Editing Upland, California

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'''Upland''' is a city in [[San Bernardino County, California]], United States, on the border with neighboring [[Los Angeles County]]. The municipality is located at an elevation of {{convert|1,242|ft|m}}. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city had a population of 79,040,<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/uplandcitycalifornia/PST045221 |title=Census Bureau Quick Facts Upland City, California |publisher=census.gov}}</ref> up from 73,732 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

Upland was incorporated as a city on May 15, 1906; it was previously named '''North Ontario'''. Upland is located at the foot of the highest part of the [[San Gabriel Mountains]] and is part of the [[Inland Empire]], a metropolitan area situated directly east of [[Greater Los Angeles]].

==History==
===Early history===
Upland is located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains on an east–west trail that was used by the Native Americans and Spanish missionaries, part of what is now known as the [[Old Spanish Trail (trade route)|Old Spanish Trail]].<ref name="Nathan Masters">{{cite web |url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/history/la-as-subject/old-spanish-trail-linked-southern-california-with-new-mexico-33894.html |author= Nathan Masters|date=May 26, 2011|publisher=KCET |title=New Mexico to Southern California: The Old Spanish Trail, Explained |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref>  To the west, the trail led to the [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel|San Gabriel Mission]], which Spanish Missionaries built in 1771.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of San Bernardino Valley from the padres to the pioneers, 1810-1851 |author=Rev. Father Juan Caballeria| year=1902 |page=34 |ol=6922923M}}</ref>

In 1774, Spanish explorer [[Juan Bautista de Anza]] established an overland route from Arizona to California, with part of the [[Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail|trail]] passing through present day Upland on the way to the San Gabriel Mission.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/juba/planyourvisit/upload/JUBA-English.pdf |publisher=National Park Service |title=Discovering the Anza Trail |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> Anza's route went through [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]], the [[San Gorgonio Pass]] and through the San Bernardino Valley.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of San Bernardino Valley from the padres to the pioneers, 1810-1851 |author=Rev. Father Juan Caballeria| year=1902 |page=37 |ol=6922923M}}</ref> In 1775, Anza led a second expedition consisting of more than 240 people on a journey of over two thousand miles to the [[San Francisco Bay]]. En route, the expedition reached the San Gabriel Mission on January 4, 1776. The expedition reached the San Francisco Bay on June 27, 1776, where Anza founded the present-day city of [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/Juan_Bautista_de_Anza_National_Historic_Trail.html |publisher=National Park Service |title=Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, Arizona and California |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> Five years later, in 1781, Spanish settlers followed Anza's route to found the city of [[Los Angeles]] a few miles west of the San Gabriel Mission.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Noelle|title=It Happened in Southern California: Remarkable Events That Shaped History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwRrshiH0oUC&pg=PA7|access-date=September 29, 2011|edition=2nd |date=December 8, 2009|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-0-7627-5423-6|pages=7–9}}</ref>

Following the Anza expedition, the San Gabriel Mission became an important stopping place for expeditions traveling between Arizona and California. The mission was the first place where supplies could be procured after crossing the desert, and as travel over this road increased, the mission arranged to establish a supply station at some intermediate point east. In 1810, a party of missionaries, soldiers, and Native Americans from San Gabriel mission, under the leadership of Padre Dumetz, were sent out to select a location. On May 20, 1810, they came into the San Bernardino Valley. This, according to the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, was the feast day of Saint [[Bernardino of Siena]], and they named the valley in his honor. The expedition named the area around Upland "Cucamonga," which in the [[Tongva people|Tongvan]] language meant "sand place."<ref>{{cite book |title=History of San Bernardino Valley from the padres to the pioneers, 1810-1851 |author=Rev. Father Juan Caballeria| year=1902 |pages=38–39 |ol=6922923M}}</ref>

[[Jedediah Smith]] of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company was the first American to enter California overland. He started from the Yellowstone River, in August 1826, with a party of fifteen men. Their course was down the Colorado River to the Mojave, where they found two Native Americans, who guided them across the desert to San Gabriel Mission.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of San Bernardino Valley from the padres to the pioneers, 1810-1851 |author=Rev. Father Juan Caballeria| year=1902 |page=100 |ol=6922923M}}</ref> Smith pioneered the route over the [[Cajon Pass]], where he then joined the foothill route established by Anza, arriving at San Gabriel on November 27.<ref name="Nathan Masters"/> California was part of Mexico at the time, so Smith was briefly arrested by the Mexican governor before being released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/pdfs/needles_pdfs/brochures.Par.16681.File.dat/ |publisher=Bureau of Land Management Needles Field Office |title=California Explorers: Jedediah Smith |access-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409224246/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/pdfs/needles_pdfs/brochures.Par.16681.File.dat/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1829, Mexican explorer [[Antonio Armijo]] led the first successful caravan from [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] to Southern California, joining up with Smith's route to open what would later be called the Old Spanish Trail. The route resulted in immediate commerce between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. Pack trains made annual treks between New Mexico and California, bringing woven Mexican products to California, which lacked sheep, and bartering them for horses and mules, scarce in New Mexico. The trail carried mule-trains over the Cajon Pass, then west through Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, and El Monte, to the region's major settlements at Mission San Gabriel and Los Angeles.<ref name="Nathan Masters"/>

