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{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{about|the city|the region|San Fernando Valley}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
| established_title        = <!-- Founded -->
| established_date         = 
| established_title3       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date3        = August 31, 1911<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
 |title       = California Cities by Incorporation Date
 |format      = Word
 |publisher   = California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s
 |access-date  = August 25, 2014
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 |archive-date = November 3, 2014
}}</ref>
| named_for                = [[Ferdinand III of Castile|St. Ferdinand]]
| government_type          = [[Council-Manager]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Mary Mendoza<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://sanfernandosun.com/2024/12/11/newly-elected-san-fernando-city-councilmembers-sworn-in-during-special-meeting/|title=Newly-Elected San Fernando City Councilmembers Sworn in During Special Meeting|first=Maria Luisa Torres, San Fernando Valley Sun/el|last=Sol|date=December 12, 2024|website=The San Fernando Valley Sun}}</ref>
| leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name1             = Mary Solorio<ref name="auto"/>
| leader_title2            = [[City council]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/city-council/|title=City Council|website=City of San Fernando}}</ref>
| leader_name2             = Joel Fajardo<br />Victoria Garcia<br />Patty López
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.37
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| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 30, 2021}}</ref>
| elevation_ft             = 1070
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| elevation_footnotes      = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1652786|San Fernando|access-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total         = 23946
| pop_est_as_of            = 2024
| population_est           = 23488
| pop_est_footnotes        = <ref name="www.census.gov">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=June 2, 2025 |language=en |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanfernandocitycalifornia/PST045224}}</ref>
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| postal_code              = 91340-91342, 91344-91346<ref>{{cite web | url = http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp?visited=1&pagenumber=0&state=ca&city=San%20Fernando | title = USPS - ZIP Code Lookup - Find a ZIP+ 4 Code By City Results | access-date = January 18, 2007}}</ref>
| area_codes                = [[Area codes 747 and 818|818, 747]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData&cityToNpaModel.stateAbbr=CA&cityToNpaModel.city=San%20Fernando | title = Number Administration System - NPA and City/Town Search Results | access-date = January 18, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091104211405/http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData | archive-date = November 4, 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
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| website                  = {{URL|www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us}}
}}

'''San Fernando''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "[[Ferdinand III of Castile|St. Ferdinand]]") is a [[General-law municipality|general-law city]]{{r|city-website-page-elections|r={{cite web
| title        = Elections
| website      = City of San Fernando
| url          = https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/elections/
| via          = ''[[Wayback Machine|The Wayback Machine]],'' [[Internet Archive|The Internet Archive]]
| archive-date = 2021-11-30
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20211130073825/https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/elections/
| url-status   = deviated}}}} in the [[San Fernando Valley]] region of [[Los Angeles County, California]], in the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]]. It is an [[enclave and exclave|enclave]] in the [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population of San Fernando was 23,946.<ref name="www.census.gov" />

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=November 2022}}
[[File:Exterior view of the Mission Hotel in San Fernando, ca.1888 (1874?) (CHS-9501).jpg|thumb|Mission Hotel in San Fernando, ca. 1888]]
Prior to the arrival of Spanish missionaries and soldiers, the area of San Fernando was in the northwestern extent of [[Tovaangar]], or the homelands of the [[Tongva]]. The nearby village of [[Pasheeknga]] was a major site for the Tongva, being the most populous village in the San Fernando Valley at the time. The homelands of the [[Tataviam]] could be found to the north and the [[Chumash people|Chumash]] to the west.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=John R. |url=https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/21299/files/sspshp%20ethnohistory-complete.pdf |title=Ethnohistoric Overview for the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park Cultural Resources Inventory Project |publisher=Southern Service Center, State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation |year=2006 |pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://dpw.lacounty.gov/avi/airports/documents/WHP%20IS%20MND.pdf |title=Whiteman Airport Master Plan Update |publisher=County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works |year=2014 |pages=14}}</ref>

