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{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Corey Calaycay<ref name="Council">{{cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/government/city-council |publisher=City of Claremont |access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref>
| leader_title1 = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
| leader_name1 = Jennifer Stark
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* Ed Reece
* Jed Leano
* Sal Medina
}}
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'''Claremont''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|l|ɛər|m|ɒ|n|t}}) is a suburban city in eastern [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States, {{convert|30|mi}} east of [[Los Angeles]]. It lies in the [[Pomona Valley]] at the foothills of the [[San Gabriel Mountains]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] it had a population of 34,926,<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0613756| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Claremont city, California| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=American FactFinder| access-date=September 3, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213085240/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0613756| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2020 the population was 37,266.<ref name="USCensusEst2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>
'''Claremont''' is an affluent city in eastern [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]], about 30 miles (45 km) east of downtown [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] at the base of the [[San Gabriel Mountains]]. Claremont is known for its seven world-renowned academic institutions, its tree-lined streets, historic buildings, and [[New England]] town feel.<ref>[http://www.colapublib.org/history/claremont/faq.html Los Angeles County Library - Frequently Asked Questions: Claremont]</ref>
Claremont is a small, upper middle to upper class, well educated community largely populated by [[professional]]s and their [[family|families]]. Due to the number of professors from the Claremont Colleges who live in Claremont, the number of post-graduate degrees per capita is unusually high. As such, it is known as "The City of Trees and PhD's."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/printedition/la-re-guide29jun29,0,5886008.story?coll=la-class-realestate Carrier, Susan. “What's green and well educated? Claremont”, ''The Los Angeles Times'', June 29, 2003, retrieved February 6, 2007]</ref>
 
Claremont is home to the seven [[Claremont Colleges]] and several other educational institutions and is known for its tree-lined streets with numerous historic buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colapublib.org/history/claremont/faq.html |title=Los Angeles County Library - Frequently Asked Questions: Claremont |access-date=February 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214194107/http://colapublib.org/history/claremont/faq.html |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Because of this, it is sometimes referred to as "The City of Trees and Ph.Ds."<ref name=Carrier>{{Cite news |last=Carrier |first=Susan |url=http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/la-re-guide29jun29,0,7477159.story |title=What's green and well educated? Claremont |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 29, 2003 |access-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> It was named the best suburb in the West by ''[[Sunset Magazine]]'' in 2016, which described it as a "small city that blends worldly sophistication with small-town appeal."<ref>{{Cite web |title=5 Best Communities in the West |date=January 8, 2016 |url=http://www.sunset.com/travel/best-small-towns-to-live-in#best-suburb-claremont-ca}}</ref><ref name="Four hours">{{Cite news |last1=Marantos |first1=Jeanette |title=Four Hours: Claremont is vintage, delicious and delightfully smart |url=https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-10-04/four-hours-claremont-is-vintage-delicious-and-delightfully-smart |access-date=August 1, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, [[Niche (company)|Niche]] rated Claremont as the 17th best place to live in the Los Angeles area out of 658 communities it evaluated, based on crime, cost of living, job opportunities, and local amenities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Best Places to Live in the Los Angeles Area |url=https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/search/best-places-to-live/m/los-angeles-metro-area/ |publisher=Niche}}</ref>
Claremont is primarily residential, with commercial activity centered around ''The Village'' (as it is known to most residents), a popular collection of street-front small stores, boutiques, offices, and restaurants westerly adjacent to [[The Claremont Colleges]]. The Village hopes to see even more business with the 2007 completion of a multi-use development including a [[movie theater|cinema]], a luxury hotel, retail space, offices, and parking structure on the site of an old citrus packing plant just west of Indian Hill Blvd. Several automobile dealerships are located south of the [[San Bernardino Freeway]].
 