From the time of the Anza expedition until the [[Ranchos of California|Mexican Rancho Period]], the land around Upland was used as grazing land by the San Gabriel Mission. Under mission rule, cattle ranching became a major industry. The rangy cattle thrived and bred rapidly in the benign climate, and thousands of cattle wandered across the Cucamonga Rancho.<ref>{{cite book |title=Historic Context for The City of Ontario's Citrus Industry |year=2007 |page=2 |url=http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |publisher=City of Ontario |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Following the secularization of the missions by the Mexican government, the [[Rancho Cucamonga|Cucamonga Rancho]] was granted to [[Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit#Tapia family|Tiburcio Tapia]] in 1839.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of San Bernardino Valley from the padres to the pioneers, 1810-1851 |author=Rev. Father Juan Caballeria |year=1902 |page=82 |ol=6922923M }}</ref> Upon the death of Tapia in 1845, the Rancho passed to his daughter and her husband, Leon V. Prudhomme.<ref>{{cite book |title=History of San Bernardino Valley from the padres to the pioneers, 1810-1851 |author=Rev. Father Juan Caballeria |year=1902 |page=98|ol=6922923M }}</ref> An 1886 report by the California Surveyor General listed the size of the Cucamonga Rancho as {{Convert|13,045|acre|km2}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Report of the Surveyor-General of the State of California From August 1, 1884, to August 1, 1886 |author=H. I. Willey |year=1886 |page=14 |url=http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |access-date=October 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320000647/http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |archive-date=March 20, 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Founding===
California became part of the United States at the end of the [[Mexican–American War]] in 1846, and American settlers began to arrive in California in large numbers with the [[California Gold Rush]] of 1849. The Cucamonga Rancho changed hands several times, but the area that present-day Upland occupies was little more than an uninhabited ranchland and a place to pass through until the arrival of [[George Chaffey]] in 1882. Chaffey, a Canadian shipbuilder from the province of [[Ontario, Canada|Ontario]], had already established the [[Etiwanda, California|Etiwanda]] irrigation community in 1881, irrigating the land with a series of flumes carried water from the mountains to a reservoir from which water would then be sent to the relative land sites.<ref name="History of Ontario, CA">{{cite web |url=http://uplandpubliclibrary.blogspot.com/p/history-of-ontario-ca.html |title=History of Ontario, CA |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> In 1882, Chaffey purchased {{Convert|6,216|acre|km2}} of land in the Cucamonga Rancho, along with significant water rights from San Antonio Creek, for $60,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=George Chaffey moved water to build towns |author=Mark Landis |url=http://www.sbsun.com/living/ci_21386766/george-chaffey-moved-water-build-towns |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411193924/http://www.sbsun.com/living/ci_21386766/george-chaffey-moved-water-build-towns |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |newspaper=San Bernardino Sun |date=August 24, 2012 |access-date=March 31, 2013 }}</ref> Additional purchases brought the size of the land to over {{Convert|8,000|acre|km2}} of land for a total purchase price of $90,000.<ref name="History of Ontario, CA"/>

Chaffey's master plan called for distributing the water over the whole tract to each farm lot in cement pipes, with each holder to share in the water proportionately to his holding irrespective of distance from the source. Chaffey also laid out the main thoroughfare which ran from one end of the settlement to the other. He also named the "main thoroughfare" Euclid in honor of his favorite [[Euclid|mathematician]]. Euclid Avenue was seven miles long, stretching from the colony's "southernmost boundaries to the mountains." Euclid was planned as a "{{Convert|200|ft|4=-wide|adj=mid|disp=sqbr}} double drive ... [with a] center parkway to be flanked by a {{Convert|65|ft|4=-wide|adj=mid|disp=sqbr}} drive on each side. Chaffey also planned for electricity in Ontario with street lamps being placed a mile apart on Euclid and an electric streetcar that would travel up and down Euclid daily. Ontario was available for settlement on November 1, 1882. During the first week, Chaffey sold {{Convert|190|acre|km2}} for a total value of $28,500.<ref name="History of Ontario, CA"/>

To ensure the success of this irrigation plan and to appeal to potential land buyers, the Chaffey created a "mutual water company" in which each landowner became a stockholder. The San Antonio Water Company was incorporated on October 25, 1882.<ref>{{cite book |title=Historic Context for The City of Ontario's Citrus Industry |year=2007 |page=5 |url=http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |publisher=City of Ontario |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

The Ontario colony eventually became known for its citrus groves, but in 1882, orange trees were too scarce and expensive at $100 an acre to turn to citrus, so at first other types of fruit were planted. By 1884, Ontario Nursery owner D.A. Shaw reported that there were "40,000 peach trees, 29,000 pear trees, 15,000 seedling apple trees, 16,000 grafted apple trees, 1,000 cherry trees, and 16,000 grape cuttings set out in orchards and vineyards." However, by 1889, some {{Convert|2,000|acre|km2}} of citrus orchards had been planted on Ontario, and Ontario was rated as having the second largest citrus acreage in the state.<ref>{{cite book |title=Historic Context for The City of Ontario's Citrus Industry |year=2007 |page=13 |url=http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |publisher=City of Ontario |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