=== Spanish colonial period ===
The [[Mission San Fernando Rey de España]] (named after [[Ferdinand III of Castile|St. Ferdinand]]) was founded in 1797 at the site of [[Achooykomenga]], an agricultural rancho established by [[Juan Francisco Reyes (soldier)|Juan Francisco Reyes]] for [[Pueblo de Los Ángeles]] worked by [[Ventureño Chumash]], [[Fernandeño]] (Tongva), and [[Tataviam]] laborers.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Johnson |first=John R. |date=1997 |title=The Indians of Mission San Fernando |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41172612 |journal=Southern California Quarterly |volume=79 |issue=3 |pages=249–290 |doi=10.2307/41172612 |jstor=41172612 |issn=0038-3929|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In 1833, the mission was [[Mexican secularization act of 1833|secularized by the Mexican government]]. During its time as a mission, 1,367 native children were baptized at San Fernando, of which 965 died in childhood. The high death rate of children and adults at the missions sometimes led those kept at the mission to run away.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Guinn |first=James Miller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xu81AQAAMAAJ |title=History of the State of California and Biographical Record to Oakland and Environs: Also Containing Biographies of Well-known Citizens of the Past and Present |date=1907 |publisher=Historic record Company |pages=63 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Champagne |first=Duane |title=A coalition of lineages : the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians |date=2021 |others=Carole E. Goldberg |isbn=978-0-8165-4285-7 |location=Tucson |pages=56 |oclc=1245673178}}</ref>

=== Rancho land grant ===
In 1846, the area became part of the [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] of [[Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando]]. In 1874, [[Charles Maclay]], bought {{convert|56000|acre|km2|0}} of the Rancho.

In 1882, cousins George K. Porter and Benjamin F. Porter, of future [[Porter Ranch, Los Angeles|Porter Ranch]], each received one-third of the total land. In 1885, Maclay founded the Maclay School of Theology, a Methodist [[seminary]] in San Fernando.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hunt|first=Thomas C.|author2=James C. Carper |title=Religious Higher Education in the United States: A Source Book|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1996|page=474|isbn=978-0-8153-1636-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lxr_PID7o2IC&pg=PA474|access-date=February 1, 2009}}</ref> After his death it became an affiliate and moved to the [[campus of the University of Southern California]] and then the [[Claremont School of Theology]].

In August 1911, a motion to incorporate as an independent city passed by eight votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Cato |date=2025-11-01 |title=How the tiny city of San Fernando in the Valley avoided being swallowed up by LA |url=https://laist.com/news/la-history/la-san-fernando-city-founding-sfv |access-date=2025-11-03 |website=LAist |language=en}}</ref>
While most of the towns in the surrounding [[San Fernando Valley]] agreed to annexation by Los Angeles in the 1910s, eager to tap the bountiful water supply provided by the newly opened [[Los Angeles Aqueduct]], San Fernando's abundant [[groundwater]] supplies allowed it to remain a separate city.

==Geography and climate==
{{more citations needed section|date=April 2014}}
San Fernando is completely surrounded by the city of [[Los Angeles]], with the neighborhoods of [[Sylmar, Los Angeles|Sylmar]] to the north, [[Lake View Terrace, Los Angeles|Lake View Terrace]] to the east, [[Pacoima, Los Angeles|Pacoima]] to the south, and [[Mission Hills, Los Angeles|Mission Hills]] to the west.  It is served by the [[Golden State Freeway|Golden State]] (Interstate 5), [[Foothill Freeway|Foothill]] (Interstate 210), [[Ronald Reagan Freeway|Ronald Reagan]] (State Route 118), and [[Interstate 405 (California)|San Diego]] (Interstate 405) freeways.

