San Jacinto | |
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 San Jacinto neighborhood withSan Jacinto Mountains in the background | |
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 Location inRiverside County and the state ofCalifornia | |
  San Jacinto Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates:33°47′14″N116°58′0″W / 33.78722°N 116.96667°W /33.78722; -116.96667 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Riverside |
| Native American Reservation (partial) | Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians |
| Incorporated | April 20, 1888[1] |
| Named after | St. Hyacinth of Caesarea |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Valerie Vandever |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | Alonso Ledezma |
| • City Council | Phil Ayala Crystal Ruiz Clarisa Sanchez |
| • City manager | Robert Johnson[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.12 sq mi (67.66 km2) |
| • Land | 25.96 sq mi (67.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) 0.63% |
| Elevation | 1,565 ft (477 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 53,898 |
| • Density | 2,076/sq mi (801.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 92581-92583 |
| Area code | 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-67112 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652787,2411788 |
| Website | www |
San Jacinto (/ˌsænhəˈsɪntoʊ,-dʒəˈ-,-jəˈ-/SAN hə-SIN-toh, - jə-, - yə- ;Spanish:[saŋxaˈsinto];[6]Spanish for 'St. Hyacinth') is a city inRiverside County, California, United States. It is located at the north end of theSan Jacinto Valley, withHemet to its south andBeaumont to its north. The mountains associated with the valley are theSan Jacinto Mountains. The population was 53,898 at the 2020 census. The city was founded in 1870 and incorporated on April 20, 1888,[1] making it one of the oldest cities in Riverside County.
The city is home toMt. San Jacinto College, a community college founded in 1965.[7] San Jacinto will also be home to the eastern end of theMid County Parkway, a planned route that would eventually connect it to the city ofPerris. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the city became a home to many dairies, and a center for agriculture.
San Jacinto also is home to the Soboba Casino, acasino owned and operated by theSoboba Band of Luiseño Indians. The Sobobas are sovereign and self-sufficient in community affairs.
TheLuiseño were the original inhabitants of what later would be called the San Jacinto Valley, having many villages with residents.[8][9]
TheAnza Trail, one of the first European overland routes to California, named afterJuan Bautista de Anza,4 crossed the valley in the 1770s. Mission padres named the valley, San Jacinto, which is Spanish for Saint Hyacinth, and around 1820 they established an outpost there.[10][9]
In 1883, theSan Jacinto Land Association laid out the modern city of San Jacinto atFive Points. The railroad arrived in 1888 and the city government was incorporated that same year.[9]
The local economy was built on agriculture for many years and the city also received a boost from the many tourists who visited the nearby hot springs. The city, and its residents, helped to startthe Ramona Pageant ( California's official State Outdoor Play), in 1923, and have supported the historic production ever since.[11]
On July 15, 1937, San Jacinto was the end point for the longest uninterrupted airplane flight to that date whenMikhail Gromov's crew of three made the historic 6,262-mile (10,078 km) polar flight from Moscow, USSR, in aTupolev ANT-25. This flight followed another similar historic flight over the pole whenValery Chkalov's crew of three ended up inVancouver's Pearson Airfield earlier that same year. With these two flights, the USSR earned two major milestones in theFédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) flight records. In the early 1950s the fraternal groupE Clampus Vitus and the Riverside County Department of Transportation commemorated the Gromov flight by erecting a stone marker on Cottonwood Avenue, just west of Sanderson Avenue in west-central San Jacinto. The landing site is also marked byCalifornia State Historical Landmark Number 989.[12]
San Jacinto is located at33°47′14″N116°58′0″W / 33.78722°N 116.96667°W /33.78722; -116.96667 (33.787119, −116.966672).[13]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.1 square miles (67.7 km2), of which 25.9 square miles (67.2 km2) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.43 km2), or 0.63%, is water.[3] The San Jacinto reservoir is an artificial lake used as a basin for theSan Diego Aqueduct, a branch of theColorado River Aqueduct, west of town.
Since local geological records have been kept, the city has been struck by two large earthquakes, one on Christmas Day in 1899, and the other onApril 21, 1918.
