Fresno, California

**Fresno** is the largest inland city in the U.S. state of California. It has a population of 542,107 people (as of 2020). If the surrounding suburbs are included, it has a population near 1 million. It is the county seat of Fresno County, in the Central Valley.

Fresno is the closest major city to Yosemite National Park. Fresno has a major airport called Fresno Yosemite International Airport that has many flights by many airlines everyday. It was the first airport to use the new security systems made after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Fresno has a Hot Mediterranean Climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification), with cool, mild winters and long, hot, dry summers.

The majority of Fresno's immigrants are from Mexico, India, Laos, the Philippines and Thailand.

### 2020 census

In the 2020 census, there were 542,107 people, 175,944 households, and 123,337 families in Fresno. The population density was 4,706.8 people per square mile (1,817.3/km²). There were 184,226 housing units. The breakdown by race was 33.2% White, 14.7% Asian, 7.6% Black, 2.4% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 26.8% from one other race, and 15.2% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 50.5% of the people.

The median (middle) age was 32.2 years. The age breakdown was 27.7% under age 18, 59.8% from 18 to 65, and 12.4% over 65. The gender breakdown was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.

Of the households, 39.7% had children under age 18, 40.6% had a married couple, 9.0% had an unmarried couple, 30.8% had a woman with no partner, 19.5% had a man with no partner, and 22.8% had one person living alone. The average household size was 3.02 people.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Fresno, California
- **settlement type**: City (California), City
- **image flag**: Flag of Fresno, California.svg
- **image seal**: Seal of Fresno, California.png
- **image map**: File:Fresno County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fresno Highlighted 0627000.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location within Fresno County
- **pushpin map**: California#USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within California##Location within the United States
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **pushpin label**: Fresno
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: California
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in California, County
- **subdivision name2**: Fresno County, California, Fresno
- **subdivision type3**: List of regions of California, Region
- **subdivision name3**: San Joaquin Valley
- **established title**: Railway station
- **established date**: 1872
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: October 21, 1885
- **named for**: Spanish for "ash tree"
- **total type**: City (California), City
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 300.43
- **area total sq mi**: 116.00
- **area land km2**: 297.30
- **area land sq mi**: 114.79
- **area water km2**: 3.13
- **area water sq mi**: 1.21
- **elevation ft**: 308
- **population total**: 542107
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population rank**: List of United States cities by population, 34th in the United States
List of largest cities in California by population, 5th in California
- **population density sq mi**: 4722.60
- **population density km2**: 1823.43
- **population metro**: 1164909 (List of metropolitan statistical areas, 49th)
- **population demonym**: Fresnan
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific
- **utc offset**: −08:00
- **timezone dst**: Pacific Daylight Time, PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −07:00
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 93650, 93701–93712, 93714–93718, 93720–93730, 93737, 93740, 93741, 93744, 93745, 93747, 93750, 93755, 93760, 93761, 93764, 93765, 93771–79, 93786, 93790–94, 93844, 93888
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 559, 559
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature IDs
- **blank1 info**: ,