Berkeley

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Berkeley

Total population

121,730

Median home value

$1,429,700

75.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$103,727

Berkeley$104k

National$74k

Air quality index

22Good

Weather65°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates37.87°, -122.30°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Berkeley, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Whitfield Crane

American singer

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Don Francis

American epidemiologist

Alexander James Adams

American musician and songwriter

Dan Brereton

American writer and illustrator

Adam Steltzner

American aerospace engineer

Bassnectar

American DJ and music producer

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Clyde Serda

American chef

D'wayne Wiggins

American musician

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Erik Dellums

American actor, voice actor, narrator

Julia Wertz

Cartoonist, Explorer

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Ken Crawford

American football player (1898-1957)

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Richard Jackson

American dancer, creative director, and choreographer

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Tim Twietmeyer

American ultramarathon runner

Kool A.D.

American rapper

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Robin Fleming

American historian

Teri Reeves

American actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Berkeley

Biology

Neil Alexander Campbell · 1987

Campbell biology in focus

Lisa A. Urry · 2013

Berkeley, California

Wells Drury · 2018

The rainfall of Berkeley, California

William Gardner Reed · 1913

O terrorista de Berkeley, Califórnia

Pepetela. · 2007

Lectures on eletrodynamics [by] J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer · 1970

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

Aaron L. Sussell · 2001

Berkeley-California

Calif.). Conference Committee Improvement Clubs of Berkeley (Berkeley · 1900

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