Wikipedia - User contributions [en]

Kings County, California

2023-12-16T22:36:20Z

71.67.71.122: /* Overview */Wilson won the county in 1912 because Progressive won 1,419 votes and you’re adding other 3rd party votes

{{Short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kings County, California
| official_name = County of Kings
| settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]]
| image_skyline = Kings County Courthouse 090407 1.JPG
| image_caption = [[Kings County Courthouse (Hanford, California)|Kings County Courthouse]]
| image_flag = Flag of Kings County, California.png
| image_seal = Seal of Kings County, California.png
| image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape|fill=#ffffff|fill-opacity=0|stroke-width=3}}
| map_caption = Interactive map of Kings County
| image_map1 = Map of California highlighting Kings County.svg
| mapsize1 = 200px
| map_caption1 = Location in the state of [[California]]
| coordinates =
{{coord|36.07|-119.81|type:adm2nd_region:US-CA_source:UScensus1990|display=title,inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area
| subdivision_name1 = [[California]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[San Joaquin Valley]]
| subdivision_name3 =Hanford-Corcoran
| established_title = Established
| established_date = March 22, 1893<ref>{{Cite GNIS|277280|Kings County}}</ref>
| named_for = [[Kings River (California)|Kings River]]
| seat_type = [[County seat]]
| seat = [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]
| seat1_type = Largest city
| seat1 = Hanford (population) [[Avenal, California|Avenal]] (area)
| parts_type = Incorporated cities
| parts = 4

| government_type = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
| governing_body = Board of Supervisors
| leader_title1 = Chair
| leader_name1 = Richard Fagundes
| leader_title2 = Vice Chair
| leader_name2 = Doug Verboon
| leader_title3 = Board of Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.countyofkings.com/departments/board-of-supervisors | title=Board of Supervisors | Kings County }}</ref>
| leader_name3 = {{Collapsible list
| title = Supervisors
| frame_style = border:none; padding:0;
| list_style = text-align:left;
| 1 = Joe Neves
| 2 = Richard Valle
| 3 = Doug Verboon
| 4 = Rusty Robinson
| 5 = Richard Fagundes
}}
| leader_title4 = County Administrative Officer
| leader_name4 = Edward Hill
| unit_pref = US
| area_total_sq_mi = 1392
| area_land_sq_mi = 1389
| area_water_sq_mi = 2.1
| elevation_max_ft = 3476
| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>[[Table Mountain (Kings County, California)|Table Mountain]]</ref>
| elevation_min_footnotes =
| population_total = 152486
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| area_code = [[Area code 559|559]]
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| unemployment_rate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 06-031
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{GNIS 4|277280}}
| blank2_name_sec1 = Congressional districts
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[California's 20th congressional district|20th]], [[California's 22nd congressional district|22nd]]
| website = [http://countyofkings.com countyofkings.com]
| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7
}}

'''Kings County''' is a county located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. The population was 152,486 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kings County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06031|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Hanford, California|Hanford]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref>

Kings County comprises the [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]-[[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]], CA [[metropolitan statistical area]], which is also included in the [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]-[[Porterville, California|Porterville]]-Hanford, CA [[combined statistical area]]. It is in the [[San Joaquin Valley]], a rich agricultural region.

==History==
The area was inhabited for thousands of years by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] including the Tachi [[Yokuts]] tribe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tachi-yokut-nsn.gov/|title=Tachi Yokut Tribe – The Indians of the San Joaquin Valley were known as Yokuts|website=Tachi-yokut-nsn.gov|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> They continue to live in the area on the [[Santa Rosa Rancheria]]. It was colonized by Spain, Mexico and the United States.

An 1805 expedition probably led by Spanish Army Lieutenant [[Gabriel Moraga]] recorded discovering the river, which they named ''El Rio de los Santos Reyes'' (River of the Holy Kings) after the [[Three Wise Men]] of the [[Bible]].<ref name=Hoover>Hoover, p. 132</ref> At the time of the United States conquest of California in 1848, the new government changed the name to [[Kings River (California)|Kings River]] after which the county was named.<ref name=Hoover/>

In 1880, a dispute over land titles between settlers and the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] resulted in a bloody gun battle on a farm {{convert|5.6|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Hanford; seven men died. This event became known as the [[Mussel Slough Tragedy]].

Kings County was formed in 1893 from the western part of [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]].<ref name=Hoover/> In 1909, by an act of the state legislature, {{convert|208|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of Fresno County territory was added to the northwest portion of Kings County.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Robert L.|title=History of Kings County |publisher=A. H. Cawston|page=53|year=1940}}</ref>

Settlers reclaimed [[Tulare Lake]] and its [[wetlands]] for agricultural development. In surface area, it was formerly the largest body of freshwater west of the [[Great Lakes]], and supported a large population of migratory birds as well as local birds and wildlife. [[Monoculture]] has sharply reduced habitat for many species.

In 1928, oil was discovered in the [[Kettleman Hills]] located in the southwestern part of Kings County. The [[Kettleman North Dome Oil Field]] became one of the most productive oil fields in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Robert L.|title=History of Kings County |publisher=A. H. Cawston|page=123|year=1940}}</ref>

During the [[Great Depression]], over 18,000 cotton pickers in the southern San Joaquin Valley, mostly migrant [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] workers, went on strike in the [[California agricultural strikes of 1933]]. During the strike, 3,500 striking farm workers lived in a four-acre camp on the land of a small farmer on the outskirts of Corcoran. Ultimately, the federal government intervened to force both sides to negotiate a settlement.<ref>{{cite book | last=Weber | first=Devra | title=Dark Sweat. White Gold: California Farm Workers, Cotton and the New Deal | pages=79–111 | publisher=[[University of California Press]] | location=Berkeley and Los Angeles, California | year=1994 | isbn=0-520-20710-6}}</ref>

[[Lemoore Army Airfield]] was established for training and defense during [[World War II]]. In 1961, the [[U.S. Navy]] opened [[NAS Lemoore]] {{convert|9|mi|km|0}} west of [[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]], not far from the earlier site.

The completion of the [[California Aqueduct]] in the early 1970s brought needed water for agriculture and domestic use to the west side of the county.

==Historic sites==
* [[Kingston, California|Kingston]]
* [[Mussel Slough Tragedy]]
* [[Daniel Rhoads|El Adobe de los Robles Rancho]] built by [[Daniel Rhoads]]
* [[Vaca Adobe]]
* [[Cox & Clark Trading Post and Steamboat Landing]]
* [[Witt Site]]

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1392|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1389|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.1|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

Kings County is bordered on the north and northwest by [[Fresno County]], on the east by [[Tulare County]], on the south by [[Kern County]] and a small part of [[San Luis Obispo County]] and on the west by [[Monterey County]].

[[Table Mountain (Kings County, California)|Table Mountain]] is the highest point in Kings County at an elevation of {{convert|3,476|ft|m}}. It is located in the [[Diablo Range]] in southwestern Kings County on the boundary between Kings and Monterey counties.

Most of the historic [[Tulare Lake]] was within Kings County. Although reclaimed for farming late in the 19th century, it was the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 9871
|1910= 16230
|1920= 22031
|1930= 25385
|1940= 35168
|1950= 46768
|1960= 49954
|1970= 64610
|1980= 73738
|1990= 101469
|2000= 129461
|2010= 152982
|2020= 152486
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> 1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> 1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Kings County, California - Demographic Profile''' (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!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) - Kings County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06031&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) - Kings County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06031&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|53,879
|44,361
|35.22%
|29.09%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|10,314
|8,300
|6.74%
|5.44%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1,297
|1,690
|0.85%
|1.11%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5,339
|5,511
|3.49%
|3.61%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|228
|331
|0.15%
|0.22%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|803
|713
|0.52%
|0.47%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|3,256
|4,973
|2.13%
|3.26%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|77,866
|86,607
|50.90%
|56.80%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''152,982'''
|'''152,486'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''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 can be of any race.''

=== 2011 ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="6" | Population, race, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 152,335
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 109,704
| 72.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 10,988
| 7.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 1,927
| 1.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 5,751
| 3.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 353
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 17,832
| 11.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 5,780
| 3.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |  Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| 76,401
| 50.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $18,296
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $48,838
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $51,932
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Places by population and race
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
|-
| [[Armona, California|Armona]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,419 || 74.1% || 11.9% || 4.6% || 8.9% || 0.6% || 58.6%
|-
| [[Avenal, California|Avenal]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 15,705 || 73.1% || 23.1% || 0.3% || 3.1% || 0.4% || 86.4%
|-
| [[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 25,113 || 59.8% || 23.8% || 2.0% || 12.2% || 2.3% || 63.0%
|-
| [[Grangeville, California|Grangeville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 464 || 95.7% || 4.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 19.0%
|-
| [[Hanford, California|Hanford]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 53,159 || 76.2% || 11.9% || 4.6% || 6.7% || 0.6% || 44.3%
|-
| [[Hardwick, California|Hardwick]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 107 || 33.6% || 64.5% || 1.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 64.5%
|-
| [[Home Garden, California|Home Garden]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,726 || 59.4% || 18.3% || 0.9% || 16.7% || 4.7% || 59.1%
|-
| [[Kettleman City, California|Kettleman City]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,207 || 80.9% || 14.5% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 4.6% || 100.0%
|-
| [[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 24,217 || 68.2% || 14.4% || 6.5% || 8.7% || 2.3% || 36.2%
|-
| [[Lemoore Station, California|Lemoore Station]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 7,129 || 69.2% || 11.1% || 9.9% || 9.5% || 0.3% || 17.2%
|-
| [[Stratford, California|Stratford]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,436 || 68.7% || 30.6% || 0.0% || 0.7% || 0.0% || 91.9%
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="6" | Places by population and income
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB"/>
! Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113"/>
|-
| [[Armona, California|Armona]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,419 || $16,047 || $42,122 || $41,991
|-
| [[Avenal, California|Avenal]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 15,705 || $9,889 || $29,183 || $28,030
|-
| [[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 25,113 || $8,308 || $31,641 || $33,904
|-
| [[Grangeville, California|Grangeville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 464 || $27,003 || $46,979 || $52,989
|-
| [[Hanford, California|Hanford]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 53,159 || $22,383 || $54,421 || $61,532
|-
| [[Hardwick, California|Hardwick]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 107 || $11,256 || $19,167 || $19,306
|-
| [[Home Garden, California|Home Garden]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,726 || $12,328 || $38,125 || $36,488
|-
| [[Kettleman City, California|Kettleman City]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,207 || $15,081 || $34,323 || $35,313
|-
| [[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 24,217 || $23,045 || $58,706 || $63,539
|-
| [[Lemoore Station, California|Lemoore Station]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 7,129 || $16,887 || $42,225 || $43,023
|-
| [[Stratford, California|Stratford]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,436 || $10,531 || $40,871 || $29,716
|}

===2010 Census===

The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Kings County had a population of 152,982. The census included inmates of the three men's state prisons. According to the [[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation]], there were 18,640 inmates in Kings County prisons on March 31, 2010, which was 12.2% of the population.<ref name="cdcr.ca.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/Offender_Information_Services_Branch/Monthly/Monthly_Tpop1a_Archive.html|title=Monthly Total Population Report Archive|first=State of|last=California|website=Cdcr.ca.gov|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522022304/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/Offender_Information_Services_Branch/Monthly/Monthly_Tpop1a_Archive.html|archive-date=2013-05-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> The inmate population had been reduced to 13,894 on December 31, 2013.<ref name="cdcr.ca.gov"/> The racial makeup of Kings County was 83,027 (54.3%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11,014 (7.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2,562 (1.7%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5,620 (3.7%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 271 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 42,996 (28.1%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7,492 (4.9%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 77,866 persons (50.9%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

The U.S. Census does not identify how many residents are undocumented immigrants. However, the [[Public Policy Institute of California]] issued a report in July 2011, which estimated there were 9,000 illegal immigrants living in Kings County in 2008, which would be 5.8% of the county's population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=986|title=Unauthorized Immigrants in California: Estimates for Counties - Public Policy Institute of California|website=Ppic.org|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

According to the California Board of State and Community Corrections, Kings County had the highest incarceration rate of California's 58 counties in 2014 at 1,384 per 100,000 population. Statewide, the rate was 567 per 100,000.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', March 28–29, 2015</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
!colspan="10"|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
!The County ||Total Population||[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]||[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] || [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] || [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] || [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] || [[Race (United States Census)|other races]] || two or more races ||[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)
|-
|''' Kings County'''
|align="right"|152,982||align="right"|83,027||align="right"|11,014||align="right"|2,562||align="right"|5,620||align="right"|271||align="right"|42,996||align="right"|7,492||align="right"|77,866
|-
![[Incorporated city|Incorporated city]] ||Total Population||[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] ||[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] || [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] || [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] || [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] || [[Race (United States Census)|other races]] || two or more races ||[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)
|-
|'''[[Avenal, California|Avenal]]'''
|align="right"|15,505||align="right"|6,044||align="right"|1,625||align="right"|186||align="right"|108||align="right"|6||align="right"|7,188||align="right"|348||align="right"|11,130
|-
|'''[[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]]'''
|align="right"|24,813||align="right"|8,940||align="right"|3,725||align="right"|349||align="right"|193||align="right"|17||align="right"|10,979||align="right"|610||align="right"|15,545
|-
|'''[[Hanford, California|Hanford]]'''
|align="right"|53,967||align="right"|33,713||align="right"|2,632||align="right"|712||align="right"|2,322||align="right"|53||align="right"|11,599||align="right"|2,936||align="right"|25,419
|-
|'''[[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]]'''
|align="right"|24,531||align="right"|13,925||align="right"|1,566||align="right"|333||align="right"|2,010||align="right"|102||align="right"|4,935||align="right"|1,660||align="right"|9,820
|-
![[Census-designated place|Census-designated place]] ||Total Population||[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] ||[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] || [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] || [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] || [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] || [[Race (United States Census)|other races]] || two or more races ||[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)
|-
|'''[[Armona, California|Armona]]'''
|align="right"|4,156||align="right"|2,058||align="right"|99||align="right"|64||align="right"|85||align="right"|13||align="right"|1,597||align="right"|240||align="right"|2,784
|-
|'''[[Grangeville, California|Grangeville]]'''
|align="right"|469||align="right"|393||align="right"|15||align="right"|5||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|41||align="right"|10||align="right"|145
|-
|'''[[Hardwick, California|Hardwick]]'''
|align="right"|138||align="right"|63||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|67||align="right"|3||align="right"|86
|-
|'''[[Home Garden, California|Home Garden]]'''
|align="right"|1,761||align="right"|652||align="right"|221||align="right"|63||align="right"|50||align="right"|8||align="right"|677||align="right"|90||align="right"|1,189
|-
|'''[[Kettleman City, California|Kettleman City]]'''
|align="right"|1,439||align="right"|478||align="right"|4||align="right"|8||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|887||align="right"|61||align="right"|1,383
|-
|'''[[Lemoore Station, California|Lemoore Station]]'''
|align="right"|7,438||align="right"|4,883||align="right"|729||align="right"|70||align="right"|560||align="right"|53||align="right"|418||align="right"|725||align="right"|1,445
|-
|'''[[Stratford, California|Stratford]]'''
|align="right"|1,277||align="right"|574||align="right"|16||align="right"|17||align="right"|19||align="right"|1||align="right"|617||align="right"|33||align="right"|1,069
|-
!Other [[unincorporated area]]s ||Total Population||[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] ||[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] || [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] || [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] || [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] || [[Race (United States Census)|other races]] || two or more races ||[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|17,488||align="right"|11,304||align="right"|377||align="right"|755||align="right"|267||align="right"|18||align="right"|3,991||align="right"|776||align="right"|7,851
|}

