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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2000</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="سان رافائل، کالیفورنیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سان رافائل، کالیفورنیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(California)" title="San Rafael (California) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="San Rafael (California)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Сан Рафаел – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сан Рафаел" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Calif%C3%B2rnia)" title="San Rafael (Califòrnia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="San Rafael (Califòrnia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_California)" title="San Rafael (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, California) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="San Rafael (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, California)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Kalifornie)" title="San Rafael (Kalifornie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="San Rafael (Kalifornie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael" title="San Rafael – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="San Rafael" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Kalifornien)" title="San Rafael (Kalifornien) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="San Rafael (Kalifornien)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael" title="San Rafael – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="San Rafael" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Estados_Unidos)" title="San Rafael (Estados Unidos) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="San Rafael (Estados Unidos)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Kalifornio)" title="San Rafael (Kalifornio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="San Rafael (Kalifornio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Kalifornia)" title="San Rafael (Kalifornia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="San Rafael (Kalifornia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="سن رافائل، کالیفرنیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سن رافائل، کالیفرنیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Californie)" title="San Rafael (Californie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="San Rafael (Californie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A4%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="سن رافائل (کاليفؤرنيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="سن رافائل (کاليفؤرنيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%8C%EB%9F%AC%ED%8E%A0_(%EC%BA%98%EB%A6%AC%ED%8F%AC%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="샌러펠 (캘리포니아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="샌러펠 (캘리포니아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8C%D5%A1%D6%86%D5%A5%D5%AC" title="Սան Ռաֆել – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սան Ռաֆել" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Kalifornija)" title="San Rafael (Kalifornija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="San Rafael (Kalifornija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="San Rafael, California" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(California)" title="San Rafael (California) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="San Rafael (California)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="San Rafael, California" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_Kalif%C3%B2ni" title="San Rafael, Kalifòni – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="San Rafael, Kalifòni" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(California)" title="San Rafael (California) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="San Rafael (California)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_(Kalifornia)" title="San Rafael (Kalifornia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="San Rafael (Kalifornia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_Kalifornia" title="San Rafael, Kalifornia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="San Rafael, Kalifornia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BD" title="സാൻ റഫായെൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സാൻ റഫായെൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="سان رافاييل (كاليفورنيا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سان رافاييل (كاليفورنيا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84_(%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7)" title="سن رافائل (کالیفورنیا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="سن رافائل (کالیفورنیا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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Kalifornien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael,_California" title="San Rafael, California – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="San Rafael, California" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_(%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Сан-Рафаель (Калифорния) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Сан-Рафаель (Калифорния)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Relief_map_of_California.png/250px-Relief_map_of_California.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Relief_map_of_California.png/375px-Relief_map_of_California.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Relief_map_of_California.png/500px-Relief_map_of_California.png 2x" data-file-width="681" data-file-height="780" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.691%;left:20.082%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="San Rafael"><img alt="San Rafael" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/250px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/375px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/500px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.756%;left:5.473%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="San Rafael"><img alt="San Rafael" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=San_Rafael,_California&params=37_58_25_N_122_31_52_W_region:US-CA_type:city(61271)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°58′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">122°31′52″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.97361°N 122.53111°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.97361; -122.53111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_California" title="List of counties in California">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Incorporated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">February 18, 1874<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raphael_(archangel)" title="Raphael (archangel)">Archangel Raphael</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Council-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Council-manager">Council-manager</a> with directly elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Kate Colin<sup id="cite_ref-cc_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_Manager" class="mw-redirect" title="City Manager">City Manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Cristine Alilovich<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Marin_County_Board_of_Supervisors" title="Marin County Board of Supervisors">Supervisor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">District 1: Mary Sackett <p>District 2: Katie Rice </p> District 4: Dennis Rodoni</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">State Legislators</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 2nd State Senate district">Sen.</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_McGuire_(politician)" title="Mike McGuire (politician)">Mike McGuire</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">D</a>) <br /> <a href="/wiki/California%27s_12th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 12th State Assembly district">Asm.</a> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Connolly" title="Damon Connolly">Damon Connolly</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="California's 2nd congressional district">U. S. Rep.</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Jared Huffman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2021_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_California" title="List of municipalities in California">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">22.54 sq mi (58.4 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">16.59 sq mi (43.0 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">5.96 sq mi (15.4 km<sup>2</sup>)  26.42%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">43 ft (13 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_California" title="List of municipalities in California">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">61,271</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,693.92/sq mi (1,426.23/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">246,548 (<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas" title="List of United States urban areas">US: 165th</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-urban_area_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urban_area-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,897.2/sq mi (1,118.6/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">San Rafaelino</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%928" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−8">UTC−8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">PDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">94901</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_415_and_628" title="Area codes 415 and 628">415/628</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0668364">06-68364</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature