San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a

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located in the southern portion of the

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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

, and is located within the

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area. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 2.18 million, making it the fifth-most populous county in California and the 14th-most populous in the United States. The

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San Bernardino San Bernardino ( ) is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the List of ...

. While included within the

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area, San Bernardino County is included in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan statistical area. With an area of , San Bernardino County is the largest county in the

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by area, although some of Alaska's boroughs and census areas are larger. The county is close to the size of

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or the country of

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, and spans an area from south of the San Bernardino Mountains in

San Bernardino Valley The San Bernardino Valley () is a valley in Southern California located at the south base of the Transverse Ranges. It is bordered on the north by the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernardino Mountains; on the east by the San Jacin ...

, to the

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border and the

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. 89% of the population resides in three

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s (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.

History

Indigenous

The

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that resided in what is now San Bernardino County were primarily the Taaqtam (Serrano) and ʔívil̃uqaletem (Cahuilla) peoples who lived in the

and the

San Bernardino Mountains The San Bernardino Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in Southern California in the United States. Situated north and northeast of San Bernardino and spanning two California counties, the range tops out at at San Gorgonio Mountain ...

; the

Chemehuevi The Chemehuevi ( ) are an indigenous people of the Great Basin. They are the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute. Today, Chemehuevi people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes: * Colorado River Indian Tribes * Cheme ...

and the

Kawaiisu The Kawaiisu Nation (pronounced: "ka-wai-ah-soo") are a tribe of indigenous people of California in the United States. The Kawaiisu Nation is the only treatied tribe in California, Ratified Treaty (No. 256), 9 Stat. 984, Dec. 30, 1849. This Tr ...

peoples who lived in the

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region; and the 'Aha Makhav (Mohave) and the Piipaash (Maricopa) peoples who lived along the

. These groups established various villages and settlements throughout the region that were interconnected by a series of extensive trails. Wa'aachnga was a major

Tongva The Tongva ( ) are an Indigenous peoples of California, Indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Channel Islands of California, Southern Channel Islands, an area covering approximately . In the precolonial era, the peop ...

village site, also occupied by the Serrano and

Cahuilla The Cahuilla, also known as ʔívil̃uqaletem or Ivilyuqaletem, are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the various tribes of the Cahuilla Nation, living in the inland areas of southern California. ...

, located near what is now the city of

. The village was part of an extensive trade network along the

Mohave Trail The Mojave Road, also known as Old Government Road (formerly the Mohave Trail), is a historic route and present day dirt road across what is now the Mojave National Preserve in the Mojave Desert in the United States. This rough road stretched ...

that connected villages in San Bernardino County from the

to the

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. 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 The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the ti ...

. By the late 1700s, villages in the area were being increasingly encroached upon by

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soldiers and missionaries, who were coming into the region from

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Colonial period

Spanish Missionaries from

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established a church at the village of Wa'aachnga, which would be renamed Politania in 1810. Father Francisco Dumetz named the church San Bernardino on May 20, 1810, after the feast day of St. Bernardino of Siena. The

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also gave the name San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak in

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, in honor of the saint and it is from him that the county derives its name. In 1819, they established the

San Bernardino de Sena Estancia The San Bernardino de Sena Estancia (also known as the San Bernardino Rancho or Asistencia) was a ranch outpost of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in what is now Redlands, California, United States. It was built to graze cattle, and for Indian r ...

, a mission farm in what is now Redlands. 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 Rancho Cucamonga was a Ranchos of California, Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California, given in 1839 to the dedicated soldier, smuggler and politician Tiburcio Tapia by Mexican governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. The gra ...

and El Rincon in 1839, Rancho Santa Ana del Chino in 1841,

Rancho San Bernardino Rancho San Bernardino was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Bernardino County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José del Carmen Lugo, José María Lugo, Vicente Lugo, and Diego Sepulveda. The grant included a l ...

in 1842 and

Rancho Muscupiabe Rancho Muscupiabe was a Mexican land grant in present day San Bernardino County, California given to Michael C. White on April 29, 1843, by Governor Manuel Micheltorena. The name comes from the Serrano word ''muscupiabit'', meaning "place of li ...

in 1844. Agua Mansa was the first town in what became San Bernardino County, settled by immigrants from

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on land donated from the Rancho Jurupa in 1841.