===2000===
As of the 2000 census, there were 129,461 people, 34,418 households, and 26,983 families residing in the county. However, the California Department of Finance estimates that the population had grown 154,434 as of January 1, 2008.<ref>California Department of Finance, Table E-2, California County Population Estimates and Percent Change, Revised July 1, 2000 through Provisional July 1, 2006</ref> The [[population density]] based on the 2000 census was 36/km2 (93/sq mi). There were 36,563 housing units at an average density of {{convert|26|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 53.7% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 8.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 3.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 28.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.8% from two or more races. 43.6% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 7.1% were of [[Portuguese Americans|Portuguese]], 6.2% [[German Americans|German]], 5.3% [[Irish Americans|Irish]] and 5.1% [[American ancestry]] according to [[Census 2000]]. 63.6% spoke [[English language|English]], 30.9% [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 1.4% [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], 1.4% [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and 1.3% [[Samoan language|Samoan]] as their first language.

There were 34,418 households, out of which 46.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 3.56.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 35.0% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years in 2000, which had increased to 31.1 by the time of the 2010 census.<ref name="Fresno Bee, May 15, 2011"/> For every 100 females there were 134.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 148.8 males. The ratio may be attributed to the presence of three men's state prisons in the county.

==Government and policing==
===Administration===
Kings County is a general law county under the [[California Constitution]]. That is, it does not have a county [[charter]]. The county is governed by a five-member [[Board of Supervisors]]. Supervisors are elected by districts for four-year terms. There are no term limits in effect. The chairman and vice-chairman are elected annually by the Board of Supervisors from among its members. On January 7, 2020, the Board elected Supervisor Doug Verboon as chairman and Supervisor Craig Pederson as vice-chairman to serve during 2020. Other Supervisors include Richard Valle, Joe Neves and Richard Fagundes.<ref>https://www.countyofkings.com/home/showdocument?id=21427{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} accessed January 12, 2020</ref> The Board of Supervisors appoints a County Administrative Officer. Rebecca Campbell was appointed to that office effective on January 1, 2018. She succeeded Larry Spikes who held the post from 1993 through 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countyofkings.com/Home/Components/News/News/3500/18?backlist=%2f |title=News | Kings County |website=www.countyofkings.com |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', December 23, 2017</ref><ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', December 27, 2017</ref>

===District Attorney===
The Kings County District Attorney is Keith Fagundes. The District Attorney of each of the 58 counties in California is responsible for prosecuting the violation of California state and local laws and ordinances. The District Attorney is the sole criminal prosecuting entity in the county. In addition to the prosecution duties of the District Attorney, the Kings County District Attorney also has civil and criminal investigative authority with its own Bureau of Investigations composed of sworn peace officers with arresting authority. The Kings County District Attorney's Victim-Witness Assistance Program also provides assistance to victims of crime through federal, state, and local resources.

===City police departments===
Within Kings County, there are four city police departments: Hanford (the county seat), Corcoran, Lemoore, and Avenal.

===Sheriff===
The Kings County Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator is David Robinson. The Kings County Sheriff's Office provides court protection, county jail operation, and coroner services for the entire county. It provides patrol and detective services to the unincorporated areas of the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countyofkings.com/departments/public-safety/sheriff |title=Sheriff | Kings County |website=www.countyofkings.com |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref>

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Kings County is in {{Representative|casd|14|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref>{{Cite web
|url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
|title = Communities of Interest — County
|publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
|access-date = September 28, 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
|archive-date = October 23, 2015
|url-status = dead
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref> and in {{Representative|caad|32|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>''Fresno Bee'', December 6, 2018</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Kings County in California's 21st District and is represented by Republican [[David Valadao]].<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|HCA|21}}</ref>

==Politics==
===Voter registration===
According to the Kings County Election Office, as of March 24, 2017, 51,323 residents were registered to vote. There were 22,341 voters registered as Republicans, 17,429 registered as Democrats and 9,443 did not state a party preference. The remaining 2,104 registered with minor parties.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', April 11, 2017</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 152,335
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-10-31.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 48,485
| 31.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 17,336
| 35.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 21,893
| 45.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| '''-4,557'''
| '''-9.4%'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,236
| 2.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 94
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 214
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 86
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 161
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 7,463
| 15.4%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/> <ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Avenal, California|Avenal]] || 15,705 || 10.7% || 53.7% || 26.7% || '''+27.0%''' || 5.3% || 16.4%
|-
| [[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]] || 25,113 || 17.1% || 57.4% || 26.3% || '''+31.1%''' || 4.8% || 13.4%
|-
| [[Hanford, California|Hanford]] || 53,159 || 41.1% || 33.9% || 47.0% || '''-13.1%''' || 6.5% || 15.2%
|-
| [[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]] || 24,217 || 39.2% || 31.9% || 46.2% || '''-14.3%''' || 7.2% || 17.8%
|}

=== Overview ===
Kings has long been a strongly Republican county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] elections. The last Democratic candidate for president to win the county was [[Hubert Humphrey]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1968|1968]], and the last to win a majority was [[Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]].

{{PresHead|place=Kings County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref>}}

{{PresRow|2020|Republican|24,072|18,699|1,090|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|18,093|13,617|2,600|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|17,671|12,979|768|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|19,710|14,747|651|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|21,003|10,833|274|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|16,377|11,041|917|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|12,368|11,254|2,193|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|10,673|9,982|4,996|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|12,118|9,142|222|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|13,364|7,324|160|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,531|7,299|1,191|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|8,263|8,061|318|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,509|7,274|812|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|7,796|8,643|1,662|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|5,753|13,073|14|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|6,991|9,439|92|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|6,195|8,417|40|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|7,708|7,850|113|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,289|6,909|323|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3,468|6,591|75|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,911|8,307|102|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,226|7,062|116|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,009|5,191|318|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,947|2,701|73|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,812|1,109|1,703|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,806|1,604|297|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,221|2,905|476|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|0|1,967|1,981|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,198|859|194|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,110|595|187|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,032|872|90|California}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|673|862|28|California}}

In November 2008, Kings County voted 73.7% for [[Proposition 8]] which amended the California Constitution to define marriage as one man and one woman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|title=Statement of Vote: November 4, 2008, General Election|last=Bowen|first=Debra|date=December 13, 2008|website=California Secretary of State|access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref>

== Crime ==

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 152,335
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes – 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=2013-12-02 }}. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
| 562 || 3.69
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 4 || 0.03
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 32 || 0.21
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 77 || 0.51
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 449 || 2.95
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1,513 || 9.93
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 774 || 5.08
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 1,428 || 9.37
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 294 || 1.93
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 30 || 0.20
|}

{{Clear}}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)]. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Avenal, California|Avenal]] || 15,704 || 53 || 3.37 || 132 || 8.41
|-
| [[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]] || 25,119 || 89 || 3.54 || 328 || 13.06
|-
| [[Hanford, California|Hanford]] || 54,787 || 309 || 5.64 || 1,711 || 31.23
|-
| [[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]] || 24,904 || 131 || 5.26 || 698 || 28.03
|}

==Economy==
The economy is based on agriculture. About 87% of Kings County's 890,000 acres is agricultural farmland. The gross value of all agricultural crops and products produced during 2018 in Kings County was $2,351,983,000. Kings County is 10th among California counties in agricultural production. The top commodity in 2018 was milk with a value of $676.7 million. Other major agricultural commodities included pistachios, cotton, cattle and calves, almonds and processing tomatoes.<ref>2018 Kings County Crop Report, Kings County Department of Agriculture/Measurement Standards, July 16, 2019</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countyofkings.com/home/showdocument?id=20326 |title=2018 Crop Report |website=www.countyofkings.com |access-date=July 21, 2019}}{{SemiBareRefNeedsTitle|date=May 2022}}</ref> Another major employer is [[NAS Lemoore]], the [[U.S. Navy]]'s newest and largest master jet base. According to a Navy study in 2008, payroll, base spending, retiree and veterans' checks total more than $1 billion in annual economic impact to the region.<ref>''Fresno Bee'', February 22, 2016</ref> Other important employers include a [[Del Monte Foods]] tomato processing plant, [[Adventist Health]], the [[J. G. Boswell Company]], an [[Olam International]] tomato processing facility, [[Leprino Foods]], the largest [[mozzarella]] cheese maker in the world, the Kings County Government and the [[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation]] which operates three state prisons in Kings County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/majorer/countymajorer.asp?CountyCode=00003|title=Major Employers in California|website=Labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2011–2013, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the median household income in the county was $47,035 and that 17.6% of the population was below the [[poverty line]].<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', November 15–16, 2014</ref> In 2018, according to the U.S. [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]], average per capita income was $35,306 in Kings County, which ranked it last of California's 58 counties.<ref>''Fresno Bee'', November 18, 2019</ref> Per capita personal income is calculated by dividing the population by the total personal income of the area's residents. In Kings County's case, the U.S. Census Bureau's estimated population of 151,366 was used for that calculation. However, the population estimate includes incarcerated persons with little or no income.

The homeownership rate was 54.2% at the time of the 2010 census.<ref name="Fresno Bee, May 15, 2011">''Fresno Bee'', May 15, 2011</ref> According to Zillow Real Estate Research, an estimated 24% of homeowners in the county owned their homes free and clear in the third quarter of 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zillow.com/blog/research/2013/01/09/free-and-clear-american-mortgages/ |title=Free and Clear American Homeowners | Zillow Real Estate Research |access-date=2013-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123140531/http://www.zillow.com/blog/research/2013/01/09/free-and-clear-american-mortgages/ |archive-date=2013-01-23 }}</ref>

Taxable sales in 2015 totaled about $1.7 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boe.ca.gov/news/tsalescont15.htm|title=Taxable Sales In California 2015 - Board of Equalization|first=California State Board of|last=Equalization|website=www.boe.ca.gov|access-date=16 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315080128/http://www.boe.ca.gov/news/tsalescont15.htm|archive-date=15 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kings County did not escape the effects of the [[Great Recession]]. The unemployment rate in May 2012 was 14.9%, up from 10.1% in July 2008. However, the rate had dropped to 9.8% in February 2020 at the eve of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic. The unemployment rate had risen to 16.8% in April of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/data/labor-force-and-unemployment-for-cities-and-census-areas.html|title = Labor Force and Unemployment Rate for Cities and Census Designated Places}}</ref> According to the California Employment Development Department, as of December 2012, civilian employment totaled 53,100 and an additional 8,900 people were unemployed. Many residents of Kings County were employed in services (31,900 persons, including 14,800 government employees) and agriculture (5,500 employees) as well as in some manufacturing enterprises (4,300 employees) and construction (1,000 employees).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/hanf$pds.pdf |title=Hanford-Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area |access-date=2011-04-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721071429/http://www.calmis.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/hanf$pds.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> Jeffrey Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at the [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]], stated in an October 2010 newspaper interview that nearly half of Kings County's personal earnings come from government jobs, which pay more than agricultural employment.

Kings County's dairy industry dropped from $670 million in milk sold in 2008 to $411 million in 2009 - a 39% drop.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', October 2–3, 2010</ref> By mid-2009, the price paid to milk producers had dropped to a point that was far below the cost of production according to a July 2009 quote from Bill Van Dam, [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of the Alliance of Western Milk Producers.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', July 11, 2009</ref> By December 2010, milk prices had increased to about $13 per hundredweight from a low of below $10 in 2009. However, the price of corn used for feed had increased because of its use by the ethanol industry. Van Dam was quoted that month as saying that at current prices, dairy operators are at or close to the break-even point.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', December 18, 2010</ref> By the summer of 2012, it was reported that despite a milk price of about $15 per hundredweight, the rising cost of cattle feed had caused many dairy farmers to sell all or part of their herds and even file for bankruptcy.<ref>''Fresno Bee'', August 19, 2012</ref> In 2014, milk prices were topping $22 per hundredweight and the value of milk sold rose to $970 million in that year.<ref>''Fresno Bee'', June 17, 2015</ref> However, by March 2016 milk was reportedly selling closer to $13 per hundredweight.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', March 10, 2016</ref>

==Culture==
Kings County has a large annual celebration held each May called Kings County Homecoming Week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingscountyhomecoming.org|title=accessed 5-9-10|website=Kingscountyhomecoming.org|access-date=7 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022215135/http://kingscountyhomecoming.org/|archive-date=22 October 2016}}</ref> In 2015, the event was scaled back to one day and renamed Pioneer Days.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', May 9, 2015</ref> The event returned as Kings County Homecoming Week in 2016 but without the traditional parade.<ref>''Hanford Sentinel'', May 7–8, 2016</ref>

==Transportation==
===Major highways===
*[[File:I-5 (CA).svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]]
*[[File:California 33.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 33|State Route 33]]
*[[File:California 41.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 41|State Route 41]]
*[[File:California 43.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 43|State Route 43]]
*[[File:California 137.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 137|State Route 137]]
*[[File:California 198.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 198|State Route 198]]
*[[File:California 269.svg|25px|link= |alt=]] [[California State Route 269|State Route 269]]

===Public transportation===
[[Kings Area Regional Transit]] (KART) operates regularly scheduled fixed route bus service, vanpool service for commuters and Paratransit (demand response) services throughout Kings County as well as to Fresno.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mykartbus.com/|title=Home - My Kart Bus|website=My Kart Bus|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

[[Amtrak]] trains stop in Corcoran and Hanford.