The city is primarily residential, with a significant portion of its commercial activity located in "The Village," a popular collection of street-front small stores, boutiques, art galleries, offices, and restaurants adjacent to and west of the Claremont Colleges. The Village was expanded in 2007, adding a controversial<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.claremont.org/projects/local_gov/vetll.html |title=Redevelopment: Fetch the Vet? |author=Claremont Institute |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031004081434/http://www.claremont.org/projects/local_gov/vetll.html |archive-date=October 4, 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://claremontca.blogspot.com/2007/12/village-implosion.html|title=Claremont Insider: Village Implosion?|website=claremontca.blogspot.com|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref> multi-use development that includes [[Laemmle Theatres|an indie cinema]], a boutique hotel, retail space, offices, and a parking structure on the site of an old citrus packing plant west of Indian Hill Boulevard. Claremont also hosts several large retirement communities.<ref name="Senior services">{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Skylar |title=2021 Senior Services |url=https://claremont-courier.com/city-government/2021-senior-services-40485/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |work=[[Claremont Courier]] |date=August 9, 2021}}</ref>
Intelligent planning and foresight have been Claremont hallmarks since early citizens planted trees when the city incorporated in 1907. Large trees and shade-covered streets, older residential areas, and [[The Claremont Colleges]] are located [[south]] of the [[Foothill Freeway]] and Baseline Road. Several of the Colleges are consistently rated among the best in the nation. This has helped draw students from across the country and around the world.
 
Claremont has been a winner of the National [[Arbor Day]] Association's [[Tree City USA]] award for 22 consecutive years. When the city [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] in 1907, local citizens started what has become the city's tree-planting tradition. Claremont is one of the few remaining places in North America with [[American Elm]] trees that have not been exposed to [[Dutch elm disease]]. The stately trees line Indian Hill Boulevard in the vicinity of the city's Memorial Park.
The orange groves and open space which once dominated the northern portion of the city have been replaced by new residential developments of larger homes. Construction of Stone Canyon Preserve, one of the final tract residential developments in the north of the city, commenced in 2003, as part of a complicated agreement between Pomona College and the City of Claremont which resulted in the creation of a 1,740 acre wilderness park. The foothills also include the ''Padua Hills Theatre'', an historic site constructed in the late 1920's.
 
==History==
Claremont has been a winner of National Arbor Day Association's [[Tree City USA]] award for 19 consecutive years.
[[File:Map of Rancho San Jose and Pomona created after 1922.jpg|left|thumb|An early twentieth century map showing the city of Claremont and the site of the former [[Tongva]] village called "Indian Hill" (top right)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |first1=Eva |last1=Landsberg |first2=Sean |last2=Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MPecAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22claremont%22+%22tongva%22&pg=PA14 |title=Claremont |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] for Claremont Heritage |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4671-3191-9 |pages=14–15 |language=en }}</ref>]]
[[File:President Roosevelt speaks at Pomona College, 1903.jpg|left|thumb|President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] speaks at [[Pomona College]] in 1903.|alt=See caption]]
 
Prior to the establishment of the city of Claremont, the area was frequented by the [[Serrano people|Serrano]], [[Cahuilla]], and [[Tongva]] for thousands of years.<ref name=":0" /> The Tongva established villages in the area as early as 7000 B.C. and thrived from the freshwater of what the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish]] would call the [[San Antonio Creek (San Bernardino County)|San Antonio Creek]].<ref name=":0" /> One well-documented Tongva village, known as [[Torojoatngna]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2010 |title=Tongva's history retraced |url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/20100822/tongvas-history-retraced |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Daily Breeze |language=en-US}}</ref> was located at a place called "Indian Hill" by early American settlers.<ref name=":0" /> The village was active until the nineteenth century, housing nearly 200 residents in 1870, yet was eventually abandoned after being ravaged by a [[Smallpox|smallpox epidemic]] by 1883.<ref name=":0" />
Commuter train service to Claremont is provided by [[Metrolink (Southern California)|Metrolink]] from [[Claremont (Metrolink station)|Claremont Metrolink Station]]. The station is on the [[Metrolink San Bernardino Line|San Bernardino Line]] with trains traveling to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] daily.
 
