6,130 | 93.4% | 5.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 18.0% |
Rancho Cucamonga | City |
163,151 | 63.2% | 16.4% | 10.5% | 8.4% | 1.5% | 34.8% |
Redlands | City |
68,995 | 69.6% | 15.9% | 7.9% | 5.3% | 1.3% | 29.5% |
Rialto | City |
99,501 | 59.2% | 22.5% | 2.4% | 14.9% | 0.9% | 67.2% |
Running Springs | CDP | 5,027 | 84.4% | 11.2% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 3.1% | 17.6% |
San Antonio Heights | CDP | 3,914 | 74.0% | 18.0% | 7.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 21.5% |
San Bernardino | City |
210,100 | 44.8% | 34.9% | 4.4% | 14.9% | 1.1% | 58.8% |
Searles Valley | CDP | 1,812 | 91.9% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 9.9% |
Silver Lakes |
CDP | 4,508 | 88.1% | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 14.2% |
Spring Valley Lake | CDP | 8,080 | 91.3% | 5.4% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 21.1% |
Twentynine Palms | City |
25,786 | 74.8% | 10.1% | 3.6% | 7.4% | 4.1% | 19.8% |
Upland | City |
74,021 | 61.0% | 22.5% | 9.3% | 5.5% | 1.8% | 37.8% |
Victorville | City |
111,704 | 62.0% | 17.1% | 4.5% | 15.4% | 1.1% | 47.5% |
Wrightwood | CDP | 4,556 | 96.6% | 2.5% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.1% |
Yucaipa | City |
50,862 | 81.0% | 13.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 26.3% |
Yucca Valley | Town |
20,508 | 82.7% | 11.0% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 1.4% | 14.1% |
Places by population and income | |||||
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Place | Type[57] | Population[58] | Per capita income[54] | Median household income[55] | Median family income[56] |
Adelanto | City |
30,670 | $11,771 | $42,208 | $45,187 |
Apple Valley | Town |
68,316 | $23,229 | $50,664 | $57,811 |
Baker | CDP | 713 | $11,235 | $33,000 | $43,047 |
Barstow | City |
22,913 | $20,571 | $45,417 | $55,403 |
Big Bear City | CDP | 11,504 | $21,008 | $41,509 | $54,881 |
Big Bear Lake | City |
5,109 | $22,207 | $31,541 | $36,750 |
Big River | CDP | 1,213 | $24,254 | $29,219 | $43,611 |
Bloomington | CDP | 25,234 | $13,492 | $44,673 | $44,855 |
Bluewater | CDP | 114 | $25,664 | $32,500 | $41,250 |
Chino | City |
78,050 | $22,918 | $73,400 | $80,411 |
Chino Hills | City |
74,765 | $35,157 | $101,905 | $108,140 |
Colton | City |
52,283 | $16,385 | $41,788 | $46,195 |
Crestline | CDP | 8,743 | $24,872 | $51,478 | $58,171 |
Fontana | City |
192,779 | $19,297 | $64,058 | $65,652 |
Fort Irwin |
CDP | 9,781 | $18,214 | $52,798 | $53,774 |
Grand Terrace | City |
12,132 | $29,591 | $64,337 | $82,898 |
Hesperia | City |
88,247 | $17,589 | $48,624 | $52,894 |
Highland | City |
52,777 | $22,494 | $59,419 | $66,445 |
Homestead Valley | CDP | 3,072 | $19,107 | $26,356 | $38,838 |
Joshua Tree | CDP | 7,194 | $25,501 | $43,510 | $49,221 |
Lake Arrowhead | CDP | 9,434 | $35,810 | $63,117 | $68,462 |
Lenwood | CDP | 3,784 | $16,799 | $43,000 | $53,938 |
Loma Linda | City |
23,081 | $31,242 | $61,116 | $71,844 |
Lucerne Valley | CDP | 6,029 | $16,034 | $25,323 | $34,167 |
Lytle Creek | CDP | 735 | $21,703 | $65,982 | $74,050 |
Mentone | CDP | 8,670 | $25,747 | $56,075 | $57,198 |
Montclair | City |
36,802 | $17,173 | $50,959 | $51,434 |
Morongo Valley | CDP | 3,550 | $23,084 | $37,734 | $57,321 |
Mountain View Acres | CDP | 3,376 | $17,573 | $54,427 | $58,125 |
Muscoy | CDP | 11,573 | $11,294 | $44,853 | $50,236 |
Needles | City |
4,910 | $19,818 | $30,139 | $34,968 |
Oak Glen | CDP | 502 | $23,376 | $63,902 | $68,462 |
Oak Hills | CDP | 8,780 | $29,805 | $76,882 | $84,158 |
Ontario | City |
165,120 | $19,123 | $55,902 | $57,731 |
Phelan | CDP | 12,851 | $23,682 | $52,863 | $61,746 |
Piñon Hills | CDP | 6,130 | $26,576 | $38,140 | $58,542 |
Rancho Cucamonga | City |
163,151 | $32,738 | $78,782 | $88,362 |
Redlands | City |
68,995 | $32,586 | $68,015 | $82,420 |
Rialto | City |
99,501 | $15,967 | $50,452 | $54,271 |
Running Springs | CDP | 5,027 | $28,608 | $60,833 | $76,121 |
San Antonio Heights | CDP | 3,914 | $46,524 | $97,960 | $102,692 |
San Bernardino | City |
210,100 | $15,762 | $40,161 | $42,771 |
Searles Valley | CDP | 1,812 | $22,908 | $31,970 | $65,472 |
Silver Lakes |
CDP | 4,508 | $30,517 | $64,058 | $73,405 |
Spring Valley Lake | CDP | 8,080 | $24,390 | $54,344 | $67,877 |
Twentynine Palms | City |
25,786 | $21,546 | $43,412 | $45,225 |
Upland | City |
