Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States.

Country: United States
State: California
County: Alameda
Incorporated: April 4, 1878
Chartered: March 5, 1895
Named for: George Berkeley
Type: Council-Manager
Mayor: Jesse Arreguín
Council members, by district number: # Rashi Kesarwani # Terry Taplin # Ben Bartlett # (vacant) # Sophie Hahn # Susan Wengraf # (vacant) # Mark Humbert
Water: 40.83%
Population (2020): 124,321
Rank: 4th in Alameda County, 51st in California, 246th in the United States
Demonym(s): Berkeleyan
Time zone: Pacific (UTC−8)
Summer (DST): PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP Codes: 94701–94710, 94712, 94720
Area code: 510, 341
FIPS code: 06-06000
GNIS feature IDs: 1658037, 2409837
Wikidata description: city in Alameda County, California, United States
Wikidata id: Q484678
Wikidata label: Berkeley
Wikidata aliases: Array
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