City of Loma Linda (the

¶ … city of Loma Linda (the Beautiful Hill) is a small yet sophisticated settlement in San Bernardino County, California. The city is known to have some of the largest median incomes and the highest medium home prices in the County. Loma Linda has emerged as one of the most imposing communities in all of California, as its focus on fields like education, healthcare and research have made it possible for its inhabitants to be able to stay in touch with the latest trends, technology, and ethical ideas.

The central area of the city is known as Mound City and this was also the city's original name. The eastern part of the settlement is known as Bryn Mawr and it became an integral part of Loma Linda during recent years, this most probably being a result of the fact that the town had experienced steady progress ever during the last few decades.

Loma Linda is located in the southern part of the San Bernardino area

Loma Linda has experienced an impressive population increase during recent decades, as its population grew by 24.9% from 2000 to 2011. There are more women than men in Loma Linda, as the numbers are 53.2% (12,413) women and 46.8% (10,925) men. The average age is 33.2 years, and it is intriguing to observe that the city has a young population, taking into account that the median age in the state of California is 45.6 years (Loma Linda, California).

More than one third of the individuals in Loma Linda are foreign-born (34.2%), this making it possible to understand that foreigners perceive this city as being particularly attractive, both from an economic and from a political point-of-view. It is likely that the fact that the majority of individuals in the city are relatively young plays an important role in providing foreigners with an open-minded environment where people express little to no discrimination toward individuals that are foreign-born.

White persons are the dominant race group (47.8%) in Loma Linda while Asians are in second place (28,3%) and Hispanics or individuals with a Latino origin are in third place (22.2%). The number of individuals who own businesses in Loma Linda is reflected by the race percentage, as white people represent the majority while Hispanics and Asians are the dominant business-owners after them.

It is interesting to see that even though Loma Linda appears to be a patriarchal society with most firms being owned by men, women hold an important percentage (30.3%) in the business-owning group. Again, the fact that the city has a young population is probable to be an important factor making it possible for gender to be less significant when regarding attitudes toward business-owners.

There is 62.1% percentage of adherents to the Catholic Church in Loma Linda, making this particular religious ideology the dominant group. There are 7.4% Catholic congregations in the city.

The second most favored religion is the Southern Baptist Convention, with a 7.2% percentage of individuals in Loma Linda being the ideology's adherents. The congregations belonging to the ideology reach 7.5%.

The LDS (mormon) Church has 5.1% of individuals in Loma Linda adherent to it. It has 11.3% of the total congregations in the city.

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church has 3.6% adherents in Loma Linda and holds 5.1% of the congregations in town.

The Charismatic Churches Independent has 2.7% adherents in Loma Linda and 0.9% congregations.

Muslims represent a 1.8% of religious adherents in Loma Linda and 0.8% of the number of congregations in the city.

American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. have 1.6% of the religious adherents in Loma Linda and 3.8% of the total number of congregations.

Assemblies of God have 1.6% of the number of religious adherents in Loma Linda and 7.8% of the number of congregations.

Non-Charismatic Churches Independent have 1.5% of the number of religious adherents in the city and 0.8% of the congregations.

There are 12.7% individuals belonging to other religions and 54.5% congregations dedicated to other religious ideologies.

The Loma Linda University and the Loma Linda Medical Center are renowned world-wide for the breakthrough studies they are involved in. "The Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital contain the largest neonatal intensive care unit in California, the Proton Accelerator Cancer treatment Center and the infant heart and multiple organ transplant center" (About Us). In addition to providing both the local community and the international public with valuable research, the medical centers are also an important factor when considering the city's economy.