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 3204
|1930= 7567
|1940= 9094
|1950= 12992
|1960= 16093
|1970= 16571
|1980= 17731
|1990= 22580
|2000= 23564
|2010= 23645
|2020= 23946
|estyear=2024
|estimate=23488
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 29, 2025|archive-date=August 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823050629/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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San Fernando first appeared as a city in the [[1920 U.S. census]] which was coterminous with the now defunct San Fernando Township.<ref name=1920CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''San Fernando city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – San Fernando city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0666140&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – San Fernando city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0666140&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – San Fernando city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0666140&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,855
|1,259
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,234
|7.87%
|5.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.15%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|176
|146
|style='background: #ffffe6; |282
|0.75%
|0.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.18%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|122
|66
|style='background: #ffffe6; |66
|0.52%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.28%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|209
|192
|style='background: #ffffe6; |353
|0.89%
|0.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.47%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|7
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.03%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|16
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76
|0.07%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.32%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|141
|82
|style='background: #ffffe6; |154
|0.60%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.64%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|21,038
|21,867
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,770
|89.28%
|92.48%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90.91%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''23,564'''
|'''23,645'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''23,946'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] San Fernando had a population of 23,946. The racial makeup of San Fernando was (93.2%) Hispanic or Latino, (4.2%) Non-Hispanic White, (2.3%) Asian, (1.3%) American Indian, and (0.8%) Black of African American. San Fernando had a population density of 10,086.80/sq miles or 26,124.69/km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="www.census.gov" />

The same 2020 Census data also shows that the population is evenly divided with 50% of the population reporting as Male and 50% reporting as Female. Persons under the age of 18 made up 23.1% of the population while persons 65 years of age or older made up 11.8%. The median age in San Fernando was estimated to be 33.9 years of age.

The City of San Fernando's Annual Report states that the median household income was $77,334 with a total of 6,504 households.<ref>[https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-San-Fernando-Annual-Report_ENG-WEB-FINAL.pdf] City of San Fernando 2022 Annual Report</ref> The same report states that 73.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home, that 71.2% of residents speak Spanish at home, and 28.1% of residents have limited English-speaking abilities.

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] San Fernando had a population of 23,645. The population density was {{convert|9,959.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of San Fernando was 12,068 (51.0%) White (5.3% Non-Hispanic White),<ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0666140.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702005210/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0666140.html|date=July 2, 2012}} 'United States Census Bureau</ref> 222 (0.9%) African American, 314 (1.3%) Native American, 248 (1.0%) Asian, 33 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 9,877 (41.8%) from other races, and 883 (3.7%) from two or more races. There were 21,687 Hispanic or Latino residents, of any race (92.5%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0666140|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032923/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0666140|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - San Fernando city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 23,531 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 46 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 68 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

There were 5,967 households, 3,247 (54.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,282 (55.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,098 (18.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 592 (9.9%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 476 (8.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 34 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 731 households (12.3%) were one person and 295 (4.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.94.  There were 4,972 families (83.3% of households); the average family size was 4.18.

The age distribution was 6,941 people (29.4%) under the age of 18, 2,659 people (11.2%) aged 18 to 24, 7,132 people (30.2%) aged 25 to 44, 4,920 people (20.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,993 people (8.4%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 30.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

There were 6,291 housing units at an average density of 2,649.9 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,252 (54.5%) were owner-occupied and 2,715 (45.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.9%.  13,425 people (56.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,106 people (42.7%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, San Fernando had a median household income of $55,192, with 16.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0666140.html|title=Community Facts American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 14, 2014|archive-date=July 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702005210/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0666140.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] there were 23,564 people in 5,774 households, including 4,832 families, in the city.  The population density was {{convert|9,880.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 5,932 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,487.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 42.76% White, 0.98% African American, 1.69% Native American, 1.12% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 49.35% from other races, and 3.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 89.28%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 5,774 households 52.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.4% of households were one person and 5.6% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 4.07 and the average family size was 4.33.

The age distribution was 34.4% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 15.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% 65 or older.  The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males.

The median household income was $39,909 and the median family income  was $40,138. Males had a median income of $26,068 versus $22,599 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,485. 15.3% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.5% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==

===Top employers===

According to the City of San Fernando's 2022 annual report,<ref>[https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2022-San-Fernando-Annual-Report_ENG-WEB-FINAL.pdf] [Page 5] San Fernando Annual 2022 Report</ref> the top ten employers in the city (not including the city itself as an employer) are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Los Angeles Unified School District]]
|2145
|-
|2
|[[Pharmavite|Pharmavite LLC]]
|343
|-
|3
|[[Pepsi Beverages Company|Pepsi Bottling Company]]
|320
|-
|4
|[[Home Depot]]
|300
|-
|5
|[[Los Angeles County, California|County of Los Angeles]]
|250
|-
|6
|PureTek
|196
|-
|7
|Production Resource Group LLC
|151
|-
|8
|Northeast Valley Health Group
|150
|-
|9
|[[Vallarta Supermarkets]]
|144
|-
|10
|Ricon Corp
|118
|}

