POPULATION: 3,343,355

INCORPORATION DATE: 1850

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:

• District 1 – Nora Vargas
• District 2 – Joel Anderson
• District 3 – Terra Lawson-Remer
• District 4 – Monica Montgomery
• District 5 – Jim Desmond

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Charter

SAN DIEGO. County seat, San Diego. Created February 18, 1850. Named after San Diego Bay, which had been rechristened by Vizcaino in 1602, in honor of the Franciscan, San Diego de Alcala de Henares, whose name was borne by his flagship.