[[File:Upland-1906.jpg|thumb|right|Upland in 1906]]
The present-day city of Upland was the originally northern part of Chaffee's Ontario Model Colony, and was known as "North Ontario" or "Magnolia" after a local hotel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blackstock |first=Joe |date=March 7, 2012 |title=Before Upland was Upland, brothers founded a flop there |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/20120307/before-upland-was-upland-brothers-founded-a-flop-there |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=Daily Bulletin |language=en-US}}</ref> The name Upland was first used as the name of the "Upland Citrus Association." Long-time resident Charles D. Adams, organizer and first elected president of the Association, was credited with choosing the name.<ref>Staff, "Man Giving Name to Upland Has Birthday", ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Thursday October 27, 1932, Volume 39, page 12.</ref>  However, by 1902, the name "Upland" was used to refer to the entire area of North Ontario.<ref name="History of Upland, CA">{{cite web |url=http://uplandpubliclibrary.blogspot.com/p/history-of-upland-ca.html |title=History of Upland, CA |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref>

The railway came to North Ontario in 1887. When the Ontario Colony was founded, downtown was located next to the [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] tracks. In 1887 the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe completed its connection adjacent to the newly founded Magnolia Tract in North Ontario. Subdividers of Magnolia, the Bedford Brothers, announced plans to erect a depot at the foot of Second Avenue, the primary business street. A notice in the December 1887 Ontario Record indicated that the cost of the station would be $7,000. In the next decades numerous packing houses were built close to the tracks on both sides of A Street. Used for commuting of residents and tourists as well as for freight, the railroad linked Upland to Los Angeles to the west and the rest of the Santa Fe network to the east.<ref name="uplandpl.lib.ca.us">[http://www.uplandpl.lib.ca.us/asp/Site/Living/HistoricHomes/details.asp?ID=326 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415042801/http://www.uplandpl.lib.ca.us/asp/Site/Living/HistoricHomes/details.asp?ID=326 |date=April 15, 2014 }} Upland Historic Homes, City of Upland Public Library, Accessed March 29, 2013</ref>

Ontario officially incorporated in 1891, but the size of incorporation was relatively small; {{Convert|1/2|sqmi|spell=in}} bordered by the "Southern Pacific tract to the south, G Street to the north, Sultana Avenue to the east and Vine Avenue to the west." In 1901, residents of Ontario learned that those living in North Ontario were also thinking of incorporation as their own city. In order to eliminate this possibility, the city expanded their one-half square mile to over {{Convert|10|sqmi}}.<ref name="History of Ontario, CA" />

When Ontario started to push for a larger area of incorporation, Upland residents expressed concern. The area of land that Ontario wanted included the Upland Post Office, the tracks for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and the train depot. On March 12, 1906, the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors conducted a two-day hearing and agreed that a vote for incorporation should take place. On May 5, 1906, Upland approved their vote for incorporation with 183 in favor and 19 against. The city was officially created on May 15, 1906, by the Secretary of State in Sacramento. In 1935, Upland's boundary lines were redrawn to include the land that was annexed in Ontario's 1902 expansion.<ref name="History of Upland, CA" />

===Later history===
Upland's first hospital, the [[Old San Antonio Hospital|San Antonio Hospital]], opened on the corner of Arrow Highway and San Antonio Avenue in 1907, one year after Upland was incorporated as a city. The hospital had 18 beds with a medical staff of five physicians. It was built with funds received from community stock sales. The expanded San Antonio Community Hospital was dedicated on Wednesday, July 30, 1924. This new hospital, "commodiously and scientifically constructed," according to a news article in the Upland News, had 35 rooms with a capacity for 50 patients. The total cost for this new facility, located on East San Bernardino Road, was $173,107.10.<ref>[http://www.sach.org/home/Giving_and_Support/History/Frances_Mary_Paul/ The Story of Frances Mary Paul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402175232/http://www.sach.org/home/Giving_and_Support/History/Frances_Mary_Paul/ |date=April 2, 2013 }}, San Antonio Community Hospital, Retrieved on April 4, 2013</ref>

In 1911, the citizens of Upland created a [[volunteer fire department]] with F.H. Manker named as the Fire Chief. The first recorded piece of apparatus was a hose cart that was pulled by the first available personnel. In 1913, the first serious fire to occur in the new community destroyed all the businesses on the east side of Second Avenue south of Ninth Street. This fire generated interest in further protecting the community, and in 1915 the fire station on D Street was built. The first motorized fire engine was purchased at this time. In 2017, the Upland Fire Department dissolved and became a part of the San Bernardino County fire district.<ref>[http://www.uplandpl.lib.ca.us/asp/Site/Fire/DeptOverview/History/index.asp Upland Fire Department History], City of Upland, Retrieved on March 31, 2013</ref>

Upland was one of the cities located on the [[National Old Trails Road]], established in 1912 as the first national coast-to-coast highway. In Upland, the national highway ran along [[Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)|Foothill Boulevard]], which had been built on the route established by the early Spanish explorers.<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Old Trails Road To Southern California |author= Automobile Club Of Southern California |year=1916 |page=2 |url=https://archive.org/download/nationaloldtrail00autorich/nationaloldtrail00autorich.pdf}}</ref> In 1926, a hundred years after Jedediah Smith's expedition, the western part of the National Old Trails Road became part of the famed [[U.S. Route 66|Route 66]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route66/origins_of%20Route66.html The Origins of Route 66], National Park Service, Retrieved on March 29, 2013.</ref>

