Wikipedia
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San Francisco - Wikipedia
14 hours ago - Among U.S. cities proper with over 300,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked second by population density, first by per capita income, and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. Depending on how its borders are defined, the broader San Francisco Bay Area is home to 4.6–9.2 million residents.
MacroTrends
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San Francisco Metro Area Population (1950-2025) | MacroTrends
The metro area population of San Francisco in 2024 was 3,343,000, a 0.45% increase from 2023.
Census Reporter
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San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area - Profile data - Census Reporter
Census data for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area (pop. 4,566,961), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.
Statista
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San Francisco metro area population 2023 | Statista
In 2023, the population of the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan area in the United States was about 4.57 million people.
Wikipedia
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San Francisco Bay Area - Wikipedia
2 days ago - The most populous cities of the Bay Area are Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, the latter of which had a population of 969,655 in 2023, making San Jose the area's largest city and the 13th-most populous in the United States.
CA
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Population - Vital Signs - SF Bay Area
In 2025, almost 7.7 million people lived in the nine-county, 7,000-square-mile Bay Area region. Residents are spread throughout the 101 cities and in various unincorporated communities, the size and density of which vary widely.
U.S. Census Bureau
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San Francisco city, California - Census Bureau Profile
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Statistical Atlas
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The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas
Scope: population of the San Francisco Area and selected other metro areas in the United States · This page reports on the population distribution in the San Francisco Area, both in terms of raw head counts, and in terms of population density per square mile.
U.S. Census Bureau
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U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: San Francisco County ...
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Wikipedia
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Demographics of San Francisco - Wikipedia
October 16, 2025 - With a population density of 18,633 per square mile (7,194/km2), San Francisco is the second-most densely populated major American city, behind only New York (among cities greater than 200,000 population).
Bayareametro
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Population - San Francisco - Bay Area Census
Total Population in 2020In 2020, San Francisco was home to 873,965 people. Residents were predominantly working age, while those 65 and older were a larger segment of the community than those under 18.
Citypopulation
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San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland (Combined Statistical Area, Combined Metropolitan Areas, USA) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location
San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland (Combined Statistical Area, Combined Metropolitan Areas, USA) with population statistics, charts, map and location.
MACROTRENDS
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San Francisco Metro Area Population | Historical Data | Chart | 1950-2025 | MacroTrends
September 30, 2025 - The metro area population of San Francisco in 2024 was 3,343,000, a 0.45% increase from 2023.
Bayareametro
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Bayareametro
Total Population in 2020In 2020, the Bay Area was home to 7,765,640 people. Residents were predominantly working age, while those under 18 were a larger segment of the region than those 65 and older.
FRED
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Resident Population in San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (MSA) (SFCPOP) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
May 19, 2023 - Graph and download economic data for Resident Population in San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA (MSA) (SFCPOP) from 2000 to 2022 about San Francisco, residents, CA, population, and USA.
World Population Review
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San Francisco, California Population 2025
2 weeks ago - San Francisco is currently growing at a rate of 1.02% annually but its population has decreased by -5.41% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 874,826 in 2020.
Citypopulation
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San Francisco - Oakland - Fremont (Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Areas, USA) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location
San Francisco - Oakland - Fremont (Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Areas, USA) with population statistics, charts, map and location.
Quora
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What is the population size of San Francisco and why is it classified as a large or medium city? - Quora
Answer: the population of SF is approximately 750,000 people and has been this size for the last 25 years. The city is hemmed in on three sides by the ocean on the west and north end and the bay on the east side of the city and then you have ...
U.S. Census Bureau
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U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: San Francisco County, California
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
Reddit
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r/bayarea on Reddit: Is it odd that the Bay Area isn't considered on single metro area/MSA? Do you agree that it should be two?
October 4, 2023 -
Rankings of largest MSAs in the US have SF-Oakland-Fremont at No. 13 with approx 4.6 million people, and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara at No. 23 with just under 2 million people (2022 estimates from wiki). Together they'd be 6.5-6.6 million and the sixth largest MSA in the country, at least for now. Seems like a unified whole to me.
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Yes it's odd. I'm from the GTA, it's roughly the same size. LA metro also makes the Bay look tiny.
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Combined statistical areas serve this purpose and the bay area is indeed the 6th largest one of those, albeit with a larger population than your 6.5 From the wiki for MSAs, describing the Core Based Statistical Areas MSAs are defined by: CBSAs are delineated on the basis of a central contiguous area of relatively high population density, known as an urban area or urban cluster. The counties containing the core urban area are known as the central counties of the CBSA; these are defined as having at least 50% of their population living in urban areas of at least 10,000 in population So it sounds like the Bay Area is not one MSA because MSA's are not intended to be so multipolar.