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 How do we measure up? Look How Fresno Compares To National Cities Our Size And Other California Metro Areas
City State Population* University Median
Household
Income		 Median
Home
Price		 Student to
Teacher
Ratio**		 Air
Pollution
Index***		 Restaurants
(within
15 miles)		 Golf
Courses†		 High Temp.
in July/
Low Temp.
in Jan.		 Sunny Days/
Freezing
Days		 Overall Cost
of Living
(National
Avg. 100)		 Health
Cost Index
(National
Avg. 100)		 Violent
Crime
(Per 100,000
Population)		 Education:
Achievement
Index††		 Commute
Time
(National
Avg. 19.1)		 Number of
Individuals or
Foundations
giving $10k+†††
Fresno CA 540,000 California State
University, Fresno		 39,237 213,296 20.6 87 1,718 17 96.6°/38.4° 271/29 103.4 109.8 992 3.3 17.8 10
National Benchmark Cities The list below was compiled by selecting cities/metro areas with AAA minor league baseball teams; then comparing with a list of cities/metro areas with public universities with a comparable enrollment to CSUF that also have football and basketball teams.
Albuquerque NM 560,000 University of New
Mexico		 43,134 165,282 14 90 1,574 15 91.7°/22.7° 283/123 100.5 100.4 1,250.70 6.2 17.7 258
Austin TX 840,000 University of Texas,
Austin		 55,903 218,881 15.8 73 2,776 40 95°/39.4° 231/23 103.5 112.5 529.1 6.4 18.8 76
Charlotte NC 660,000 UNC Charlotte 55,439 169,483 15.9 89 3,276 60 90.1°/31.9° 214/71 107.1 93.1 1,345.30 6.3 21.1 369
Indianapolis IN 870,000 Purdue University,
Indianapolis		 45,563 122,938 16.2 104 3,786 100 84.7°/17.8° 191/122 94 94.6 1,016.20 5.2 20.5 256
Louisville KY 250,000 University of
Louisville		 44,160 315,413 17.1 106 2,393 58 87°/24.7° 197/92 96.7 89.5 862.9 2.2 19.1 182
Memphis TN 720,000 University of
Memphis		 39,126 99,995 19 110 2,278 29 91.8°/30.3° 217/59 88.6 88.5 1,410.50 1.2 20.7 188
Nashville TN 400,000 Middle Tennessee
State University		 43,546 145,912 15.7 102 2,288 48 88.7°/27.7° 210/75 101.7 88 1,607.30 5.4 20.2 270
Oklahoma City OK 610,000 University of
Oklahoma		 38,299 87,672 14.5 68 2,509 39 93.1°/26.2° 237/80 85.1 90.4 859.3 5.1 18.8 61
Portland OR 800,000 Oregon State
University		 47,505 215,930 17.6 104 4,994 65 79.2°/35.6° 137/44 119.2 124.9 1,236.60 5.2 19.7 48
Sacramento CA 760,000 CSU Sacramento 42,323 278,724 20.5 87 3,802 59 93.6°/50.6° 265/17 110.6 133.4 752 4.6 18.8 n/a
Salt Lake City UT 580,000 University of Utah 47,977 183,398 19.7 95 2,073 58 89.5°/23.5° 232/134 103.6 103.8 710.1 6.6 16.7 54
Syracuse NY 230,000 Syracuse University 35,360 78,879 11.4 70 905 66 81.7°/14° 164/138 91.9 99.8 944.3 4.3 15.7 28
Toledo OH 340,000 University of Toledo 37,613 94,637 15.1 114 958 50 86.9°/21.4° 181/145 94.9 101.7 688.4 2.5 17 66
Tucson AZ 840,000 University of Arizona 42,499 173,392 16.9 104 1,765 50 100.3°/37.6° 287/21 104.7 104 913.9 3.2 20 54
Other California Metro Areas
Bakersfield CA 440,000 41,371 181,202 20 95 987 10 96.9°/39.3° 281/11 101.2 116.7 402.6 4.7 18 n/a
Los Angeles CA 2,470,000 35,973 464,333 17 101 20,316 120 83.1°/48.1° 258/0 140 114 1,283.20 3.5 24.7 425
San Diego CA 1,200,000 51,729 480,801 19.1 107 6,253 66 78.5°/46.8° 267/0 143.3 122 598.4 5.9 20.7 71
San Francisco CA 740,000 61,164 711,157 18 84 8,329 67 66.7°/45.9° 265/0 217 148 866.3 6.2 25.3 195
San Jose CA 930,000 76,281 519,989 19.5 88 4,707 67 84°/40.4° 257/2 211.3 141 580.9 5.8 23.9 113

*Population of city and surrounding area
**(grade schools)
***(100 is National Average; Lower is better)
† (public courses within 30 miles)
†† (10=best; National Avg is 5.1)
† † † Based on individuals or foundations that are members of that community’s United Way Tocqueville Society and gave more than $10,000 each during the 2004-2005 year

Sources: CNN/Money Magazine “Best Places to Live” (http://money.cnn.com/bestplaces), Sperling’s Best Places (www.bestplaces.net), 2005
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