San Francisco

San Francisco

US
Population873,965
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of 46.9 square miles at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest urban region in the U.S., had a 2023 estimated population of over nine million.

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Rose Garden

Rose Garden

Contemporary Jewish Museum

Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is a non-collecting museum at 736 Mission Street at Yerba Buena Lane in the South …

City Lights Booksellers

City Lights Booksellers

City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive …

Spreckels Temple of Music

Spreckels Temple of Music

Spreckels Temple of Music, also called the bandshell, constructed in 1900, is in the Music Concourse at Golden Gate Park …

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture is a museum in …

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located …

Letterform Archive

Letterform Archive

Letterform Archive is a non-profit museum and special collections library in San Francisco, California dedicated to collecting materials on the …

San Francisco Maritime Visitor Center

San Francisco Maritime Visitor Center

WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall

WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall

The Beat Museum

The Beat Museum

The Beat Museum is located in San Francisco, California and is dedicated to preserving the memory and works of the …

International Art Museum of America

International Art Museum of America

The International Art Museum of America (IAMA), originally the Superb Art Museum of America, is an art museum located at …

Southern Exposure

Southern Exposure

Southern Exposure (SoEx) is a not-for-profit arts organization and alternative art space founded in 1974 in the Mission District of …

Cartoon Art Museum

Cartoon Art Museum

The Cartoon Art Museum (CAM) is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It …

Museum of Craft and Design

Museum of Craft and Design

Museo Italo Americano

Museo Italo Americano

Museo ItaloAmericano, also known as the Italian American Museum, is a museum in San Francisco, California, that focuses on Italian-American …

GLBT History Museum

GLBT History Museum

The GLBT Historical Society (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society) (formerly Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California; San …

Top of the Mark

Top of the Mark

The Top of the Mark is a penthouse level bar located on the nineteenth floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel …

Pier 39 Sea Lions

Pier 39 Sea Lions

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

The Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory (Cantonese: Gāmmùn béng sīkgūng , 金門 餅 食公) is a fortune cookie company with …

Pier 45

Pier 45

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