Metropolitan Fresno
Metropolitan Fresno
Greater Fresno | ||
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| Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA | ||
Downtown Fresno skyline | ||
Map of Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA
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| Coordinates: 37°N 120°W / 37°N 120°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | California | |
| Largest city | Fresno | |
| Other cities | - Clovis - Madera - Chowchilla - Hanford - Corcoran | |
| Area | ||
• Total | 8,099 sq mi (20,980 km2) | |
| Highest elevation | North Palisade 14,248 ft (4,343 m) | |
| Lowest elevation | Chowchilla 180 ft (54.86 m) | |
| Population | ||
• Total | 1,171,617 (2,020 census) | |
| • Rank | 49th in the U.S. | |
| GDP | ||
| • Total | $60.151 billion (2023) | |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) | |
Metropolitan Fresno, officially Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA, is a metropolitan area in the San Joaquin Valley, in the United States, consisting of Fresno and Madera counties. It is the third-largest metropolitan region in Northern California, behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Sacramento. It is also the 49th-largest CSA in the U.S. as of 2010 census.
Metropolitan Fresno is anchored by Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California and the 34th-largest in the United States. The metropolitan area is located in the Central Valley, which is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. It has a large agricultural economy despite being increasingly urbanized. In more recent years, statewide droughts in California have further strained both the Fresno metropolitan area's and the entire Central Valley's water security.