Richmond, California
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Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a city council.[14] Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay.
Richmond | |
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Motto(s): The City of Pride and Purpose | |
Coordinates: 37°56′09″N 122°20′52″W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Contra Costa |
Incorporated | August 7, 1905[1] |
Named for | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager[2] |
• Body | City council:,[3] Doria Robinson, Claudia Jimenez, Soheila Bana, Eduardo Martinez, Gayle McLaughlin, and Melvin Willis |
• Mayor | Eduardo Martinez (D) |
• Supervisor | District 1: John Gioia |
• State senator | Nancy Skinner (D)[4] |
• Assemblymember | Buffy Wicks (D)[5] |
• U. S. rep. | John Garamendi (D)[6] |
Area | |
• City | 52.51 sq mi (136.00 km2) |
• Land | 30.05 sq mi (77.84 km2) |
• Water | 22.46 sq mi (58.16 km2) 42.71% |
Elevation | 46 ft (14 m) |
Population | |
• City | 103,701 |
• Estimate (2019)[10] | 110,567 |
• Rank | 2nd in Contra Costa County 54th in California |
• Density | 3,678.94/sq mi (1,420.43/km2) |
• Urban | 28,038 |
• Metro | 4,335,391 |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 94801, 94802, 94804, 94805, 94807, 94808, 94850 |
Area code | 510, 341 |
FIPS code[8][12] | 06-60620 |
GNIS IDs[8][13][12] | 1659507, 2410939 |
Website | www |
Richmond is one of two cities, the other being San Rafael, that sits on the shores of both San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay. Its population was 116,448 as of the 2020 census.[15]