A trolley line in the broad, tree-lined median of Euclid Avenue formerly connected Upland to the Southern Pacific Railroad line in [[Ontario, California|Ontario]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Southern California |author=Southern California Panama Expositions Commission |year=1914 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c2JAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA181}}</ref> The trolley was pulled from Ontario to Upland by a mule, which then climbed aboard an attached trailer for the ride back down.<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1922 |title=From Mule to Motor Bus on Street Car Tracks |journal=Popular Science |volume=101 |issue=4 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bioDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Trolley Car Treasury: a century of American streetcars horsecars, cable cars, interurbans, and trolleys |url=https://archive.org/details/trolleycartreasu00rows |url-access=registration |last=Rowsome |first=Frank |year=1956|publisher=McGraw-Hill |page=[https://archive.org/details/trolleycartreasu00rows/page/27 27]}}</ref>
It was later converted to electricity and closed in 1928.<ref name="sbsun.com">{{cite news |title= History timeline of the Inland Empire, California |url= http://www.sbsun.com/ci_7323066 |newspaper= San Bernardino Sun |date= October 30, 2007 |access-date= March 31, 2013 |archive-date= September 17, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110917094900/http://www.sbsun.com/ci_7323066 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

The citrus industry in Upland and neighboring Ontario continued to thrive, and by the 1930s, citrus had become the dominant agricultural crop for California. In 1936, the revenue from the citrus industry totaled $97,000,000. This was second in profit only to the California petroleum industry, which totaled $159,500,000. At the height of citrus production, the industry produced sixty percent of the nation's citrus supply and twenty percent of the world's supply. This success continued for citrus growers until the mid-1940s, when the citrus industry as a whole began its decline. After World War II, land values began to skyrocket, and growers began to sell their land to developers.<ref>{{cite book |title=Historic Context for The City of Ontario's Citrus Industry |year=2007 |pages=42–43 |url=http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |publisher=City of Ontario |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=2057 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In 1954, the [[San Bernardino Freeway]], later part of [[Interstate 10 in California|Interstate 10]], was completed, connecting Los Angeles to San Bernardino.<ref name="sbsun.com" /> The freeway, one of the first in the nation, eased the commute to Los Angeles and accelerated the transition of Upland from a rural citrus area to a residential and commercial community.<ref>{{cite news |title= Taking a Closer Look at Upland's Rich History |url= http://www.uplandheritage.org/page23.htm |newspaper= Inland Empire Daily Bulletin |date= April 15, 1998 |access-date= April 10, 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Upland Memorial Park in April 2023.jpg|thumb|Upland Memorial Park in late April]]
Upland is located on the northern edge of the [[San Bernardino Valley]]. The [[San Gabriel Mountains]] are to the north of Upland. The city terrain is fairly flat but slopes gradually upward to the north. From south to north, the city elevation increases by {{Convert|825|ft}} over a distance of {{Convert|4.25|mi}}, from {{Convert|1,175|ft}} at the intersection of 7th Street and Euclid Avenue (southern city boundary) to an elevation of {{Convert|2,000|ft}} at the intersection of 24th Street and Euclid Avenue (northern city boundary).<ref name="City Demographics">{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.upland.ca.us/asp/site/redev/demographics/ |publisher=City of Upland |title=City Demographics |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> The highest peak in the San Gabriels, [[Mount San Antonio]], known locally as Mount Baldy, is approximately {{Convert|9.5|mi}} north of the Upland's northern boundary and caps out at {{Convert|10,064|ft}}.

Upland is bordered on the east by [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]], to the south by [[Ontario, California|Ontario]] and [[Montclair, California|Montclair]], to the west by [[Claremont, California|Claremont]], and to the north by the unincorporated community of [[San Antonio Heights, California|San Antonio Heights]].

Upland has semi-arid climate with most of the rainfall occurring during the winter months. The average annual rainfall is {{Convert|24.5|in|mm}}.<ref name="City Demographics" /> The highest recorded temperature was {{Convert|113|F}} in July 2006. The lowest recorded temperature was {{Convert|21|F}} in January 1963.<ref name="Weather.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/vacationclimatology/monthly/91786|publisher=Weather.com |title=Monthly Averages for Upland, CA (91786) |access-date=March 30, 2013}}</ref> According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Upland has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated ''Csb'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=751940&cityname=Upland%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary Upland, California]</ref>

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 2384
|1920= 2912
|1930= 4713
|1940= 6316
|1950= 9203
|1960= 15918
|1970= 32551
|1980= 47647
|1990= 63374
|2000= 68393
|2010= 73732
|2020= 79040
|estyear= 2024
|estimate= 79684
|estref=<ref name="US Census Quick Facts Upland City, California">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/uplandcitycalifornia/PST045221|title=US Census Quick Facts Upland City, California|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020===
The [[2020 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/uplandcitycalifornia/POP010220#POP010220|title=US Census Quick Facts Upland City, California - 2020 Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref> reported that Upland had a population of 79,040. The population density was {{convert|4,721.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Upland was 60.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (36.8% Non-Hispanic White), 6.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.9% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 9.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 44.1%.

There were 26,654 households, averaging 2.88 people, with 30.6% of people over the age of five living in a home where a language other than English is spoken. While 90.1% of households had a broadband Internet subscription, 94.7% of households had a computer. Of people over 1 year old, 86.5% lived in the same home a year previously.