IDs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/1659589">1659589</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2411804">2411804</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofsanrafael.org">www<wbr />.cityofsanrafael<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>San Rafael</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">SAN</span> rə-<span style="font-size:90%">FEL</span></i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Raphael_(archangel)" title="Raphael (archangel)">St. Raphael</a>", <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[san<span class="wrap"> </span>rafaˈel]</a></span>) is a city and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, United States. The city is located in the <a href="/wiki/North_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" title="North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">North Bay</a> region of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 U.S. census</a>, the city's population was 61,271,<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> up from 57,713 in 2010. </p><p>San Rafael was founded by the Spanish in 1817, when <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Francisco_de_Sarr%C3%ADa" title="Vicente Francisco de Sarría">Vicente Francisco de Sarría</a> established <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel" title="Mission San Rafael Arcángel">Mission San Rafael Arcángel</a>, initially as an <a href="/wiki/Asistencias" title="Asistencias"><i>asistencia</i></a> (sub-mission). San Rafael Arcángel was upgraded to full <a href="/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California" title="Spanish missions in California">mission status</a> in 1822, a month before <a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a> declared independence from Spain as part of <a href="/wiki/First_Mexican_Empire" title="First Mexican Empire">Mexico</a>. Following the American <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_California" title="Conquest of California">Conquest of California</a>, the community of San Rafael incorporated as a city in 1874. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>San Rafael was once the site of several <a href="/wiki/Coast_Miwok" title="Coast Miwok">Coast Miwok</a> villages: <i>Awani-wi</i>, near downtown San Rafael, <i>Ewu</i>, near <a href="/wiki/Terra_Linda,_San_Rafael,_California" title="Terra Linda, San Rafael, California">Terra Linda</a> and <i>Shotomko-cha</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Marinwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Marinwood">Marinwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_period">Spanish period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Spanish period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mission_San_Rafael_(Oriana_Day).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Mission_San_Rafael_%28Oriana_Day%29.jpg/220px-Mission_San_Rafael_%28Oriana_Day%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Mission_San_Rafael_%28Oriana_Day%29.jpg/330px-Mission_San_Rafael_%28Oriana_Day%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Mission_San_Rafael_%28Oriana_Day%29.jpg/440px-Mission_San_Rafael_%28Oriana_Day%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="433" /></a><figcaption>San Rafael was founded in 1817, when <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel" title="Mission San Rafael Arcángel">Mission San Rafael Arcángel</a> was established by <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Francisco_de_Sarr%C3%ADa" title="Vicente Francisco de Sarría">Vicente Sarría</a>.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel" title="Mission San Rafael Arcángel">Mission San Rafael Arcángel</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel" title="Mission San Rafael Arcángel">Mission San Rafael Arcángel</a> was founded as the 20th <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> mission in the colonial province of <i><a href="/wiki/Alta_California" title="Alta California">Alta California</a></i> by three priests—Father <a href="/wiki/Narciso_Dur%C3%A1n" title="Narciso Durán">Narciso Durán</a> from <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Jos%C3%A9_(California)" title="Mission San José (California)">Mission San José</a>, Father Abella from <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_As%C3%ADs" title="Mission San Francisco de Asís">Mission San Francisco de Asís</a>, Father <a href="/w/index.php?title=Luis_G%C3%ADl_y_Taboada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luis Gíl y Taboada (page does not exist)">Luis Gíl y Taboada</a> from <a href="/wiki/La_Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_Reina_de_los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles">La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles</a>—on December 14, 1817, four years before <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> gained independence from <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. The mission from which the downtown grew and the city being named after the <a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangel</a> <a href="/wiki/Raphael_(archangel)" title="Raphael (archangel)">Raphael</a>, the Angel of Healing. </p><p>The mission was originally planned as a hospital site for <a href="/wiki/Central_Valley_(California)" title="Central Valley (California)">Central Valley</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Indians_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="American Indians in the United States">American Indians</a> who had become ill at the cold <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> <a href="/wiki/Mission_Dolores" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission Dolores">Mission Dolores</a>. Father Luis Gil, who spoke several Native American languages, was put in charge of the facility. In part because of its ideal weather, San Rafael was later upgraded to full mission status in 1822. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mexican_period">Mexican period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mexican period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_San_Rafael_(late_19th_century).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/View_of_San_Rafael_%28late_19th_century%29.png/220px-View_of_San_Rafael_%28late_19th_century%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/View_of_San_Rafael_%28late_19th_century%29.png/330px-View_of_San_Rafael_%28late_19th_century%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/View_of_San_Rafael_%28late_19th_century%29.png/440px-View_of_San_Rafael_%28late_19th_century%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2060" data-file-height="1098" /></a><figcaption>San Rafael in the late 19th century</figcaption></figure> <p>The mission had 300 converts within its first year, and 1,140 converts by 1828.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_secularization_act_of_1833" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican secularization act of 1833">Mexican secularization act of 1833</a>, the Mexican government took over the California missions in 1834, and <a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Rafael" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission San Rafael">Mission San Rafael</a> was abandoned in 1844, eventually falling into ruin. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_period">American period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: American period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_and_North_Pacific_Railroad" title="San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad">San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad</a> reached San Rafael in 1879 and was linked to the national rail network in 1888. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> operated a San Pablo Bay <a href="/wiki/Degaussing" title="Degaussing">degaussing</a> range from San Rafael through <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road,_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood,_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road%2C_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood%2C_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road%2C_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood%2C_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road%2C_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood%2C_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road%2C_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood%2C_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road%2C_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood%2C_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Big_Rock_Ridge_Fire_Road%2C_Lucas_Valley-Marinwood%2C_CA_9_Eastview_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Big_Rock_Ridge" title="Big Rock Ridge">Big Rock Ridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 22.5 square miles (58 km<sup>2</sup>). 16.6 square miles (43 km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 6.0 square miles (16 km<sup>2</sup>) of it (26.42%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2021_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2021-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> is 16 miles (26 km) to the south. </p><p>The San Rafael shoreline has been historically filled to a considerable extent to accommodate land development, with underlying bay mud (saturated clayed silt) of up to 90 feet (27 m) in thickness. At certain locations such as Murphys Point, the sandstone or shale rock outcrops through the mud. </p><p>San Rafael has a wide diversity of natural habitats from forests at the higher elevations to marshland and estuarine settings. Its marshes are home to the <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered species</a> <a href="/wiki/Salt_marsh_harvest_mouse" title="Salt marsh harvest mouse">salt marsh harvest mouse</a>. There are also <a href="/wiki/Riparian" class="mw-redirect" title="Riparian">riparian</a> areas including the <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_Creek" title="San Rafael Creek">San Rafael Creek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miller_Creek_(Marin_County,_California)" title="Miller Creek (Marin County, California)">Miller Creek</a> corridors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG/220px-China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG/330px-China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG/440px-China_Camp_247_N_San_Pedro_Rd_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_4-39-54_PM.