As of 2021, the City of San Fernando has a total labor force of 11,000 with 3,943 (35.85%) working for the top ten employers listed. The City of San Fernando also employs 132 people as of 2021.<ref>https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ACFR-FY-2020-2021.pdf[Page 149]</ref>

== Arts and culture ==
The city hosts public celebrations such as July 4 festivities and summer movie nights in city parks. [[Mexican Americans#Culture|Mexican-American culture]] is prevalent and the city hosts [[Día de los muertos|Día de los Muertos]] festivals and community classes teaching "[[Chicano#Indigenous identity|Aztec]]" and [[Baile Folklorico|Folklórico]] dances.<ref name=":0" />

=== Sport ===
This city is home to an [[Ulama (game)|ulama]] team, [[Oceyolotl de San Fernando Valley]], who play ulama de cadera in the [[Mesoamerican Ballgame Association USA|AJUPEME USA]] league.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Castro |first1=Francisco |last2=Sol |first2=San Fernando Valley Sun/El |date=2019-06-26 |title=Mesoamerican Ball Bounces into San Fernando |url=http://sanfernandosun.com/2019/06/26/mesoamerican-ball-bounces-into-san-fernando/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=The San Fernando Valley Sun |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Parks and recreation ==
The San Fernando Recreation and Community Services (RCS) Department maintains multiple parks and recreation centers in the city and provides residents with recreational amenities, programs and services. Various social clubs cater to senior residents providing them with crafting and gardening programs and social events.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Recreation & Community Services {{!}} City of San Fernando |url=https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/sfrecreation/ |access-date=December 26, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of city parks in San Fernando<ref>{{Cite web |title=Park Facilities {{!}} City of San Fernando |url=https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/sfrecreation/ |access-date=December 26, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
!Name
!Address
!Notes
|-
|[[Lopez Adobe|Casa de López Adobe]]
|1100 Pico Street
|Small park on a historic site
|-
|[[César E. Chávez Memorial Park (San Fernando)|César E. Chávez Memorial Park]]
|Wolfskilll Street & Truman Street
|Memorial park honoring César E. Chávez at an entrance to the city
|-
|Las Palmas Park
|505 South Huntington Street
|Neighborhood park with sports and recreational facilities
|-
|Layne Park
|120 North Huntington Street
|Small neighborhood park with recreational facilities
|-
|Pioneer Park
|828 Harding Street
|Neighborhood park with sports facilities
|-
|[[Rudy Ortega Sr. Park]]
|2025 Fourth Street
|Neighborhood park with walking trails and a tea house
|-
|San Fernando Recreation Park
|208 Park Avenue
|{{Aka|uc=y}} San Fernando Regional Park; includes sports facilities and a recreation center
|-
|San Fernando Regional Pool
|300 Park Avenue
|Public pools adjacent to the San Fernando Recreation Park
|-
|Cindy Montañez Natural Park<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cindy Montañez Natural Park |url=https://mrca.ca.gov/parks/park-listing/pacoima-wash-natural-park/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=MRCA |language=en}}</ref>
|801 8th Street
|Formerly Pacoima Wash Natural Park; built by the MRCA with walking trails and a picnic area
|}

==Government==

===Municipal government===
[[File:San Fernando California 2024 February 03.jpg|thumb|San Fernando City Hall]]
The City of San Fernando is governed by a [[city council]]. Members of the City Council are elected [[Plurality block voting|at-large]] and serve four year terms.{{r|city-website-page-elections}} The [[mayor]] is appointed every year, on a rotating basis, by a majority vote of the council. The Council meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers.