The city of Claremont was first mapped out by developers in a [[land boom]] precipitated by the [[History of rail transportation in California#Transcontinental links|arrival of transcontinental railroads]] to Southern California.<ref name="1887 Pomona timeline">{{cite web |title=1887 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1887 |website=Pomona College Timeline |access-date=July 18, 2020 |language=en |date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> It was likely named after [[Claremont, New Hampshire]].<ref name="Leafy spotlight">{{cite news |last1=Carney |first1=Steve |title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Claremont owns its lettered and leafy college-town vibe |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-neighborhood-spotlight-claremont-20190112-story.html |access-date=May 14, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> The early history of the city was closely tied to that of [[Pomona College]], which moved there in 1889.<ref name="1889 Pomona timeline">{{cite web |title=1887 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1889 |website=Pomona College Timeline |access-date=July 18, 2020 |language=en |date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> In 1902, a town meeting vote established that east–west streets would be numbered and north–south streets named after colleges and universities.<ref name="1902 Pomona timeline">{{cite web |title=1902 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1900s/1902 |website=Pomona College Timeline |access-date=August 11, 2020 |language=en |date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> The city was incorporated in 1907.<ref name="Official history">{{cite web |title=History of Claremont |url=https://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/about-us/city-profile/history-of-claremont |publisher=City of Claremont |access-date=July 22, 2021}}</ref>
== Civic institutions ==
The [[Claremont Colleges]], a consortium of seven schools of higher education which includes [[Pomona College]], [[Claremont McKenna College]], [[Scripps College]], [[Harvey Mudd College]], [[Pitzer College]], [[Keck Graduate Institute]], [[Claremont Graduate University]], are located in Claremont. The [[Claremont School of Theology]], another school of higher education located in Claremont, shares some resources with the Claremont Colleges, but is not a member. These private educational institutions are hosts to approximately 5,000 students every year from around the world.
 
The [[Citrus production|citrus groves]] and open space which once dominated the northern portion of the city have been replaced by residential developments of large homes.<ref name="Leafy spotlight" /> Construction of Stone Canyon Preserve, one of the final residential tract developments in the north of the city, commenced in 2003 as part of a complicated agreement between [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] and the City of Claremont which resulted in the creation of the {{convert|1740|acre|km2|adj=on}} Wilderness Park. The foothill area also includes the [[Padua Hills Theatre]] (a historic site constructed in 1930) and the Claraboya residential area.
Retirement communities include Pilgrim Place, Claremont Manor and Mt. San Antonio Gardens. The [[Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden]] contains a major collection of Californian plants.ss
 
==Geography==
[[File:Claremont Wilderness Park 22.jpg|thumb|left|Claremont Hills Wilderness Park|alt=Rolling hills in a Mediterranean climate]]
Claremont is located at {{coor dms|34|6|36|N|117|43|11|W|city}} (34.110009, -117.719734){{GR|1}}.
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.35|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|13.3|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.05|sqmi|km2}} (1.03%) is water. Claremont is located at the eastern end of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] and borders the cities of [[Upland, California|Upland]] and [[Montclair, California|Montclair]] in [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]], as well as the cities of [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] and [[La Verne, California|La Verne]] in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]]. It is geographically located in the [[Pomona Valley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sgvcog.org/member-agencies-real|title=San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments|website=San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments|language=en|access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref> Claremont is approximately {{convert|30|mi|km}} east of downtown [[Los Angeles]].
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 34.8 [[km²]] (13.4 [[square mile|mi²]]). 34.0 km² (13.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (2.08%) is water.
 
===Climate===
Claremont is located at the eastern end of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], and is adjacent to the cities of [[Upland, California|Upland]], [[Pomona, California|Pomona]], [[La Verne, California|La Verne]], and [[Montclair, California|Montclair]] and [[San Bernardino County]]. Claremont is approximately 24 miles east of [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] and 30 miles east of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Claremont is also home to the [[Claremont Institute]].
Claremont has a [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csa''). During the summer, temperatures may get very high, sometimes rising above {{convert|100|F}}. In the autumn, Claremont can experience the gusty "[[Santa Ana Winds]]", which can bring fire danger to nearby foothill areas. As winter comes along, most of the city's annual rainfall occurs, which is typical around the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Snow is rare in Claremont, but can be viewed in the nearby [[San Gabriel Mountains]] in the winter. In the late spring, Claremont can receive many overcast days due to the strong onshore flow from the ocean. This is typically called "May Gray" or "June Gloom" in the region.
 