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1426" data-file-height="1020" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/China_Camp_State_Park" title="China Camp State Park">China Camp State Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>San Rafael has a <a href="/wiki/Warm-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Warm-summer Mediterranean climate">warm-summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Csb</i>), with mild winter lows seldom reaching the freezing mark. The National Weather Service reports that August is usually the warmest month with a high of 80.1 °F (26.7 °C) and a low of 55.0 °F (12.8 °C). December, the coldest month, has an average high of 55.1 °F (12.8 °C) and an average low of 41.0 °F (5.0 °C). The highest temperature on record is 110 °F (43.3 °C), recorded in June 1961. The highest temperature in recent years, 108 °F (42.2 °C), occurred on July 23, 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 108 °F (42.2 °C) again on September 6, 2020. The record lowest temperature was 20 °F (−6.7 °C) on December 22, 1990. There are an average of 17.9 afternoons annually with a high of 90 °F (32.2 °C) or more and 1.2 afternoons with a high of 100 °F (37.8 °C) or more. Freezing temperatures (32 °F/0 °C or below) occur on an average of 3.6 mornings.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Total annual precipitation averages 32.16 inches (816.9 mm), with an average of 64.3 days with measurable rain. The rainy season is from November to early April: rain is rare outside of this period and it is normal to receive no rain in June, July, August, and September. The wettest "rain year" was from July 1994 to June 1995 with 61.45 inches (1,560.8 mm) and the driest from July 1975 to June 1976 with 13.62 inches (345.9 mm). The most rain in one month was 24.11 inches (612.4 mm) in January 1995, and the heaviest 24-hour rainfall was 8.74 inches (222.0 mm) on December 11, 1995. A trace of snow was recorded on January 30, 1976. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for San Rafael Civic Center (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">109<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">110<br />(43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.1<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.5<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.1<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.0<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.6<br />(35.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.8<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.6<br />(35.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.6<br />(34.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.3<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.1<br />(23.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.7<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1700; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">100.6<br />(38.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.9<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.1<br />(16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.8<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.0<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.9<br />(25.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.9<br />(27.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.3<br />(27.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.9<br />(23.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.6<br />(18.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.8<br />(9.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.5<br />(11.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.2<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.7<br />(14.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.7<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.9<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.4<br />(20.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.6<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.2<br />(17.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.3<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.6<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.0<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.5<br />(7.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.6<br />(10.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.5<br />(11.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC68D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.9<br />(12.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.5<br />(13.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.4<br />(12.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.4<br />(10.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.1<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.0<br />(9.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.1<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(8.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.4<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.1<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.9<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.3<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(3.0) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(0.6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.4<br />(−0.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(−5) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41<br />(5) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #00F000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.13<br />(181) </td> <td style="background: #00DE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.94<br />(176) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.42<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.99<br />(51) </td> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.94<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.15<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.00<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.05<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.07<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.46<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.49<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #00D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.81<br />(198) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.45<br />(875) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>841</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>2,276</td><td></td><td>170.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>3,290</td><td></td><td>44.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>3,879</td><td></td><td>17.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>5,934</td><td></td><td>53.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>5,512</td><td></td><td>−7.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>8,022</td><td></td><td>45.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>8,573</td><td></td><td>6.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>13,848</td><td></td><td>61.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>20,460</td><td></td><td>47.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>38,977</td><td></td><td>90.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>44,700</td><td></td><td>14.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>48,404</td><td></td><td>8.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>56,063</td><td></td><td>15.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>57,713</td><td></td><td>2.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>61,271</td><td></td><td>6.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010">2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-St-_Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys_2013-09-23_16-38-55_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2472" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Vincent%27s_School_for_Boys" title="St. Vincent's School for Boys">St. Vincent's School for Boys</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reported that the city of San Rafael had a population of 57,713. This figure does not, however, include portions of the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Venetia,_California" title="Santa Venetia, California">Santa Venetia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Valley-Marinwood,_California" title="Lucas Valley-Marinwood, California">Lucas Valley-Marinwood</a> <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a>, nor various other unincorporated areas, all of which have San Rafael postal addresses; in total, according to the 2010 Census, there were 70,197 residents of San Rafael postal addresses (ZIP codes 94901 and 94903). </p><p>The following statistics refer to the incorporated limits of San Rafael only. The population density was 2,573.9 inhabitants per square mile (993.8/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of San Rafael was 40,734 (70.6%) <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1,154 (2.0%) <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 709 (1.2%) <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 3,513 (6.1%) <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 126 (0.2%) <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 8,513 (14.8%) from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 2,964 (5.1%) from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 17,302 persons (30.0%). </p><p>The Census reported that 55,594 people (96.3% of the population) lived in households, 1,314 (2.