The census reported 5.8% of the population was under the age of 5 and 21.8% under the age of 18. People 65 years of age or older made up 14.9% of the population. The population was 51.9% female and included 3,356 veterans. People born outside the United States made up 17.6% of the population.

Of the housing units, 54.6% were owner-occupied. Median rent was $1,571.

Upland had a median household income of $76,259, with a per capita income of $35,624 annually and 11.3% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

Among the population age 16+ years old, 66.3% were in the civilian labor force. Workers in this demographic reported a mean time to work of 31.1 minutes.

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0681344|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033651/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0681344|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Upland city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Upland had a population of 73,732. The population density was {{convert|4,711.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Upland was 48,364 (65.6%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (44.2% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0681344.html|title=Upland (City) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|access-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011229/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0681344.html|archive-date=March 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 5,400 (7.3%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 522 (0.7%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 6,217 (8.4%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 159 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9,509 (12.9%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3,561 (4.8%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 28,035 persons (38.0%).

The Census reported that 73,050 people (99.1% of the population) lived in households, 305 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 377 (0.5%) were institutionalized.

There were 25,823 households, out of which 9,770 (37.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,400 (51.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 4,026 (15.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,557 (6.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,533 (5.9%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 219 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 5,159 households (20.0%) were made up of individuals, and 1,786 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83. There were 18,983 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (73.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.26.

The population was spread out, with 18,091 people (24.5%) under the age of 18, 7,504 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 19,917 people (27.0%) aged 25 to 44, 19,322 people (26.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 8,898 people (12.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

There were 27,355 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,747.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 14,948 (57.9%) were owner-occupied, and 10,875 (42.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.3%. 42,560 people (57.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 30,490 people (41.4%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009&ndash;2013, Upland had a median household income of $62,667, with 13.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 68,393 people, 24,551 households, and 17,873 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|4,523.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants}}. There were 25,467 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,684.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 67.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.8% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 12.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 27.5% of the population.

There were 24,551 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.8 and the average family size was 3.2.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,734, and the median income for a family was $57,471. Males had a median income of $43,485 versus $29,973 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $23,343. About 9.1% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>[https://www.uplandca.gov/uploads/files/Finance/CAFR/Upland%20CAFR%20FY%202018-19%20-%20REVISED%203.9.20.pdf City of Upland CAFR]. None. Retrieved on August 2, 2021.</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[San Antonio Community Hospital]]
|2,400
|-
|2
|[[Upland Unified School District]]
|1,037
|-
|3
|[[The Home Depot]]
|340
|-
|4
|Upland Rehabilitation & Care Center
|320
|-
|5
|[[Walmart]]
|315
|-
|6
|Lewis Group of Companies
|312
|-
|7
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|265
|-
|8
|[[Lowe's]]
|254
|-
|9
|City of Upland
|250
|-
|10
|Holliday Rock Co.
|250
|}

==Arts and culture==

===Museums===
'''Upland Fire Department Museum.''' The museum is housed in the first fire station in the city. The museum houses fire fighting equipment and photographs. The station building dates back to 1915. The museum houses the original Upland fire truck from 1916.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMEWC9_Upland_Fire_Department_Museum_Upland_CA Upland Fire Department Museum] Waymarking.com, Retrieved on March 31, 2013.</ref>

'''Cooper Regional History Museum.''' The former headquarters of the Ontario-Cucamonga (O.K.) Fruit Exchange is a 1937 Art Moderne style building on the corner of Second Avenue and "A" Street, in Upland. The largest room is dedicated to the wine and citrus history of the area, with a smaller room with Native American photos and tools, and a hallway bursting with photographs and antique furniture.<ref>[http://www.coopermuseum.org/?page_id=26 Cooper Regional History Museum], Retrieved on March 31, 2013.</ref>

'''[[Inland Empire Museum of Art]]''' (IEMA) was founded 2015 in as a [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] art museum located in Upland, California.<ref name="IEMA">{{cite web |title=Where Inspiration, Education and Connections Come Alive! |url=http://www.iearts.org/ |website=iearts |publisher=IEMA |access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> The museum relies on donations and public support.<ref name="Sun">{{cite news |last1=RUTHERFORD |first1=JANICE |last2=WASHINGTON |first2=CHUCK |last3=RAWITSCH |first3=JIM |title=When will the Inland Empire get its share of state arts and culture funding? |url=https://www.sbsun.com/2019/08/03/when-will-the-inland-empire-get-its-share-of-state-arts-and-culture-funding/ |access-date=August 18, 2019 |agency=The Sun |publisher=MediaNews Group, Inc |date=August 3, 2019}}</ref>

===Festivals===
The Upland Lemon Festival began in 1997 and is celebrated annually in April. The festival celebrates the city's citrus industry and includes the Lemon Idol vocal contest, food competitions, and carnival rides. The festival is held in downtown Upland.<ref>[http://www.uplandlemonfestival.com/fp/events/LemonFestival/eventinfo/about.asp Upland Lemon Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416194300/http://www.uplandlemonfestival.com/fp/events/LemonFestival/eventinfo/about.asp |date=April 16, 2013 }}, Retrieved on April 7, 2013.</ref>

