z San Francisco: City Facts

Population: 728,921 (1992)
Land Area - 46.7 square miles (1990)
Population per square mile - 15,608
Housing - 328,471 total units - Median Value $298,900
Education: 35% of residents over 25 are college graduates
Median Per capita income - $19,695
Number of private nonfarm establishments - 31,628 (1991)
Paid employees - 514,147 (1991)
Annual payroll - 15.9 Bil$ (1991)
Source: Census Data - San Francisco county
San Francisco Population - history and distribution
San Francisco Map - at Yahoo Bay Area
Namesake: St. Francis of Assisi

City Government and Organizations

• Mayor: Willie L. Brown, Jr
• The Official Web Site of the City and County of San Francisco
• City and County of San Francisco Government Information - by CITYWATCH - Cable Channel 54.
• The San Francisco Public Library
• San Francisco Unified School District
• The San Francisco Partnership - a public/private partnership for business attraction and retention - list of Internet Resources for the local Business community
• San Francisco Fire Department Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams
• San Francisco County Transportation Authority - created to spend 1/2 cent sales tax on traffic and transportation projects
• City & Government Resources - at San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond
• abagOnline - a public information service of the Association of Bay Area Governments - Includes: What's New - City and County of San Francisco and Examples of Local Government Uses of the Internet.
• Government Servers - International, National, Regional & Local Governmental and Government-Related Servers on the Internet

  Radar Image from JPL
  A nice view of the Golden Gate Bridge over the Legion of Honor.
  A Brief History of San Francisco