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 805 (1.4%) were institutionalized. </p><p>There were 22,764 households, out of which 6,358 (27.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 9,845 (43.2%) were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">opposite-sex married couples</a> living together, 2,004 (8.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,133 (5.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,450 (6.4%) <a href="/wiki/POSSLQ" title="POSSLQ">unmarried opposite-sex partnerships</a>, and 301 (1.3%) <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_partnerships" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex partnerships">same-sex married couples or partnerships</a>. 7,434 households (32.7%) were made up of individuals, and 2,954 (13.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44. There were 12,982 <a href="/wiki/Family_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Family (U.S. Census)">families</a> (57.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.02. </p><p>The population was spread out, with 11,132 people (19.3%) under the age of 18, 4,956 people (8.6%) aged 18 to 24, 16,915 people (29.3%) aged 25 to 44, 15,574 people (27.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,136 people (15.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. </p><p>There were 24,011 housing units at an average density of 1,070.9 units per square mile (413.5 units/km<sup>2</sup>), of which 11,909 (52.3%) were owner-occupied, and 10,855 (47.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%. 27,554 people (47.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 28,040 people (48.6%) lived in rental housing units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000">2000</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel,_May_2019-5990.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_May_2019-5990.jpg/170px-Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_May_2019-5990.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_May_2019-5990.jpg/255px-Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_May_2019-5990.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_May_2019-5990.jpg/340px-Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_May_2019-5990.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3823" data-file-height="5735" /></a><figcaption>San Rafael Church</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel,_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_(chapel)_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_%28chapel%29_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_%28chapel%29_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_%28chapel%29_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_%28chapel%29_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_%28chapel%29_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel%2C_San_Rafael_CA_USA_-The_reconstructed_capilla_%28chapel%29_at_Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1835" data-file-height="2198" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mission_San_Rafael_Arc%C3%A1ngel" title="Mission San Rafael Arcángel">Mission San Rafael Arcángel</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 56,063 people, 22,371 households, and 12,773 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,378.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,304.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 22,948 housing units at an average density of 1,383.1 units per square mile (534.0 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city in 2010 was 59.0% non-Hispanic <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 1.8% non-Hispanic <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 6.0% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.3% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 2.6% from two or more races. 30.0% were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 22,371 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18, 44.3% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.99. The age distribution was as follows: 19.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. </p><p>The reported median <a href="/wiki/Income" title="Income">income</a> for a household in the city was $60,994; the median reported income for a family was $74,398 (these figures had risen to $67,789 and $85,459 respectively as of a 2007 estimate<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). Males reported a median income of $50,650 versus $39,912 for females. The reported <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $35,762. About 5.6% of families and 10.2% of the population reported incomes below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 11.7% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_%28cropped%29.JPG/220px-San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_%28cropped%29.JPG/330px-San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_%28cropped%29.JPG/440px-San_Rafael_Improvement_Club_1801_5th_Ave_San_Rafael_CA_3-21-2010_3-29-02_PM_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1197" data-file-height="733" /></a><figcaption>Historic <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_Improvement_Club" title="San Rafael Improvement Club">San Rafael Improvement Club</a>, one of only two surviving buildings from the 1915 <a href="/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93Pacific_International_Exposition" title="Panama–Pacific International Exposition">Panama–Pacific International Exposition</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/BioMarin" class="mw-redirect" title="BioMarin">BioMarin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Autodesk" title="Autodesk">Autodesk</a>, <a href="/wiki/In_Defense_of_Animals" title="In Defense of Animals">In Defense of Animals</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Westamerica_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westamerica Bank (page does not exist)">Westamerica Bank</a>, and GIS Data Resources<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are among the companies headquartered in San Rafael. In May 2022, Autodesk announced its intention to move its headquarters to San Francisco, along with its 578 employees, and close the San Rafael office by October of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing">Housing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>San Rafael, a small city situated in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County</a>, is known for its affluent suburban/urban environment. Despite the median income for a family in San Rafael reaching an estimated amount of $97,009<sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to the 2016-2020 US Census report, different regions of San Rafael remain below the poverty line of 11.4%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg/220px-Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg/330px-Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg/440px-Dominican_University_of_California_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dominican_University_of_California" title="Dominican University of California">Dominican University of California</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to San Rafael's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th># of Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente" title="Kaiser Permanente">Kaiser Permanente</a> </td> <td>2,339 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BioMarin" class="mw-redirect" title="BioMarin">BioMarin</a> </td> <td>950 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_City_Schools" title="San Rafael City Schools">San Rafael City Schools</a> </td> <td>700 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>City of San Rafael </td> <td>420 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominican_University_of_California" title="Dominican University of California">Dominican University of California</a> </td> <td>394 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Ghilotti Bros., Inc. </td> <td>298 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>Community Action Marin </td> <td>200 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Equator Coffees, LLC </td> <td>95 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entertainment_industry">Entertainment industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Entertainment industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rafael_Film_Center.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Rafael_Film_Center.JPG/220px-Rafael_Film_Center.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Rafael_Film_Center.JPG/330px-Rafael_Film_Center.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Rafael_Film_Center.JPG/440px-Rafael_Film_Center.