74,021 | $29,614 | $67,449 | $75,304 |
Victorville | City |
111,704 | $17,249 | $52,357 | $53,667 |
Wrightwood | CDP | 4,556 | $36,747 | $80,793 | $89,583 |
Yucaipa | City |
50,862 | $26,985 | $59,596 | $73,302 |
Yucca Valley | Town |
20,508 | $21,990 | $45,502 | $52,942 |
2010 Census
The
Population reported at 2010 United States Census
| |||||||||
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The county | Total Population |
White |
African American |
Native American |
Asian |
Pacific Islander |
other races |
two or more races |
Latino (of any race) |
San Bernardino County | 2,035,210 | 1,153,161 | 181,862 | 22,689 | 128,603 | 6,870 | 439,661 | 102,364 | 1,001,145 |
Incorporated cities and towns |
Total Population |
White |
African American |
Native American |
Asian |
Pacific Islander |
other races |
two or more races |
Latino (of any race) |
Adelanto | 31,765 | 13,909 | 6,511 | 411 | 617 | 194 | 8,337 | 1,786 | 18,513 |
Apple Valley | 69,135 | 47,762 | 6,321 | 779 | 2,020 | 294 | 8,345 | 3,614 | 20,156 |
Barstow | 22,639 | 11,840 | 3,313 | 477 | 723 | 278 | 4,242 | 1,766 | 9,700 |
Big Bear Lake | 5,019 | 4,204 | 22 | 48 | 78 | 10 | 491 | 166 | 1,076 |
Chino | 77,983 | 43,981 | 4,829 | 786 | 8,159 | 168 | 16,503 | 3,557 | 41,993 |
Chino Hills | 74,799 | 38,035 | 3,415 | 379 | 22,676 | 115 | 6,520 | 3,659 | 21,802 |
Colton | 52,154 | 22,613 | 5,055 | 661 | 2,590 | 176 | 18,413 | 2,646 | 37,039 |
Fontana | 196,069 | 92,978 | 19,574 | 1,957 | 12,948 | 547 | 58,449 | 9,616 | 130,957 |
Grand Terrace | 12,040 | 7,912 | 673 | 120 | 778 | 32 | 1,898 | 627 | 4,708 |
Hesperia | 90,173 | 55,129 | 5,226 | 1,118 | 1,884 | 270 | 22,115 | 4,431 | 44,091 |
Highland | 53,104 | 27,836 | 5,887 | 542 | 3,954 | 168 | 11,826 | 2,891 | 25,556 |
Loma Linda | 23,261 | 11,122 | 2,032 | 97 | 6,589 | 154 | 2,022 | 1,245 | 5,171 |
Montclair | 36,664 | 19,337 | 1,908 | 434 | 3,425 | 74 | 9,882 | 1,604 | 25,744 |
Needles | 4,844 | 3,669 | 95 | 399 | 35 | 9 | 323 | 314 | 1,083 |
Ontario | 163,924 | 83,683 | 10,561 | 1,686 | 8,453 | 514 | 51,373 | 7,654 | 113,085 |
Rancho Cucamonga | 165,269 | 102,401 | 15,246 | 1,134 | 17,208 | 443 | 19,878 | 8,959 | 57,688 |
Redlands | 68,747 | 47,452 | 3,564 | 625 | 5,216 | 235 | 8,266 | 3,389 | 20,810 |
Rialto | 99,171 | 43,592 | 16,236 | 1,062 | 2,258 | 361 | 30,993 | 4,669 | 67,038 |
San Bernardino | 209,924 | 95,734 | 31,582 | 2,822 | 8,454 | 839 | 59,827 | 10,666 | 125,994 |
Twentynine Palms | 25,048 | 17,938 | 2,063 | 329 | 979 | 345 | 1,678 | 1,716 | 5,212 |
Upland | 73,732 | 48,364 | 5,400 | 522 | 6,217 | 159 | 9,509 | 3,561 | 28,035 |
Victorville | 115,903 | 56,258 | 19,483 | 1,665 | 4,641 | 489 | 26,036 | 7,331 | 55,359 |
Yucaipa | 51,367 | 40,824 | 837 | 485 | 1,431 | 74 | 5,589 | 2,127 | 13,943 |
Yucca Valley | 20,700 | 17,280 | 666 | 232 | 469 | 44 | 1,185 | 824 | 3,679 |
Census-designated places |
Total Population |
White |
African American |
Native American |
Asian |
Pacific Islander |
other races |
two or more races |
Latino (of any race) |
Baker | 735 | 302 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 380 | 23 | 502 |
Big Bear City | 12,304 | 10,252 | 83 | 202 | 103 | 31 | 1,089 | 544 | 2,323 |
Big River | 1,327 | 1,137 | 14 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 70 | 160 |
Bloomington | 23,851 | 12,988 | 649 | 309 | 330 | 47 | 8,600 | 928 | 19,326 |
Bluewater | 172 | 156 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
Crestline | 10,770 | 9,289 | 107 | 135 | 96 | 20 | 526 | 597 | 1,775 |
Fort Irwin
|
8,845 | 5,481 | 1,086 | 103 | 402 | 120 | 916 | 737 | 2,261 |
Homestead Valley | 3,032 | 2,594 | 34 | 58 | 30 | 9 | 196 | 111 | 517 |
Joshua Tree | 7,414 | 6,176 | 234 | 84 | 104 | 18 | 368 | 430 | 1,308 |
Lake Arrowhead | 12,424 | 10,729 | 95 | 93 | 152 | 33 | 847 | 475 | 2,709 |
Lenwood | 3,543 | 2,133 | 219 | 94 | 37 | 25 | 813 | 222 | 1,675 |
Lucerne Valley | 5,811 | 4,507 | 170 | 106 | 90 | 0 | 676 | 262 | 1,447 |
Lytle Creek | 701 | 606 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 34 | 98 |
Mentone | 8,720 | 6,114 | 438 | 122 | 352 | 32 | 1,234 | 428 | 3,085 |
Morongo Valley | 3,552 | 3,076 | 40 | 73 | 31 | 4 | 187 | 141 | 531 |
Mountain View Acres | 3,130 | 1,748 | 215 | 48 | 98 | 17 | 861 | 143 | 1,647 |
Muscoy | 10,644 | 4,459 | 454 | 125 | 101 | 16 | 4,992 | 497 | 8,824 |
Oak Glen | 638 | 545 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 123 |
