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San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 826,079 in 2025. Among U.S. cities with a population of 200,000 or more, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income, third by population density, and sixth by aggregate income as of 2024. Some 4.6 million residents live in the city's metropolitan statistical area, which is the 13th-largest in the United States. Around 9.2 million live in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest in the United States.

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Hotel Stratford

Hotel Stratford, 236;240;242, Powell Street, Union Square, Tenderloin, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States

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Grand Hyatt San Francisco, 345, Stockton Street, Union Square, Tenderloin, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States

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Beacon Grand, 450, Powell Street, Union Square, Tenderloin, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States

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St. Moritz Hotel, 180;184;188;190, O'Farrell Street, Union Square, Tenderloin, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States

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The Westin St. Francis, 335, Powell Street, Union Square, Tenderloin, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States

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Chancellor Hotel, 433, Powell Street, Union Square, Tenderloin, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States

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