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 33,998 people, 11,281 households, and 7,806 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 999.0/km² (2,586.6/mi²). There were 11,559 housing units at an average density of 339.6/km² (879.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 73.48% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 4.98% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.56% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 11.51% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.13% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.14% from two or more races. 15.36% of the population were [[Hispanic American|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.
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|2020= 37266
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}
 
Claremont first appeared as a city in the [[1910 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1910CensusCA/> as part of the now defunct [[San Jose Township, Los Angeles County, California|San Jose Township]] (pop 7,696 in 1900).<ref name=1900CensusCA/> It became part of the larger East San Gabriel Valley Division in the [[1960 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1960CensusCA2/> and since 2000, as the East San Gabriel Valley [[Census County Division]] (CCD).<ref name=2000CensusCA/>
There were 11,281 households out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.08.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
In the city the population was spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 18.6% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.
|+'''Claremont city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Claremont city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0613756&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Claremont city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0613756&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Claremont city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0613756&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|22,098
|20,568
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,628
|65.00%
|58.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.30%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,642
|1,560
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,793
|4.83%
|4.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.78%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|81
|80
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90
|0.24%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,851
|4,500
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,809
|11.33%
|12.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.59%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|44
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49
|0.13%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|87
|71
|style='background: #ffffe6; |272
|0.26%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|974
|1,193
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,219
|2.86%
|3.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.95%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5,221
|6,919
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,416
|15.36%
|19.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.27%
|-
!Total
!33,998
!34,926
!{{partial|37,266}}
!100.00%
!100.00%
!{{partial|100.00%}}
|}
 
===2020===
The median income for a household in the city was $79,373 and the median income for a family was $105,389. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $37,143. About 4.0% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.
The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Claremont had a population of 37,266. The population density was {{convert|2,794.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Claremont was 52.8% [[White Americans|White]], 5.1% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.8% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 15.8% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 8.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 16.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 25.3% of the population.<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Claremont city, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0613756 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 11, 2025}}</ref>
 
The census reported that 83.4% of the population lived in households, 15.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1.1% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>
== Points of interest ==
* [[John R. Rodman Arboretum]]
* [[Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden]]
* the Claremont Village is an area of shops and restaurants, stretching approximately from Indian Hill Blvd. and First Street at the Southwest to Harvard and Bonita at the Northeast. This mini-downtown area provides the center of what exists of Claremont's central commercial district.
 
There were 12,050 households, out of which 29.4% included children under the age of 18, 53.1% were married-couple households, 4.6% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 27.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 25.4% of households were one person, and 13.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.58.<ref name=DP1/> There were 8,363 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (69.4% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Claremont city, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0613756 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 11, 2025}}</ref>
Famous People
 
* [[Mark McGwire]]
The age distribution was 16.4% under the age of 18, 21.5% aged 18 to 24, 19.1% aged 25 to 44, 23.3% aged 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 38.5{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 86.1 males.<ref name=DP1/>
* [[Snoop Dogg]]
 
* [[Robin Williams]]
There were 12,752 housing units at an average density of {{convert|956.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 12,050 (94.5%) were occupied. Of these, 63.6% were owner-occupied, and 36.4% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>
* [[Ben Harper]]
 
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $122,127, and the [[per capita income]] was $54,163. About 4.0% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Claremont city, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0613756 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 11, 2025}}</ref>
 
===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0613756|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715024119/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0613756|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Claremont city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Claremont had a population of 34,926. The population density was {{convert|2,589.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Claremont was 24,666 (70.6%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (58.9% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name=quif>{{Cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0613756.html|title=Claremont (city) QuickFacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211064827/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0613756.html|archive-date=February 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1,651 (4.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 172 (0.5%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4,564 (13.1%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 38 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2,015 (5.8%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1,820 (5.2%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 6,919 persons (19.8%).
 
The Census reported that 29,802 people (85.3% of the population) lived in households, 4,926 (14.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 198 (0.6%) were institutionalized.
 
There were 11,608 households, out of which 3,576 (30.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,305 (54.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,223 (10.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 397 (3.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 429 (3.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 138 (1.2%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 2,957 households (25.5%) were made up of individuals, and 1,556 (13.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 7,925 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (68.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.1.
 
The population was spread out, with 6,459 people (18.5%) under the age of 18, 6,778 people (19.4%) aged 18 to 24, 6,940 people (19.9%) aged 25 to 44, 8,979 people (25.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 5,770 people (16.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.7 males.
 
There were 12,156 housing units at an average density of {{convert|901.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 7,700 (66.3%) were owner-occupied, and 3,908 (33.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.5%. 21,209 people (60.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 8,593 people (24.6%) lived in rental housing units.
 