[[Orange Belt Stages]] provides inter-city bus service to and from Hanford. Connections with [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] can be made in [[Visalia, California|Visalia]] or [[Paso Robles, California|Paso Robles]].

===Airports===
[[Hanford Municipal Airport]] is a general aviation airport located just southeast of [[Hanford, California|Hanford]]. The privately owned airport in [[Avenal, California|Avenal]] is the home of the Central California Soaring Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soaravenal.com/|title=Central California Soaring Club|website=Soaravenal.com|access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

==Communities==
===Incorporated cities===
*[[Avenal, California|Avenal]]
*[[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]]
*[[Hanford, California|Hanford]] (county seat)
*[[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]]

===Census-designated places===
* [[Armona, California|Armona]]
* [[Grangeville, California|Grangeville]]
* [[Hardwick, California|Hardwick]]
* [[Home Garden, California|Home Garden]]
* [[Kettleman City, California|Kettleman City]]
* [[Lemoore Station, California|Lemoore Station]]
* [[Stratford, California|Stratford]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
* [[Halls Corner, California|Halls Corner]]
* Hub
* Hydril
* [[Island District, California|Island District]]
* [[Lakeside, California|Lakeside]]
* [[Pitco, California|Pitco]]
* [[Reef Station, California|Reef Station]]
* [[Shell, California|Shell]]
{{div col end}}

=== Formerly proposed new city ===
*[[Quay Valley, California|Quay Valley]]

=== Native American Reservation ===
*[[Santa Rosa Rancheria]]

===Population ranking===

The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Kings County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=2010 U.S. Census website |access-date=2016-07-10 }}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)

|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 1
|'''†''' '''[[Hanford, California|Hanford]]'''
| City
| 53,967
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 2
|'''[[Corcoran, California|Corcoran]]'''
| City
| 24,813
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 3
|'''[[Lemoore, California|Lemoore]]'''
| City
| 24,531
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 4
|'''[[Avenal, California|Avenal]]'''
| City
| 15,505
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 5
|'''[[Lemoore Station, California|Lemoore Station]]'''
| CDP
| 7,438
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 6
|'''[[Armona, California|Armona]]'''
| CDP
| 4,156
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 7
|'''[[Home Garden, California|Home Garden]]'''
| CDP
| 1,761
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 8
|'''[[Kettleman City, California|Kettleman City]]'''
| CDP
| 1,439
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 9
|'''[[Stratford, California|Stratford]]'''
| CDP
| 1,277
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 10
|'''[[Santa Rosa Rancheria]]'''<ref>https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=3520 {{dead link|date=November 2017}}</ref>
| [[AIAN (U.S. Census)|AIAN]]
| 652
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 11
|'''[[Grangeville, California|Grangeville]]'''
| CDP
| 469
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 12
|'''[[Hardwick, California|Hardwick]]'''
| CDP
| 138
|}

== See also ==
{{portal|California}}
*[[California census statistical areas]]
*[[List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley (California)|List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley]]
*[[Mussel Slough Tragedy]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, California]]

== Explanatory motes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite book|last=Hoover|first=Mildred Brooke|author2=Douglas E. Kyle |title=Historic Spots in California|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-8047-1734-2|year=1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2WrAAAAIAAJ}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Kings County, California}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.countyofkings.com/departments/general-services/agriculture-department-measurement-standards/ag-services/crop-reports-1941-2013/test Kings County Crop Reports]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090530031144/http://www.countyofkings.com/Health/forms/Community%20Health%20Status%20Report%202008-2009.pdf Kings County Community Health Status Report, 2008-2009]
* [http://kingsnet.kings.k12.ca.us/kcoe/curric/history/places/places.html Kings County history website operated by the Kings County Office of Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925174845/http://kingsnet.kings.k12.ca.us/kcoe/curric/history/places/places.html |date=September 25, 2006 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991109003240/http://www.kingsedc.org/ Kings County Economic Development Corporation website]
* [http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/california/county/kings Kings County Facts - Index Mundi]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Kings County, California
|North = [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]
|Southwest = [[San Luis Obispo County, California|San Luis Obispo County]]
|West = [[Monterey County, California|Monterey County]]
|Northwest = [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]
}}
{{Kings County, California}}
{{San Joaquin Valley}}
{{California}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Kings County, California| ]]
[[Category:California counties]]
[[Category:San Joaquin Valley]]
[[Category:1893 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1893]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in California]]

Inyo County, California

2023-12-16T22:35:38Z

71.67.71.122: /* Overview */Wilson won the county in 1912 because Progressive won 431 votes and you’re adding other 3rd party votes

{{short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = County of Inyo
| native_name =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]]

| image_skyline = Death Valley Gerea canescens.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| image_caption = Wildflowers blooming in Death Valley after a wet winter
| image_flag =
| flag_size =
| image_seal = Inyo County, California seal.png
| image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape|fill=#ffffff|fill-opacity=0|stroke-width=3}}
| map_caption = Interactive map of Inyo County
| image_map1 = Map of California highlighting Inyo County.svg
| mapsize1 = 200px
| map_caption1 = Location in the state of [[California]]

| coordinates = {{coord|36|35|N|117|25|W|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{US}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|California}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of California|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Eastern California]]

| established_title = Established
| established_date = March 22, 1866<ref>{{Cite GNIS|1804637|Inyo County|access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref>
| named_for = ɨnnɨyun 'it's dangerous' in [[Timbisha language|Timbisha]]<ref name="William Bright 2000">William Bright & John McLaughlin, "Inyo Redux", ''Names'' 48:147-150 (2000)</ref>

| seat_type = [[County seat]]
| seat = [[Independence, California|Independence]]
| parts_type = Largest city
| parts = [[Bishop, California|Bishop]]

| government_type = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
| governing_body = Board of Supervisors
| leader_title = Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/government/board-supervisors/district-4 | title=District 4 | Inyo County California }}</ref>
| leader_name = Jennifer Roeser
| leader_title1 = Vice Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/government/board-supervisors/district-3 | title=District 3 | Inyo County California }}</ref>
| leader_name1 = Scott Marcellin
| leader_title2 = Board of Supervisors
| leader_name2 = {{Collapsible list
|title = Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/government/board-supervisors | title=Board of Supervisors | Inyo County California }}</ref>
|1 = Trina Orrill
|2 = Jeff Griffiths
|3 = Scott Marcellin
|4 = Jennifer Roeser
|5 = Matt Kingsley
}}
| leader_title3 = County Administrator<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/services/county-administrators-office/county-administrative-officer | title=County Administrative Officer | Inyo County California }}</ref>
| leader_name3 = Leslie Chapman

| unit_pref = US
| area_total_sq_mi = 10227
| area_land_sq_mi = 10181
| area_water_sq_mi = 46

| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2829|title=Mount Whitney|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410084117/http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2829|archive-date=April 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| elevation_max_ft = 14505
| elevation_min_footnotes = <ref name=USGSHighLow>{{cite web |title=Highest and Lowest Elevations |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |url=https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/osqi/yes/resources-teachers/highest-and-lowest-elevations |access-date=April 29, 2021}}</ref>
| elevation_min_ft = -282

| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name=census2020/>
| population_total = 19016 {{increase}}
| pop_est_as_of = 2021
| pop_est_footnotes =
| population_est =
| population_density_sq_mi = 1.9

| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7

| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
| area_code = [[Area codes 442 and 760|442/760]]
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 06-027
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{GNIS 4|1804637}}
| blank_name_sec2 = Congressional district
| blank_info_sec2 = [[California's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
| website = {{URL|www.inyocounty.us}}
}}

'''Inyo County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|j|oʊ|audio=En-us-inyo.ogg}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[Eastern California|eastern]] central part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]], located between the [[Sierra Nevada]] and the state of [[Nevada]]. In the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 19,016.<ref name=census2020>{{Cite web|title=Inyo County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06027|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Independence, California|Independence]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Inyo County is on the east side of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and southeast of [[Yosemite National Park]] in [[Central California]]. It contains the [[Owens River Valley]]; it is flanked to the west by the Sierra Nevada and to the east by the [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]] and the [[Inyo Mountains]]. With an area of {{convert|10,192|mi2|km2}}, Inyo is the second-largest county by area in California, after [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]]. Almost one-half of that area is within [[Death Valley National Park]]. However, with a population density of 1.8 people per square mile, it also has the second-lowest population density in California, after [[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]].

==History==
{{category see also|Native American history of California}}
{{multiple image|align=left|direction=vertical|width=200|image1=Mount Whitney 2003-03-25.jpg|image2=Badwater elevation sign.jpg|footer=[[Mount Whitney]] (top) is less than {{convert|90|mi|km}} away from [[Badwater Basin]] in [[Death Valley]] (bottom).}}

Present-day Inyo county has been the [[:Category:Native American history of California|historic homeland]] for [[Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas|thousands of years]] of the [[Mono people|Mono]], [[Timbisha]], [[Kawaiisu]], and [[Northern Paiute people|Northern Paiute]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. The descendants of these ancestors continue to live in their traditional homelands in the [[Owens River Valley]] and in [[Timbisha#Reservation Land and Residence|Death Valley National Park]]. Worse, the portion north of the [[37th parallel north|37th parallel]] had been claimed by [[Nevada Territory]] (later the state of [[Nevada]]) as part of its westernmost border from 1861 to 1866.

{{further|History of California through 1899}}
Inyo County was formed in 1866 out of the territory of the unorganized [[Coso County, California|Coso County]], which had been created on April 4, 1864, from parts of [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] and [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99Y3AAAAIAAJ&q=unorganized+%22Coso+%22&pg=PA190 |title=California, Theodore Henry Hittell, '''The general laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864''', H.H. Bancroft, San Francisco, 1865. p.190 |access-date=2011-11-05|year=1865 |author1=California |last2=Hittell |first2=Theodore Henry }}</ref> It acquired more territory from Mono County in 1870 and [[Kern County]] and [[San Bernardino County]] in 1872.

For many years it has been commonly believed that the county derived its name from the Mono tribe's name for the mountains in its former homeland. Actually the name came to be thought of, mistakenly, as the name of the mountains to the east of the Owens Valley when the first whites there asked the local [[Mono people|Owens Valley Paiutes]] for the name of the mountains to the east. They responded that that was the land of Inyo. They meant by this that those lands belonged to the Timbisha tribe headed by a man whose name was Inyo.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Inyo was the name of the headman of one of the Timbisha bands at the time of contact when the first whites, the Bennett-Arcane Party of 1849, wandered, lost, into Death Valley on their expedition to the gold fields of western California. The Owens Valley whites misunderstood the reference and thought that Inyo was the name of the mountains when actually it was the name of the chief, or headman, of the tribe that had those mountains as part of their homeland.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} In Timbisha, ''ɨnnɨyun'' means "it's (or he's) dangerous".<ref name="William Bright 2000">William Bright & John McLaughlin, "Inyo Redux", ''Names'' 48:147-150 (2000)</ref>

To supply the growing [[Greater Los Angeles Area|City of Los Angeles]], water was diverted from the [[Owens River]] into the [[Los Angeles Aqueduct]] in 1913. The [[Owens River Valley]] cultures and environments changed substantially. From the 1910s to 1930s the [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]] purchased much of the valley for water rights and control. In 1941 the [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]] extended the Los Angeles [[Aqueduct (watercourse)|Aqueduct]] system farther upriver into the [[Mono Basin]].

==Natural history==
Inyo County is host to a number of natural superlatives. Among them are:
* [[Mount Whitney]], with an elevation of {{convert|14,505|ft|m}}, the highest point in the contiguous United States, the 12th highest peak in the U.S., and the 24th highest peak in North America.
* [[Badwater Basin]], in [[Death Valley]], the lowest point in North America
* [[Methuselah (tree)|Methuselah]], an ancient [[Bristlecone pine]] tree and one of the oldest living trees on Earth
* [[Owens Valley]], the deepest valley on the American continents
* Two mountain ranges exceeding {{convert|14000|ft|m}} in elevation: The [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and the [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]]
* Ten of California's twelve peaks which exceed 14,000 feet (a [[Fourteener]]) in elevation; the isolated [[Mount Shasta]] in northern California, and [[White Mountain Peak]] in neighboring Mono County, are the only California [[14er]]s not (at least partly) in Inyo County
* The largest [[escarpment]] in the United States, rising from the floor of Death Valley to the top of [[Telescope Peak]] in the [[Panamint Range]]

[[File:SierraEscarpmentCA.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Owens Valley and the Sierra Escarpment]]

==Geography==
[[Mount Whitney]], the highest peak in the [[contiguous United States]], is on Inyo County's western border (with [[Tulare County]]). The [[Badwater Basin]] in Death Valley National Park, the lowest place in North America, is in eastern Inyo County. The difference between the two points is about {{convert|14700|ft|m}}. They are not visible from each other, but both can be observed from the [[Panamint Range]] on the west side of Death Valley, above the [[Panamint Valley]]. Thus, Inyo County has the greatest elevation difference among all of the counties and county-equivalents in the contiguous United States.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|10227|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|10181|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|46|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144550/http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|archive-date=September 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the second-largest county by area in [[California]] and the [[List of the largest counties in the United States by area|ninth-largest in the United States]] (excluding [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|boroughs and census areas in Alaska]]).

