Fresno, California

"Fresno" redirects here. For other uses, see Fresno (disambiguation).

Fresno
City
Fresno skyline Fresno Bee Building Fulton Mall Warnors Theatre Santa Fe Depot
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Fresno Location within California Fresno Location within the United States
Coordinates: 36°45′N 119°46′W
Country	United States
State	California
Region	San Joaquin Valley
County	Fresno
Railway station	May 1872
Incorporated	October 21, 1885
Named for	Spanish for "ash tree"
Government
• Type	Strong Mayor
• Mayor	Jerry Dyer (R)
• City manager	Georgeanne White
Area
• City	116.00 sq mi (300.43 km2)
• Land	114.79 sq mi (297.30 km2)
• Water	1.21 sq mi (3.13 km2)  1.04%
Elevation	308 ft (94 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	542,107
• Estimate  (2025)	555,549
• Rank	89th in North America 34th in the United States 5th in California
• Density	4,722.7/sq mi (1,823.43/km2)
• Urban	717,589 (US: 61st)
• Urban density	4,510/sq mi (1,741.3/km2)
• Metro	1,164,909 (49th)
Demonym	Fresnan
GDP (Nominal, 2023)
• Metro	$60.151 billion
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	93650, 93701–93712, 93714–93718, 93720–93730, 93737, 93740, 93741, 93744, 93745, 93747, 93750, 93755, 93760, 93761, 93764, 93765, 93771–93779, 93786, 93790–93794, 93844, 93888
Area code	559
FIPS code	06-27000
GNIS feature IDs	277606, 2410546
Website	fresno.gov

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Fresno (/ˈfrɛz.noʊ/ ^ⓘ; Spanish for 'ash tree') is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region, as well as the most populated city in Central California. It covers about 114.7 square miles (297 km²) and had a population of 542,107 as of the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous city in California, the most populous inland city in California, and the 33rd-most populous city in the nation.

Named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885. It has since become an economic hub of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley, with much of the surrounding areas in the Metropolitan Fresno region predominantly tied to large-scale agricultural production. Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately 220 miles (350 km) north of Los Angeles, 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento, and 185 miles (300 km) southeast of San Francisco. Yosemite National Park is about 60 miles (100 km) to the north, Kings Canyon National Park 60 miles (100 km) to the east, and Sequoia National Park 75 miles (120 km) to the southeast.

Fresno is also the third-largest majority-Hispanic city in the United States with 50.9% of its population being Hispanic in 2024.