===Skateboarding===
Upland is known in Southern California skateboard culture as a spot for [[Vert skateboarding|vertical skateboarding]]. Several famous skateboarders have visited the city, known as "Badlands" in skateboarding culture due to its geographical location.<ref>{{cite news |title=Upland skateboarding event Saturday to celebrate legendary Pipeline Skatepark |author=Sandra Emerson |url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_20639894/upland-skateboarding-event-saturday-celebrate-legendary-pipeline-skatepark |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410174903/http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_20639894/upland-skateboarding-event-saturday-celebrate-legendary-pipeline-skatepark |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |newspaper=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |date=May 16, 2012 |access-date=March 29, 2013 }}</ref> On Saturday May 19, 2012, Mayor Ray Musser acknowledged local Stan Hoffman, the owner of the now defunct Pipeline Skatepark, by giving him a lifetime achievement for his contribution to the skate culture.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYH3oJoB0Uk Upland Badlands Bash Ceremony and Speeches] Stan Hoffman receives commendation from city of Upland mayor Ray Musser, May 19, 2012, Retrieved on March 29, 2013.</ref>

==Points of interest==
[[File:Madonna of the Trail, Upland, California.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Madonna of the Trail]]'' statue in Upland]]

===''Madonna of the Trail''===
In 1929, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] placed a ''[[Madonna of the Trail]]'' statue in Upland at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Euclid Avenue.<ref>[http://www.dar.org/natsociety/content.cfm?ID=324&FO=Y&hd=n Madonna of the Trail Monument Locations], Daughters of the American Revolution, Retrieved on March 29, 2013.</ref> The twelve ''Madonna of the Trail'' statues, created by sculptor [[August Leimbach]], mark the route of the National Old Trails road with the westernmost statue being that in Upland.<ref>[http://www.dar.org/natsociety/content.cfm?ID=323&FO=Y&hd=n Madonna of the Trail Monument], Daughters of the American Revolution, Retrieved on March 29, 2013.</ref> One of the inscriptions on the base of the ''Madonna of the Trail'' statue notes that, in 1826, [[Jedediah Smith]] passed through what later became Upland, leading a band of 16 trappers in an expedition that marked the first American entry into California over land.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=145ff635-e64a-4a51-93b6-5d37d22799c8 Waymark - ''Madonna of the Trail'' - Upland, California], Waymarking.com, Retrieved on March 29, 2013.</ref>

===Historic Route 66===
While [[U.S. Route 66 in California|Route 66]] was disestablished in 1985, remnants of the classic highway can still be seen today on Foothill Boulevard in Upland, including a "classic" [[McDonald's]] with the original golden arches and the vintage Buffalo Inn, where buffalo burgers have been served since 1929.<ref>[http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-inlandempire3.html The Inland Empire on Route 66] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417121206/http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-inlandempire3.html |date=April 17, 2013 }}, Legends of America</ref>

===Euclid Avenue===
Euclid Avenue was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/San+Bernardino/state.html National Register of Historic Places], accessed April 7, 2013</ref> The {{Convert|3|mi|adj=on}} Bridle Path runs down the center of Euclid Avenue from Foothill Boulevard to 24th Street. The Bridle Path is also used for walking and jogging.<ref>{{cite news |title=A shaded trail into the past |author=Mark Kendall |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-re-guide12sep12-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 12, 2004 |access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>

===Historic Downtown Upland===
The oldest part of Upland is east of Euclid between 8th Street and Arrow Highway, and was originally known as "Old Magnolia". Historic Downtown Upland, is a group of downtown merchants who work together to promote and enhance the historic business district. Downtown is made up of nearly 200 businesses providing a diversity of merchandise, restaurants, breweries and services.<ref>[http://www.historicdowntownupland.org/About.html Historic Downtown Upland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423201304/http://www.historicdowntownupland.org/About.html |date=April 23, 2013 }}, Retrieved March 31, 2013</ref> The Upland Farmers Market is held in downtown Upland every Saturday from April through October.<ref>[http://www.historicdowntownupland.org/Home.html Historic Downtown Upland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423201309/http://www.historicdowntownupland.org/Home.html |date=April 23, 2013 }}, Retrieved July 4, 2013</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/Upland-Farmers-Market-781011612076147/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Government==
In the [[California State Senate]], Upland is split between {{Representative|casd|25|fmt=sdistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|29|fmt=sdistrict}}.

In the [[California State Assembly]], Upland is split between {{Representative|caad|41|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|53|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], the northern part of Upland is in {{Representative|cacd|28|fmt=district}}. The southern part of Upland is in {{Representative|cacd|35|fmt=district}}. The dividing line between the two districts mainly follows 14th Street.<ref>California Citizens Redistricting Commission, [http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html Statewide Database, California Electoral Districts, 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |date=February 1, 2015 }}. Retrieved on March 29, 2013.</ref>

==Transportation==
Upland is home to [[Cable Airport]], the world's largest family-owned, public use, [[general aviation]] airport.<ref>[http://www.cableairport.com/history/hthroughyears.htm History – Cable Airport Through The Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203033154/http://cableairport.com/history/hthroughyears.htm |date=February 3, 2007 }}. Cable Airport. Retrieved on April 21, 2012.</ref> Nearby [[Ontario International Airport]] and more distant [[Los Angeles International Airport]] offer commercial flights.