===Lakes===
{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* [[Camp Lake (Inyo County, California)|Camp Lake]]
* [[Cottonwood Lakes]]
* [[Diaz Lake]]
* [[Dingleberry Lake]]
* [[Granite Lake (California)|Granite Lake]]
* [[Inconsolable Lake]]
* [[Loch Leven (California)|Loch Leven]]
* [[Mills Lake]]
* [[Pee Wee Lake]]
* [[Robinson Lake (California)|Robinson Lake]]
* [[Rock Creek (Owens River)|Rock Creek Lake]]
* [[Lake Sabrina]]
* [[Weir Lake (California)|Weir Lake]]
* [[Wishbone Lake]]
{{div col end}}

===National protected areas===
* [[Death Valley National Park]] (part)
* [[Inyo National Forest]] (part)
* [[Manzanar|Manzanar National Historic Site]]

There are 22 official [[wilderness area]]s in Inyo County that are part of the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]]. This is the second-largest number of any county, exceeded only by [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]]'s 35 wilderness areas. Most of these are managed solely by the [[Bureau of Land Management]], but four are integral components of Death Valley National Park or Inyo National Forest and are thus managed by either the [[National Park Service]] or the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]]. Some of these wilderness areas also extend into neighboring counties.

Except as noted, the wilderness areas are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management and lie entirely within Inyo County:

{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* [[Argus Range Wilderness]]
* [[Coso Range Wilderness]]
* [[Darwin Falls Wilderness]]
* [[Death Valley Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Funeral Mountains Wilderness]]
* [[Golden Trout Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Ibex Wilderness]]
* [[Inyo Mountains Wilderness]] (part)
* [[John Muir Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Malpais Mesa Wilderness]]
* [[Manly Peak Wilderness]]
* [[Nopah Range Wilderness]]
* [[Owens Peak Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Pahrump Valley Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Piper Mountain Wilderness]]
* [[Resting Spring Range Wilderness]]
* [[Sacatar Trail Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness]] (part)
* [[South Nopah Range Wilderness]]
* [[South Sierra Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Surprise Canyon Wilderness]]
* [[Sylvania Mountains Wilderness]]
{{div col end}}

===Death Valley National Park===
{{Main|Death Valley National Park}}

'''Death Valley National Park''' is a mostly [[arid]] [[United States National Park]] east of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] mountain range in southern Inyo County and northern [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]] in [[California]], with a small extension into southwestern [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]] and extreme southern [[Esmeralda County, Nevada|Esmeralda County]] in [[Nevada]]. In addition, there is an [[exclave]] ([[Devil's Hole]]) in southern Nye County. The park covers {{convert|5262|sqmi|km2}}, encompassing [[Saline Valley, California|Saline Valley]], a large part of [[Panamint Valley]], almost all of [[Death Valley]], and parts of several [[mountain range]]s.<ref name="NPSindex">[[#NPSindex|National Park Index (2001–2003)]], p. 26</ref> Death Valley National Monument was proclaimed in 1933, placing the area under federal protection. In 1994, the [[U.S. National Monument|monument]] was redesignated a national park, as well as being substantially expanded to include [[Saline Valley, California|Saline]] and [[Eureka Valley, Inyo County|Eureka]] Valleys.<ref name="NPSindex"/>

It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. It also features the second-lowest point in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and the lowest point in North America at the [[Badwater Basin]], which is {{convert|282|ft|m}} below [[sea level]].<ref name=USGSHighLow/> It is home to many species of plants and animals that have adapted to this harsh [[desert]] environment. Some examples include [[Creosote Bush]], [[Bighorn Sheep]], [[Coyote]], and the [[Death Valley Pupfish]], a survivor of much wetter times. Approximately 95% of the park is designated as [[U.S. Wilderness Area|wilderness]].<ref>[[#NPSwebsite|NPS website]], "Backcountry Roads"</ref> Death Valley National Park is visited annually by more than 770,000 visitors who come to enjoy its diverse geologic features, desert wildlife, historic sites, scenery, clear night skies, and the solitude of the extreme desert environment.

===Other parks===
* [[Alabama Hills#Alabama Hills National Scenic Area|Alabama Hills Recreation Area]]
* [[Last Chance Meadow Research Natural Area]]
* [[John Muir Wilderness#Ecology|California Bighorn Sheep Zoological Area]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1956
|1880= 2928
|1890= 3544
|1900= 4377
|1910= 6974
|1920= 7031
|1930= 6555
|1940= 7625
|1950= 11658
|1960= 11684
|1970= 15571
|1980= 17895
|1990= 18281
|2000= 17945
|2010= 18546
|2020= 19016
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> 1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530033223/https://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115745/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Inyo County, California - Demographic Profile''' (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!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) - Inyo County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06027&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) - Inyo County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06027&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|12,296
|11,035
|66.30%
|58.03%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|102
|85
|0.55%
|0.45%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1,895
|2,189
|10.22%
|11.51%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|229
|273
|1.23%
|1.44%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|15
|13
|0.08%
|0.07%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|21
|87
|0.11%
|0.46%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|391
|935
|2.11%
|4.92%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3,597
|4,399
|19.40%
|23.13%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''18,546'''
|'''19,016'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''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 can be of any race.''

=== 2011 ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="6" | Population, race, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 18,457
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 14,339
| 77.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 204
| 1.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 1,846
| 10.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 271
| 1.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 66
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 1,374
| 7.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 357
| 1.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |  Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| 3,445
| 18.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $27,532
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $49,571
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $68,204
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Places by population and race
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
|-
| [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,563 || 77.4% || 7.8% || 1.5% || 1.0% || 12.3% || 11.5%
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 3,839 || 78.5% || 17.6% || 2.6% || 0.1% || 1.2% || 31.2%
|-
| [[Cartago, California|Cartago]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 84 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Darwin, California|Darwin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 32 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,800 || 86.1% || 11.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 2.5% || 23.0%
|-
| [[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 115 || 79.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 20.9% || 8.7%
|-
| [[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 79 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Independence, California|Independence]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 520 || 73.8% || 7.1% || 0.6% || 2.1% || 16.3% || 7.9%
|-
| [[Keeler, California|Keeler]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 88 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,076 || 79.1% || 5.3% || 3.0% || 1.3% || 11.2% || 18.3%
|-
| [[Mesa, California|Mesa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 442 || 77.4% || 17.0% || 5.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 16.1%
|-
| [[Olancha, California|Olancha]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 245 || 52.2% || 47.8% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 38.8%
|-
| [[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 396 || 87.4% || 4.5% || 0.5% || 0.0% || 7.6% || 14.6%
|-
| [[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 36 || 94.4% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 5.6% || 8.3%
|-
| [[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 98 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 5.1%
|-
| [[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,019 || 89.7% || 4.1% || 1.5% || 4.3% || 0.4% || 15.8%
|-
| [[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 484 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="6" | Places by population and income
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB"/>
! Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113"/>
|-
| [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,563 || $28,276 || $63,269 || $75,500
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 3,839 || $27,205 || $34,258 || $61,574
|-
| [[Cartago, California|Cartago]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 84 || $37,211 || $44,293 || <ref name="ND">Data unavailable</ref>
|-
| [[Darwin, California|Darwin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 32 || $18,525 || $33,929 || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,800 || $26,640 || $56,620 || $68,385
|-
| [[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 115 || $30,670 || $31,000 || $92,813
|-
| [[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 79 || $5,525 || $15,347 || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Independence, California|Independence]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 520 || $26,418 || $43,750 || $64,044
|-
| [[Keeler, California|Keeler]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 88 || $20,125 || $14,821 || $14,565
|-
| [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,076 || $20,995 || $35,938 || $48,214
|-
| [[Mesa, California|Mesa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 442 || $31,341 || $62,014 || $64,063
|-
| [[Olancha, California|Olancha]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 245 || $20,648 || $37,250 || $102,802
|-
| [[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 396 || $34,338 || $75,341 || $83,125
|-
| [[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 36 || $22,358 || $41,250 || $41,250
|-
| [[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 98 || $17,664 || $22,188 || $21,875
|-
| [[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,019 || $33,802 || $79,219 || $95,208
|-
| [[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 484 || $34,174 || $49,167 || $71,875
|}

===2010 Census===
The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Inyo County had a population of 18,546. The racial makeup of Inyo County was 13,741 (74.1%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 109 (0.6%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2,121 (11.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 243 (1.3%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 16 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,676 (9.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 640 (3.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3,597 persons (19.4%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!colspan="10"|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
|{{center|'''The County'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|''' Inyo County'''
|align="right"|18,546||align="right"|13,741||align="right"|109||align="right"|2,121||align="right"|243||align="right"|16||align="right"|1,676||align="right"|640||align="right"|3,597
|-
|{{center|'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated city]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Bishop, California|Bishop]]'''
|align="right"|3,879||align="right"|2,867||align="right"|22||align="right"|91||align="right"|61||align="right"|1||align="right"|723||align="right"|114||align="right"|1,200
|-
|{{center|'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated place]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]]'''
|align="right"|1,756||align="right"|1,192||align="right"|3||align="right"|438||align="right"|13||align="right"|1||align="right"|52||align="right"|57||align="right"|182
|-
|'''[[Cartago, California|Cartago]]'''
|align="right"|92||align="right"|63||align="right"|0||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|11||align="right"|11||align="right"|16
|-
|'''[[Darwin, California|Darwin]]'''
|align="right"|43||align="right"|38||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|2
|-
|'''[[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]]'''
|align="right"|2,645||align="right"|2,287||align="right"|6||align="right"|32||align="right"|47||align="right"|3||align="right"|215||align="right"|55||align="right"|493
|-
|'''[[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]]'''
|align="right"|24||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|16||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]]'''
|align="right"|44||align="right"|37||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|2||align="right"|6
|-
|'''[[Independence, California|Independence]]'''
|align="right"|669||align="right"|493||align="right"|6||align="right"|98||align="right"|8||align="right"|1||align="right"|28||align="right"|35||align="right"|93
|-
|'''[[Keeler, California|Keeler]]'''
|align="right"|66||align="right"|63||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|6
|-
|'''[[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]]'''
|align="right"|2,035||align="right"|1,334||align="right"|6||align="right"|205||align="right"|17||align="right"|1||align="right"|376||align="right"|96||align="right"|694
|-
|'''[[Mesa, California|Mesa]]'''
|align="right"|251||align="right"|220||align="right"|0||align="right"|10||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|14||align="right"|4||align="right"|26
|-
|'''[[Olancha, California|Olancha]]'''
|align="right"|192||align="right"|133||align="right"|0||align="right"|4||align="right"|8||align="right"|0||align="right"|38||align="right"|9||align="right"|47
|-
|'''[[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]]'''
|align="right"|17||align="right"|16||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1
|-
|'''[[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]]'''
|align="right"|435||align="right"|333||align="right"|38||align="right"|21||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|27||align="right"|13||align="right"|69
|-
|'''[[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]]'''
|align="right"|31||align="right"|28||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]]'''
|align="right"|150||align="right"|119||align="right"|1||align="right"|8||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|19||align="right"|8
|-
|'''[[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]]'''
|align="right"|18||align="right"|18||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]]'''
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]]'''
|align="right"|2,607||align="right"|2,373||align="right"|10||align="right"|28||align="right"|45||align="right"|1||align="right"|72||align="right"|78||align="right"|261
|-
|'''[[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]]'''
|align="right"|563||align="right"|524||align="right"|0||align="right"|13||align="right"|5||align="right"|1||align="right"|5||align="right"|15||align="right"|53
|-
|{{center|'''Other [[unincorporated area]]s'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|3,029||align="right"|1,597||align="right"|16||align="right"|1,147||align="right"|28||align="right"|6||align="right"|108||align="right"|127||align="right"|440
|}

===2000===
At the 2000 [[United States Census|census]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 17,945 people, 7,703 households and 4,937 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2|/mi2|/km2}}. There were 9,042 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 80.1% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 10.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.2% from two or more races. 12.6% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 16.4% were of [[German people|German]], 12.2% [[English people|English]], 10.6% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 5.0% [[United States|American]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 89.2% spoke [[English language|English]] and 9.3% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

There were 7,703 households, of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.88.

24.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The [[median household income]] was $35,006 and the median family income was $44,970. Males had a median income of $37,270 versus $25,549 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,639. About 9.3% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==

===Voter registration===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 18,457
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 – Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-10-31.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 9,922
| 53.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 3,066
| 30.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 4,271
| 43.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| '''-1,205'''
| '''-12.1%'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     American Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 414
| 4.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 88
| 0.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 79
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 29
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 0
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 46
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,929
| 19.4%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/> <ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || 3,839 || 42.9% || 31.4% || 40.3% || '''-8.9%''' || 10.4% || 21.7%
|}

=== Overview ===
[[File:2022 California Gubernatorial General Election in Inyo County.svg|thumb|212x212px|2022 California Gubernatorial General Election in Inyo County by Consolidated Precinct]]
Inyo has historically been a strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. From [[1944 United States presidential election in California|1944]] to [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016]], the only Democrat to win the county (and the last to win a majority of its vote) was [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]]. However, the county shifted decisively leftward in [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]], narrowly supporting [[Joe Biden]] over [[Donald Trump]]. As a result, it became one of only two counties that previously voted for Trump by double digits in 2016 to flip to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], the other being [[Talbot County, Maryland]]. Inyo is still a reliably Republican county down-ballot; it most recently voted Republican in the [[2022 California gubernatorial election|2022 gubernatorial election]].