Establishment

Following the purchase of

, and the establishment of the town of

in 1851 by

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colonists, San Bernardino County was formed in 1853 from parts of

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. Some of the southern parts of the county's territory were given to

Riverside County Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Unit ...

in 1893.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. It is the largest county by area in California and the largest in the United States (excluding boroughs in Alaska). (See
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and

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combined, and is also slightly larger than

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. It borders both

and

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. 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

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 The Victor Valley is a valley in the Mojave Desert and subregion of the Inland Empire, in San Bernardino County in Southern California. It is located east of the Mojave's Antelope Valley, north of the Cajon Pass and the San Bernardino Valley, n ...

. Roughly another 100,000 people live scattered across the rest of the sprawling county. The

Mojave National Preserve Mojave National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, US, between Interstate 15 in California, Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. The preserve was established October 31, ...

covers some of the eastern desert, especially between

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and

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. The desert portion also includes the cities of Needles next to the

and Barstow at the junction of

and

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is at the northwestern part of the county, west of

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. This national park, mostly within

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, also has a small portion of land within San Bernardino County. The largest metropolitan area in the

part of the county is the

, with the incorporated localities of

Adelanto Adelanto (Spanish for "Advance") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is approximately northwest of Victorville in the Victor Valley area of the Mojave Desert, in the northern region of the Inland Empire.Linthicum ...

, Apple Valley, Hesperia, and

Victorville Victorville is a city in Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California. Its population as of the 2020 census was 134,810. Victorville is the principal city of a Victor Valley–based urban area defined by the United States Census Bureau: ...

. Further south, a portion of

Joshua Tree National Park Joshua Tree National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, US National Park located in southeastern California, straddling north-central Riverside County, California, Riverside County and part of southern San Bernardino County, ...

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 Yucca Valley is an incorporated town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 21,738 as of the 2020 census. Yucca Valley lies north of Palm Springs, and east of San Bernardino. Bordered to the south by the Joshu ...

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, Landers, and Morongo Valley. The mountains are home to the

San Bernardino National Forest The San Bernardino National Forest is a United States national forest in Southern California encompassing of which are federal. The forest is made up of two main divisions, the eastern portion of the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Bernar ...

, and include the communities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead,

Running Springs Running Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 5,268 at the 2020 census, up from 4,862 at the 2010 census. Running Springs is situated 17 miles west of the city of Big Bea ...

, Big Bear City, Forest Falls, and

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. The

is at the eastern end of the

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. The San Bernardino Valley includes the cities of

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, Chino, Chino Hills,

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, Colton, Grand Terrace, Montclair,

Loma Linda Loma Linda (Spanish language, Spanish for "Beautiful Hill") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States, that was incorporated in 1970. The population was 24,791 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, up from 23,261 a ...

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, Redlands, and Yucaipa.

Adjacent counties

As shown by the map on the left, San Bernardino County is bordered on the north by

; on the northeast by

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; on the east by

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; on the southeast by La Paz County, Arizona; on the south by

; on the southwest by Orange County; on the west by

; and on the northwest by

Kern County Kern County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield. Kern County compris ...

National protected areas

Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) of the United States Forest Service is located in the San Gabriel Mountains and Sierra Pelona Mountains, primarily within Los Angeles County in Southern California. The ANF manages a majority of the San Gabri ...

(part) *

Death Valley National Park Death Valley National Park is a national park of the United States that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada. The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern sect ...

(part) *

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California. It preserves habitat for wildlife like desert bighorn sheep, the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher, the threaten ...

(part) *

(part) * Sand to Snow National Monument (part) More than 80% of the county's land is owned by the federal government. There are at least 35 official

wilderness area Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally ...

s in the county that are part of the

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. 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

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, 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

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 The Cucamonga Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, in San Bernardino County, Southern California. The wilderness is managed by the United States Forest Service in Angeles National F ...

*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 Sheep Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area of within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and managed by the Angeles National Forest. It is within Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County, Californ ...