During 2009&ndash;13, Claremont had a median household income of $87,324, with 7.2% of the population living below the [[poverty line|federal poverty line]].<ref name=quif/>
 
German (12.0%) and English (11.6%) were the most common ancestries according to the 2000 census.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Mexico (12.7%) and Taiwan (11%) were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/claremont/|title=Claremont|website=Mapping L.A.|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
 
==Economy==
[[File:Verbal Building, Claremont, California.jpg|thumb|The Verbal Building in the Claremont Village, used today as a restaurant|alt=The Verbal Building]]
[[File:Claremont Packing House interior.jpg|thumb|The Claremont Packing House, a former citrus packing facility now filled with shops]]
 
===Top employers===
According to the city's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr2009">{{cite report|url=http://www3.ci.claremont.ca.us/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=227332&dbid=0&repo=CLAREMONT|title=City of Claremont CAFR|date=June 30, 2009|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
|[[Claremont Colleges]]
|3,000
|-
| 2
|[[Claremont Unified School District]]
|750
|-
| 3
|HiRel Connectors
|300
|-
| 4
|City of Claremont
|259
|-
| 5
|Claremont Auto Center
|240
|-
| 6
|Claremont Manor
|230
|-
| 7
|[[Technip Energies]]
|205
|-
| 8
|Pilgrim Place
|180
|-
| 9
|[[Kaiser Permanente|Indian Hill Nursing]]
|124
|-
| 10
|[[The Webb Schools]]
|119
|-
|}
 
==Arts and culture==
[[File:Mountain dulcimer jam in Claremont, California.jpg|thumb|A [[Appalachian dulcimer|mountain dulcimer]] jam in Shelton Park|left]]
 
Claremont has been praised for its vibrant arts and culture scene.<ref name="SacBee college town">{{cite news |last1=McManis |first1=Sam |title=Claremont: That rare travel gem in SoCal, a real college town |url=https://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/living/travel/article4033433.html |access-date=March 24, 2021 |work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |date=November 22, 2014}}</ref>
 
Each year, Claremont holds a springtime folk music festival, hosted by the Folk Music Center Store and Museum.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The 35th event took place in May 2018.{{Update after|2019}}{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
Local museums include the [[Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology]] at [[The Webb Schools]] (the only high school in the United States to own and host a nationally accredited museum on campus<ref>{{cite news |title=New Director Appointed at Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Current Director Transitions to Emeritus |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-director-appointed-at-raymond-m-alf-museum-of-paleontology-current-director-transitions-to-emeritus-301203631.html |access-date=June 21, 2021 |work=[[PR Newswire]] |date=January 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>) and the [[Benton Museum of Art]] at Pomona College.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
 
Each July, Ophelia's Jump Productions presents their annual Midsummer Shakespeare Festival at The Sontag Outdoor Theatre in Pomona College.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Productions are performed in repertory with local community and civic events and festivities.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
[[File:Claremont Folk Music Center guitars.jpg|thumb|Guitars at the Claremont Folk Music Center]]
 
The Claremont Village hosts a Pie Day Festival every March 14.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} In past years, attendees could collect pie recipes as they walked around downtown Claremont and checked out different stores.<ref name="PieDay">{{cite news |last1=Plessel |first1=John |title=Dine 909: Claremont Pie Festival returns on Saturday |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2019/03/21/dine-909-claremont-pie-festival-returns-on-saturday/ |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]] |date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>
 
In 2019, Claremont made national news after the Claremont United Methodist Church unveiled a nativity scene depicting Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus separated and locked up in individual chain-link pens.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} This was done to reflect the plight of immigrants and asylum seekers on the U.S. Southern Border in 2019.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The church had constructed similarly non-traditional nativity scenes in prior years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nativity scene with Jesus, Mary and Joseph in cages makes people uncomfortable. But that’s the point|author-last1=Banks|author-first1=Sandy|url-access=limited|website=Los Angeles Times|date=December 13, 2019|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-13/nativity-scene-cage-refugees-claremont-column|access-date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>
 
===Points of interest===
[[File:Padua Hills Theatre 004.JPG|thumb|[[Padua Hills Theatre]]|alt=Steps and courtyard of Padua Hills Theatre]]
 