San Jacinto has ahot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen:Csa) hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.
| Climate data for San Jacinto, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1978–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 91 (33) | 91 (33) | 99 (37) | 103 (39) | 110 (43) | 114 (46) | 115 (46) | 115 (46) | 116 (47) | 108 (42) | 96 (36) | 90 (32) | 116 (47) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 81.1 (27.3) | 82.1 (27.8) | 87.3 (30.7) | 93.5 (34.2) | 98.4 (36.9) | 104.0 (40.0) | 107.2 (41.8) | 108.3 (42.4) | 105.5 (40.8) | 98.4 (36.9) | 89.3 (31.8) | 81.2 (27.3) | 110.2 (43.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 65.8 (18.8) | 65.8 (18.8) | 70.2 (21.2) | 74.4 (23.6) | 80.4 (26.9) | 88.7 (31.5) | 95.1 (35.1) | 96.5 (35.8) | 91.8 (33.2) | 82.3 (27.9) | 72.7 (22.6) | 65.0 (18.3) | 79.1 (26.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 52.9 (11.6) | 53.7 (12.1) | 57.6 (14.2) | 61.2 (16.2) | 66.8 (19.3) | 73.2 (22.9) | 79.3 (26.3) | 80.4 (26.9) | 76.3 (24.6) | 67.5 (19.7) | 58.5 (14.7) | 52.0 (11.1) | 65.0 (18.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 40.1 (4.5) | 41.7 (5.4) | 45.0 (7.2) | 47.9 (8.8) | 53.3 (11.8) | 57.6 (14.2) | 63.6 (17.6) | 64.3 (17.9) | 60.7 (15.9) | 52.7 (11.5) | 44.4 (6.9) | 39.0 (3.9) | 50.9 (10.5) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 29.4 (−1.4) | 32.4 (0.2) | 35.2 (1.8) | 38.0 (3.3) | 43.8 (6.6) | 49.1 (9.5) | 54.2 (12.3) | 54.3 (12.4) | 50.3 (10.2) | 41.9 (5.5) | 33.5 (0.8) | 28.4 (−2.0) | 25.0 (−3.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 7 (−14) | 16 (−9) | 17 (−8) | 24 (−4) | 30 (−1) | 31 (−1) | 40 (4) | 37 (3) | 35 (2) | 24 (−4) | 19 (−7) | 17 (−8) | 7 (−14) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 2.66 (68) | 2.76 (70) | 1.69 (43) | 0.79 (20) | 0.47 (12) | 0.07 (1.8) | 0.20 (5.1) | 0.12 (3.0) | 0.26 (6.6) | 0.54 (14) | 0.77 (20) | 1.87 (47) | 12.20 (310) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 35.2 |
| Source 1: NOAA[14] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[15] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1890 | 661 | — | |
| 1900 | 583 | −11.8% | |
| 1910 | 898 | 54.0% | |
| 1920 | 945 | 5.2% | |
| 1930 | 1,346 | 42.4% | |
| 1940 | 1,356 | 0.7% | |
| 1950 | 1,778 | 31.1% | |
| 1960 | 2,553 | 43.6% | |
| 1970 | 4,385 | 71.8% | |
| 1980 | 7,098 | 61.9% | |
| 1990 | 16,210 | 128.4% | |
| 2000 | 23,779 | 46.7% | |
| 2010 | 44,199 | 85.9% | |
| 2020 | 53,898 | 21.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[16] | |||
The2020 United States census reported that San Jacinto had a population of 53,898. The population density was 2,076.4 inhabitants per square mile (801.7/km2). The racial makeup of San Jacinto was 33.5%White, 8.8%African American, 2.9%Native American, 3.4%Asian, 0.5%Pacific Islander, 33.1% fromother races, and 17.8% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 61.3% of the population.[17]
The census reported that 99.5% of the population lived in households, 0.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized.[17]
There were 15,201 households, out of which 47.0% included children under the age of 18, 50.5% were married-couple households, 8.2% werecohabiting couple households, 26.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.2% had a male householder with no partner present. 16.8% of households were one person, and 8.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.53.[17] There were 11,845families (77.9% of all households).[18]
The age distribution was 29.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% aged 18 to 24, 26.8% aged 25 to 44, 21.8% aged 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males.[17]
There were 15,998 housing units at an average density of 616.3 units per square mile (238.0 units/km2), of which 15,201 (95.0%) were occupied. Of these, 68.1% were owner-occupied, and 31.9% were occupied by renters.[17]
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $78,281, and theper capita income was $26,286. About 12.3% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line.[19]
The2010 United States census[20] reported that San Jacinto had a population of 44,199.[21] The population density was 1,691.4 inhabitants per square mile (653.1/km2). The racial makeup of San Jacinto was 25,272 (57.2%)White (35.1% Non-Hispanic White),[22] 2,928 (6.6%)African American, 812 (1.8%)Native American, 1,341 (3.0%)Asian, 124 (0.3%)Pacific Islander, 11,208 (25.4%) fromother races, and 2,514 (5.7%) from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 23,109 persons (52.3%).
