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City in California

Fresno, CA

Fresno County

County seat of Fresno County, California, United States.

Population
550,105 (2024)
Density
4,746 / sq mi
Land area
115.9 sq mi
Water area
1.2 sq mi
Elevation
308 ft
Founded
1872
Coordinates
36.7827, -119.7934

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Photos of Fresno

  • Saint Paul Armenian Church in Fresno, California

    Matthew E. Cohen · CC BY 2.0

  • Blue smart car illegally parked

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  • Fresno Art Museum

    Gemini2525 · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Kindler House NE

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  • Kindler House NW

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  • Old Administration Building, Fresno City College

    R&sbwn · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Fashion Fair Mall (Fresno CA E. Shaw Ave.)(1)

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  • Testing the Droid Bionic (6122960063)

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Climate

July average high
98°F
January average low
41°F
Annual rainfall
11.0 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 55° 41° Jan 2.2"
  2. 61° 43° Feb 1.9"
  3. 68° 47° Mar 1.9"
  4. 74° 51° Apr 1.0"
  5. 83° 58° May 0.4"
  6. 91° 64° Jun 0.2"
  7. 98° 69° Jul 0.0"
  8. 97° 68° Aug 0.0"
  9. 91° 63° Sep 0.1"
  10. 79° 55° Oct 0.6"
  11. 65° 45° Nov 0.9"
  12. 55° 40° Dec 1.8"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Fresno Yosemite Intl (7 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Fresno ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$66,804
Median rent
$1,324 / mo
Median home value
$348,500
Median age
32.4
Unemployment
8.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
24.9%
Poverty rate
20.9%
Renter-occupied homes
50.3%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
185
Students enrolled
119,417
Students per teacher
21.1 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
78.0%
Charter schools
10.8%
School districts serving the city
31

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Districts: Fresno Unified, Central Unified, Clovis Unified, Washington Unified, Sanger Unified

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
38.0%
No leisure-time physical activity
31.8%
Adults with diabetes
12.9%
Adults who smoke
14.1%
Frequent mental distress
18.8%
Sleeping under 7 hours
36.6%
Adults without health insurance
15.2%
Routine checkup in past year
71.1%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
71.1%
Share of city that is parkland
2.7%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
14.0
Median air quality index (county)
61
Unhealthy air days (county)
34

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
87.6%
Households with no internet
9.1%
Average commute
22.3 min
Work from home
10.2%
Commute by transit
1.3%
Commute on foot
1.6%
Commute by bike
0.4%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Fresno County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 8 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Drought: very high
  • Earthquake: relatively high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Wildfire: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 93650
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