Upland is served by the [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] [[commuter rail]] system on the [[San Bernardino Line]].<ref>[http://www.metrolinktrains.com/stations/detail/station_id/132.html Upland Station] Metrolink Retrieved March 29, 2013</ref> Metrolink's San Bernardino Line runs from [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles Union Station]] to [[Santa Fe Depot (San Bernardino, California)|San Bernardino]]. The line was built in 1887 by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]].<ref name="uplandpl.lib.ca.us" /> AT&SF ceased passenger operations in the late 1960s, but Metrolink acquired the railroad tracks in 1992 and resumed passenger transportation.<ref>[http://www.metrolinktrains.com/pdfs/20thAnniversaryReport/ Metrolink 20th Anniversary Report], Southern California Regional Rail Authority, 2012, page 6, accessed March 29, 2013</ref> The [[Upland (Metrolink station)|Upland Metrolink Station]] is located at the site of the AT&SF station built in 1937. The 1937 station house is currently used by a retail store, but the rail platform is used for Metrolink operations.<ref>[http://www.uplandpl.lib.ca.us/asp/Site/Living/HistoricHomes/details.asp?ID=326 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415042801/http://www.uplandpl.lib.ca.us/asp/Site/Living/HistoricHomes/details.asp?ID=326 |date=April 15, 2014 }} Upland Historic Homes, City of Upland Public Library, accessed March 29, 2013</ref> The [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway]] continues to operate rail freight on the line.<ref>[http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/carload_map.pdf BNSF Car Load Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505231824/http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/carload_map.pdf |date=May 5, 2012 }}, BNSF Railway, June 2011, accessed March 29, 2013</ref>

Euclid Avenue is part of [[California State Route 83|California Highway 83]], a north–south route that connects to Ontario and [[Chino, California|Chino]] to the south. Foothill Boulevard is part of [[California State Route 66|California Highway 66]], an east–west route that was formerly part of U.S. Route 66.

Bus service in Upland is provided by [[Omnitrans]].

[[Interstate 10 in California|Interstate 10]] runs along Upland's boundary with Ontario, and connects Upland with Los Angeles to the west and [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] the east. The east–west running [[Interstate 210 in California|State Route 210]] (future Interstate 210) runs through the northern part of Upland, connecting to [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] to the west and San Bernardino to the east.

==Education==

===Public===
Upland is served by the [[Upland Unified School District]]. Part of Upland falls within the [[Chaffey Joint Union High School District]], but none of the CJUHSD schools are located in Upland.

====Secondary schools====
* [[Upland High School]]
* [[Hillside High School (California)|Hillside High School]] <small>(Continuation)</small>

====Middle schools====
* [[Pioneer Junior High School]]
* Upland Junior High School

====Elementary schools====
* Baldy View Elementary School
* Cabrillo Elementary School
* Citrus Elementary School
* Foothill Knolls Elementary School
* Magnolia Elementary School
* Pepper Tree Elementary School
* Sierra Vista Elementary School
* Sycamore Elementary School
* Upland Elementary School
* Valencia Elementary School

===Private===
* Carden Arbor View School (K–8)
* Saint Mark's Episcopal School (K–8)
* Upland Christian Academy (K–12)
* Western Christian Schools (PreK–12, multiple campuses)
* St. Joseph Catholic School (K–8)

