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6 sourced facts about San Diego, California, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer1542
Cabrillo left Navidad, Mexico, on June 27, 1542, and about three months later reached 'a very good enclosed port' — today's San Diego Bay.
Source: National Park Service, Cabrillo National Monument nps.gov
Answertopping 130,000
The convention has been held at the San Diego Convention Center for over two decades and has maxed out the space.
Source: Comic-Con International comic-con.org
Answermore than 12,000 (680+ species and subspecies)
The 100-acre zoo in Balboa Park is also an accredited botanical garden caring for more than 700,000 plants.
Source: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, press kit sandiegozoowildlifealliance.org
Answer$108,077 (2020–2024, in 2024 dollars)
That's based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey five-year estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts (2024) census.gov
Answer25.1%
Roughly one in four city residents is foreign-born, according to Census Bureau survey estimates for 2020–2024.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts (2024) census.gov
Answer28.8 million
More than half of them, 16.5 million, stayed overnight in a hotel, private home or other lodging.
Source: San Diego Tourism Authority, industry research (2022) sandiego.org