San Bernardino County, California

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San Bernardino County (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell), officially the County of San Bernardino,[1] 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 United States census, the population was 2,181,654,[2] making it the fifth-most populous county in California and the 14th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is San Bernardino.[3]

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 Template:Convert, 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 or the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and spans an area from south of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino Valley, to the Nevada border and the Colorado River.

89% of the population resides in three Census County Divisions (Ontario, San Bernardino, and Victorville-Hesperia), counting 1.93 million people as of the 2020 Census across just 9% of the county area. With a population that is 53.7% Hispanic, it is California's most populous majority-Hispanic county and the second-largest nationwide.[4]

History

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Indigenous

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Many different Indigenous groups, including the Cahuilla, long inhabited what is now San Bernardino County. Captain of the Agua Caliente Band (1900).

The indigenous peoples that resided in what is now San Bernardino County were primarily the Taaqtam (Serrano) and ʔívil̃uqaletem (Cahuilla) peoples who lived in the San Bernardino Valley and the San Bernardino Mountains; the Chemehuevi and the Kawaiisu peoples who lived in the Mojave Desert region; and the 'Aha Makhav (Mohave) and the Piipaash (Maricopa) peoples who lived along the Colorado River. These groups established various villages and settlements throughout the region that were interconnected by a series of extensive trails.[5][6][7]

Wa'aachnga was a major Tongva village site, also occupied by the Serrano and Cahuilla, located near what is now the city of San Bernardino. The village was part of an extensive trade network along the Mohave Trail that connected villages in San Bernardino County from the Colorado River to the Los Angeles Basin.[7][8] Wá'peat was a Desert Serrano village located near what is now the city of Hesperia. It was part of a series of villages located along the Mojave River.[5] By the late 1700s, villages in the area were being increasingly encroached upon by Spanish soldiers and missionaries, who were coming into the region from Mission San Gabriel.[5][6]

Spanish era

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Don Antonio María Lugo was granted the right to settle the San Bernardino Valley in 1839 by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado.

Spanish Missionaries from Mission San Gabriel Arcángel established a church at the village of Wa'aachnga, which would be renamed Politania in 1810.[6] Father Francisco Dumetz named the church San Bernardino on May 20, 1810, after the feast day of St. Bernardino of Siena. The Franciscans also gave the name San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak in Southern California, in honor of the saint and it is from him that the county derives its name.[9] In 1819, they established the San Bernardino de Sena Estancia, a mission farm in what is now Redlands.

Mexican era

Following Mexican independence from Spain in 1821, Mexican citizens were granted land grants to establish ranchos in the area of the county. Rancho Jurupa in 1838, Rancho Cucamonga and El Rincon in 1839, Rancho Santa Ana del Chino in 1841, Rancho San Bernardino in 1842 and Rancho Muscupiabe in 1844.

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

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San Bernardino County horticulture exhibit at World Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893.

Following the purchase of Rancho San Bernardino, and the establishment of the town of San Bernardino in 1851 by Mormon colonists, San Bernardino County was formed in 1853 from parts of Los Angeles County. Some of the southern parts of the county's territory were given to Riverside County in 1893.

Geography

Template:Multiple image According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.2%) is water.[10] It is the largest county by area in California and the largest in the United States (excluding boroughs in Alaska).[11] It is slightly larger than the states of New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined, and is also slightly larger than Switzerland. It borders both Nevada and Arizona.

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 Mojave National Preserve covers some of the eastern desert, especially between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The desert portion also includes the cities of Needles next to the Colorado River and Barstow at the junction of Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. Trona is at the northwestern part of the county, west of Death Valley. This national park, mostly within Inyo County, also has a small portion of land within San Bernardino County. The largest metropolitan area in the Mojave Desert part of the county is the Victor Valley, with the incorporated localities of Adelanto, Apple Valley, Hesperia, and Victorville. Further south, a portion of Joshua Tree National Park overlaps the county near the High Desert area, in the vicinity of Twentynine Palms. The remaining towns make up the remainder of the High Desert: Pioneertown, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, Landers, and Morongo Valley.

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

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As shown by the map on the left, San Bernardino County is bordered on the north by Inyo County; on the northeast by Clark County, Nevada; on the east by Mohave County, Arizona; on the southeast by La Paz County, Arizona; on the south by Riverside County; on the southwest by Orange County; on the west by Los Angeles County; and on the northwest by Kern County.