(part) * Sheephole Valley Wilderness * Stateline Wilderness *

Stepladder Mountains Wilderness The Stepladder Mountains are located in southeastern California in the United States. The range, found in San Bernardino County, is home to the 84,199-acre (approximate) Stepladder Mountains Wilderness, which protects the Desert tortoise, Califo ...

*Trilobite Wilderness * Turtle Mountains Wilderness * Whipple Mountains Wilderness

Demographics

2020

Places by population, race, and income

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%)

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, 181,862 (8.9%)

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, 22,689 (1.1%) Native American, 128,603 (6.3%) Asian, 6,870 (0.3%)

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, 439,661 (21.6%) from other races, and 102,364 (5.0%) from two or more races. There were 1,001,145 people of

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or Latino origin, of any race (49.2%).

2000

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,709,434 people, 528,594 households, and 404,374 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 601,369 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 58.9%

, 9.1%

, 1.2% Native American, 4.7% Asian, 0.3%

, 20.8% from other races, and 5.0% from two or more races. 39.2% of the population were

or Latino of any race. 8.3% were of

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, 5.5% English and 5.1% Irish ancestry. 66.1% spoke English, 27.7%

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. 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

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for the county was $16,856. About 12.6% of families and 15.80% of the population were below the

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, 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 and 25,430 employees. The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors has 5 members elected from their districts: *

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

State and federal representation

In the

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, San Bernardino County is split among 6 congressional districts: * , * , * , * , * , and * . In the

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, San Bernardino County is split among 10 assembly districts: * , * , * , * , * , * , * , * , * , and * . In the

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, San Bernardino County is split among 7 districts: * , * , * , * , * , * , * , and * .

Politics

San Bernardino County is a county in which candidates from both major political parties have won in recent elections. Republican

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carried the county in

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, flipping it for the first time in a presidential race since

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

. In past presidential elections, Democrat

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carried the county by a majority and by double digits as well as

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. The Democratic Party also carried the county in

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, when

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...

won majorities of the county's votes, and in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

and

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, when

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

won pluralities. Republican

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took the county in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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

and

went for

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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

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. 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. In 2004, County Supervisor Geral Eaves Pleaded guilty to bribery for accepting gifts from businesses for allowing billboards on county land. On November 4, 2008, San Bernardino County voted 67% for

Proposition 8 Proposition 8, known informally as Prop 8, was a California ballot proposition and a state constitutional amendment intended to ban same-sex marriage. It passed in the November 2008 California state elections and was later overturned by the ...

, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. From 2004 to 2016, the county was embroiled in a corruption scandal over the Colonies housing development in

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 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." 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. 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. 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. A referendum in 2022 requesting the county board seek a "fair share" of government funding, by means including secession, narrowly passed. In 2023, San Bernardino County Chief Executive Officer Leonard X. Hernandez resigned, claiming urgent family health issues, after being accused of having an affair with a county employee. After the accustation came out, the county placed Hernandez on Leave. After Hernandez resigned, Hernandez still got paid for one year after his departure.

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.

Cities by population and voter registration

Public safety

Law enforcement

Sheriff

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.

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. The department annexed the Crest Forest Fire Protection District on July 1, 2015; the San Bernardino City and Twentynine Palms Fire Departments on July 1, 2016; and the

Fire Department in July 2017. As of April 2019 the City of Victorville declined to renew their contract with The San Bernardino County Fire Department.

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

* Barstow Community College *

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(Ontario campus) *

California State University, San Bernardino California State University, San Bernardino (Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB) is a public research university in San Bernardino, California. Founded in 1965, it is part of the California State University system. The main campus sits on in th ...

* California University of Science and Medicine * Calvary Chapel Bible College In Twin Peaks, California *

Chaffey College Chaffey College is a public community college in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The college serves students in Chino, Chino Hills, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga and Upland. It is the oldest community college in California. History ...

* Copper Mountain College * Crafton Hills College *

Loma Linda University Loma Linda University (LLU) is a private Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California. , the university comprises eight schools and a Faculty of Graduate Studies. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist educatio ...

National University A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. In the United States, the term "national university" connotes the highe ...

(campuses in Ontario and San Bernardino) * Palo Verde Community College (Needles campus) * San Bernardino Valley College *

University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private university in Redlands, California, United States. The university's main, residential campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations throughout Calif ...