Oak Hills | 8,879 | 6,796 | 266 | 100 | 226 | 28 | 1,166 | 297 | 2,719 |
Phelan | 14,304 | 10,807 | 276 | 139 | 446 | 20 | 1,993 | 623 | 4,128 |
Piñon Hills | 7,272 | 5,966 | 58 | 65 | 189 | 4 | 659 | 331 | 1,738 |
Running Springs | 4,862 | 4,325 | 23 | 47 | 50 | 6 | 146 | 265 | 695 |
San Antonio Heights | 3,371 | 2,765 | 67 | 24 | 284 | 15 | 115 | 101 | 612 |
Searles Valley | 1,739 | 1,405 | 69 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 83 | 104 | 293 |
Silver Lakes
|
5,623 | 4,566 | 315 | 39 | 198 | 15 | 270 | 220 | 907 |
Spring Valley Lake | 8,220 | 6,450 | 403 | 55 | 381 | 23 | 481 | 427 | 1,528 |
Wrightwood | 4,525 | 4,126 | 38 | 28 | 51 | 7 | 112 | 163 | 538 |
Other unincorporated areas |
Total Population |
White |
African American |
Native American |
Asian |
Pacific Islander |
other races |
two or more races |
Latino (of any race) |
All others not CDPs (combined) | 115,368 | 69,810 | 5,951 | 1,738 | 2,997 | 366 | 29,149 | 5,357 | 61,233 |
2000
As of the
as their first language.There were 528,594 households, out of which 43.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 3.2 people, and the average family size was 3.6 people.
The number of homeless in San Bernardino County grew from 5,270 in 2002 to 7,331 in 2007, a 39% increase.[61]
In the county, the population was spread out—with 32.3% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,066, and the median income for a family was $46,574. Males had a median income of $37,025 versus $27,993 for females. The
Government and policing
County government
As of 2021, the Board of Supervisors oversees a $7.9 billion annual budget [62] and 25,430 employees.
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has 5 members elected from their districts:[63]
- Paul Cook (First District),
- Jesse Armendarez (Second District),
- Chair Dawn Rowe (Third District),
- Curt Hagman (Fourth District), and
- Joe Baca Jr. (Fifth District)
Other County of San Bernardino Elected Officials [64]
- Ensen Mason (Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector)
- Chris Wilhite (Assessor/Recorder)[65]
- Theodore Alejandre (County Superintendent of Schools)
- Jason Anderson (District Attorney)
- Shannon Dicus (Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator)
State and federal representation
In the United States House of Representatives, San Bernardino County is split among 6 congressional districts:[66]
- California's 23rd congressional district, represented by Republican Jay Obernolte,
- California's 25th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz,
- California's 28th congressional district, represented by Democrat Judy Chu,
- California's 33rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Pete Aguilar,
- California's 35th congressional district, represented by Democrat Norma Torres, and
- California's 40th congressional district, represented by Republican Young Kim.
In the California State Assembly, San Bernardino County is split among 10 assembly districts:[67]
- the 34th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tom Lackey,
- the 36th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Eduardo Garcia,
- the 39th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Juan Carrillo,
- the 41st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Chris Holden,
- the 45th Assembly District, represented by Democrat James Ramos,
- the 47th Assembly District, represented by Republican Greg Wallis,
- the 50th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Eloise Reyes,
- the 53rd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Freddie Rodriguez,
- the 58th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sabrina Cervantes, and
- the 59th Assembly District, represented by Republican Phillip Chen.
In the California State Senate, San Bernardino County is split among 7 districts:[68]
- the 18th Senate District, represented by Democrat Steve Padilla,
- the 21st Senate District, represented by Republican Scott Wilk,
- the 22nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Susan Rubio,
- the 23rd Senate District, represented by Republican Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh,
- the 25th Senate District, represented by Democrat Anthony Portantino,
- the 29th Senate District, represented by Democrat Josh Newman, and
- the 32nd Senate District, represented by Republican Kelly Seyarto.