{{PresHead|place=Inyo County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709214827/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|archive-date=July 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|4,620|4,634|230|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,248|3,155|776|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,340|3,422|274|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,523|3,743|288|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,091|3,350|175|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,713|2,652|450|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,924|2,601|1,044|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,689|2,695|2,080|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,042|2,653|142|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,863|2,360|115|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,201|2,080|746|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,905|2,635|166|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,873|2,006|280|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,641|2,314|732|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,751|3,161|3|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,962|2,443|15|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,524|1,782|18|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,819|1,698|28|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,135|1,539|153|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,699|1,647|9|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,483|1,820|27|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|912|1,560|29|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|698|1,459|101|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,206|861|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|950|256|793|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,195|682|212|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|846|966|204|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|8|806|813|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|583|618|223|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|452|231|128|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|396|505|34|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|286|532|23|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|409|266|125|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|437|273|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|345|283|18|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|321|274|0|California}}

In the [[California State Legislature]], Inyo County is in {{Representative|casd|4|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref name=sd_splits>
{{Cite web
| url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
| title = Communities of Interest — County
| publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
| access-date = April 8, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
| archive-date = October 23, 2015
| url-status = dead
}}
</ref> and {{Representative|caad|8|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=State of California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424192545/http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The county is in {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|8|access-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref>

On November 4, 2008, Inyo County voted 60.6% for [[2008 California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]] which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|publisher=California Secretary of State|title = Statement of Vote, November 4, 2008, General election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506165548/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|access-date=May 6, 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

== Crime ==

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 18,457
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes – 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
| 80 || 4.33
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 2 || 0.11
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 11 || 0.60
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 7 || 0.38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 60 || 3.25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 154 || 8.34
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 75 || 4.06
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 177 || 9.59
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 18 || 0.98
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1 || 0.05
|}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628123757/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls |date=June 28, 2016 }}. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || 3,900 || 16 || 4.10 || 137 || 35.13
|}

===County Sheriffs===
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2018}}
*W. A. Greenly (22 Mar 1866- 7 Nov 1867)
*William A. Moore (7 Nov 1867- 7 Nov 1875)
*Thomas Passmore (7 Nov 1875- 10 Feb 1878)- Killed On Duty
*William A. Moore (10 Feb 1878- 4 Jul 1879) - Killed On Duty
*Samuel S. Gregg (4 Jul 1879- 7 Nov 1888)
*Fred Charles Scott (7 Nov 1888- 7 Nov 1896)
*Charles Albert Collins ( 7 Nov 1896- 7 Nov 1916)
*Boone Newett (7 Nov 1916- 7 Nov 1918)
*Frank Logan (7 Nov 1918- 7 Nov 1924)
*Charles Albert Collins (7 Nov 1924-7 Nov 1926)
*Tom Hutchinson (7 Nov 1926- 7 Nov 1934)
*Emmett L. Shay (7 Nov 1934- 7 Nov 1942)
*Charles P. Cline (7 Nov 1942- 7 Nov 1954)
*Merrill Howard (7 Nov 1954- 7 Nov 1960)
*Merrill Franklin Culbertson (7 Nov 1960- 7 Nov 1962)
*Merrill L. Curtis (7 Nov 1962- 7 Nov 1970)
*Floyd Barton (7 Nov 1970- 7 Nov 1982)
*Floyd Tidwell (7 Nov 1982- 7 Nov 1984)
*Don Dorsey (7 Nov 1984- 7 Nov 1996)
*Dan Lucas ( 7 Nov 1996- 7 Nov 2006)
* William R. "Bill " Lutze (7 Nov 2006-2018)
Stephanie J. Rennie (3 Jan 2023 - Current)

==Education==
School districts in Inyo County are:
* [[Big Pine Unified School District]]
* [[Bishop Unified School District]]
* [[Bishop Union High School District]]
* [[Bishop Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Death Valley Unified School District]]
* [[Lone Pine Unified School District]]
* [[Owens Valley Unified School District]]
* [[Round Valley School District]]

[[Deep Springs College]] is a two-year alternative education college in [[Deep Springs Valley]].

Higher education in Inyo County is provided by the [[Kern Community College District]]. With [[cerro coso community college]] campus located in Bishop CA<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop Cerro Coso Community College |url=https://www.cerrocoso.edu/escc/bishop |website=www.cerrocoso.edu |access-date=6 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable locations==
* [[Mushroom Rock]]
*[[Mount Whitney]]
*[[Death Valley National Park]]
*[[Badwater Basin]]
*[[Lake Manly]]
*[[Furnace Creek, California]] (Hottest air temperature ever recorded here in 1913 at {{convert|134.6|°F}}. In July 1972, a ground temperature of {{convert|201|°F}} was measured in Furnace Creek. This may be the highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded.)

==Transportation==
[[File:Road sign welcome to Inyo County California United States 01.jpg|thumb|"Welcome to Inyo County" sign along [[U.S. Route 395 (California)|U.S. Route 395]] ]]

In the 1920s, automobile clubs and nearby towns started to lobby for trans-Sierra highways over [[Piute Pass]]<ref name=usfsRoad>{{cite web|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd499744.pdf|title=The High Sierra Piute Highway|first=Steve|last=Marsh|publisher=US Forest Service|year=2015}}</ref> and other locations. However, by end of the 1920s, the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] and the [[Sierra Club]] decided that roadless wilderness in the Sierra was valuable, and fought the proposal. The Piute Pass proposal faded out by the early 1930s, with the Forest Service proposing a route over [[Minaret Summit]] in 1933.<ref name=usfsRoad/> The Minaret Summit route was lobbied against by California's Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1972. The expansion of the [[John Muir Wilderness|John Muir]] and [[Ansel Adams Wilderness]]es in the 1980s sealed off the Minaret Summit route.<ref name=usfsRoad/>

A trans-Sierra route between [[Porterville, California|Porterville]] and [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] was proposed by local businessmen in 1923.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Trail Over Mountains Supported|date=June 15, 1923|page=II10}}</ref> Eventually, a circuitous route across the Sierra was built across the only trans-Sierra route south of Yosemite: [[Sherman Pass (California)|Sherman Pass]] by 1976.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|title=See It All in the Sierra|date=October 24, 1976}}</ref> That route is Forest Route 22S05 to the west, and Kennedy Meadow Road ([[County Route J41 (California)|County Route J41]]) and 9-Mile Canyon Road to the east.

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 6 (1961 cutout).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 6 (California)|U.S. Route 6]]
* [[File:US 395 (1961 cutout).svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 395 (California)|U.S. Route 395]]
* [[File:California 127.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 127|State Route 127]]
* [[File:California 136.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 136|State Route 136]]
* [[File:California 168.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 168|State Route 168]]
* [[File:California 178.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 178|State Route 178]]
* [[File:California 190.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 190|State Route 190]]

===Public transportation===
[[Eastern Sierra Transit Authority]] operates intercity bus service along US 395, as well as local services in Bishop. Service extends south to Lancaster (Los Angeles County) and north to [[Reno, Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.estransit.com/routes-schedule/395-routes/|title = Reno}}</ref>

===Airports===
[[Eastern Sierra Regional Airport|Bishop Airport]], [[Independence Airport]], [[Lone Pine Airport]] and [[Shoshone Airport]] are general aviation airports located near their respective cities. [[Stovepipe Wells Airport]] and [[Furnace Creek Airport]] are located in [[Death Valley National Park]].

==Communities==
[[File:Inyo County Court House.JPG|thumb|alt=photo of Inyo County Court House|right|The Inyo County Court House in Independence]]

===Cities===
* [[Bishop, California|Bishop]]

===Census-designated places===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]]
* [[Cartago, California|Cartago]]
*[[Charleston View, California|Charleston View]]
* [[Darwin, California|Darwin]]
* [[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]]
* [[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]]
* [[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]]
* [[Independence, California|Independence]] (county seat)
* [[Keeler, California|Keeler]]
* [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]]
* [[Mesa, California|Mesa]]
* [[Olancha, California|Olancha]]
* [[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]]
* [[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]]
* [[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]]
* [[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]]
* [[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]]
* [[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]]
* [[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]]
* [[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]]
{{div col end}}

===Other unincorporated communities<ref>{{cite web |title=General Plan = Goals and Policy Report 2001 |url=https://www.inyocounty.us/sites/default/files/2020-02/GP%20Goals%20and%20Policy%20Report%2012.2001.pdf |website=Inyo county general plan |publisher=Inyo county |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>===
* [[Alabama Hills, California|Alabama Hills]]
* [[Charleston View, California|Charleston]]
* Chicago Valley
* [[Coso Junction, California|Coso_Junction]]
* [[Death Valley Junction, California|Death Valley Junction]]
* [[Deep Springs, California|Deep Springs]]
* [[Dunmovin, California|Dunmovin]]
* [[Haiwee, California|Haiwee]]
* [[Laws, California|Laws]]
*[[Panamint Springs]]
* [[Sandy Valley, Inyo County, California|Sandy Valley]]
* Stewart Valley

===Population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Inyo County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census |first=Center for New Media and |last=Promotions |work=census.gov |access-date=January 18, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)

|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 1
|'''[[Bishop, California|Bishop]]'''
| City
| 3,879
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 2
|'''[[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]]'''
| CDP
| 2,645
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 3
|'''[[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]]'''
| CDP
| 2,607
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 4
|'''[[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]]'''
| CDP
| 2,035
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 5
|'''[[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]]'''
| CDP
| 1,756
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 6
|'''[[Bishop Paiute Tribe|Bishop Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=0290|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[AIAN (U.S. Census)|AIAN]]
| 1,588
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 7
|'''†''' '''[[Independence, California|Independence]]'''
| CDP
| 669
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 8
|'''[[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]]'''
| CDP
| 563
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 9
|'''[[Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley|Big Pine Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=0250|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| AIAN
| 499
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 10
|'''[[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]]'''
| CDP
| 435
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 11
|'''[[Mesa, California|Mesa]]'''
| CDP
| 251
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 12
|'''[[Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe|Lone Pine Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1970|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207012958/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1970|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| AIAN
| 212
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 13
|'''[[Olancha, California|Olancha]]'''
| CDP
| 192
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 14
|'''[[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]]'''
| CDP
| 150
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 15
|'''[[Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians|Fort Independence Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1195|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| AIAN
| 93
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 16
|'''[[Cartago, California|Cartago]]'''
| CDP
| 92
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 17
|'''[[Keeler, California|Keeler]]'''
| CDP
| 66
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 18
|'''[[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]]'''
| CDP
| 44
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 19
|'''[[Darwin, California|Darwin]]'''
| CDP
| 43
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 20
|'''[[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]]'''
| CDP
| 31
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| t-21
|'''[[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]]'''
| CDP
| 24
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| t-21
|'''[[Timbisha|Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=4180|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207013004/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=4180|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| AIAN
| 24
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 22
|'''[[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]]'''
| CDP
| 18
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 23
|'''[[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]]'''
| CDP
| 17
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 24
|'''[[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]]'''
| CDP
| 0 (permanent)
|}

==See also==
{{portal|California}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Inyo County, California]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{sister project links|auto=1}}


* [https://inyocountyvisitor.com Inyo County Tourism website]
* [http://www.inyocounty.us/ecmsite Eastern California Museum]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Inyo County, California
|North = [[Mono County, California|Mono County]]
|Northeast = [[Esmeralda County, Nevada]]
|East = [[Nye County, Nevada]]
|Southeast = [[Clark County, Nevada]]
|South = [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]]
|Southwest = [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]
|West = [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]] and [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Cities of Inyo County, California}}
{{California}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Inyo County, California| ]]
[[Category:California counties]]
[[Category:California placenames of Native American origin]]
[[Category:1866 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1865]]

Tulare County, California

2023-12-16T22:34:29Z

71.67.71.122: /* Overview */Wilson won the county in 1912 because Progressive won 4,283 votes and you’re adding other 3rd party votes

{{short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tulare County, California
| native_name =
| settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]]
| image_skyline = {{photomontage
| photo1a = Visalia Acequia Ave..JPG
| photo1b = 2009-0725-CA-Allensworth-Hotel.jpg
| photo2a = Moro Rock-View from Potwisha.jpg
| photo2b = 2006 12 29 - Terminus Dam (3).JPG
| spacing = 1
| size = 300 | position = center }}
| image_caption = Images, from top down, left to right: Acequia Avenue in [[Visalia, California|Visalia]], Allensworth Hotel in [[Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park]], [[Moro Rock]] in [[Sequoia National Park]], [[Lake Kaweah]]
| image_flag = Flag of Tulare County, California.png
| image_seal = Seal of Tulare County, California.png
| image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape-inverse|stroke-color=#808080|fill=#808080|fill-opacity=0.4|zoom=7}}
| map_caption = Interactive map of Tulare County
| image_map1 = Map of California highlighting Tulare County.svg
| mapsize1 = 200px
| map_caption1 = Location in the state of California
| coordinates = {{coord|36.23|-118.80|type:adm2nd_region:US-CA_source:UScensus1990|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of California|Regions]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[San Joaquin Valley]] and [[Sierra Nevada]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Metropolitan statistical area|Metro area]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Visalia-Porterville Metropolitan Area]]
| established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date = 1852
| named_for = [[Tulare Lake]], which is named for the [[Schoenoplectus acutus|tule rush]] that lined its shores
| seat_type = [[County seat]]
| seat = [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]
| seat1_type = Largest city
| seat1 = Visalia
| parts_type = Incorporated cities
| parts = 8
| government_type = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
| governing_body = Board of Supervisors
| leader_title = Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tularecounty.ca.gov/board/county-supervisors/eddie-valero-district-4-chairman/ | title=Eddie Valero, District 4 - Chairman - Board of Supervisors }}</ref>
| leader_name = Eddie Valero
| leader_title1 = Vice Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tularecounty.ca.gov/board/county-supervisors/dennis-townsend-district-5-vice-chair/ | title=Dennis Townsend, District 5 - Vice Chair - Board of Supervisors }}</ref>
| leader_name1 = Dennis Townsend
| leader_title2 = Board of Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tularecounty.ca.gov/board/county-supervisors/ | title=County Supervisors - Board of Supervisors }}</ref>
| leader_name2 = {{Collapsible list
| title = Supervisors
| frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
| list_style = text-align:left;display:none;
| 1 = Larry Micari
| 2 = Peter Vander Poel
| 3 = Amy Shuklian
| 4 = Eddie Valero
| 5 = Dennis Townsend
}}
| leader_title3 = Administrative Officer
| leader_name3 = Jason Britt<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.tularecounty.ca.gov/cao/index.cfm/county-administrative-officer/
| title = County Administrative Officer - CAO
| publisher = County of Tulare
| access-date = February 8, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150209054200/http://www.tularecounty.ca.gov/cao/index.cfm/county-administrative-officer/
| archive-date = February 9, 2015
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
| unit_pref = US
| area_total_sq_mi = 4839
| area_land_sq_mi = 4823
| area_water_sq_mi = 14

| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2829|title=Mount Whitney|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref>
| elevation_max_ft = 14501
| elevation_min_ft =
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2020Tulare/>
| population_total = 473117
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| pop_est_footnotes =
| population_est =
| pop_est_as_of =
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code = [[Area code 559|559]], [[Area code 661|661]]
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 06-107
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{GNIS 4|277318}}
| blank_name_sec2 = Congressional districts
| blank_info_sec2 = [[California's 20th congressional district|20th]], [[California's 21st congressional district|21st]], [[California's 22nd congressional district|22nd]]
| website = {{URL|tularecounty.ca.gov}}
}}

'''Tulare County''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-tulare.ogg|t|ʊ|ˈ|l|ɛər|i}} {{respell|tuu|LAIR|ee}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 473,117.<ref name=2020Tulare>{{Cite web|title=Tulare County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06107|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Visalia, California|Visalia]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county is named for [[Tulare Lake]], once the largest freshwater lake west of the [[Great Lakes]]. Drained for agricultural development, the site is now in [[Kings County, California|Kings County]], which was created in 1893 from the western portion of the formerly larger Tulare County.