(Main Campus) * Victor Valley College

K-12 education

School districts are: Unified: * Apple Valley Unified School District * Baker Valley Unified School District *

Barstow Unified School District Barstow Unified School District is a public school district based in Barstow, which is located in the Mojave Desert, in northern San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and so ...

Chaffey Joint Union High School District Chaffey Joint Union High School District is a 9–12 school district located in San Bernardino County, California, United States that serves the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and portions of Fontana, Upland, Chino, and ...

* Victor Valley Union High School District 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. 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. 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. City-sponsored public libraries also exist in San Bernardino County, including A. K. Smiley Public Library in

Redlands, California Redlands ( ) is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 73,168, up from 68,747 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is located a ...

, which was built in 1898. 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 and the Ontario City Library. 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. Keys Desert Queen Ranch, in

, 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. 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. The Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art at

, CA is a non-collecting institution that features temporary exhibitions of contemporary art, education and community programming.

Transportation

Major highways

* * ** ** ** * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Public transportation

* Metrolink commuter trains connect the urbanized portion of the county with Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties.

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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

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. * Needles Area Transit serves Needles and the surrounding county area. *

Omnitrans Omnitrans (stylized as OmniTrans) is a public transportation agency in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The largest transit operator within San Bernardino County, it serves the San Bernardino Valley. The agency was established in ...

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 Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA), the second largest transit operator in San Bernardino County (with over 1,020,119 passengers a year), is a transit agency providing bus service in the Victor Valley, California area. In , the system had a r ...

operates buses in Victorville, Hesperia, Adelanto, Apple Valley and the surrounding county area. *

Foothill Transit Foothill Transit is a public transit agency that is government funded by 22 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley region of eastern Los Angeles Cou ...

connects the Inland Empire area to the San Gabriel Valley and downtown Los Angeles. *

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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

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buses and

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trains.

Airports

* Commercial domestic and international passenger flights are available at

San Bernardino International Airport San Bernardino International Airport is a public airport southeast of downtown San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The airport covers and has one runway that can accommodate the largest existing a ...

(SBD) and

Ontario International Airport Ontario International Airport is an international airport east of downtown Ontario, California, Ontario, in San Bernardino County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino. It is ow ...

(ONT). SBD can be accessed from I-215 via Mill Street,

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via Tippecanoe Avenue, and I-210 via 3rd Street. Terminal construction recently finished, and commercial flights began in 2022. There is also a logistics center for

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service that has recently completed construction on the airport grounds. *

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(Victorville) is a major 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 Baker Airport is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Baker, California, Baker, in San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is owned by the U ...

, Barstow-Daggett Airport,

Chino Airport Chino Airport is a county-owned airport about three miles southeast of Chino, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The Federal Aviation Administration's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 classified it ...

, Needles Airport, and Twentynine Palms Airport. * Other general aviation airports in the county include:

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, Cable Airport (Upland), Hesperia Airport (not listed in NPIAS), and Redlands Municipal Airport

Environmental quality

California Attorney General

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sued the county in April 2007 under the state's environmental quality act for failing to account for the impact of

global warming Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes ...

in the county's 25-year growth plan, approved in March. The

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, the

Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization with chapters in all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded in 1892, in San Francisco, by preservationist John Muir. A product of the Pro ...

and the

Audubon Society The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such orga ...

also sued in a separate case. According to Brendan Cummings, a senior attorney for the

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s: "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

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to include methods to measure

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and take steps to reduce them. According to county spokesman David Wert, only 15% of the county is controlled by the county; 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. The state and the county reached a settlement in August 2007. The county agreed to amend its general plan to include a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan, including an

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and reduction targets. According to the

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in 2015, San Bernardino County had the highest levels of

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in the United States, averaging 102 parts per billion.

Communities

Cities

Census-designated places

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* Big Bear City * Big River * Bloomington * Bluewater * Crestline *

Fort Irwin Fort Irwin National Training Center (Fort Irwin NTC) is a major training area for the United States military in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of . It is located northeast ...

* Homestead Valley *

* Lake Arrowhead * Lenwood *

Lucerne Valley Lucerne Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) and valley landform in the southern Mojave Desert, in western San Bernardino County, California. Geography The geographic valley is defined by the surrounding Granite Mountains, Ord Mountains ...

