Fresno Facts
- Fresno County population is 931,098.
- The City of Fresno's population is 486,116.
- Fresno is the Spanish name for Ash Tree.
- Fresno is the #1 farm county in the nation.
- There are over 7,500 hotel/motel rooms in Fresno.
- The average daily commute in Fresno is 15 minutes.
- The raisin industry began in Fresno County when Frances Eisen accidentally let some of his grapes dry on the vine in 1875.
- Over 30 structures in Fresno County are on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Fresno's yearly average precipitation is 9.86 inches.
- Fresno County's 250 different crops produced by 7,500 farmers on 1.9 million irrigated acres are worth $3 billion a year.
- William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright lived in and wrote about Fresno.
- The average high temperature in winter is 54 degrees; in spring is 75 degrees; in summer is 98 degrees; and in fall is 80 degrees.
- There are about 375 churches in Fresno.
Source: Fresno City and County Conventions Visitors Bureau
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