* [[The Claremont Colleges]]
* The [[California Botanic Garden]] (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) contains a very large and diverse collection of California native plants, and is open daily for self-guided walking tours.
* [[Padua Hills Theatre]]<ref name="Class NYT 1964">{{cite news |title=California College Town in a Class by Itself |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/23/archives/california-college-town-in-a-class-by-itself.html |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 23, 1964}}</ref>
* Folk Music Center Museum<ref>{{cite web | title = Museum | publisher = Folk Music Center Museum | url = http://www.folkmusiccenter.com/museum.html | access-date = December 31, 2016}}</ref>
* Claremont Museum of Art<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clmoa.org/|title=Claremont Lewis Museum of Art -|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
* Ophelia's Jump Theater<ref>{{cite web | title = Ophelia's Jump's | publisher = Ophelia's Jump's Theater | url = http://www.opheliasjump.org/home.html | access-date = December 31, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170101161738/http://www.opheliasjump.org/home.html | archive-date = January 1, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/visit|title=Visit &#124; Pomona Museum|website=www.pomona.edu|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
 
==Government==
[[File:Claremont City Hall from southeast.jpg|alt=Entrance to Claremont City Hall|thumb|left|City Hall]]
 
In the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], Claremont is in the Fifth District, represented by [[Kathryn Barger]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Supervisor Kathryn Barger - The 5th District |url=https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/get-to-know-fifth-district/ |access-date=August 6, 2025}}</ref>
 
In the [[California State Legislature]], Claremont is in {{Representative|casd|25|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|41|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Maps {{!}} California Citizens Redistricting Commission |url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/ |access-date=August 6, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
 
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Claremont is in {{Representative|cacd|28|fmt=district}} following 2022 redistricting.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|27}}</ref> Claremont was previously represented by Republican [[David Dreier]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/member/david-dreier/D000492|title=David Dreier|last=Dreier|first=David|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref> who served from 1981 to 2013. Claremont was also represented by President [[Richard Nixon]] when he was a member of the House of Representatives from [[1946 California's 12th congressional district election|1947 to 1950]], prior to his becoming a United States [[United States Senate|senator]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
==Education==
 
===Public schools===
[[File:Claremont High School Gym.jpeg|thumb|[[Claremont High School (California)|Claremont High School]]'s gymnasium]]
Claremont's school district is known as the [[Claremont Unified School District]] (CUSD).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage |url=https://www.cusd.claremont.edu/ |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=[[Claremont Unified School District]] }}</ref> It has seven elementary schools, one intermediate school, El Roble, one adult school and two high schools, [[Claremont High School (Claremont, California)|Claremont High School]] (CHS) and San Antonio High School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Claremont High School |url=https://claremonthigh.cusd.claremont.edu/ |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=San Antonio High School |url=https://sahs.cusd.claremont.edu/ |access-date=October 7, 2024}}</ref>
 
=== Private schools (non-[[Tertiary education|tertiary]]) ===
The other high school in Claremont is [[The Webb Schools]], a collective name for two [[Private school|private]] [[University-preparatory school|college preparatory]] schools for grades 9–12, founded by [[Thompson Webb]] in 1922.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The two schools, officially the Webb School of California (boys' school) and the Vivian Webb School (girls' school), share the same campus in northwest Claremont.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} Within the campus is the Vivian Webb Chapel, which began initial construction in 1939.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} It was built by the founder for his wife, Vivian.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The Kimberly Bell Tower was added to the chapel in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Campus |url=https://www.webb.org/life/explore-campus/ |access-date=April 21, 2024 |website=The Webb Schools |language=en}}</ref> [[The Webb Schools]] is also home to the [[Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology]], America's only accredited museum located on a high school campus.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
===Post-secondary===
[[File:Scripps College Star Court, facing northeast.jpg|thumb|left|Courtyard in a dormitory at [[Scripps College]], the women's college of the [[Claremont Colleges]]]]
 
