Berkeley, California

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The city of Berkeley is located in Alameda County.

Berkeley was incorporated April 4, 1878.

The community of Berkeley is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Berkeley lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Berkeley can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Berkeley had a population of 102,743 people^<2> (or 7.08% of the total population of Alameda County). The population of Berkeley represented 0.3% of the total of California, making it the state's 53rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Berkeley had a population of 101,371 people. This is a decrease of 1.34% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Berkeley.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alameda	S	7 mi [11.27 km]	70,580	2.32% decrease
	Concord	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	121,160	0.51% decrease
	Daly City	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	101,514	2.03% decrease
	Hayward	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	142,061	1.45% increase
	Oakland	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	404,155	1.17% increase
	Richmond	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	102,285	3.09% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Berkeley.

Websites for Berkeley

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Berkeley. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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