Tulare County comprises the Visalia-[[Porterville, California|Porterville]], CA [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The county is located south of [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], spanning from the [[San Joaquin Valley]] east to the [[Sierra Nevada]].

[[Sequoia National Park]] is located in the county, as is part of [[Kings Canyon National Park]], in its northeast corner (shared with [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]), and part of [[Mount Whitney]], on its eastern border (shared with [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]). As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 473,117, up from 442,179 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].

==History==
[[File:Tulare County, California (1920).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Road sign, 1920]]
The land was occupied for thousands of years by the [[Yokuts]]. Beginning in the eighteenth century, Spain established missions to colonize California and convert the American Indians to Christianity. Comandante [[Pedro Fages]], while hunting for deserters in the Central Valley in 1772, discovered a great [[lake]] surrounded by [[marsh]]es and filled with [[Juncaceae|rushes]]; he named it ''Los Tules'' (the tules). It is from this lake that the county derives its name. The root of the name ''Tulare'' is found in the [[Nahuatl]] word ''tullin'', designating [[cattail]] or similar reeds.

In 1805, 1806 and again in 1816, the Spanish out of Mission San Luis Obispo explored Lake Tulare.<ref>{{cite journal |first=S. F. |last=Cook |year=1958 |title=Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800–1820 |journal=Anthropological Records |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=243, 245, 271 |url=https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/ucar016-007.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614054559/https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/ucar016-007.pdf |url-status=dead |issn=0068-6336 |access-date=May 10, 2020 }} [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36387/36387-h/36387-h.htm Alt URL]</ref>
Bubal was a native village located on the Western side of Lake Tulare. In 1816, Fr. Luis Martinez of [[Mission San Luis Obispo]] arrived at Bubal with soldiers and armed Christian Northern [[Chumash people|Chumash]] pressuring the people to send their children for baptism at his mission on the coast. Conflict broke out, and Martinez's party burned Bubal to the ground, destroying the cache of food harvested for the winter.<ref name="Milliken and Johnson 2005">{{cite book |first1=Randall |last1=Milliken |first2=John |last2=Johnson |year=2005 |title=An ethnogeography of Salinan and Northern Chumash communities, 1769–1810 |location=Davis, California |publisher=Far Western Anthropological Research Group |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285404168 |page=22 }}</ref> Although Bubal's relationship with the Christian [[Salinan]]s under Fr. Cabot at [[Mission San Miguel]] was better, between 1816 and 1834, Bubal was a center of native resistance. The marshes around Lake Tulare were impenetrable by Spanish horses, which gave the Yokuts a military advantage. At one point, the Spanish considered building a presidio with 100 soldiers at Bubal to control the resistance, but that never came to pass. The Spanish called the natives of the area Tulareños, and before 1816 and after 1834, they were incorporated into Mission San Miguel and Mission San Luis Obispo.<ref name="Milliken and Johnson 2005" />

After Mexico achieved independence, it continued to rule California. After the [[Mexican Cession]] and the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] in 1848, the area became part of the United States. Tulare County was soon formed from parts of [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa County]] only four years later in 1852. There were two early attempts to split off a new [[Buena Vista County, California|Buena Vista County]] in 1855 and [[Coso County, California|Coso County]] in 1864, but both failed. Parts of the county's territory were given to [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]] in 1856, to [[Kern County, California|Kern County]] and [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]] in 1866 and to [[Kings County, California|Kings County]] in 1893.

The infectious disease [[Tularemia]] caused by the bacterium ''Francisella tularensis'' is named after Tulare County.

In 1908 Colonel [[Allen Allensworth]] and associates founded the town of [[Allensworth, California|Allensworth]] as a black farming community. They intended to develop a place where African Americans could thrive free of white discrimination. It was the only community in California founded, financed and governed by African Americans. While its first years were highly successful, the community encountered environmental problems from dropping water tables which eventually caused it to fail. Today the historic area is preserved as the [[Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park]], which is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|4839|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4823|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|14|sqmi}}, or 0.3%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:Mount Whitney 2003-03-25.jpg|thumb|right|Mount Whitney is located on the Tulare–Inyo county line.]]
* [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]—north
* [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]—east
* [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]—south
* [[Kings County, California|Kings County]]—west

===Lakes===
[[File:Columbine Lake Panorama (8090458406).jpg|thumb|Columbine Lake]]
{{Div col|colwidth=20em|content=
*Arctic Lake
*Bullfrog Lakes
*Columbine Lake
*Crescent Lake
*[[Eagle Lake (Tulare County)|Eagle Lake]]
*Franklin Lakes
*[[Lake Kaweah]]
*[[Lake Success (California)|Lake Success]]
*Rockslide Lake
*Rocky Basin Lakes
*Weaver Lake
}}

===Rivers===
{{Div col|colwidth=20em|content=
*Angora River
*Alpine River
*[[Kaweah River]]
*Needlerock River
*Monarch River
*Negro River
*[[St. John's River (California)|St. John's River]]
*[[Tule River]]
*Yokohl River
*Yucca River
}}

===Parks===
{{Div col|colwidth=20em|content=
*[[Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park]]
*Alpaugh Park
*[[Balch Park]]
*Bartlett Park
*[[Cutler Park (Visalia, California)|Cutler Park]]
*Dry Creek Preserve
*Horse Creek Recreation Area
*[[Kaweah Oaks Preserve]]
*Kings River Nature Preserve
*Lackeys Cabin
*Lake Kaweah Recreation Area
*Mineral King Game Refuge
*Mooney Grove Park / Ancient Oak Forest Preserve
*[[Sequoia National Park]]
*Woodville Park
*West Main Street Park
}}

===National protected areas===
* [[Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Giant Sequoia National Monument]] (part)
* [[Inyo National Forest]] (part)
* [[Kings Canyon National Park]] (part)
* [[Pixley National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Sequoia National Forest]] (part)
* [[Sequoia National Park]]

==== Sequoia National Park ====
[[File:Giant Forest.jpg|thumb|right|Sequoia National Park is located within Tulare County.]]
[[Sequoia National Park]] is a [[national park]] in the southern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], east of [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]. It was established in 1890 as the second U.S. national park, after [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]]. The park spans {{convert|404051|acre|km2}}. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly {{convert|13000|ft|sigfig=4}}, the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, [[Mount Whitney]], at {{convert|14505|ft}} above sea level. The park is south of and contiguous with [[Kings Canyon National Park]]; the two are administered by the [[National Park Service]] as one unit, called [[Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks]].

=== Flora ===
Tulare County is rich in native plant species due in part to a diversity in habitats, including creeks, rivers, hills, and mountains. Native plants include incense cedar (''[[Calocedrus decurrens]]''), valley oak (''[[Quercus lobata]]''), California bay (''[[Umbellularia californica]]''), manzanita (''[[Arctostaphylos manzanita]]''), ''[[Salvia spathacea]]'', mountain mahogany (''[[Cercocarpus betuloides]]''), milkweed (''[[Asclepias speciosa]]''), ''[[Epilobium cleistogamum]]'', monkeyflower (''[[Mimulus]]''), ''[[Penstemon]]'', California melic (''[[Melica californica]]''), and deer grass (''[[Muhlenbergia rigens]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequoiariverlands.org/pdf/native-plants.pdf |title=Drought-tolerant native plants |website=Sequoia Riverlands Trust |access-date=2009-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009170452/http://www.sequoiariverlands.org/pdf/native-plants.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>

==Government and policing==
===Administration===
Tulare County is a general law county under the [[Constitution of California|California Constitution]]. That is, it does not have a county charter. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors. Supervisors are elected by districts for four-year terms. There are no term limits in effect. The chairman and vice-chairman are elected annually by the Board of Supervisors from among its members.

===Sheriff===
The Tulare County Sheriff provides court protection, county jail operation, patrol and detective functions in the unincorporated areas of the county. Incorporated towns have municipal police departments or contract with the Sheriff for their police operations.

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
*[[File:California 43.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 43|State Route 43]]
*[[File:California 63.svg|21px]] [[California State Route 63|State Route 63]]
*[[File:California 65.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 65|State Route 65]]
*[[File:California 99.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 99|State Route 99]]
*[[File:California 137.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 137|State Route 137]]
*[[File:California 180.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 180|State Route 180]]
*[[File:California 190.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 190|State Route 190]]
*[[File:California 198.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 198|State Route 198]]
*[[File:California 201.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 201|State Route 201]]
*[[File:California 216.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 216|State Route 216]]
*[[File:California 245.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 245|State Route 245]]

===Public transportation===
[[Tulare County Area Transit]] (TCaT) provides an intracounty bus service linking the population centers. One TCaT route connects to Delano in Kern County.

The cities of [[Tulare InterModal Transit|Tulare]], [[Porterville Transit|Porterville]], and [[Visalia Transit|Visalia]] have their own local intracity bus services.

[[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Orange Belt Stages]] provide long-distance, intercity bus service outside the county.

===Airports===
The [[Porterville Municipal Airport]], located {{convert|3|nmi|mi km}} from Downtown Porterville, has very limited commercial passenger service with WestAir. The airport offers general aviation to the public; it is also home to Porterville Air Attack Base on the south part of the airport. The [[Visalia Municipal Airport]] is a city-owned airport for the city of [[Visalia, California]]. Mefford Field is a city-owned [[general aviation]] airport located in Tulare.

The nearest full-operation commercial airports are [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]'s [[Meadows Field Airport]] to the south, and [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]'s [[Fresno Yosemite International Airport]] to the north.

== Crime ==

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense, as of 2019.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=2020 Geography Profile - Redistricting Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06107|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205162510/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06107|archive-date=December 5, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| colspan="2" | 473,117
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="UCR">{{cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Offenses Known to Law Enforcement – California, 2019|url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-10/table-10-state-cuts/california.xls|website=Uniform Crime Reporting – Federal Bureau of Investigation}}</ref>
| 334 || 0.70
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Homicide<ref name="UCR" />
| 9 || 0.01
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Forcible rape<ref name="UCR" />
| 30 || 0.06
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Robbery<ref name="UCR" />
| 64 || 0.13
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Aggravated assault<ref name="UCR" />
| 231 || 0.48
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="UCR" />
| 1,893 || 4.00
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Burglary<ref name="UCR" />
| 637 || 1.34
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Larceny-theft<ref name="UCR"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 1,254 || 2.65
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Motor vehicle theft<ref name="UCR" />
| 2 || 0.004
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="UCR" />
| 0 || 0.00
|}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">[https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/california.xls Crime in the United States, 2019, Table 8 (California)]. Retrieved 2021-12-07.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]] || 24,685 || 161 || 6.52 || 530 || 21.47
|-
| [[Exeter, California|Exeter]] || 10,557 || 26 || 2.46 || 265 || 25.10
|-
| [[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]] || 10,781 || 35 || 3.24 || 190 || 17.62
|-
| [[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]] || 13,708 || 69 || 5.03 || 250 || 18.23
|-
| [[Porterville, California|Porterville]] || 60,209 || 192 || 3.18 || 1,297 || 21.54
|-
| [[Tulare, California|Tulare]] || 65,134 || 261 || 4.00 || 1,469 || 22.55
|-
| [[Visalia, California|Visalia]] || 134,961 || 586 || 4.34 || 3,900 || 28.89
|-
| [[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]] || 7,682 || 28 || 3.64 || 88 || 11.45
|}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 4638
|1870= 4533
|1880= 11281
|1890= 24574
|1900= 18375
|1910= 35440
|1920= 59031
|1930= 77442
|1940= 107152
|1950= 149264
|1960= 168403
|1970= 188322
|1980= 245738
|1990= 311921
|2000= 368021
|2010= 442179
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> 1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> 1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
|2020=473117}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Tulare County, California - Demographic Profile''' (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!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) - Tulare County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06107&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) - Tulare County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06107&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|143,935
|125,022
|32.55%
|26.43%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5,497
|5,332
|1.24%
|1.13%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3,323
|3,458
|0.75%
|0.73%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|14,204
|15,997
|3.21%
|3.38%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|370
|511
|0.08%
|0.11%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|641
|2,132
|0.14%
|0.45%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|6,144
|10,770
|1.39%
|2.28%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|268,065
|309,895
|60.62%
|65.50%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''442,179'''
|'''473,117'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''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 can be of any race.''