Private educational institutions host approximately 6,500 students every year from across the country and around the world.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The [[Claremont Colleges]], a consortium of seven schools of higher education, include five undergraduate institutions—[[Pomona College]] (founded in 1887), [[Scripps College]] (1926), [[Claremont McKenna College]] (1946), [[Harvey Mudd College]] (1955), and [[Pitzer College]] (1963)—and two graduate institutions—[[Claremont Graduate University]] (1925) and the [[Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences]] (1997).{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} All of these schools are consistently rated among the best in the nation.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
Just north of Foothill Boulevard is the college-owned [[Robert J. Bernard Field Station]], which preserves natural [[coastal sage scrub]] on its property.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} [[Claremont Lincoln University]] shares some resources with the Claremont Colleges, but is a separate entity.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} [[Claremont School of Theology]] is a school of theology formerly affiliated with the Claremont Colleges.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} In May 2023, the school moved from its Claremont campus to the Westwood Methodist Church in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
==Media==
The ''[[Claremont Courier]]'' is widely regarded as Claremont's [[newspaper of record]].<ref name="Heritage Courier">{{cite web |title=Claremont Heritage on Instagram: "Welcome to Trivia Tuesday! What is the name of Claremont's local newspaper? Claremont Courier Claremont is fortunate to have a locally…" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CBy-liMBAu7/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CBy-liMBAu7 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram |access-date=August 2, 2020 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2018, the ''Courier'' was named the top community newspaper in California by the California News Publisher's Association.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weinberger |first1=Peter |title=COURIER honored as state's top newspaper |url=https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t27544cnpa |access-date=August 17, 2018 |publisher=Claremont Courier |date=April 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817125013/https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t27544cnpa |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition, Claremont High School's students produce the student newspaper ''The Wolfpacket'', with support and printing services from the ''Courier''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thewolfpacket.org/wolpacket-editorial-policy/ |title=Wolfpacket Editorial Policy |website=The Wolfpacket |access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>
 
There are also several media outlets based at the Claremont Colleges, including ''[[The Student Life]]'', the oldest college newspaper in Southern California,<ref name="FindingAid">{{cite web|title=Finding Aid for The Student Life|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8f76fpk/entire_text/|website=Online Archive of California}}</ref> and the radio station [[KSPC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About |date=May 11, 2011 |url=https://kspc.org/about/ |publisher=[[KSPC 88.7FM]] |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref>
 
==Infrastructure==
[[File:Claremont Post Office in April 2023.jpg|thumb|Post office]]
 
===Transportation===
[[File:ClaremontStation.jpg|thumb|Former train depot, now an art museum|alt=Claremont Train Station, a Spanish Renaissance-style building]]
 
Commuter train service to Claremont is provided by [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] from the [[Claremont station (California)|Claremont Metrolink Station]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} The station is on the [[San Bernardino Line]], with trains traveling to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] (west) and [[San Bernardino Transit Center|San Bernardino – Downtown]] (east) 19 times on weekdays (20 on Fridays), 10 times on Saturdays, and seven times on Sundays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrolinktrains.com/schedules/?type=line&lineName=San+Bernardino+Line|title=San Bernardino Line|website=Metrolink}}</ref> Claremont's train station is known as the Claremont Depot.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
Claremont is also planned to eventually connect with the [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro A Line]] on the [[Foothill Extension|Foothill Extension Project]], funded in 2024 and planned for completion in 2030. This extension will also provide service to L.A. Union Station via [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
[[FlixBus]] utilizes a stop adjacent to the [[Claremont (Metrolink station)|Claremont Metrolink Station]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
 