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a><figcaption>Rafael Theater, famously seen in <i><a href="/wiki/American_Graffiti" title="American Graffiti">American Graffiti</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>After the arrival of <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> in San Rafael in 1970 to film the movie <i><a href="/wiki/THX_1138" title="THX 1138">THX 1138</a></i>, the city became a center for the entertainment industry, particularly the high-tech elements of the business. <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> was founded by <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> in 1971, and is best known for the global hit movie series <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> and also for <i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones" title="Indiana Jones">Indiana Jones</a></i>. Some of the company's operations were moved to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco</a> in 2005. Portions of the Universal movie production <i><a href="/wiki/American_Graffiti" title="American Graffiti">American Graffiti</a></i> were filmed in downtown San Rafael under George Lucas's direction, and portions of <i>THX 1138</i> were shot at the <a href="/wiki/Marin_County_Civic_Center" title="Marin County Civic Center">Marin County Civic Center</a> in San Rafael. Much of the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Gattaca" title="Gattaca">Gattaca</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Hawke" title="Ethan Hawke">Ethan Hawke</a>, was also shot in the Marin County Civic Center. <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Light_and_Magic" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial Light and Magic">Industrial Light & Magic</a> was founded in 1975 by Lucas to do <a href="/wiki/Special_effect" title="Special effect">special effects</a> for his films and those of other filmmakers. The <a href="/wiki/New-age_music" title="New-age music">new-age music</a> program <i><a href="/wiki/Hearts_of_Space" title="Hearts of Space">Hearts of Space</a></i> has been headquartered in San Rafael since 2004. </p><p>Largely because of the presence of LucasFilm, San Rafael started to attract <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> developers, with several major studios located in the city: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a> — Founded by <a href="/wiki/Doug_Carlston" title="Doug Carlston">Doug Carlston</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Carlston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary Carlston (page does not exist)">Gary Carlston</a> in 1980, the company was sold to <a href="/wiki/Mindscape_(company)" title="Mindscape (company)">Mindscape</a> in 1998 and moved to <a href="/wiki/Novato,_California" title="Novato, California">Novato</a>. Best known for the hit titles <i><a href="/wiki/Choplifter" title="Choplifter">Choplifter</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lode_Runner" title="Lode Runner">Lode Runner</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Print_Shop" title="The Print Shop">The Print Shop</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Carmen_Sandiego_(video_game_series)" title="Carmen Sandiego (video game series)">Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Myst" title="Myst">Myst</a></i>, and for being the early distributor of <i><a href="/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)" title="SimCity (1989 video game)">SimCity</a></i>. After several subsequent acquisitions by various companies, in 2001 the remaining Broderbund offices were moved to San Francisco.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LucasArts" class="mw-redirect" title="LucasArts">LucasArts</a> — Founded by <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> in (1984) as <i>LucasFilm Games</i>; relocated to San Francisco in 2005. Best known for <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Jones" title="Indiana Jones">Indiana Jones</a></i> games and innovative titles such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island" title="The Secret of Monkey Island">The Secret of Monkey Island</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Grim_Fandango" title="Grim Fandango">Grim Fandango</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Full_Throttle_(1995_video_game)" title="Full Throttle (1995 video game)">Full Throttle</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stormfront_Studios" title="Stormfront Studios">Stormfront Studios</a> — Founded by San Rafael native <a href="/wiki/Don_Daglow" title="Don Daglow">Don Daglow</a> in 1988. Best known for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers_(video_game)" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</a></i>, many <a href="/wiki/EA_Sports" title="EA Sports">EA Sports</a> titles including <i><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_2000" title="NASCAR 2000">NASCAR Racing</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gold_Box" title="Gold Box">Gold Box</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_video_game" title="Role-playing video game">role-playing video games</a> and the first graphical <a href="/wiki/MMORPG" class="mw-redirect" title="MMORPG">MMORPG</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Neverwinter_Nights_(AOL_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neverwinter Nights (AOL game)">Neverwinter Nights</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Concepts" title="Visual Concepts">Visual Concepts</a> — Founded by Greg Thomas in 1988, the company was bought by <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a> in 1999, then sold to <a href="/wiki/Take_Two_Interactive" class="mw-redirect" title="Take Two Interactive">Take Two Interactive</a> in 2004. Best known for creating many <a href="/wiki/EA_Sports" title="EA Sports">EA Sports</a> titles, and recently for <a href="/wiki/Sega_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Sega Sports">Sega Sports</a> and its <i>2K</i> line of sports games.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totally_Games" title="Totally Games">Totally Games</a> — Founded by former LucasArts programmer Larry Holland in 1994. Best known for a series of <i>Star Wars</i> <a href="/wiki/Flight_simulator" title="Flight simulator">flight sim</a> games.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/THX" title="THX">THX</a> — the high-fidelity audio/visual reproduction standard which started as a spin-off from <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Lucasfilm Ltd.">Lucasfilm Ltd.</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Tomlinson_Holman" title="Tomlinson Holman">Tomlinson Holman</a> at George Lucas's company.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Factor_5" title="Factor 5">Factor 5</a> — Founded in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> in 1987 by <a href="/wiki/Julian_Eggebrecht" title="Julian Eggebrecht">Julian Eggebrecht</a>, moved to San Rafael in 1996 to be close to publisher LucasArts. Best known for <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Indiana Jones</i> games. In May 2009, the company's San Rafael studio closed.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telltale_Games" title="Telltale Games">Telltale Games</a> — Founded in 2004 by former <a href="/wiki/LucasArts" class="mw-redirect" title="LucasArts">LucasArts</a> employees. Best known for its video game adaptation of The Walking Dead and Sam & Max adventure games. The company filed for bankruptcy on November 14, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mind_Control_Software" title="Mind Control Software">Mind Control Software</a> — Founded in 1994 by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Leker" title="Andrew Leker">Andrew Leker</a>, Best known for its <a href="/wiki/Independent_Games_Festival" title="Independent Games Festival">Independent Games Festival</a>–winning game, <i><a href="/wiki/Oasis_(video_game)" title="Oasis (video game)">Oasis</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks">Parks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Big_Rock_Ridge_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="814" /></a><figcaption>Big Rock Ridge</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Park,_San_Rafael_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Albert_Park%2C_San_Rafael_2.jpg/220px-Albert_Park%2C_San_Rafael_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Albert_Park%2C_San_Rafael_2.jpg/330px-Albert_Park%2C_San_Rafael_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Albert_Park%2C_San_Rafael_2.jpg/440px-Albert_Park%2C_San_Rafael_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albert_Park,_San_Rafael" title="Albert Park, San Rafael">Albert Park</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_Pacifics" title="San Rafael Pacifics">San Rafael Pacifics</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Community in San Rafael include <a href="/wiki/Albert_Park,_San_Rafael" title="Albert Park, San Rafael">Albert Park</a>, Boyd Park, Gerstle Park, Pickleweed Park and the Terra Linda Recreational Center. </p><p>Notable large parks include <a href="/wiki/China_Camp_State_Park" title="China Camp State Park">China Camp State Park</a> and McNear's Beach Park. </p><p>There are a number of neighborhood parks and mini-parks such as Bret Harte Park, Boyd Park, Sun Valley Park, Oleander Park, Victor Jones Park, Peacock Gap Park and Gerstle Park. </p><p>Gerstle Park is also a historic and walkable neighborhood south of First Street in close proximity to central Downtown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg/220px-Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg/330px-Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg/440px-Marin_County_Civic_Center_Roof_20060610.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marin_County_Civic_Center" title="Marin County Civic Center">Marin County Civic Center</a> was designed by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright" title="Frank Lloyd Wright">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg/220px-San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg/330px-San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg/440px-San_Rafael_Fire_Department_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption>San Rafael Fire Dept.</figcaption></figure> <p>San Rafael is a stronghold of the <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_California" title="Secretary of State of California">California Secretary of State</a>, as of February 10, 2019, San Rafael has 31,288 registered voters. Of those, 17,566 (56.1%) are registered <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrats</a>, 4,292 (13.7%) are registered <a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">Republicans</a>, and 8,121 (26%) have <a href="/wiki/Decline_to_State" title="Decline to State">declined to state</a> a political party.