Safety
Fire
The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District (SBCoFD) or the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated parts of the county and 24 incorporated cities.[69][70] The department annexed the Crest Forest Fire Protection District on July 1, 2015;[71][72][73] the San Bernardino City and Twentynine Palms Fire Departments on July 1, 2016;[74][75][76][77] and the Upland Fire Department in July 2017.[78] As of April 2019 the City of Victorville declined to renew their contract with The San Bernardino County Fire Department.[79]
Sheriff
The San Bernardino County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for all of San Bernardino County. It provides police patrol, detective, and marshal services for the unincorporated areas of the county.
Municipal police
Municipal police departments in the county are: Fontana, San Bernardino, Rialto, Ontario, Upland, Montclair, Chino, Redlands, Colton, and Barstow. The San Bernardino County Sheriff provides contract law enforcement services to 14 incorporated cities and towns: Adelanto, Apple Valley, Big Bear, Chino Hills, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Highland, Loma Linda, Needles, Rancho Cucamonga, Twentynine Palms, Victorville, Yucaipa, and Yucca Valley. Also for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. The Sheriff's Commanders assigned to these stations acts as each municipality's Chief of Police.[citation needed]
Politics
Voter registration
Population and registered voters | ||
---|---|---|
Total population[52] | 2,023,452 | |
Registered voters[80][note 3] | 869,637 | 43.0% |
Democratic[80] | 339,603 | 39.1% |
Republican[80] | 307,945 | 35.4% |
Democratic–Republican spread[80] | +31,658 | +3.7% |
American Independent[80] | 31,121 | 3.6% |
Green[80] | 3,174 | 0.4% |
Libertarian[80] | 5,121 | 0.6% |
Peace and Freedom[80] | 3,204 | 0.4% |
Americans Elect[80] | 68 | 0.0% |
Other[80] | 1,941 | 0.2% |
No party preference[80] | 177,460 | 20.4% |
Cities by population and voter registration
City | Population[52] | Registered voters[80] [note 3] |
Democratic[80] | Republican[80] | D–R spread[80] | Other[80] | No party preference[80] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adelanto | 30,670 | 29.8% | 48.8% | 21.7% | +27.1% | 11.1% | 23.2% |
Apple Valley | 68,316 | 52.3% | 29.1% | 46.1% | -17.0% | 11.5% | 18.4% |
Barstow | 22,913 | 37.2% | 41.5% | 29.0% | +12.5% | 11.0% | 23.3% |
Big Bear Lake | 5,109 | 56.7% | 23.9% | 51.6% | -27.7% | 10.8% | 17.9% |
Chino | 78,050 | 42.0% | 39.2% | 36.9% | +2.3% | 7.1% | 19.8% |
Chino Hills | 74,765 | 52.6% | 31.8% | 40.6% | -8.8% | 6.9% | 23.4% |
Colton | 52,283 | 38.9% | 49.9% | 25.4% | +24.5% | 7.5% | 20.2% |
Fontana | 192,779 | 38.2% | 48.6% | 24.7% | +23.9% | 7.0% | 22.5% |
Grand Terrace | 12,132 | 54.9% | 37.0% | 39.3% | -2.3% | 8.1% | 18.9% |
Hesperia | 88,247 | 41.7% | 34.3% | 38.2% | -3.9% | 10.9% | 21.2% |
Highland | 52,777 | 45.5% | 38.4% | 37.4% | +1.0% | 8.0% | 19.5% |
Loma Linda | 23,081 | 46.2% | 32.9% | 36.3% | -3.4% | 8.5% | 25.8% |
Montclair | 36,802 | 35.8% | 50.2% | 23.5% | +26.7% | 7.1% | 21.8% |
Needles | 4,910 | 39.1% | 40.8% | 28.7% | +12.1% | 13.8% | 22.8% |
Ontario | 165,120 | 36.7% | 46.9% | 28.5% | +18.4% | 7.1% | 20.3% |
Rancho Cucamonga | 163,151 | 53.8% | 35.6% | 39.5% | -3.9% | 8.0% | 20.3% |
Redlands | 68,995 | 56.1% | 33.9% | 42.4% | -8.5% | 8.9% | 18.4% |
Rialto | 99,501 | 39.6% | 52.0% | 23.7% | +28.3% | 6.9% | 20.1% |
San Bernardino | 210,100 | 36.8% | 46.5% | 29.5% | +17.0% | 7.7% | 19.4% |
Twentynine Palms | 25,786 | 22.1% | 27.5% | 41.1% | -13.6% | 11.1% | 24.9% |
Upland | 74,021 | 52.0% | 35.4% | 40.7% | -5.3% | 7.6% | 19.3% |
Victorville | 111,704 | 38.4% | 43.5% | 29.6% | +13.9% | 10.0% | 21.1% |
Yucaipa | 50,862 | 54.1% | 27.5% | 48.9% | -21.4% | 10.4% | 17.5% |
Yucca Valley | 20,508 | 48.0% | 28.1% | 45.3% | -17.2% | 11.4% | 20.1% |
Overview
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 366,257 | 43.54% | 455,859 | 54.20% | 19,014 | 2.26% |
2016 | 271,240 | 41.48% | 340,833 | 52.12% | 41,910 | 6.41% |
2012 | 262,358 | 45.01% | 305,109 | 52.34% | 15,463 | 2.65% |
2008 | 277,408 | 45.75% | 315,720 | 52.07% | 13,206 | 2.18% |
2004 | 289,306 | 55.29% | 227,789 | 43.53% | 6,181 | 1.18% |
2000 | 221,757 | 48.75% | 214,749 | 47.21% | 18,387 | 4.04% |
1996 | 180,135 | 43.58% | 183,372 | 44.36% | 49,848 | 12.06% |
1992 | 176,563 | 37.24% | 183,634 | 38.74% | 113,873 | 24.02% |
