Fresno County population is 942,298.

The City of Fresno's population is 495,913.

Fresno is the Spanish name for Ash Tree.

Fresno is the #1 farm county in the nation.

There are over 7,500 hotel/motel rooms in Fresno.

The average daily commute in Fresno is 15 minutes.

The raisin industry began in Fresno County when Frances Eisen accidentally let some of his grapes dry on the vine in 1875.

Over 30 structures in Fresno County are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fresno's yearly average precipitation is 9.86 inches.

Fresno County's 250 different crops produced by 7,500 farmers on 1.9 million irrigated acres are worth $3 billion a year.

William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright lived in and wrote about Fresno.

The average high temperature in winter is 54 degrees; in spring is 75 degrees; in summer is 98 degrees; and in fall is 80 degrees.

There are about 375 churches in Fresno.

Source: Fresno City and County Conventions Visitors Bureau and the City of Fresno