The Census reported that 43,971 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 169 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 59 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
There were 13,152 households, out of which 6,460 (49.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,954 (52.9%) wereopposite-sex married couples living together, 2,121 (16.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 912 (6.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 938 (7.1%)unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 111 (0.8%)same-sex married couples or partnerships. 2,459 households (18.7%) were made up of individuals, and 1,231 (9.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34. There were 9,987families (75.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.81.
The population was spread out, with 14,487 people (32.8%) under the age of 18, 4,404 people (10.0%) aged 18 to 24, 11,885 people (26.9%) aged 25 to 44, 8,755 people (19.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,668 people (10.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
There were 14,977 housing units at an average density of 573.2 per square mile (221.3/km2), of which 8,943 (68.0%) were owner-occupied, and 4,209 (32.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.3%. 28,777 people (65.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 15,194 people (34.4%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, San Jacinto had a median household income of $47,453, with 18.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[22]
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San Jacinto has a memorial to veterans at Druding Park is a tribute to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Services. In the park, each branch of the military has an equipment artifact used by its members in battle, as a symbol of their services. There is a tank for theArmy, a propeller for theAir Force, an anchor for theNavy, a lighthouse for theCoast Guard, and in the near future the city government hopes to add a howitzer for theMarine Corps. Various plaques and memorials also grace the 1-acre (4,000 m2) park.
The city is also home to the Estudillo Mansion, which was home to Francisco Estudillo, who was the city's first postmaster and was elected as the city's second mayor. The mansion also has a twin mansion built by Estudillo's brother, Jose Antonio Estudillo, Jr. The two mansions and the grounds are all that remains of the original 35,000-acre (140 km2) Mexican land grant given to the brother's father, Jose Antonio Estudillo in 1842. The mansion was placed on theNational Register of Historic Places and on theCalifornia Register of Historic Resources. This is only the third Riverside County site to receive this honor.[26]
The city is served by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.[27]
The city of San Jacinto contracts for fire and paramedic services with the Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement withCAL FIRE. Fire Station 25 is also a CAL FIRE fire station which has a wildland fire engine.[28]
The majority of the city is served by theSan Jacinto Unified School District,[29] made up of 12 schools.[30] There is one comprehensive high school,San Jacinto High School (San Jacinto, California), and a continuation high school, Mountain View High School. There are 7 elementary schools and 3 middle schools in the city, and one independent studies program on the Mountain View High School campus site. A 6–12 magnet school, San Jacinto Leadership Academy, operates on the past Monte Vista Middle School campus, serving nearly 600 children.
Portions of San Jacinto are inHemet Unified School District, and theNuview Union Elementary School District andPerris Union High School District (for senior high school).[29]
The San Jacinto Valley Academy is a K–12 charter school.[31]
The San Jacinto Valley Cemetery District[32] maintains the San Jacinto Valley Cemetery[33] in the city.[34] Notable burials include Danish cartoonistHenning Dahl Mikkelsen who created the stripFerd'nand.[35]
The Diamond Valley Arts Council (DVAC) maintains an arts complex called the Esplanade Arts Center (EAC), which features an art gallery, community arts classes, and a performance space home to the Inland Stage Company (ISC).
Mt. San Jacinto College (the Eagles) has a sports stadium for college football and a gymnasium for college basketball, along with a ball park for a collegiate baseball team the Diamond Valley Sabers of the SCCBL (Southern California Baseball League) who also play home games in the Diamond Valley Field inHemet.[36]
The So Cal Coyotes of the DFI (Developmental Football International) plays half their home games in theSoboba Casino Oaks Sports Complex and their home field inRancho Mirage in 2013, but the team has moved their home field toShadow Hills Stadium inIndio in 2018.[37]
TheSoboba Casino's sports complex also has an indoor sports facility for boxing events held in theSoboba Indian Reservation.[38]
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