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>San Rafael is governed by a city council with five members, four of which are elected by geographic district for four-year terms. Each Councilmember is required to live in the district they represent and are elected only by the registered voters of that district. The Mayor is elected at-large. The current members are:<sup id="cite_ref-cc_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cc-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Mayor Kate Colin</li> <li>District 1 Councilmember: Maika Llorens Gulati</li> <li>District 2 Councilmember: Eli Hill</li> <li>District 3 Councilmember: Maribeth Bushey</li> <li>District 4 Councilmember: Rachel Kertz</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_and_state">Federal and state</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Federal and state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, San Rafael is in <a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="California's 2nd congressional district">California's 2nd congressional district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Jared_Huffman" title="Jared Huffman">Jared Huffman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2008 to 2012, Huffman represented Marin County in the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California State Legislature</a>, San Rafael is in: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California%27s_12th_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 12th State Assembly district">the 12th Assembly District</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Damon_Connolly" title="Damon Connolly">Damon Connolly</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California%27s_2nd_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="California's 2nd State Senate district">the 2nd Senate District</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_McGuire_(politician)" title="Mike McGuire (politician)">Mike McGuire</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanrafaelhighschool_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Sanrafaelhighschool_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Sanrafaelhighschool_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Sanrafaelhighschool_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Sanrafaelhighschool_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Sanrafaelhighschool_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Sanrafaelhighschool_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1380" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_High_School" title="San Rafael High School">San Rafael High School</a></figcaption></figure> <p>San Rafael has one university, <a href="/wiki/Dominican_University_of_California" title="Dominican University of California">Dominican University of California</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_College_of_Music" title="Ali Akbar College of Music">Ali Akbar College of Music</a>, was founded in San Rafael by Indian musician <a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a> to teach <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Indian classical music</a>. San Rafael is also the home to one of the two campuses of <a href="/wiki/Guide_Dogs_for_the_Blind" title="Guide Dogs for the Blind">Guide Dogs for the Blind</a>, a guide dog training school. </p><p>Most public schools in San Rafael are operated by the <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_City_Schools" title="San Rafael City Schools">San Rafael City Schools</a> district. <a href="/wiki/Miller_Creek_Elementary_School_District" title="Miller Creek Elementary School District">Miller Creek Elementary School District</a> operates some public elementary and middle schools north of San Rafael proper. All comprehensive public high schools are governed by San Rafael City Schools. The district operates two comprehensive public high schools: <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_High_School" title="San Rafael High School">San Rafael High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terra_Linda_High_School" title="Terra Linda High School">Terra Linda High School</a> and one alternative high school, Madrone. In 2006, the San Rafael City Schools district removed <a href="/wiki/The_Bronze_Bow" title="The Bronze Bow">The Bronze Bow</a> from their <a href="/wiki/Social_studies" title="Social studies">social studies</a> curriculum, after allegations of the book showing <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> in a bad light compared to <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable private schools include <a href="/wiki/Marin_Academy" title="Marin Academy">Marin Academy</a>, Saint Raphael School, and Brandeis Marin. </p><p>The Marin School was a private nonsectarian school that closed in 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png/220px-Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png/330px-Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png/440px-Richmond_%E2%80%93_San_Rafael_Bridge3.png 2x" data-file-width="1614" data-file-height="1050" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Richmond%E2%80%93San_Rafael_Bridge" title="Richmond–San Rafael Bridge">Richmond–San Rafael Bridge</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg/220px-San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg/330px-San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg/440px-San_Rafael_Transit_Center.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1989" data-file-height="1335" /></a><figcaption>San Rafael Transit Center</figcaption></figure> <p>The major north–south freeway through San Rafael is <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_101_in_California" title="U.S. Route 101 in California">U.S. Route 101</a>, connecting the <a href="/wiki/North_Coast_(California)" title="North Coast (California)">North Coast (California)</a> and the Redwood Empire to the north, and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> to the south. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_580_(California)" title="Interstate 580 (California)">Interstate 580</a> heads across the <a href="/wiki/Richmond%E2%80%93San_Rafael_Bridge" title="Richmond–San Rafael Bridge">Richmond–San Rafael Bridge</a> to the <a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_Transit_Center" title="San Rafael Transit Center">San Rafael Transit Center</a>, located at the corner of 3rd and Hetherton Streets, is served by a number of bus agencies, including <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Transit" title="Golden Gate Transit">Golden Gate Transit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marin_Transit" title="Marin Transit">Marin Transit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County_Transit" title="Sonoma County Transit">Sonoma County Transit</a>, Sonoma County Airport Express, and <a href="/wiki/Greyhound_Lines" title="Greyhound Lines">Greyhound</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local bus service is provided primarily by Golden Gate Transit and Marin Transit. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Commuter_rail" title="Commuter rail">Commuter rail</a> by <a href="/wiki/Sonoma%E2%80%93Marin_Area_Rail_Transit" title="Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit">Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit</a> (SMART) serves the city at two stations: a converted San Rafael Transit Center and a <a href="/wiki/Marin_Civic_Center_station" title="Marin Civic Center station">station at Marin Civic Center</a>. The line to <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz%E2%80%93Sonoma_County_Airport" title="Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport">Airport</a> opened in 2017 bringing passenger rail to San Rafael for the first time since 1958. Until 1958, San Rafael was served by the <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Pacific_Railroad" title="Northwestern Pacific Railroad">Northwestern Pacific Railroad</a>. The line from San Rafael was extended to <a href="/wiki/Larkspur_station" title="Larkspur station">Larkspur</a> to make <a href="/wiki/Larkspur_Landing" title="Larkspur Landing">Larkspur Landing</a> ferry connection in December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "<a href="/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)" title="420 (cannabis culture)">420</a>", as used in reference to <a href="/wiki/Cannabis" title="Cannabis">cannabis</a> consumption, originated in San Rafael. A group of students of the San Rafael High School class of 1975 known as the Waldos used "420" as a code for smoking marijuana at 4:20 p.m., after school.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shel_Silverstein" title="Shel Silverstein">Shel Silverstein</a>'s poem "The Smoke-Off" is about a girl named Pearly Sweetcakes who came from San Rafael.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The TV show <i><a href="/wiki/13_Reasons_Why" title="13 Reasons Why">13 Reasons Why</a></i> is based in San Rafael, and many scenes from the first season were filmed downtown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Allende" title="Isabel Allende">Isabel Allende</a>, author<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Archer_(painter)" title="Dave Archer (painter)">Dave Archer</a>, artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Bailey" title="Stacey Bailey">Stacey Bailey</a>, former <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Charleston" title="Elizabeth Charleston">Elizabeth Charleston</a>, painter<sup id="cite_ref-sfchronobit_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sfchronobit-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" title="Philip K. Dick">Philip K. Dick</a>, novelist<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Duke" title="George Duke">George Duke</a>, keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_English_(computer_engineer)" title="Bill English (computer engineer)">William English</a>, contributed to the development of the <a href="/wiki/Computer_mouse" title="Computer mouse">computer mouse</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Frischmann" title="Justine Frischmann">Justine Frischmann</a>, lead singer of <a href="/wiki/Elastica" title="Elastica">Elastica</a> and visual artist<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Gilbert" title="Brad Gilbert">Brad Gilbert</a>, professional tennis player and