The [[2020 United States census|2020 United States Census]] reported that Tulare County had a population of 473,117 and the population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 69.0% from 18 to 64, 6.5% from 65 to 74, 3.2% from 75 to 84 and 1.4% who were 85 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years.<ref name="QF" />

The racial makeup of Tulare County including Hispanics was 186,255 (39.4%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6,668 (1.4%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 10,645 (2.2%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 17,194 (3.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 723 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 165,230 (34.9%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 86,402 (18.2%) from two or more races. There were 309,895 people (65.5%) of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] origin, of any race.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Total Population - Decennial Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Populations%20and%20People&g=0500000US06107&y=2020&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20(PL%2094-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1|access-date=2021-12-05|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> 3.7% were of [[Germany|German]], 3.2% [[English people|English]], 2.8% Irish, 2.4% Portuguese and 2.3% [[United States|American]] ancestry according to [[2020 United States census|Census 2020]]. 48.7% spoke [[English language|English]], 47.4% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and 1.0% [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] as their first language.

There were 144,109 [[household]]s, out of which 45.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.2% had a male householder with no spouse present, 24.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 20.8% were non-families, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.20 and the average family size was 3.57.<ref name="QF" />

There were 150,652 household units, and 141,987 occupied housing units in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|98.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-12|title=2020 Census Population and Housing Map|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html|access-date=2021-12-05|website=US Census Bureau - Tableau Public}}</ref>

The median income for a household in the county was $57,692, and the median income for a family was $53,330. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $23,096.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census profile: Tulare County|url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/05000US06107-tulare-county-ca/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=Census Reporter|language=en}}</ref> About 18.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.0% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.

=== 2011 ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan=6 | Population, race, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| colspan=2 | 436,234
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 343,225
| 78.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 7,130
| 1.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 5,635
| 1.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 15,151
| 3.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 289
| 0.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 50,819
| 11.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 13,985
| 3.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |  Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| 260,798
| 59.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan=2 | $17,986
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan=2 | $43,550
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan=2 | $46,881
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan=9 | Places by population and race
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
|-
| [[Allensworth, California|Allensworth]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 281 || 90.7% || 0.4% || 1.8% || 7.1% || 0.0% || 84.7%
|-
| [[Alpaugh, California|Alpaugh]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 847 || 86.3% || 9.6% || 0.0% || 2.4% || 1.8% || 74.5%
|-
| [[California Hot Springs, California|California Hot Springs]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 67 || 98.5% || 1.5% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Camp Nelson, California|Camp Nelson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 119 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Cedar Slope, California|Cedar Slope]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Cutler, California|Cutler]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 4,312 || 80.6% || 17.6% || 1.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 97.4%
|-
| [[Delft Colony, California|Delft Colony]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 492 || 61.6% || 38.4% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 93.1%
|-
| [[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 21,163 || 70.7% || 26.6% || 1.9% || 0.0% || 0.8% || 85.8%
|-
| [[Ducor, California|Ducor]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 454 || 66.1% || 33.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 65.4%
|-
| [[Earlimart, California|Earlimart]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 7,225 || 84.2% || 13.6% || 2.0% || 0.0% || 0.1% || 96.4%
|-
| [[East Orosi, California|East Orosi]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 231 || 59.7% || 40.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 100.0%
|-
| [[East Porterville, California|East Porterville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6,585 || 78.1% || 18.3% || 2.3% || 0.1% || 1.2% || 75.4%
|-
| [[East Tulare Villa, California|East Tulare Villa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,004 || 81.6% || 13.1% || 4.7% || 0.6% || 0.0% || 70.6%
|-
| [[El Rancho, California|El Rancho]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 41 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 100.0%
|-
| [[Exeter, California|Exeter]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 10,255 || 86.4% || 11.0% || 0.0% || 1.6% || 1.0% || 45.8%
|-
| [[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 10,445 || 83.2% || 15.3% || 0.4% || 0.0% || 1.1% || 81.7%
|-
| [[Goshen, California|Goshen]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,586 || 81.6% || 14.2% || 1.2% || 2.5% || 0.5% || 80.0%
|-
| [[Hartland, California|Hartland]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Idlewild, Tulare County, California|Idlewild]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 29 || 82.8% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 17.2% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Ivanhoe, California|Ivanhoe]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 4,614 || 86.0% || 13.2% || 0.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 81.3%
|-
| [[Kennedy Meadows, California|Kennedy Meadows]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 18 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Lemon Cove, California|Lemon Cove]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 202 || 93.1% || 2.0% || 0.0% || 5.0% || 0.0% || 27.7%
|-
| [[Lindcove, California|Lindcove]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 350 || 85.1% || 12.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 2.9% || 54.0%
|-
| [[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 11,664 || 79.4% || 17.2% || 2.6% || 0.7% || 0.1% || 86.5%
|-
| [[Linnell Camp, California|Linnell Camp]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 735 || 96.6% || 3.4% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 100.0%
|-
| [[London, California|London]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,927 || 76.6% || 18.9% || 2.6% || 0.0% || 1.8% || 90.4%
|-
| [[McClenney Tract, California|McClenney Tract]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Matheny, California|Matheny]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,116 || 72.5% || 16.6% || 0.0% || 9.3% || 1.6% || 55.7%
|-
| [[Monson, California|Monson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 33 || 75.8% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 24.2% || 33.3%
|-
| [[Orosi, California|Orosi]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 9,347 || 59.0% || 28.5% || 11.2% || 0.5% || 0.7% || 84.8%
|-
| [[Panorama Heights, California|Panorama Heights]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 43 || 74.4% || 25.6% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Patterson Tract, California|Patterson Tract]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,817 || 66.5% || 17.5% || 5.2% || 0.0% || 10.8% || 63.2%
|-
| [[Pierpoint, California|Pierpoint]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 19 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Pine Flat, California|Pine Flat]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 114 || 64.9% || 35.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Pixley, California|Pixley]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,957 || 74.5% || 16.5% || 2.6% || 5.7% || 0.7% || 75.5%
|-
| [[Plainview, California|Plainview]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,101 || 58.0% || 40.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 1.3% || 91.6%
|-
| [[Ponderosa, California|Ponderosa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 52 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Poplar-Cotton Center, California|Poplar-Cotton Center]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,991 || 69.9% || 7.8% || 21.8% || 0.0% || 0.4% || 61.9%
|-
| [[Porterville, California|Porterville]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 53,531 || 72.8% || 18.9% || 5.1% || 1.0% || 2.2% || 61.0%
|-
| [[Posey, California|Posey]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Poso Park, California|Poso Park]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Richgrove, California|Richgrove]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,592 || 56.2% || 41.6% || 2.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 97.3%
|-
| [[Rodriguez Camp, California|Rodriguez Camp]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 205 || 51.2% || 21.5% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 27.3% || 100.0%
|-
| [[Sequoia Crest, California|Sequoia Crest]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 28 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Seville, California|Seville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 732 || 81.8% || 17.5% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.7% || 98.0%
|-
| [[Silver City, California|Silver City]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Springville, California|Springville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,071 || 75.2% || 24.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.8% || 27.8%
|-
| [[Strathmore, California|Strathmore]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,758 || 78.1% || 21.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 85.5%
|-
| [[Sugarloaf Mountain Park, California|Sugarloaf Mountain Park]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California|Sugarloaf Saw Mill]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Sugarloaf Village, California|Sugarloaf Village]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 15 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Sultana, California|Sultana]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 391 || 73.1% || 26.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 64.5%
|-
| [[Terra Bella, California|Terra Bella]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,299 || 59.3% || 39.9% || 0.7% || 0.0% || 0.2% || 90.7%
|-
| [[Teviston, California|Teviston]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,217 || 87.9% || 2.1% || 1.7% || 7.3% || 1.0% || 84.1%
|-
| [[Three Rivers, California|Three Rivers]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,155 || 95.1% || 2.9% || 1.1% || 0.4% || 0.5% || 6.3%
|-
| [[Tipton, California|Tipton]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,050 || 90.3% || 9.3% || 0.0% || 0.1% || 0.2% || 79.5%
|-
| [[Tonyville, California|Tonyville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 299 || 70.6% || 17.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 12.4% || 100.0%
|-
| [[Tooleville, California|Tooleville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 129 || 91.5% || 8.5% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 65.1%
|-
| [[Traver, California|Traver]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,046 || 83.1% || 14.0% || 1.7% || 0.0% || 1.2% || 87.1%
|-
| [[Tulare, California|Tulare]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 58,150 || 78.7% || 12.9% || 2.5% || 4.7% || 1.2% || 56.6%
|-
| [[Visalia, California|Visalia]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 121,882 || 80.6% || 10.6% || 5.4% || 2.3% || 1.2% || 44.1%
|-
| [[Waukena, California|Waukena]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 148 || 95.3% || 4.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 66.9%
|-
| [[West Goshen, California|West Goshen]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 597 || 92.8% || 5.9% || 0.0% || 1.3% || 0.0% || 78.6%
|-
| [[Wilsonia, California|Wilsonia]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 7,252 || 73.6% || 25.2% || 0.4% || 0.2% || 0.5% || 86.8%
|-
| [[Woodville, California|Woodville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,992 || 86.2% || 13.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.8% || 88.5%
|-
| [[Yettem, California|Yettem]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 279 || 99.3% || 0.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 99.3%
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan=6 | Places by population and income
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB"/>
! Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113"/>
|-
| [[Allensworth, California|Allensworth]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 281 || $7,046 || $24,375 || $22,917
|-
| [[Alpaugh, California|Alpaugh]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 847 || $7,603 || $22,875 || $22,344
|-
| [[California Hot Springs, California|California Hot Springs]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 67 || $16,221 || $33,750 || $36,250
|-
| [[Camp Nelson, California|Camp Nelson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 119 || $25,273 || $9,939 || $85,568
|-
| [[Cedar Slope, California|Cedar Slope]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND">Data unavailable</ref> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Cutler, California|Cutler]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 4,312 || $9,239 || $32,940 || $24,922
|-
| [[Delft Colony, California|Delft Colony]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 492 || $22,098 || $52,986 || $52,986
|-
| [[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 21,163 || $13,606 || $40,463 || $38,358
|-
| [[Ducor, California|Ducor]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 454 || $15,291 || $50,833 || $50,417
|-
| [[Earlimart, California|Earlimart]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 7,225 || $8,514 || $26,148 || $27,540
|-
| [[East Orosi, California|East Orosi]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 231 || $6,941 || $29,938 || $14,938
|-
| [[East Porterville, California|East Porterville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6,585 || $11,164 || $27,924 || $27,528
|-
| [[East Tulare Villa, California|East Tulare Villa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,004 || $13,639 || $42,734 || $42,888
|-
| [[El Rancho, California|El Rancho]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 41 || $4,598 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Exeter, California|Exeter]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 10,255 || $17,087 || $42,446 || $52,273
|-
| [[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 10,445 || $10,417 || $33,441 || $35,346
|-
| [[Goshen, California|Goshen]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,586 || $9,295 || $33,750 || $32,905
|-
| [[Hartland, California|Hartland]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Idlewild, Tulare County, California|Idlewild]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 29 || $9,407 || $21,786 ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Ivanhoe, California|Ivanhoe]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 4,614 || $12,457 || $36,543 || $37,423
|-
| [[Kennedy Meadows, California|Kennedy Meadows]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 18 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Lemon Cove, California|Lemon Cove]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 202 || $13,419 || $32,500 || $32,500
|-
| [[Lindcove, California|Lindcove]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 350 || $14,589 || $33,929 || $33,929
|-
| [[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 11,664 || $10,770 || $29,750 || $30,648
|-
| [[Linnell Camp, California|Linnell Camp]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 735 || $6,384 || $27,743 || $28,576
|-
| [[London, California|London]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,927 || $8,931 || $33,382 || $28,869
|-
| [[McClenney Tract, California|McClenney Tract]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || $6,800 || $2,499 ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Matheny, California|Matheny]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,116 || $13,350 || $29,605 || $28,421
|-
| [[Monson, California|Monson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 33 || $18,018 || $35,417 || $47,500
|-
| [[Orosi, California|Orosi]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 9,347 || $9,230 || $35,512 || $33,734
|-
| [[Panorama Heights, California|Panorama Heights]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 43 || $20,298 || $19,500 ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Patterson Tract, California|Patterson Tract]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,817 || $15,091 || $37,240 || $36,853
|-
| [[Pierpoint, California|Pierpoint]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 19 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Pine Flat, California|Pine Flat]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 114 || $13,583 || $15,724 || $15,750
|-
| [[Pixley, California|Pixley]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,957 || $11,976 || $27,532 || $28,750
|-
| [[Plainview, California|Plainview]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,101 || $6,715 || $19,922 || $18,750
|-
| [[Ponderosa, California|Ponderosa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 52 || $45,581 || $102,833 || $102,833
|-
| [[Poplar-Cotton Center, California|Poplar-Cotton Center]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,991 || $11,487 || $29,756 || $29,238
|-
| [[Porterville, California|Porterville]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 53,531 || $16,705 || $39,933 || $45,208
|-
| [[Posey, California|Posey]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Poso Park, California|Poso Park]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Richgrove, California|Richgrove]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,592 || $8,166 || $29,776 || $28,788
|-
| [[Rodriguez Camp, California|Rodriguez Camp]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 205 || $7,116 || $28,125 || $28,125
|-
| [[Sequoia Crest, California|Sequoia Crest]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 28 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Seville, California|Seville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 732 || $11,195 || $50,833 || $50,417
|-
| [[Silver City, California|Silver City]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Springville, California|Springville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,071 || $22,872 || $39,726 || $43,494
|-
| [[Strathmore, California|Strathmore]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,758 || $8,265 || $31,650 || $26,612
|-
| [[Sugarloaf Mountain Park, California|Sugarloaf Mountain Park]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California|Sugarloaf Saw Mill]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Sugarloaf Village, California|Sugarloaf Village]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 15 || $24,453 || $43,750 || $52,500
|-
| [[Sultana, California|Sultana]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 391 || $13,913 || $30,956 || $31,875
|-
| [[Terra Bella, California|Terra Bella]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,299 || $9,280 || $27,419 || $27,500
|-
| [[Teviston, California|Teviston]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,217 || $9,244 || $25,532 || $25,691
|-
| [[Three Rivers, California|Three Rivers]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,155 || $34,977 || $62,218 || $74,375
|-
| [[Tipton, California|Tipton]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,050 || $12,476 || $40,972 || $48,684
|-
| [[Tonyville, California|Tonyville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 299 || $3,469 || $13,750 || $13,750
|-
| [[Tooleville, California|Tooleville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 129 || $14,376 || $25,882 || $24,479
|-
| [[Traver, California|Traver]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,046 || $12,639 || $39,375 || $36,731
|-
| [[Tulare, California|Tulare]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 58,150 || $17,922 || $46,274 || $50,049
|-
| [[Visalia, California|Visalia]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 121,882 || $23,571 || $54,019 || $61,520
|-
| [[Waukena, California|Waukena]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 148 || $14,540 || $32,625 || $34,500
|-
| [[West Goshen, California|West Goshen]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 597 || $8,629 || $24,083 || $24,667
|-
| [[Wilsonia, California|Wilsonia]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/> ||<ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 7,252 || $11,539 || $32,013 || $33,295
|-
| [[Woodville, California|Woodville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,992 || $11,200 || $31,792 || $29,758
|-
| [[Yettem, California|Yettem]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 279 || $7,303 || $24,917 || $24,917
|}