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], San Fernando is in {{Representative|casd|20|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|43|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Find Your California Representative | url=https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208065047/http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov:80/ | access-date=2025-01-20 | archive-date=2012-12-08}}</ref>

In the [[United States Senate]], San Fernando is represented by California's senators [[Alex Padilla]] and [[Adam Schiff]].<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/senators_cfm.cfm?State=CA: California Senators] accessed November 7, 2018</ref>
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], San Fernando is in {{Representative|cacd|29|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|29}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:San Fernando California 2024 February 04.jpg|thumb|San Fernando Middle School Auditorium]]
[[File:MaclaySchoolofTheology-1890.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Claremont School of Theology|Maclay School of Theology]], in San Fernando c. 1890.]]
San Fernando is served by the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]].<ref>https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Zoning-Map.pdf elementary and middle schools in the city limits are on this map</ref>

San Fernando is served by the following LAUSD schools:
* O'Melveny Elementary School
* Morningside Elementary School
* San Fernando Elementary School
* Gridley Elementary School in nearby [[Sylmar, Los Angeles|Sylmar]]<ref>"[http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Gridley_EL/ Home]." Gridley Elementary School. Retrieved on April 27, 2014. "1907 Eighth St. Sylmar, CA 91340"</ref>
* San Fernando Middle School
* San Fernando institute for Applied Media
* [[César Chávez Learning Academies]] 
* [[San Fernando High School]]
* Vaughn International Studies Academy (VISA); Charter School

The nearest community college to San Fernando is [[Los Angeles Mission College]] in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles.

[[PUC Schools]] operates some charter schools in San Fernando. They include Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy (MS and HS) and PUC Inspire Charter Academy.<ref>"[http://www.pucschools.org/nuevaesperanzacharteracademy/ Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124091810/http://www.pucschools.org/nuevaesperanzacharteracademy/|date=2010-11-24}}." PUC Schools. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.</ref><ref>"[http://www.pucschools.org/lakeviewcharterhighschool/ Lakeview Charter High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206164347/http://www.pucschools.org/lakeviewcharterhighschool/|date=2011-12-06}}." PUC Schools. Retrieved on November 27, 2011. "Lakeview Charter High School 919 Eighth Street San Fernando, CA 91340-1312"</ref> At one time Lakeview Charter Academy and Triumph Charter Academy, both of PUC Schools, were located in San Fernando now they are located in Sylmar.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080614160301/http://www.pucschools.org/triumphcharteracademy/ Triumph Charter Academy]." PUC Schools. June 14, 2008. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20080614160253/http://www.pucschools.org/lakeviewcharteracademy/ Lakeview Charter Academy]." PUC Schools. June 14, 2008. Retrieved on November 27, 2011.</ref>

A private school, [[The Concordia Schools]] San Fernando, was in the city.<ref>"[http://www.concordiasanfernando.com/ Home]." Concordia San Fernando. Retrieved on September 1, 2011. "777 N. Maclay, San Fernando, CA 91340"</ref> First Lutheran Schools was previously located where Concordia San Fernando was later now located.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706170639/http://firstlutheranschools.org/ Home]." First Lutheran Schools. Retrieved on September 1, 2011. "Elementary School: 777 N. Maclay San Fernando, CA 91340 • Phone: 818-361-4800 Jr./Sr. High School: 13361 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar, CA 91342"</ref> In 2011 the middle and high school consolidated into [[Concordia Junior Senior High School]].<ref name="Linschools">Lin, C.J. "[http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18704330 Valley private school options dwindling] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813013609/http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18704330|date=2012-08-13}}." August 17, 2011. Retrieved on August 31, 2011.</ref>

=== Public library ===
[[File:San Fernando California 2024 February 02.jpg|thumb|San Fernando branch]]
The [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] operates the [http://www.colapublib.org/libs/sanfernando/ San Fernando Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121160116/http://colapublib.org/libs/sanfernando/ |date=November 21, 2010 }} at 217 North Maclay Avenue.<ref>"[http://www.colapublib.org/libs/sanfernando/ San Fernando Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121160116/http://colapublib.org/libs/sanfernando/ |date=November 21, 2010 }}". [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]]. Accessed August 22, 2010.</ref>