1988 | 235,167 | 59.99% | 151,118 | 38.55% | 5,723 | 1.46% |
1984 | 222,071 | 64.80% | 116,454 | 33.98% | 4,180 | 1.22% |
1980 | 172,957 | 59.68% | 91,790 | 31.67% | 25,065 | 8.65% |
1976 | 113,265 | 49.49% | 109,636 | 47.90% | 5,984 | 2.61% |
1972 | 144,689 | 59.73% | 85,986 | 35.49% | 11,581 | 4.78% |
1968 | 111,974 | 50.07% | 89,418 | 39.99% | 22,224 | 9.94% |
1964 | 92,145 | 42.78% | 123,012 | 57.11% | 243 | 0.11% |
1960 | 99,481 | 52.00% | 90,888 | 47.51% | 944 | 0.49% |
1956 | 86,263 | 56.88% | 64,946 | 42.83% | 443 | 0.29% |
1952 | 77,718 | 57.34% | 56,663 | 41.81% | 1,153 | 0.85% |
1948 | 46,570 | 48.59% | 45,691 | 47.68% | 3,577 | 3.73% |
1944 | 34,084 | 46.52% | 38,530 | 52.59% | 646 | 0.88% |
1940 | 30,511 | 44.30% | 37,520 | 54.47% | 847 | 1.23% |
1936 | 22,219 | 38.97% | 33,955 | 59.55% | 842 | 1.48% |
1932 | 22,094 | 44.59% | 24,889 | 50.23% | 2,565 | 5.18% |
1928 | 29,229 | 74.73% | 9,436 | 24.13% | 447 | 1.14% |
1924 | 15,974 | 56.93% | 2,634 | 9.39% | 9,453 | 33.69% |
1920 | 12,518 | 62.84% | 5,620 | 28.21% | 1,783 | 8.95% |
1916 | 11,932 | 50.68% | 9,398 | 39.92% | 2,215 | 9.41% |
1912 | 172 | 1.12% | 5,835 | 38.03% | 9,336 | 60.85% |
1908 | 4,729 | 52.90% | 2,685 | 30.03% | 1,526 | 17.07% |
1904 | 3,884 | 58.23% | 1,573 | 23.58% | 1,213 | 18.19% |
1900 | 3,135 | 52.15% | 2,347 | 39.05% | 529 | 8.80% |
1896 | 2,818 | 48.54% | 2,740 | 47.20% | 247 | 4.25% |
1892 | 3,686 | 48.71% | 2,546 | 33.65% | 1,335 | 17.64% |
1888 | 3,059 | 53.50% | 2,388 | 41.76% | 271 | 4.74% |
1884 | 1,617 | 54.37% | 1,288 | 43.31% | 69 | 2.32% |
1880 | 730 | 49.09% | 711 | 47.81% | 46 | 3.09% |
San Bernardino County is a county in which candidates from both major political parties have won in recent elections. Democrat Hillary Clinton carried the county by a majority and by double digits in 2016. The Democratic Party also carried the county in 2008 and 2012, when Barack Obama won majorities of the county's votes, and in 1992 and 1996, when Bill Clinton won pluralities. Republican George W. Bush took the county in 2000 by a plurality and in 2004 by a majority. The county is split between heavily Latino, middle-class, and Democratic areas and more wealthy conservative areas. The heavily Latino cities of Ontario and San Bernardino went for John Kerry in 2004, but with a relatively low voter turnout. In 2006, San Bernardino's population exceeded 201,000, and in 2004, only 42,520 votes were cast in the city; in 2006, strongly Republican Rancho Cucamonga had over 145,000 residents, of whom 53,054 voted.
According to the California Secretary of State, as of February 2020, there were 1,016,190 registered voters in San Bernardino County. Of those, 410,197 (40.37%) were registered Democrats, 298,234 (29.35%) were registered Republicans, with the remainder belonging to minor political parties or declining to state.[82]
On November 4, 2008, San Bernardino County voted 67% for
Public safety
Law enforcement
The current district attorney is Jason Anderson, who was elected in March 2018 and took office on January 1, 2019.
The county's primary law enforcement agency is the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The department provides law enforcement services in the unincorporated areas of the county and in 14 contract cities, operates the county jail system, provides marshal services in the county superior courts, and has numerous other divisions to serve the residents of the county.
Fire rescue
The county operates the San Bernardino County Consolidated Fire District (commonly known as the San Bernardino County Fire Department). The department provides "all-risk" fire, rescue, and emergency medical services to all unincorporated areas in the county except for several areas served by independent fire protection districts, and several cities that chose to contract with the department.
Crime
The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.
Population and crime rates | ||
---|---|---|
Population[52] | 2,023,452 | |
Violent crime[84] | 10,038 | 4.96 |
Homicide[84] | 121 | 0.06 |
Forcible rape[84] | 500 | 0.25 |
Robbery[84] | 3,017 | 1.49 |
Aggravated assault[84] | 6,400 | 3.16 |
Property crime[84] | 35,314 | 17.45 |
Burglary[84] | 15,178 | 7.50 |
Larceny-theft[84][note 4] | 31,697 | 15.66 |
Motor vehicle theft[84] | 9,730 | 4.81 |
Arson[84] | 512 | 0.25 |
On December 2, 2015, in the city of San Bernardino, terrorists attacked a staff meeting being held in the Inland Regional Center, murdering 14 people and wounding 22.