* Lytle Creek * Mentone * Morongo Valley * Mountain View Acres * Muscoy * Oak Glen * Oak Hills * Phelan * Piñon Hills *

* San Antonio Heights *

Searles Valley Searles Valley is a valley in the northern Mojave Desert of California, with the northern half in Inyo County and the southern half in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Searles Valley is located between the Argus Range to the ...

* Silver Lakes * Spring Valley Lake *

Wrightwood Wrightwood is a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California. It sits at an elevation of . The population was 4,720 at the 2020 census, up from 4,525 at the 2010 census. Wrightwood is located northeast of Los Angeles. It is o ...

* Yermo

Unincorporated communities

* Amboy * Angelus Oaks * Argus *

Arrowbear Lake Arrowbear Lake is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Its altitude is in the San Bernardino Mountains. It is located east of Running Springs along Highway 18 in the San Bernardino National Forest ...

* Arrowhead Farms * Arrowhead Highlands *Arrowhead Junction * Baldwin Lake * Baldy Mesa * Bell Mountain *

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* Bryman * Cadiz * Cajon Junction * Cedar Glen * Cedarpines Park *

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* Crafton * Crest Park * Cushenbury * Daggett * Danby * Earp * El Mirage *

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* Fawnskin * Fenner * Forest Falls * Goffs * Green Valley Lake *

Halloran Springs Halloran Springs is a set of springs in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located on Interstate 15 between Baker, California and Las Vegas, Nevada approximately northeast of Baker. The ZIP code is 9 ...

* Havasu Lake * Helendale * Hinkley * Hodge * Johnson Valley *

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* Kramer * Kramer Hills * La Delta * Landers *

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*Midway * Mojave Heights * Mount Baldy * Mountain Home Village *

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* Narod * Newberry Springs * Nipton * Oro Grande *

Parker Dam Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is high, of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in ...

* Patton * Pioneer Point * Pioneertown * Red Mountain * Rimforest * Skyforest *

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* Sunfair * Sunfair Heights *

* Twentynine Palms Base *

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* Vidal Junction * Wonder Valley * Zzyzx

Indian reservations

* Chemehuevi Indian Reservation *

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(partially in

, and

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) *

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(partially in

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, and

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) * San Manuel Indian Reservation * Twenty-Nine Palms Indian Reservation (partially in

)

Ghost towns

* Afton *

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* Amboy * Ash Hill *

* Cadiz *Klondike * Ivanpah *Keenbrook *Cosy Dell

Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of San Bernardino County. † ''county seat''

Places of interest

* Calico Ghost Town — northeast of Barstow via

* Zzyzx — a small desert settlement that used to be a health spa and is now the Desert Studies Center *

* Mojave Narrows Park *

* Mojave Trails National Monument *

* Castle Mountains National Monument * Sand to Snow National Monument *

— home to

outdoor activities * SkyPark at Santa's Village *

Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California. Operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), its ...

* Mitchell Caverns * Snow Summit, Bear Mountain (Ski Area), and

Snow Valley Mountain Resort Snow Valley Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in Running Springs, California, United States. Snow Valley is the longest continually operating ski resort in Southern California and is also one of three ski resorts in the San Bernardino Nat ...

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 The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie ...

, officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT), passes through San Bernardino County.

Notes

References

External links

*
San Bernardino County Museum website

San Bernardino County Museum at Google Cultural Institute

San Bernardino County Library website
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History

Indigenous

Colonial period

Establishment

Geography

Adjacent counties

National protected areas

Demographics

2020

Places by population, race, and income

2010 Census

2000

Government

County government

State and federal representation

Politics

Presidential election results and voter registration

Cities by population and voter registration

Public safety

Law enforcement

Sheriff

Fire

District Attorney

Crime

Cities by population and crime rates

Education

Colleges and universities

K-12 education

Libraries

Arts and culture

Transportation

Major highways

Public transportation

Airports

Environmental quality

Communities

Cities

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Indian reservations

Ghost towns

Population ranking

Places of interest

See also

Newspapers, past and present

Notes

References

External links