The local transit bus service [[Foothill Transit]] covers Claremont and several other cities in the eastern [[San Gabriel Valley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://foothilltransit.org/|title=Foothill Transit {{!}} Going Good Places|website=foothilltransit.org|language=en-US|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
{{See also|List of Claremont Colleges people}}
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* [[Jessica Alba]] – actress
* [[Matthew Arias]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t24306-emmy|title=Claremont High graduate adds 'Emmy winner' to resume &#124; Claremont Courier|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref> – musician and film editor
* [[Richard Armour]] – writer, English professor
* [[Tony Beltran]] – soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Beltran |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/d75506b2/Tony-Beltran |website=[[Sports Reference|FBref]] |access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Arthur T. Benjamin]] – mathematician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chiang |first1=Anna |title=HMC professor Arthur Benjamin: Professional backgammon player, world-renowned 'mathemagician' |url=https://tsl.news/hmc-arthur-benjamin/ |access-date=November 29, 2022 |work=[[The Student Life]] |date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Doesn't mention that he lives in Claremont, just that he teaches there.|date=November 2022}}
* [[Karl Benjamin]] – artist
* [[Jacob Bertrand]] – actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewolfpacket.org/6484/showcase/from-student-to-screen-a-spotlight-on-cobra-kai-actor-jacob-bertrand/|title=From Student to Screen: a spotlight on Cobra Kai actor, Jacob Bertrand|first=Melina|last=Tisopulos|accessdate=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Amanda Blake]] – actress<ref>{{cite news |title=Amanda Blake, 60, Saloonkeeper On TV's 'Gunsmoke' for 19 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/18/obituaries/amanda-blake-60-saloonkeeper-on-tv-s-gunsmoke-for-19-years.html |access-date=November 29, 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 18, 1989}}</ref>
* [[Julian Bravo]] – soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Bravo |url=https://santaclarabroncos.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/julian-bravo/3744 |website=[[Santa Clara Broncos men's soccer|Santa Clara Broncos]] |access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Brittany Brown (sprinter)|Brittany Brown]] – Olympic sprinter
* [[Buckethead]] – musician
* [[Robert Buckley]] – actor
* [[Kori Carter]] – hurdler
* [[John B. Cobb]] – theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist
* [[Ray Collins (rock musician)|Ray Collins]] – musician
* [[John Darnielle]] – musician and novelist
* [[Glenn Davis (halfback)|Glenn Davis]] – football player
* [[David Dreier]] – former member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (1981–2013) and chairman of the [[House Rules Committee]] (1999–2007, 2011–2013)
* [[Peter F. Drucker]] – management consultant, educator and author
* [[Bob Earl]] – racing driver
* [[B. H. Fairchild]] – poet and college professor
* [[Justin Germano]] – baseball pitcher
* [[Elliot Graham]] – film editor and producer
* [[Ben Harper]] – musician and humanitarian<ref>{{cite news |last1=Appleford |first1=Steve |title=Ben Harper and his mom roam the store that was a childhood home |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-ben-harper-duets-20140629-story.html |access-date=November 29, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 28, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Alex Hinshaw]] – baseball pitcher
* [[Raja Kumari]] – rapper
* [[Maud Hart Lovelace]] – author
* [[Sam Quinones]] – journalist and author<ref name="Medium reunion">{{cite news |last1=Quinones |first1=Sam |title=My High School Reunion — Claremont |url=https://medium.com/@samquinones7/my-high-school-reunion-claremont-9f1dba45de6c |access-date=February 11, 2023 |work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |date=June 26, 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dileep Rao]] – actor
* [[Kristin Rossum]] – murderer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Farrell |first1=Michael |title=Criminology of Homicidal Poisoning: Offenders, Victims and Detection |date=June 24, 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-59117-9 |page=195 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3opDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA195 |access-date=November 11, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Millard Sheets]] – artist and designer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kendall |first1=John |title=Millard Owen Sheets, 81; Artist, Designer and Teacher |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-02-mn-1343-story.html |access-date=January 17, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 2, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Millard Sheets: The Scripps Years, 1932-1955 |url=https://rcwg.scrippscollege.edu/blog/exhibitions/millard-sheets-the-scripps-years-1932-1955/ |website=Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery |publisher=Scripps College |access-date=January 17, 2022 |date=September 1, 2007}}</ref>
* [[Paul Soldner]] – artist
* [[Noah Song]] – professional baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web |title=Noah Song - Baseball |url=https://navysports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=15192 |website=Naval Academy Athletics |access-date=November 11, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Suckow]] – author
* [[David Foster Wallace]] – author and professor
* [[Carleton H. Wright]] – United States Navy admiral
* [[Frank Zappa]] – musician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=David |title=Did Frank Zappa attend Claremont High? Classmates say yes |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2015/12/12/did-frank-zappa-attend-claremont-high-classmates-say-yes/ |access-date=November 29, 2022 |work=[[Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]] |date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>
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==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/ The City of Claremont]
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*[http://www.claremontchamber.org/ Claremont Chamber of Commerce]
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*[http://www.claremont-courier.com/ The Claremont Courier]
* [http://www.claremontclaremontchamber.eduorg/ GatewayClaremont toChamber the Claremontof CollegesCommerce]
* [https://discoverclaremont.com/ City’s official visitor site - Discover Claremont]
*[http://www.claremontfolkfest.org/ Claremont Spring Folk Festival]
*[http://www.folkmusiccenter.com/ Folk Music Center]
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