Cities by population and crime rates
Cities by population and crime rates | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
City | Population[85] | Violent crimes[85] | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons |
Property crimes[85] | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons | |||
Adelanto | 32,520 | 199 | 6.12 | 924 | 28.41 | |||
Apple Valley | 70,823 | 221 | 3.12 | 1,874 | 26.46 | |||
Barstow | 23,188 | 207 | 8.93 | 843 | 36.36 | |||
Big Bear Lake | 5,141 | 42 | 8.17 | 313 | 60.88 | |||
Chino | 79,792 | 291 | 3.65 | 2,116 | 26.52 | |||
Chino Hills | 76,632 | 64 | 0.84 | 956 | 12.48 | |||
Colton | 53,431 | 189 | 3.54 | 1,907 | 35.69 | |||
Fontana | 200,874 | 850 | 4.23 | 4,494 | 22.37 | |||
Grand Terrace | 12,333 | 29 | 2.35 | 285 | 23.11 | |||
Hesperia | 92,383 | 402 | 4.35 | 2,502 | 27.08 | |||
Highland | 54,403 | 296 | 5.44 | 1,616 | 29.70 | |||
Loma Linda | 23,819 | 43 | 1.81 | 626 | 26.28 | |||
Montclair | 37,556 | 197 | 5.25 | 1,703 | 45.35 | |||
Needles | 4,963 | 23 | 4.63 | 213 | 42.92 | |||
Ontario | 167,933 | 534 | 3.18 | 5,056 | 30.11 | |||
Rancho Cucamonga | 169,276 | 321 | 1.90 | 4,362 | 25.77 | |||
Redlands | 70,399 | 221 | 3.14 | 2,992 | 42.50 | |||
Rialto | 101,595 | 509 | 5.01 | 3,571 | 35.15 | |||
San Bernardino | 214,987 | 2,022 | 9.41 | 10,510 | 48.89 | |||
Twentynine Palms | 25,612 | 81 | 3.16 | 463 | 18.08 | |||
Upland | 75,531 | 148 | 1.96 | 2,328 | 30.82 | |||
Victorville | 118,687 | 676 | 5.70 | 4,465 | 37.62 | |||
Yucaipa | 52,622 | 119 | 2.26 | 944 | 17.94 | |||
Yucca Valley | 21,204 | 90 | 4.24 | 560 | 26.41 |
Education
Colleges and universities
- Barstow Community College
- Brandman University(Ontario campus)
- California State University, San Bernardino
- California University of Science and Medicine
- Calvary Chapel Bible College In Twin Peaks, California
- Chaffey College
- Copper Mountain College
- Crafton Hills College
- Loma Linda University
- National University (campuses in Ontario and San Bernardino)
- Palo Verde Community College(Needles campus)
- San Bernardino Valley College
- University of Redlands (Main Campus)
- Victor Valley College
K-12 education
School districts are:[86]
Unified:
- Apple Valley Unified School District
- Baker Valley Unified School District
- Barstow Unified School District
- Bear Valley Unified School District
- Beaumont Unified School District
- Chino Valley Unified School District
- Colton Joint Unified School District
- Fontana Unified School District
- Hesperia Unified School District
- Lucerne Valley Unified School District
- Morongo Unified School District
- Muroc Joint Unified School District
- Needles Unified School District
- Redlands Unified School District
- Rialto Unified School District
- Rim of the World Unified School District
- San Bernardino City Unified School District
- Sierra Sands Unified School District
- Silver Valley Unified School District
- Snowline Joint Unified School District
- Trona Joint Unified School District
- Upland Unified School District
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District
Secondary:
Elementary:
- Adelanto Elementary School District
- Alta Loma Elementary School District
- Central Elementary School District
- Cucamonga Elementary School District
- Etiwanda Elementary School District
- Helendale Elementary School District
- Mountain View Elementary School District
- Mount Baldy Joint Elementary School District
- Ontario-Montclair School District
- Oro Grande Elementary School District
- Victor Elementary School District
Libraries
The San Bernardino County Library System consists of 32 branches across the county.
City-sponsored public libraries also exist in San Bernardino County, including A. K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands, California, which was built in 1898.[90] Other public libraries in the County include: The San Bernardino City Public Library System, Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, Upland Public Library, Colton City Library, and the Ontario City Library.[91] These libraries are separate from the county system and do not share circulation privileges.
Arts and culture
Keys Desert Queen Ranch, in Joshua Tree National Park, has ranger-led tours to learn about the cultural history of Keys Ranch, Native American history, mining, ranching, homesteading, the Keys family, and the site's transition into a protected historical site.[92]
The San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands CA is a multidisciplinary museum offering a look at the area’s past with an Inland Southern California regional focus. Its exhibits and collections draw from the cultural and natural history of San Bernardino County.[94]
The Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art at Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA is a non-collecting institution that features temporary exhibitions of contemporary art, education and community programming.[95]
Transportation
Major highways
Public transportation
- Morongo Basin Transit Authorityprovides bus service in Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms (including the Marine base). Limited service is also provided to Palm Springs.
- Mountain Transit covers the Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear regions. Limited service is also provided to Downtown San Bernardino.
- Needles Area Transit serves Needles and the surrounding county area.