==Notable people==

===Born here===
{{Div col}}
* [[Ricky Adams]], [[Major League Baseball]] infielder
* [[Aidan Apodaca]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aidan Apodaca |url=https://cbulancers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/aidan-apodaca/5557 |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=[[California Baptist Lancers]]}}</ref>
* [[Kevin Ara]], soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Ara |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kevin-ara/ |website=[[Major League Soccer]] |access-date=April 3, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Jake Barrett]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Michael Bhatia]], social scientist
* [[Carlos Bocanegra]], soccer player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goff |first1=Brian |title=Hometown Heroes: Soccer star Carlos Bocanegra continues to give back to the Inland Empire |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/05/26/hometown-heroes-soccer-star-carlos-bocanegra-continues-to-give-back-to-the-inland-empire/ |access-date=April 3, 2025 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]] |date=May 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Chukwudi Chijindu]], soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chukwudi Chijindu |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chukwudi-chijindu/ |website=[[Major League Soccer]] |access-date=April 3, 2025}}</ref>
* [[LaVar Christensen]], Utah politician
* [[McKay Christensen]], Major League Baseball player
* [[Melinda Clarke]], actress
* [[Danielle Chuchran]], actress
* [[Chad Cordero]], Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Lindsay Davis (figure skater)|Lindsay Davis]], figure skater
* [[Brian Dunseth]], retired professional soccer player
* [[Aundrea Fimbres]], singer and dancer
* [[Nikkie Groat]], beauty queen contestant
* [[Big B (rapper)|Big B]], rapper
* [[Jeff Kostoff]], Olympic swimmer
* [[Eddie Lawson]], motorcycle racer
* [[Cory Lekkerkerker]], professional football player
* [[Litefoot]], Native American rapper and actor
* [[Sydnee Michaels]], LPGA Tour golfer
* [[Chad Moeller]], Major League Baseball player
* [[Tiffany Mynx]], pornographic actress and film director
* [[Daniel Robertson (infielder)|Daniel Robertson]], Major League Baseball infielder
* [[Roger Rueff]], playwright<ref>Herman, Jan. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-30-ca-2102-story.html "Playwright Engineers a Dual Life : Scientist Roger Rueff Spent Nights Penning 'Hospitality Suite,' Now on SCR's Second Stage"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Los Angeles, April 30, 1992. Retrieved on September 3, 2014.</ref>
* [[Joe Ruttman]], race-car driver
* [[Alexis Serna]], Canadian Football League player
* [[Sean Tracey]], Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=tracese01|title=Sean Tracey Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=December 3, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Jason Wright]], American businessman and football executive<ref>{{cite web |title=18 Jason Wright |url=http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_jason00.html |website=nusports.cstv.com |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118091933/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/wright_jason00.html |archive-date=November 18, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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===Other residents===
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* [[Robert Horace Baker]], astronomer, died in Upland
* [[Franklin Bruno]], musician
* [[Bill Cobbs]], actor<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-26 |title=Bill Cobbs, character actor known for 'Air Bud' and 'The Bodyguard,' dies at 90 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-06-26/bill-cobbs-character-actor-air-bud-the-bodyguard-dies |access-date=2024-06-27 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Alberto Dávila]], boxer in World Boxing Hall of Fame; resident of Upland
* [[Craig Dietrich]], academic and creator of cultural software
* [[Roger Fan]], actor
* [[Rollie Fingers]], relief pitcher in [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]; attended [[Upland High School]]
* [[Red Grammer]], musician, ''Bebop Your Best'' (2005) Grammy Nominated<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060126205314/http://www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/Annual_Show/48_nominees.aspx#01 GRAMMY.com - 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List], undated, Access date: May 20, 2018</ref>
* [[Tom Jankiewicz]], screenwriter of ''[[Grosse Pointe Blank]]''<ref name=sun>{{cite news |first=Beau|last=Yarbrough |title=Grosse Pointe Blank screenwriter dies after collapsing at CSUSB |url=http://www.sbsun.com/ci_22440937/grosse-pointe-blank-screenwriter-dies-after-collapsing-at |work=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |date=January 24, 2013 |access-date=February 4, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sandra Lee (dermatologist)|Sandra Lee]], American dermatologist
* [[Corey Miller (tattoo artist)|Corey Miller]], tattoo artist and TV personality
* [[Peter Popoff]], televangelist
* [[Steve Scott (athlete)|Steve Scott]], cross-country runner
* [[Ivan Shaw]], actor
* [[Edward Ulloa]], attorney and former criminal prosecutor
* [[Nedra Volz]], actress
* [[Winds of Plague]], [[deathcore]]/[[symphonic metal]] band
* [[Sol Ruca]], WWE NXT Professional Wrestler 
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==Sister cities==
{{SisterCities|Upland|two}}
* {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Mildura, Victoria]], Australia, which, like Upland, was established as an irrigation community by George and William Chaffey<ref>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chaffey-william-benjamin-5619 Chaffey, William Benjamin (1856–1926)], by Peter Westcott, Australian Dictionary of Biography, accessed March 30, 2013</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Mexico}} [[Caborca]], [[Sonora]], Mexico

==In popular culture==
Upland is mentioned in the 2008 [[Keanu Reeves]] film ''[[Street Kings]]'' as the home of [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] Internal Affairs Captain James Biggs (played by [[Hugh Laurie]]).<ref>{{cite news |title='Street' cred for Upland |author=David Allen |url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/breakingnews/ci_8936997 |newspaper=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin |date=April 15, 2012 |access-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-date=April 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428121048/http://www.dailybulletin.com/breakingnews/ci_8936997 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city is also notable as the location of the [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] TV series ''[[Dr. Pimple Popper (TV series)|Dr. Pimple Popper]]''. The series is a spin-off of the [[YouTube]] channel of [[Dermatology|dermatologist]] [[Sandra Lee (dermatologist)|Sandra Lee]], who became a major Internet celebrity after posting videos of her procedures. The primary location for both the TV series and YouTube videos is Skin Physicians & Surgeons, a clinic operated by Lee and her dermatologist husband Jeffrey Rebish.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/who-is-dr-pimple-popper-151087 |title=For YouTube Star Dr. Sandra Lee, Pimple Popping Runs in the Family! |first=Melissa |last=Copelton |magazine=[[In Touch Weekly]] |date=July 12, 2018 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/07/20/the-grossest-show-on-tv-stars-a-dermatologist-known-as-dr-pimple-popper-heres-why-people-like-it/ |title=The grossest show on TV stars a dermatologist known as Dr. Pimple Popper. Here's why people like it |first=Lindsey |last=Bever |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>

[[Peter Popoff]]'s People United for Christ is based in Upland.<ref>[http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/33-0214242/people-united-christ.aspx Nonprofit Report for PEOPLE UNITED FOR CHRIST INC]</ref>

==See also==
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* [[1990 Upland earthquake]]
* [[Bail Bonds]]
* ''[[Upland News]]'', weekly and semiweekly newspaper

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.discoverupland.com/ Upland Chamber of Commerce]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Upland
 | North = [[San Antonio Heights, California|San Antonio Heights]] [[census-designated place|(CDP)]]
 | Northeast = [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]]
 | East = [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]]
 | Southeast = [[Ontario, California|Ontario]] & [[Ontario International Airport|Ontario Airport]]
 | South = [[Ontario, California|Ontario]]
 | Southwest = [[Montclair, California|Montclair]]
 | West = [[Claremont, California|Claremont]]
 | Northwest = [[San Gabriel Mountains]]
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