coach<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Goff" title="Jared Goff">Jared Goff</a>, quarterback for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Grandcolas" title="Lauren Grandcolas">Lauren Grandcolas</a>, a <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">9/11</a> victim on <a href="/wiki/United_Flight_93" class="mw-redirect" title="United Flight 93">United Flight 93</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Diraison" title="Marc Diraison">Marc Diraison</a>, voice actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Harvey" title="Cynthia Harvey">Cynthia Harvey</a> (born 1957), ballet dancer and educator<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llewellyn_F._Haskell" title="Llewellyn F. Haskell">Llewellyn F. Haskell</a> (1842–1929), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> officer and a <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union</a> <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hetfield" title="James Hetfield">James Hetfield</a>, musician, lead singer of <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)" title="Michael Johnson (sprinter)">Michael Johnson</a>, sprinter, 1996 Atlanta Olympics gold medalist, resides in the hills above San Rafael<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Kranitz" title="Rick Kranitz">Rick Kranitz</a> former minor league pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> and now the pitching coach for the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Mortensen" title="Christian Mortensen">Christian Mortensen</a> (1882–1998), <a href="/wiki/Supercentenarian" title="Supercentenarian">supercentenarian</a>, the one-time oldest living human male, aged 115 years and 252 days at his death<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Kathleen_Parkin" title="Gladys Kathleen Parkin">Gladys Kathleen Parkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wireless_telegraphy" title="Wireless telegraphy">wireless radio operator</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dormon_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Dormon Robinson">Charles Dormon Robinson</a>, painter<sup id="cite_ref-Lekisch2003_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lekisch2003-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Sabraw" title="Dana Sabraw">Dana Sabraw</a>, U.S. District Judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marin_Sais" title="Marin Sais">Marin Sais</a>, actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Carlos Santana</a>, musician<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Savage" title="Michael Savage">Michael Savage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_host" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio host">radio host</a>, author, activist, nutritionist, conservative political commentator, host of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Savage_Nation" title="The Savage Nation">The Savage Nation</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Thunes" title="Scott Thunes">Scott Thunes</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natu_Tuatagaloa" title="Natu Tuatagaloa">Natu Tuatagaloa</a>, former professional football player in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Venable" title="Will Venable">Will Venable</a>, former professional Major League Baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Venable" title="Winston Venable">Winston Venable</a>, former NFL and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">CFL</a> linebacker.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Rafael,_California&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua"><img alt="Nicaragua" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_del_Norte" title="San Rafael del Norte">San Rafael del 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alto,_California" title="Alto, California">Alto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Point-Green_Point,_California" title="Black Point-Green Point, California">Black Point-Green Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolinas,_California" title="Bolinas, California">Bolinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dillon_Beach,_California" title="Dillon Beach, California">Dillon Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness,_California" title="Inverness, California">Inverness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentfield,_California" title="Kentfield, California">Kentfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagunitas-Forest_Knolls,_California" title="Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California">Lagunitas-Forest Knolls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucas_Valley-Marinwood,_California" title="Lucas Valley-Marinwood, California">Lucas Valley-Marinwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marin_City,_California" title="Marin City, California">Marin City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muir_Beach,_California" title="Muir Beach, California">Muir Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicasio,_California" title="Nicasio, California">Nicasio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point_Reyes_Station,_California" title="Point Reyes Station, California">Point Reyes Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Geronimo,_California" title="San Geronimo, California">San Geronimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Venetia,_California" title="Santa Venetia, California">Santa Venetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow,_Marin_County,_California" title="Sleepy Hollow, Marin County, California">Sleepy Hollow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Beach,_California" title="Stinson Beach, California">Stinson Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strawberry,_Marin_County,_California" title="Strawberry, Marin County, California">Strawberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamalpais-Homestead_Valley,_California" title="Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, California">Tamalpais-Homestead Valley</a></li> 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title="Forest Knolls, Marin County, California">Forest Knolls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenbrae,_California" title="Greenbrae, California">Greenbrae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet,_California" title="Hamlet, California">Hamlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignacio,_California" title="Ignacio, California">Ignacio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverness_Park,_California" title="Inverness Park, California">Inverness Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagunitas,_California" title="Lagunitas, California">Lagunitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Ranchitos,_Marin_County,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Ranchitos, Marin County, California">Los Ranchitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marconi,_California" title="Marconi, California">Marconi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall,_California" title="Marshall, California">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olema,_California" title="Olema, California">Olema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Cay,_California" title="Paradise Cay, 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href="/wiki/Bodega_Bay" title="Bodega Bay">Bodega Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carquinez_Strait" title="Carquinez Strait">Carquinez Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Court_Forebay" title="Clifton Court Forebay">Clifton Forebay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate" title="Golden Gate">Golden Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grizzly_Bay" title="Grizzly Bay">Grizzly Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalupe_River_(California)" title="Guadalupe River (California)">Guadalupe River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_Moon_Bay_(California)" title="Half Moon Bay (California)">Half Moon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Berryessa" title="Lake Berryessa">Lake Berryessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napa_River" title="Napa River">Napa River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Estuary" title="Oakland Estuary">Oakland Estuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petaluma_River" title="Petaluma River">Petaluma River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richardson_Bay" title="Richardson Bay">Richardson Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Inner_Harbor" title="Richmond Inner Harbor">Richmond Inner Harbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_River_(California)" title="Russian River (California)">Russian River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_River" title="Sacramento River">Sacramento River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Leandro_Bay" title="San Leandro Bay">San Leandro Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pablo_Bay" title="San Pablo Bay">San Pablo Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_Creek" title="Sonoma Creek">Sonoma Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suisun_Bay" title="Suisun Bay">Suisun Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomales_Bay" title="Tomales Bay">Tomales Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BayareaUSGS.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco Bay Area"><img alt="San Francisco Bay Area" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BayareaUSGS.jpg/100px-BayareaUSGS.