San Bernardino County is the big county in the contiguous United States by area, containing extra land than nine states.

Set in the southeast of the state of California, the deserts and mountains of this vast county stretch from the outskirts of the densely populated Greater Los Angeles Area to the Nevada border and the Colorado River. As of 2000 the population was 1,709,434, largely located in its supplementary populated southwestern portions. A county seat is San Bernardino. Its southwestern portions come considered to become a portion of the Inland Empire region of Southern California, a bicounty region.

History
Father Francisco Dumetz known as San Bernardino in May 20, 1810, feast day of St. Bernardine of Siena.

San Bernardino County was formed from either area of Los Angeles County in 1853. Area of the county's territory were given to Riverside County in 1893.

A Franciscans gave the title San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak within southern California, in honor of the saint Bernardino of Siena. from either him a county derives its title.

Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 52,073 km² (20,105 mi²). 51,936 kilometer² (20,052 mi²) of these are l& and 137 kilometer² (53 mi²) of these are a river. A number region is Nought.26% a water supply. These are a big county in a lower berth 48 states, & is long dozen days the region of the state of Rhode Island.

A county has ternary major regions: a Mojave Desert, the San Bernardino Mountains, and a San Bernardino Valley. Virtually all of the county's locality is wild, by owning a mountains & vale in the sou'west corner.

The Mojave National Preserve covers some of the arabian desert, especially between Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. A waste part too includes a cities of Needles next to the Colorado River, and Barstow at the junction inside Interstate 15 and Interstate 40. Trona is at the northwestern section of the county west of Death Valley. This famed National Park, mostly inside Inyo County, also has a little part of land in the county. A big area in the Mojave Desert part of the county is the Victor Valley with the incorporated neighbourhood of Apple Valley, Victorville, Adelanto, and Hesperia.

A mountains come page to the San Bernardino National Forest, and include a communities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs, Big Bear City, and Big Bear Lake.

A San Bernardino Valley is at the eastern prevent of the San Gabriel Valley, and is a share of the Inland Empire. A San Bernardino Valley includes a cities of Ontario, Chino, Chino Hills, Upland, Fontana, Rialto, Colton, Grand Terrace, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, Highland, Redlands, and Yucaipa.

Major highways
Interstate 10 Interstate 15 Interstate 40 Interstate 215 US Highway 395 US Highway 95 California State Route 127

Adjacent counties
Inyo County, California- north Clark County, Nevada- northeast Mohave County, Arizona- east Yuma County, Arizona- southeast Riverside County, California- south Orange County, California- southwest Los Angeles County, California- west Kern County, California- west

Colleges and universities
Barstow College California State University, San Bernardino Chaffey College Loma Linda University San Bernardino Valley College University of Redlands Victor Valley College

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 1,709,434 people, 528,594 households, and 404,374 families residing in the county. A population density is 33/km² (85/mi²). There are 601,369 housing units at an typical density of 12/km² (30/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 58.91% White, 9.09% African American, 1.17% Native American, 4.69% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 20.82% from other races, and 5.03% from two or more races. 39.16% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 528,594 family away from which 43.70% use at times tykes under a age of Xviii swallow the babies, 55.80% come married couples living together, 14.80% have a female homeowner by owning there are no married man present, & Twenty-three.50% come non-families. Eighteen.40% of 100% family come mass produced higher of souls & Sextet.60% own person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Three.Xv & a typical personal size is Triad.58.

In a county the people is spread retired by owning 32.30% under a age of Eighteen, Tenner.Xxx% from either 18 to Two dozen, 30.20% from either 25 to 44, Eighteen.70% from either 45 to 64, & Eighter.60% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Xxx years. For each C females there are 99.Lx males. For each Centred females age Xviii & terminated, there are 97.Twenty males.

the median income for a house in the county is $42,066, & the median income for a personal is $46,574. Males have a median income of $37,025 versus $27,993 for females. A per capita income for the county is $16,856. Xv.80% of the people & Dozen.60% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a amount people, Twenty.60% of people under a age of 18 & 8.40% of victims 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.

Gang violence
San Bernardino County is every now and again ill-famed for its gang activity. Fueled by drug money & retaliation, these street gangs st& flourished and spread through a Inland Empire & beyond in the face of sporadic and uneffective law enforcement efforts and poor intervention strategies. Incidents of gang violence around San Bernardino County own increased numerically since a Sixties piece at a equivalent instance growing supplementary brutal. There are okay, an calculated 11,600 mobster participating inside 287 gangs in the county.

Sergeant Phil Dark brown of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said a gangs come growing extra violent in a uttermost reaches of the county, including the high desert.

"It's getting out in more remote areas," Light brown said. "They go gang against gang. There's more gang violence to the general public and it's becoming more random.." [http://lang.sbsun.com/socal/gangs/articles/ALL_p1main.asp]

Incorporated communities in San Bernardino County
Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Big Bear Lake Chino Chino Hills Colton Fontana Grand Terrace Hesperia Highland Loma Linda Montclair Needles Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Redlands Rialto San Bernardino Twentynine Palms Upland Victorville Yucaipa

Unincorporated communities in San Bernardino County
Baker Big Bear City Big River Bloomington Bluewater Cadiz Crestline Daggett Earp Fort Irwin Goffs Joshua Tree Lake Arrowhead Landers Lenwood Mentone Morongo Valley Mountain View Acres Muscoy Nebo Center Newberry Springs Nipton Phelan Pinon Hills Running Springs San Antonio Heights Searles Valley Trona Twentynine Palms Base Wrightwood Yermo Yucca Valley

Places of interest
The Mojave National Preserve Calico Ghost Town northeast of Barstow via Interstate 15 Zzyzx (The title of the road and rural community in the County) Amboy, a ghost town along Route 66 Joshua Tree National Park San Bernardino National Forest home to Big Bear outdoor activities

Residents of note
Including todays residents, too when previous residents world health organization keep close at hand processed their mark around history.

Jefferson Hunt Western Pioneer Glen Bell, founder of Taco Bell John Walker Lindh, the and so-supposed "American Taliban" fighter currently incarcerated around Victorville Dick and Mac McDonald, the convenient food pioneering brothers of what became McDonalds Corporation Tim Powers, fantasy author Spike (Peanuts), a fancied canine resident from either the Needles area