==Infrastructure==
The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Pacoima Health Center in [[Pacoima, Los Angeles, California|Pacoima]] in [[Los Angeles]], serving the City of San Fernando.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/pacoima.pdf Pacoima Health Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.</ref>

The City of San Fernando produces, treats, sells and maintains its own water supply.<ref>"[http://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/public-works/water-sewer/ San Fernando Water & Sewer]." Retrieved on November 20, 2019.</ref> The city began the construction of a $11.2 million [[Water infiltration|rainwater infiltration]] system on the site of San Fernando Regional Park on April 4, 2022, which is meant to protect the [[Pacoima Wash]] and, in turn, Los Angeles River from further impurities and to support [[groundwater recharge]] for the San Fernando Valley Groundwater Basin, benefiting the city of Los Angeles. The new system also reduces the impact of heavy rain in the city, capturing runoff from a 940-acre drainage area including approximately 70% of the city's area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arizon |first=Gabriel |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Infiltration System Being Built to Improve San Fernando Water |url=https://sanfernandosun.com/2022/04/20/infiltration-system-being-built-to-improve-san-fernando-water/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=The San Fernando Valley Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Arizon |first=Gabriel |date=September 15, 2022 |title=City of San Fernando Infiltration Project Nearly Halfway Completed |url=https://sanfernandosun.com/2022/09/14/city-of-san-fernando-infiltration-project-nearly-halfway-completed/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=The San Fernando Valley Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Regional Infiltration System at Rec Park Nears Completion |url=https://sanfernandosun.com/2022/11/16/regional-infiltration-system-at-rec-park-nears-complition/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=The San Fernando Valley Sun |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SF Regional Park Infiltration Project {{!}} City of San Fernando |url=https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/sf-regional-park-infiltration-project/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> The project will be surfaced by a baseball field, as was originally on the site of the project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sol |first=Gabriel Arizon, San Fernando Valley Sun/El |date=June 22, 2023 |title=San Fernando Infiltration Project to be Operational in August |url=https://sanfernandosun.com/2023/06/21/san-fernando-infiltration-project-to-be-operational-in-august/ |access-date=September 19, 2023 |website=The San Fernando Valley Sun |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the San Fernando Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/san-fernando-main-308-s-maclay-ave-san-fernando-ca-1433401 Post Office Location - SAN FERNANDO MAIN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307202327/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/san-fernando-main-308-s-maclay-ave-san-fernando-ca-1433401 |date=2010-03-07 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.</ref>

===Police===
[[File:San Fernando California 2024 February 05.jpg|thumb|San Fernando Police Department]]
Police services in San Fernando is provided by the San Fernando Police Department.  The police department has 35 sworn [[police officers]] and 25 non-sworn personnel. The department is also augmented by 20 sworn reserve police officers. In times of need, the police department can deploy a total of 55 sworn police officers.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

The San Fernando Police Department is a member of the [[Los Angeles County]] Disaster Management Area "C".  Area "C" consists of the cities of [[Burbank, California|Burbank]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[San Fernando, California| San Fernando]], [[San Gabriel, California|San Gabriel]], [[Monterey Park, California|Monterey Park]], [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] and [[South Pasadena, California|South Pasadena]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Los Angeles County Operational Area Disaster Management Area Cities|url=http://lacoa.org/PDF/LIST%20OF%20LOS%20ANGELES%20COUNTY%20OPERATIONAL%20AREA%20DISASTER%20MANAGEMENT%20AREA%20CITIES%20AND%20WEBSITES.pdf|publisher=County of Los Angeles - Chief Executive Office|access-date=August 9, 2016}}</ref> The San Fernando Police have, in the past, requested mutual aid from the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] during major incidents.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

===Fire===
The [[Los Angeles Fire Department]] provides fire protection services for the city of San Fernando, which serves
the community from three nearby fire stations (Station 75, Station 91, and Station 98), all of which are located in the City of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>"[http://www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us/city_government/departments/comdev/news/Draft%20EIR/Sec05.08.FireProtection.pdf Fire Protection Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326224043/http://www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us/city_government/departments/comdev/news/Draft%20EIR/Sec05.08.FireProtection.pdf |date=2009-03-26 }}" ''City of San Fernando Website'' Retrieved on March 16, 2009.</ref>