- Omnitrans provides transit service in the urbanized portion of San Bernardino County, serving the City of San Bernardino, as well as the area between Montclair and Yucaipa.
- Victor Valley Transit Authority operates buses in Victorville, Hesperia, Adelanto, Apple Valley and the surrounding county area.
- Foothill Transit connects the Inland Empire area to the San Gabriel Valley and downtown Los Angeles.
- RTA connects Montclair, and Anaheim to Riverside County.
- SunLine Transit Agency connects Cal State San Bernardino to Palm Springs
- Beaumont Transit Connects Downtown San Bernardino to the city of Beaumont and Banning
- San Bernardino County is also served by Greyhound buses and Amtrak trains. Metrolink commuter trains connect the urbanized portion of the county with Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties.
Airports
- Commercial domestic and international passenger flights are available at I-210 via 3rd Street. Terminal construction recently finished[when?], and commercial flights began in 2022. There is also a logistics center for Amazon's Amazon Airservice that has recently completed construction on the airport grounds.
- airplane graveyard, general aviation airport, and a Partial Air Force Installation.
- The County of San Bernardino owns six general aviation airports: Apple Valley Airport, Baker Airport, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Chino Airport, Needles Airport, and Twentynine Palms Airport.
- Other general aviation airports in the county include: Big Bear City Airport, Cable Airport (Upland), Hesperia Airport (not listed in NPIAS),[96] and Redlands Municipal Airport
Environmental quality
California Attorney General
According to county spokesman David Wert, only 15% of the county is controlled by the county[clarification needed]; the rest is cities and federal and state land. However, the county says it will make sure employment centers and housing are near transportation corridors to reduce traffic and do more to promote compact development and mass transit. The county budgeted $325,000 to fight the lawsuit.[97]
The state and the county reached a settlement in August 2007.
Communities
Cities
City | Year incorporated |
Population, 2018[100] |
Median income, 2019[101] |
Land area sq mi (km2) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adelanto | 1970 | 34,160 | $45,380 | 56.009 (145.062) |
Apple Valley | 1988 | 73,508 | $51,314 | 73.193 (189.57) |
Barstow | 1947 | 23,972 | $40,633 | 41.385 (107.186) |
Big Bear Lake | 1981 | 5,281 | $51,060 | 6.346 (16.435) |
Chino | 1910 | 91,583 | $87,090 | 29.639 (76.766) |
Chino Hills | 1991 | 83,447 | $103,473 | 44.681 (115.723) |
Colton | 1887 | 54,741 | $53,838 | 15.324 (39.689) |
Fontana | 1952 | 213,739 | $80,800 | 42.432 (109.899) |
Grand Terrace | 1978 | 12,584 | $71,788 | 3.502 (9.07) |
Hesperia | 1988 | 95,274 | $50,271 | 73.096 (189.316) |
Highland | 1987 | 55,406 | $64,868 | 18.755 (48.575) |
Loma Linda | 1970 | 24,382 | $55,607 | 7.516 (19.467) |
Montclair | 1956 | 39,437 | $62,024 | 5.517 (14.289) |
Needles | 1913 | 4,982 | $33,717 | 30.808 (79.793) |
Ontario | 1891 | 181,107 | $75,266 | 49.941 (129.345) |
Rancho Cucamonga | 1977 | 177,751 | $92,773 | 39.851 (103.212) |
Redlands | 1888 | 71,586 | $72,410 | 36.126 (93.565) |
Rialto | 1911 | 103,440 | $70,188 | 22.351 (57.889) |
San Bernardino | 1854 | 215,941 | $49,721 | 59.201 (153.33) |
Twentynine Palms | 1987 | 26,418 | $44,226 | 59.143 (153.179) |
Upland | 1906 | 77,000 | $82,426 | 15.617 (40.448) |
Victorville | 1962 | 122,312 | $60,391 | 73.178 (189.529) |
Yucaipa | 1989 | 53,682 | $69,104 | 27.888 (72.231) |
Yucca Valley | 1991 | 21,726 | $44,757 | 40.015 (103.639) |
Census-designated places
- Baker
- Big Bear City
- Big River
- Bloomington
- Bluewater
- Crestline
- Fort Irwin
- Homestead Valley
- Joshua Tree
- Lake Arrowhead
- Lenwood
- Lucerne Valley
- Lytle Creek
- Mentone
- Morongo Valley
- Mountain View Acres
- Muscoy
- Oak Glen
- Oak Hills
- Phelan
- Piñon Hills
- Running Springs
- San Antonio Heights
- Searles Valley
- Silver Lakes
- Spring Valley Lake
- Wrightwood
- Yermo
Unincorporated communities
- Amboy
- Angelus Oaks
- Argus
- Arrowbear Lake
- Arrowhead Farms
- Arrowhead Highlands
- Arrowhead Junction
- Baldwin Lake
- Baldy Mesa
- Bell Mountain
- Blue Jay
- Bryman
- Cadiz
- Cajon Junction
- Cedar Glen
- Cedarpines Park
- Cima
- Crafton
- Crest Park
- Cushenbury
- Daggett
- Danby
- Earp
- El Mirage
- Essex
- Fawnskin
- Fenner
- Forest Falls
- Goffs
- Green Valley Lake
- Halloran Springs
- Havasu Lake
- Helendale
- Hinkley
- Hodge
- Johnson Valley
- Kingston
- Kramer
- Kramer Hills
- La Delta
- Landers
- Ludlow
- Mars
- Midway
- Mojave Heights
- Mount Baldy
- Mountain Home Village
- Mountain Pass
- Narod
- Newberry Springs
- Nipton