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BayareaUSGS.jpg/150px-BayareaUSGS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BayareaUSGS.jpg/200px-BayareaUSGS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;width:1%">Counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;width:1%">Cities<br />and<br />towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">Major cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">100k–250k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antioch,_California" title="Antioch, California">Antioch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_California" title="Concord, California">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daly_City,_California" title="Daly City, California">Daly City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_California" title="Fairfield, California">Fairfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayward,_California" title="Hayward, California">Hayward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo,_California" title="San Mateo, California">San Mateo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara,_California" title="Santa Clara, California">Santa Clara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunnyvale,_California" title="Sunnyvale, California">Sunnyvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vacaville,_California" title="Vacaville, California">Vacaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">50k–100k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_California" title="Brentwood, California">Brentwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupertino,_California" title="Cupertino, California">Cupertino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin,_California" title="Dublin, California">Dublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilroy,_California" title="Gilroy, California">Gilroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livermore,_California" title="Livermore, California">Livermore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milpitas,_California" title="Milpitas, California">Milpitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napa,_California" title="Napa, California">Napa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novato,_California" title="Novato, California">Novato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petaluma,_California" title="Petaluma, California">Petaluma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburg,_California" title="Pittsburg, California">Pittsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasanton,_California" title="Pleasanton, California">Pleasanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redwood_City,_California" title="Redwood City, California">Redwood City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Leandro,_California" title="San Leandro, California">San Leandro</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">San Rafael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Ramon,_California" title="San Ramon, California">San Ramon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_San_Francisco,_California" title="South San Francisco, California">South San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City,_California" title="Union City, California">Union City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walnut_Creek,_California" title="Walnut Creek, California">Walnut Creek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">25k–50k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_California" title="Belmont, California">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benicia,_California" title="Benicia, California">Benicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlingame,_California" title="Burlingame, California">Burlingame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell,_California" title="Campbell, California">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_California" title="Danville, California">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Palo_Alto,_California" title="East Palo Alto, California">East Palo Alto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Cerrito,_California" title="El Cerrito, California">El Cerrito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_City,_California" title="Foster City, California">Foster City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules,_California" title="Hercules, California">Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_California" title="Lafayette, California">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Altos,_California" title="Los Altos, California">Los Altos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Gatos,_California" title="Los Gatos, California">Los Gatos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinez,_California" title="Martinez, California">Martinez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menlo_Park,_California" title="Menlo Park, California">Menlo Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Hill,_California" title="Morgan Hill, California">Morgan Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_California" title="Newark, California">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakley,_California" title="Oakley, California">Oakley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacifica,_California" title="Pacifica, California">Pacifica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_California" title="Pleasant Hill, California">Pleasant Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohnert_Park,_California" title="Rohnert Park, California">Rohnert Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Bruno,_California" title="San Bruno, California">San Bruno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Carlos,_California" title="San Carlos, California">San Carlos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pablo,_California" title="San Pablo, California">San Pablo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saratoga,_California" title="Saratoga, California">Saratoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suisun_City,_California" title="Suisun City, California">Suisun City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_California" title="Windsor, California">Windsor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">10k–25k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albany,_California" title="Albany, California">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Canyon,_California" title="American Canyon, California">American Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_California" title="Clayton, California">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corte_Madera,_California" title="Corte Madera, California">Corte Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon,_California" title="Dixon, California">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeryville,_California" title="Emeryville, California">Emeryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_Moon_Bay,_California" title="Half Moon Bay, California">Half Moon Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healdsburg,_California" title="Healdsburg, California">Healdsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_California" title="Hillsborough, California">Hillsborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larkspur,_California" title="Larkspur, California">Larkspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Valley,_California" title="Mill Valley, California">Mill Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millbrae,_California" title="Millbrae, California">Millbrae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moraga,_California" title="Moraga, California">Moraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orinda,_California" title="Orinda, California">Orinda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont,_California" title="Piedmont, California">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinole,_California" title="Pinole, California">Pinole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Vista,_California" title="Rio Vista, California">Rio Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Anselmo,_California" title="San Anselmo, California">San Anselmo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#ffe16d;width:1%">Under 10k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atherton,_California" title="Atherton, California">Atherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belvedere,_California" title="Belvedere, California">Belvedere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane,_California" title="Brisbane, California">Brisbane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calistoga,_California" title="Calistoga, California">Calistoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloverdale,_California" title="Cloverdale, California">Cloverdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colma,_California" title="Colma, California">Colma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotati,_California" title="Cotati, California">Cotati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_California" title="Fairfax, California">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Altos_Hills,_California" title="Los Altos Hills, California">Los Altos Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Sereno,_California" title="Monte Sereno, California">Monte Sereno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portola_Valley,_California" title="Portola Valley, California">Portola Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross,_California" title="Ross, California">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Helena,_California" title="St. Helena, California">St. Helena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sausalito,_California" title="Sausalito, California">Sausalito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebastopol,_California" title="Sebastopol, California">Sebastopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiburon,_California" title="Tiburon, California">Tiburon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodside,_California" title="Woodside, California">Woodside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yountville,_California" title="Yountville, California">Yountville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FCC200;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a><br />over 10k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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