Fire Station 75 in [[Mission Hills, Santa Barbara County, California|Mission Hills]] serves western San Fernando.<ref>"[http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lafd/fs75.htm Fire Station 75] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124082418/http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lafd/fs75.htm |date=2010-01-24 }}." [[Los Angeles Fire Department]]. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.</ref> Fire Station 91 in [[Sylmar]] serves northeast San Fernando<ref>"[http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lafd/fs91.htm Fire Station 91] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327064551/http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lafd/fs91.htm |date=2010-03-27 }}." [[Los Angeles Fire Department]]. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.</ref> Fire Station 98 in [[Pacoima, California|Pacoima]] serves southeast San Fernando.<ref>"[http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lafd/fs98.htm Fire Station 98] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124081249/http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lafd/fs98.htm |date=2010-01-24 }}." [[Los Angeles Fire Department]]. Retrieved on March 17, 2010.</ref>

===Transportation===

The [[Sylmar/San Fernando (Metrolink station)|Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station]] serves the city on the [[Antelope Valley Line]] that passes through the city on a route adjacent to and parallel with [[San Fernando Boulevard]]. The officials and citizens have expressed their concern about the impact of the [[California High-Speed Rail]] if it follows the same route through the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-opposition-20150530-story.html|title=San Fernando leaders confront state officials over bullet train route|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= May 30, 2015|first=Ralph |last=Vartabedian}}</ref> The city will become the future northern terminus of the [[East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project]], the valley's first light rail line by 2027.<ref>{{Cite web| title=East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor | url=http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/east_sfv/images/map_corridor_esfv.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819232104/http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/east_sfv/images/map_corridor_esfv.pdf | archive-date=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metro.net/projects/east-sfv/|title=East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor|website=www.metro.net}}</ref>

San Fernando runs a fixed route [[Tourist trolley|trolley]] service around the city, serving 28 stops around the city. At the moment, fares are free and the city claims a frequency of 20–25 minutes. The [[Los Angeles Metro]], the county's transportation authority serves San Fernando with various [[Metro Local]] bus routes and the [[Metro Rapid]] 761 line, whose terminus is at the Metrolink station and ends in [[West Los Angeles]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getting Around {{!}} City of San Fernando |url=https://ci.san-fernando.ca.us/getting-around/ |access-date=2025-09-13 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles|California}}

==Notable people==
* [[Paula Abdul]], television personality<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/paula-abdul |title=Paula Abdul |access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
* [[David Wark Griffith]] pioneer of silent motion pictures at his [[Griffith Ranch]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/716 |title=Griffith Ranch Historical Landmark |access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
* [[George Lopez]], comedian, television actor, philanthropist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/preps/post/_/id/9100/la-north-george-lopez-offers-to-buy-cif-rings-for-san-fernando-baseball-team |title=George Lopez offers to buy CIF rings for San Fernando baseball team  |access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Marlyn Mason]], actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal-marlyn-mason/70323215/ |title=She likes older men |access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Rod McGaughy]], actor and rodeo performer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/545565875/|title=100 Cowboys Sign for Stampede Rodeo; Parade is Opening Event|work=The Times-News|location=[[Nephi, Utah]]|quote=Rod McGaughy, San Fernando|date=July 7, 1955|access-date=July 17, 2025|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
* [[Don Prudhomme]], NHRA drag racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotrod.com/news/the-don-prudhomme-story |title=The Don Prudhomme Story |access-date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|San Fernando, California}}
*{{Official website}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre    = San Fernando (within Los Angeles)
| North     = [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]]
| Northeast = [[Simi Hills]]
| East      = [[Simi Hills]]
| Southeast = [[Burbank, California|Burbank]]<br />[[Glendale, California|Glendale]]<br />[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]
| South     = [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]]<br />[[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]
| Southwest = [[Calabasas, California|Calabasas]]<br />[[Hidden Hills, California|Hidden Hills]]
}}

{{San Fernando Valley}}
{{Cities of Los Angeles County, California}}
{{Greater Los Angeles Area}}
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