- Oro Grande
- Parker Dam
- Patton
- Pioneer Point
- Pioneertown
- Red Mountain
- Rimforest
- Skyforest
- Sugarloaf
- Sunfair
- Sunfair Heights
- Trona
- Twentynine Palms Base
- Twin Peaks
- Venus
- Vidal
- Vidal Junction
- Wonder Valley
- Zzyzx
Indian reservations
- Chemehuevi Indian Reservation
- Colorado River Indian Reservation (partially in Riverside County, and La Paz County, Arizona)
- Fort Mojave Indian Reservation (partially in Mohave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada)
- San Manuel Indian Reservation
- Twenty-Nine Palms Indian Reservation (partially in Riverside County)
Ghost towns
Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of San Bernardino County.[102]
† county seat
Rank | City/Town/etc. | Municipal type | Population (2020 Census) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | † San Bernardino | City | 222,101 |
2 | Fontana | City | 208,393 |
3 | Ontario | City | 175,265 |
4 | Rancho Cucamonga | City | 174,453 |
5 | Victorville | City | 134,810 |
6 | Rialto | City | 104,026 |
7 | Hesperia | City | 99,818 |
8 | Chino | City | 91,403 |
9 | Upland | City | 79,040 |
10 | Chino Hills | City | 78,411 |
11 | Apple Valley | Town | 75,791 |
12 | Redlands | City | 73,168 |
13 | Highland | City | 56,999 |
14 | Yucaipa | City | 54,542 |
15 | Colton | City | 53,909 |
16 | Adelanto | City | 38,046 |
17 | Montclair | City | 37,865 |
18 | Twentynine Palms | City | 28,065 |
19 | Barstow | City | 25,415 |
20 | Loma Linda | City | 24,791 |
21 | Bloomington | CDP | 24,339 |
22 | Yucca Valley | Town | 21,738 |
23 | Phelan | CDP | 13,859 |
24 | Grand Terrace | City | 13,150 |
25 | Big Bear City | CDP | 12,738 |
26 | Lake Arrowhead | CDP | 12,401 |
27 | Crestline | CDP | 11,650 |
28 | Muscoy | CDP | 10,719 |
29 | Spring Valley Lake | CDP | 9,598 |
30 | Mentone | CDP | 9,557 |
31 | Oak Hills | CDP | 9,450 |
32 | Fort Irwin
|
CDP | 8,096 |
33 | Piñon Hills | CDP | 7,258 |
34 | Joshua Tree | CDP | 6,489 |
35 | Silver Lakes
|
CDP | 6,317 |
36 | Lucerne Valley | CDP | 5,331 |
37 | Running Springs | CDP | 5,268 |
38 | Big Bear Lake | City | 5,046 |
39 | Needles | City | 4,931 |
40 | Wrightwood | CDP | 4,720 |
41 | Lenwood | CDP | 3,623 |
42 | Morongo Valley | CDP | 3,514 |
43 | San Antonio Heights | CDP | 3,441 |
44 | Mountain View Acres | CDP | 3,337 |
45 | Homestead Valley | CDP | 2,789 |
46 | Searles Valley | CDP | 1,565 |
47 | Colorado River Indian Reservation[103] | AIAN | 1,395 |
48 | Big River | CDP | 1,084 |
49 | Lytle Creek | CDP | 725 |
50 | Oak Glen | CDP | 602 |
51 | Baker | CDP | 442 |
52 | Chemehuevi Reservation[104] | AIAN | 464 |
53 | Fort Mojave Indian Reservation[105] | AIAN | 253 |
54 | San Manuel Reservation[106]
|
AIAN | 137 |
55 | Bluewater | CDP | 116 |
56 | Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation[107] | AIAN | 5 |
Places of interest
- Interstate 15
- Zzyzx — a small desert settlement that used to be a health spa and is now the Desert Studies Center
- Downtown San Bernardino
- Mojave Narrows Park
- Mojave National Preserve
- Mojave Trails National Monument
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Castle Mountains National Monument
- Sand to Snow National Monument
- San Bernardino National Forest — home to Big Bear Lake outdoor activities
- Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
- Mitchell Caverns
- Bear Mountain (Ski Area), and Snow Valley Mountain Resort are home to Southern California's premier winter ski resorts. Mountain High, although technically located in Los Angeles County, is also an alternative to Snow Summit and Bear Mountain because of its proximity to San Bernardino County.
- The Pacific Crest Trail, officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT), passes through San Bernardino County.[108]
See also
- List of California counties
- List of cemeteries in San Bernardino County
- List of museums in the Inland Empire (California)
- List of school districts in San Bernardino County, California
- National Register of Historic Places listings in San Bernardino County, California
Newspapers, past and present
- Chino Champion, Chino
- Daily Press, Victorville
- The Daily Report, Ontario
- Desert Dispatch, Barstow
- Desert Star, Needles
- The Desert Trail, Twentynine Palms
- Hi-Desert Star, Yucca Valley
- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Rancho Cucamonga
- News Mirror, Yucaipa
- Redlands Daily Facts, Redlands
- The San Bernardino Sun, San Bernardino
- Big Bear Grizzly, Big Bear Lake
- Upland News, Upland
Notes
- ^ Other = Some other race + Two or more races
- ^ Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native
- ^ a b Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.
- ^ Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.
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