National protected areas

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Cadiz Dunes Wilderness

More than 80% of the county's land is owned by the federal government.[12] There are at least 35 official wilderness areas in the county that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. This is the largest number of any county in the United States (although not the largest in total area). The majority are managed by the Bureau of Land Management, but some are integral components of the above listed national protected areas. Most of these wilderness areas lie entirely within the county, but a few are shared with neighboring counties (and two of these are shared with the neighboring states of Arizona and Nevada).

Except as noted, these wilderness areas are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management and lie within San Bernardino County: Template:Div col

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Demographics

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2020 census

San Bernardino County, California – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980[13] Pop 1990[14] Pop 2000[15] Pop 2010[16] Pop 2020[17] % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 653,303 862,113 752,222 677,598 566,113 72.99% 60.78% 44.00% 33.29% 25.95%
Black or African American alone (NH) 46,615 109,162 150,201 170,700 173,322 5.21% 7.70% 8.79% 8.39% 7.94%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 10,084 10,018 9,804 8,523 8,412 1.13% 0.71% 0.57% 0.42% 0.39%
Asian alone (NH) 14,929 55,387 78,154 123,978 176,204 1.67% 3.90% 4.57% 6.09% 8.08%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x [18] x [19] 4,387 5,845 6,173 0.26% 0.29% 0.26% 0.29% 0.28%
Other race alone (NH) 4,222 3,118 3,039 4,055 12,117 0.47% 0.22% 0.18% 0.20% 0.56%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x [20] x [21] 42,240 43,366 68,400 x x 2.47% 2.13% 3.14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 165,863 378,582 669,387 1,001,145 1,170,913 18.53% 26.69% 39.16% 49.19% 53.67%
Total 895,016 1,418,380 1,709,434 2,035,210 2,181,654 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
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Ethnic origins in San Bernardino County

Places by population, race, and income

Places by population and race
Place Type[22] Population[23] White[23] Other[23]
[note 1] 		Asian[23] Black or African
American[23] 		Native American[23]
[note 2] 		Hispanic or Latino
(of any race)[24]
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
Place Type[22] Population[25] Per capita income[26] Median household income[27] Median family income[28]
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 2010 United States census reported that San Bernardino County had a population of 2,035,210. The racial makeup of San Bernardino County was 1,153,161 (56.7%) White, 181,862 (8.9%) African American, 22,689 (1.1%) Native American, 128,603 (6.3%) Asian, 6,870 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 439,661 (21.6%) from other races, and 102,364 (5.0%) from two or more races. There were 1,001,145 people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (49.2%).[29]

2000

As of the census[30] of 2000, there were 1,709,434 people, 528,594 households, and 404,374 families residing in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 601,369 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 58.9% White, 9.1% African American, 1.2% Native American, 4.7% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 20.8% from other races, and 5.0% from two or more races. 39.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 8.3% were of German, 5.5% English and 5.1% Irish ancestry. 66.1% spoke English, 27.7% Spanish and 1.1% Tagalog 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.[31]

In the county, 32.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 10.3% was from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% was 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 per capita income for the county was $16,856. About 12.6% of families and 15.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.6% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

County government

As of 2021, the Board of Supervisors oversees a $7.9 billion annual budget [32] and 25,430 employees.

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has 5 members elected from their districts:[33]

  • 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 [34]

  • Ensen Mason (Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector)[35]
  • Chris Wilhite (Assessor/Recorder)[36]
  • Theodore Alejandre (County Superintendent of Schools)
  • Jason Anderson (District Attorney)
  • Shannon Dicus (Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator)[37]

State and federal representation

In the United States House of Representatives, San Bernardino County is split among 6 congressional districts:[38]

In the California State Assembly, San Bernardino County is split among 10 assembly districts:[39]

In the California State Senate, San Bernardino County is split among 7 districts:[40]

Politics

San Bernardino County is a county in which candidates from both major political parties have won in recent elections. Republican Donald Trump carried the county in 2024, flipping it for the first time in a presidential race since 2004.

In past presidential elections, Democrat Joe Biden carried the county by a majority and by double digits as well as Hillary Clinton 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 wealthier 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; that same year, strongly Republican Rancho Cucamonga had over 145,000 residents, of whom 53,054 voted.

