San Diego History & Facts
Facts about San Diego, California!
- Mayor: Susan Golding (to 2000).
- Year 1998 estimated population: 1,220,666.
- Second largest city in California.
- Land area: 330.7 sq. miles.
- Highest altitude: 1,591 ft.; lowest is sea level.
- Average daily temperature: January, 56.8 degrees F; July, 70.3 degrees F.
- 164 parks and recreation facilities.
- 39 Roman Catholic churches, 9 Jewish, 334 Protestant, 8 Eastern Orthodox, and 18 other.
- 7.5% unemployment rate.
- 9 TV stations.
- Proximity to Mexico has made tourism a significant part of the city’s economy.
- Famous natives: Robert Duvall, Mickey Wright, and Florence Chadwick and Ted Danson.
- San Diego is an important center for biomedical research and oceanography.
- San Diego has 17 miles of ocean beaches.
- Per capita personal income: $20,384.
- 67.1% of the population is white.
- Median age is 30.5 years old.
- San Diego has large aerospace, electronic, and shipbuilding industries.
- San Diego’s natural harbor is an important port of entry, and shipping and receiving point.
- Balboa Park contains a fine art gallery, several museums (including an aerospace museum), and the enormous San Diego State Zoo.