San Francisco

S an Francisco, a city in          percent. Hispanics, who may be of  western California is           any race, represent 13.3 percent   coextensive with San            of the population. San Francisco   Francisco County. Famous for its      is part of a major metropolitan    beautiful setting, San Francisco      region that also includes Oakland  is primarily located on the           and San Jose. The region's         northern tip of a peninsula at        population increased from          the entrance to San Francisco         5,368,000 in 1980 to 6,253,000 in  Bay. It is bordered by the            1990, reaching an estimated        Pacific Ocean on the west, the        6,940,000 in 2004.                 strait known as Golden Gate on                                           the north, San Francisco Bay on       ECONOMY                            the east, and San Bruno Mountain                                         on the south. Alcatraz, Angel,        San Francisco is a leading         Farallon, Treasure, and Yerba         financial and international trade  Buena islands are part of the         center for the western United      city.                                 States. The downtown financial                                           district contains the Pacific      POPULATION                            Coast Stock Exchange; the                                                headquarters of the 12th Federal   The population of San Francisco       Reserve District; and numerous     increased from 678,974 in 1980 to     banks and corporate office         723,959 in 1990; the population       buildings, including the home      was 735,315 in 1996. According to     office of the Bank of America,     the 1990 census, whites               one of the largest banks in the    constitute 53.6 percent of San        world. Tourism is also important   Francisco's population; Asians        to the city's economy. The San     and Pacific Islanders, 29.1           Francisco region is also home to   percent; blacks, 10.9 percent;        many companies developing          and Native Americans, 0.5             computer software and hardware.    Several national apparel              California (1971), the University  manufacturers also have               of California Hastings College of  headquarters in the city.             Law (1878), the San Francisco Art                                        Institute (1871), the Academy of   EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL              Art College (1929), the San        INSTITUTIONS                          Francisco Conservatory of Music                                          (1917), and a large community      The main institutions of higher       college. San Francisco has many    education in San Francisco are        performing-arts organizations.     San Francisco State University        Among the best known are the San   (1899), the University of San         Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the  Francisco (1855), Golden Gate         San Francisco Ballet, the San      University (1853), the University     Francisco Opera, and the American  of California-San Francisco           Conservatory Theater.              (1864), the New College of             About the Author: For more information, visit http://www.sanfranciscoinfohelp.com David Chandler For your FREE Stock Market Trading Mini Course: "What The Wall Street Hot Shots Won't Tell You!" go to: http://www.stockmarketgenie.com Source: www.isnare.com