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.[41]

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.[42][43]

In 2004, County Supervisor Geral Eaves Pleaded guilty to bribery for accepting gifts from businesses for allowing billboards on county land.[44]

On November 4, 2008, San Bernardino County voted 67% for Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.[45]

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."[46][47][48][49][50]

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.[51][52][53][54][55] 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.[56][57][58]

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.[59][60][61][62][63] A referendum in 2022 requesting the county board seek a "fair share" of government funding, by means including secession, narrowly passed.[64]

In 2023, San Bernardino County Chief Executive Officer Leonard X. Hernandez resigned, claiming urgent family health issues,[65] after being accused of having an affair with a county employee. After the accustation came out, the county placed Hernandez on Leave.[66][67] After Hernandez resigned, Hernandez still got paid for one year after his departure.[68]

Presidential election results and voter registration

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.[69]

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Cities by population and voter registration

Public safety

Law enforcement

Sheriff

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SBC Sheriff's department operates a sizable fleet of helicopters. Shown here are a Bell 212 (foreground) and a Sikorsky S-61 at the air unit's Rialto Airport headquarters.

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

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.

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Department logo

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.[71][72] The department annexed the Crest Forest Fire Protection District on July 1, 2015;[73][74][75] the San Bernardino City and Twentynine Palms Fire Departments on July 1, 2016;[76][77][78][79] and the Upland Fire Department in July 2017.[80] As of April 2019 the City of Victorville declined to renew their contract with The San Bernardino County Fire Department.[81]

District Attorney

The current district attorney is Jason Anderson, who was elected in March 2018 and took office on January 1, 2019.

Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

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

Education

Colleges and universities

K-12 education

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Libraries

The San Bernardino County Library System consists of 32 branches across the county.[85] Library services offered vary from branch to branch, but include internet access, children's story times, adult literacy services, book clubs, classes, and special events.[86] The library system also offers e-books, digital music and movie downloads, free access to online learning through Lynda.com, and many other digital services.[87]

City-sponsored public libraries also exist in San Bernardino County, including A. K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands, California, which was built in 1898.[88] Other public libraries in the County include: The San Bernardino City Public Library System, Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, Upland Public Library, Colton City Library, Victorville City Library[89] and the Ontario City Library.[90] These libraries are separate from the county system and do not share circulation privileges.

Arts and culture

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.[91]

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]

Kimberly Crest House & Gardens is a 6-acre estate in Redlands, CA with a Victorian Chateau and Italian Renaissance styled gardens. The gardens are open to the public and the house serves as a museum offering guided tours.[93]

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.[94]

Transportation

Major highways

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Public transportation

  • Metrolink commuter trains connect the urbanized portion of the county with Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties. Arrow light rail service by Metrolink, is provided between Downtown San Bernardino and Redlands.
  • Morongo Basin Transit Authority provides 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.

Airports

Environmental quality

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San Bernardino under heavy smog in 2005

California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued the county in April 2007 under the state's environmental quality act for failing to account for the impact of global warming in the county's 25-year growth plan, approved in March. The Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club and the Audubon Society also sued in a separate case. According to Brendan Cummings, a senior attorney for the plaintiffs: "San Bernardino has never seen a project it didn't like. They rubber-stamp development. It's very much of a frontier mentality." The plaintiffs want the county to rewrite its growth plan's environmental impact statement to include methods to measure greenhouse gases and take steps to reduce them.[96]

According to county spokesman David Wert, only 15% of the county is controlled by the countyTemplate:Clarify; 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.[96]

The state and the county reached a settlement in August 2007.[97] The county agreed to amend its general plan to include a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan, including an emission inventory and reduction targets. According to the LA Times in 2015, San Bernardino County had the highest levels of ozone in the United States, averaging 102 parts per billion.[98]

Communities

Cities

City Year
incorporated 		Population,
2018[99] 		Median income,
2019[100] 		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

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Unincorporated communities

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Indian reservations

Ghost towns

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of San Bernardino County.[101]

† 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[102] 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[103] AIAN 464
53 Fort Mojave Indian Reservation[104] AIAN 253
54 San Manuel Reservation[105] AIAN 137
55 Bluewater CDP 116
56 Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation[106] AIAN 5

Places of interest

See also

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Newspapers, past and present

Notes

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