=== 2010 Census===
The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Tulare County had a population of 442,179. The racial makeup of Tulare County was 265,618 (60.1%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7,196 (1.6%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 6,993 (1.6%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 15,176 (3.4%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 509 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 128,263 (29.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 18,424 (4.2%) from two or more races. There were 268,065 people (60.6%) of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] origin, of any race.<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!colspan=10|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
|{{center|'''The County'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|''' Tulare County'''
|align="right"|442,179||align="right"|265,618||align="right"|7,196||align="right"|6,993||align="right"|15,176||align="right"|509||align="right"|128,263||align="right"|18,424||align="right"|268,065
|-
|{{center|'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated cities]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]]'''
|align="right"|21,453||align="right"|11,166||align="right"|141||align="right"|193||align="right"|454||align="right"|17||align="right"|8,630||align="right"|852||align="right"|18,114
|-
|'''[[Exeter, California|Exeter]]'''
|align="right"|10,334||align="right"|7,150||align="right"|67||align="right"|171||align="right"|138||align="right"|8||align="right"|2,416||align="right"|384||align="right"|4,703
|-
|'''[[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]]'''
|align="right"|10,588||align="right"|5,295||align="right"|60||align="right"|213||align="right"|72||align="right"|5||align="right"|4,494||align="right"|449||align="right"|8,876
|-
|'''[[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]]'''
|align="right"|11,768||align="right"|6,480||align="right"|85||align="right"|128||align="right"|267||align="right"|4||align="right"|4,367||align="right"|437||align="right"|10,056
|-
|'''[[Porterville, California|Porterville]]'''
|align="right"|54,165||align="right"|31,847||align="right"|673||align="right"|1,007||align="right"|2,521||align="right"|64||align="right"|15,482||align="right"|2,571||align="right"|33,549
|-
|'''[[Tulare, California|Tulare]]'''
|align="right"|59,278||align="right"|36,347||align="right"|2,328||align="right"|694||align="right"|1,276||align="right"|80||align="right"|15,713||align="right"|2,840||align="right"|34,062
|-
|'''[[Visalia, California|Visalia]]'''
|align="right"|124,442||align="right"|80,203||align="right"|2,627||align="right"|1,730||align="right"|6,768||align="right"|164||align="right"|27,249||align="right"|5,701||align="right"|57,262
|-
|'''[[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]]'''
|align="right"|7,279||align="right"|3,691||align="right"|37||align="right"|108||align="right"|52||align="right"|9||align="right"|3,072||align="right"|310||align="right"|6,381
|-
|{{center|'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated places]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Allensworth, California|Allensworth]]'''
|align="right"|471||align="right"|158||align="right"|22||align="right"|0||align="right"|8||align="right"|0||align="right"|279||align="right"|4||align="right"|436
|-
|'''[[Alpaugh, California|Alpaugh]]'''
|align="right"|1,026||align="right"|381||align="right"|4||align="right"|11||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|597||align="right"|29||align="right"|867
|-
|'''[[California Hot Springs, California|California Hot Springs]]'''
|align="right"|37||align="right"|34||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|3
|-
|'''[[Camp Nelson, California|Camp Nelson]]'''
|align="right"|97||align="right"|94||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|1||align="right"|6
|-
|'''[[Cedar Slope, California|Cedar Slope]]'''
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Cutler, California|Cutler]]'''
|align="right"|5,000||align="right"|2,421||align="right"|50||align="right"|53||align="right"|64||align="right"|1||align="right"|2,241||align="right"|170||align="right"|4,829
|-
|'''[[Delft Colony, California|Delft Colony]]'''
|align="right"|454||align="right"|213||align="right"|13||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|224||align="right"|4||align="right"|428
|-
|'''[[Ducor, California|Ducor]]'''
|align="right"|612||align="right"|251||align="right"|0||align="right"|15||align="right"|20||align="right"|0||align="right"|302||align="right"|24||align="right"|502
|-
|'''[[Earlimart, California|Earlimart]]'''
|align="right"|8,537||align="right"|3,193||align="right"|67||align="right"|45||align="right"|536||align="right"|0||align="right"|4,303||align="right"|393||align="right"|7,805
|-
|'''[[East Orosi, California|East Orosi]]'''
|align="right"|495||align="right"|209||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|2||align="right"|1||align="right"|261||align="right"|17||align="right"|466
|-
|'''[[East Porterville, California|East Porterville]]'''
|align="right"|6,767||align="right"|3,660||align="right"|65||align="right"|153||align="right"|102||align="right"|58||align="right"|2,431||align="right"|298||align="right"|4,930
|-
|'''[[East Tulare Villa, California|East Tulare Villa]]'''
|align="right"|778||align="right"|491||align="right"|9||align="right"|6||align="right"|10||align="right"|0||align="right"|226||align="right"|36||align="right"|428
|-
|'''[[El Rancho, California|El Rancho]]'''
|align="right"|124||align="right"|71||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|49||align="right"|2||align="right"|117
|-
|'''[[Goshen, California|Goshen]]'''
|align="right"|3,006||align="right"|1,186||align="right"|76||align="right"|90||align="right"|11||align="right"|1||align="right"|1,496||align="right"|146||align="right"|2,482
|-
|'''[[Hartland, California|Hartland]]'''
|align="right"|30||align="right"|27||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Idlewild, Tulare County, California|Idlewild]]'''
|align="right"|43||align="right"|43||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Ivanhoe, California|Ivanhoe]]'''
|align="right"|4,495||align="right"|2,002||align="right"|19||align="right"|80||align="right"|29||align="right"|1||align="right"|2,221||align="right"|143||align="right"|3,752
|-
|'''[[Kennedy Meadows, California|Kennedy Meadows]]'''
|align="right"|28||align="right"|25||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|3
|-
|'''[[Lemon Cove, California|Lemon Cove]]'''
|align="right"|308||align="right"|261||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|3||align="right"|2||align="right"|12||align="right"|25||align="right"|76
|-
|'''[[Lindcove, California|Lindcove]]'''
|align="right"|406||align="right"|284||align="right"|2||align="right"|15||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|96||align="right"|9||align="right"|197
|-
|'''[[Linnell Camp, California|Linnell Camp]]'''
|align="right"|849||align="right"|397||align="right"|3||align="right"|18||align="right"|8||align="right"|0||align="right"|393||align="right"|30||align="right"|832
|-
|'''[[London, California|London]]'''
|align="right"|1,869||align="right"|761||align="right"|6||align="right"|46||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|976||align="right"|80||align="right"|1,737
|-
|'''[[Matheny, California|Matheny]]'''
|align="right"|1,212||align="right"|651||align="right"|44||align="right"|24||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|436||align="right"|53||align="right"|890
|-
|'''[[McClenney Tract, California|McClenney Tract]]'''
|align="right"|10||align="right"|9||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Monson, California|Monson]]'''
|align="right"|188||align="right"|121||align="right"|1||align="right"|5||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|57||align="right"|0||align="right"|147
|-
|'''[[Orosi, California|Orosi]]'''
|align="right"|8,770||align="right"|3,861||align="right"|65||align="right"|57||align="right"|803||align="right"|1||align="right"|3,638||align="right"|345||align="right"|7,606
|-
|'''[[Panorama Heights, California|Panorama Heights]]'''
|align="right"|41||align="right"|35||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|4
|-
|'''[[Patterson Tract, California|Patterson Tract]]'''
|align="right"|1,752||align="right"|999||align="right"|0||align="right"|33||align="right"|73||align="right"|0||align="right"|577||align="right"|70||align="right"|1,133
|-
|'''[[Pierpoint, California|Pierpoint]]'''
|align="right"|52||align="right"|51||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1
|-
|'''[[Pine Flat, California|Pine Flat]]'''
|align="right"|166||align="right"|158||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|11
|-
|'''[[Pixley, California|Pixley]]'''
|align="right"|3,310||align="right"|1,473||align="right"|90||align="right"|28||align="right"|16||align="right"|0||align="right"|1,587||align="right"|116||align="right"|2,675
|-
|'''[[Plainview, California|Plainview]]'''
|align="right"|945||align="right"|358||align="right"|8||align="right"|20||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|517||align="right"|40||align="right"|865
|-
|'''[[Ponderosa, California|Ponderosa]]'''
|align="right"|16||align="right"|13||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|2||align="right"|4
|-
|'''[[Poplar-Cotton Center, California|Poplar-Cotton Center]]'''
|align="right"|2,470||align="right"|1,729||align="right"|1||align="right"|15||align="right"|356||align="right"|0||align="right"|327||align="right"|42||align="right"|1,809
|-
|'''[[Posey, California|Posey]]'''
|align="right"|10||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|3
|-
|'''[[Poso Park, California|Poso Park]]'''
|align="right"|9||align="right"|9||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Richgrove, California|Richgrove]]'''
|align="right"|2,882||align="right"|1,068||align="right"|20||align="right"|38||align="right"|140||align="right"|7||align="right"|1,521||align="right"|88||align="right"|2,705
|-
|'''[[Rodriguez Camp, California|Rodriguez Camp]]'''
|align="right"|156||align="right"|51||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|98||align="right"|7||align="right"|151
|-
|'''[[Sequoia Crest, California|Sequoia Crest]]'''
|align="right"|10||align="right"|10||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Seville, California|Seville]]'''
|align="right"|480||align="right"|200||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|259||align="right"|16||align="right"|458
|-
|'''[[Silver City, California|Silver City]]'''
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Springville, California|Springville]]'''
|align="right"|934||align="right"|836||align="right"|5||align="right"|20||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|25||align="right"|41||align="right"|109
|-
|'''[[Strathmore, California|Strathmore]]'''
|align="right"|2,819||align="right"|1,490||align="right"|12||align="right"|41||align="right"|7||align="right"|1||align="right"|1,162||align="right"|106||align="right"|2,238
|-
|'''[[Sugarloaf Mountain Park, California|Sugarloaf Mountain Park]]'''
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California|Sugarloaf Saw Mill]]'''
|align="right"|18||align="right"|14||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|3||align="right"|4
|-
|'''[[Sugarloaf Village, California|Sugarloaf Village]]'''
|align="right"|10||align="right"|9||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|2
|-
|'''[[Sultana, California|Sultana]]'''
|align="right"|775||align="right"|315||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|424||align="right"|27||align="right"|695
|-
|'''[[Terra Bella, California|Terra Bella]]'''
|align="right"|3,310||align="right"|1,426||align="right"|5||align="right"|20||align="right"|75||align="right"|2||align="right"|1,733||align="right"|49||align="right"|2,894
|-
|'''[[Teviston, California|Teviston]]'''
|align="right"|1,214||align="right"|449||align="right"|50||align="right"|9||align="right"|10||align="right"|0||align="right"|640||align="right"|56||align="right"|1,039
|-
|'''[[Three Rivers, California|Three Rivers]]'''
|align="right"|2,182||align="right"|1,976||align="right"|7||align="right"|27||align="right"|31||align="right"|1||align="right"|75||align="right"|65||align="right"|212
|-
|'''[[Tipton, California|Tipton]]'''
|align="right"|2,543||align="right"|1,535||align="right"|3||align="right"|15||align="right"|9||align="right"|0||align="right"|924||align="right"|57||align="right"|2,147
|-
|'''[[Tonyville, California|Tonyville]]'''
|align="right"|316||align="right"|178||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|12||align="right"|0||align="right"|115||align="right"|11||align="right"|286
|-
|'''[[Tooleville, California|Tooleville]]'''
|align="right"|339||align="right"|145||align="right"|5||align="right"|19||align="right"|8||align="right"|2||align="right"|148||align="right"|12||align="right"|279
|-
|'''[[Traver, California|Traver]]'''
|align="right"|713||align="right"|302||align="right"|1||align="right"|22||align="right"|6||align="right"|2||align="right"|357||align="right"|23||align="right"|551
|-
|'''[[Waukena, California|Waukena]]'''
|align="right"|108||align="right"|86||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|19||align="right"|0||align="right"|45
|-
|'''[[West Goshen, California|West Goshen]]'''
|align="right"|511||align="right"|276||align="right"|2||align="right"|10||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|195||align="right"|21||align="right"|358
|-
|'''[[Wilsonia, California|Wilsonia]]'''
|align="right"|5||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Woodville, California|Woodville]]'''
|align="right"|1,740||align="right"|1,345||align="right"|1||align="right"|31||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|324||align="right"|33||align="right"|1,545
|-
|'''[[Yettem, California|Yettem]]'''
|align="right"|211||align="right"|48||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|148||align="right"|10||align="right"|199
|-
|{{center|'''Other [[unincorporated area]]s'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|67,213||align="right"|46,040||align="right"|512||align="right"|1,753||align="right"|1,245||align="right"|78||align="right"|15,416||align="right"|2,169||align="right"|34,101
|}

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 368,021 people, 110,385 households, and 87,093 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|76|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 119,639 housing units at an average density of {{convert|25|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 58.1% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 3.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 30.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.6% from two or more races. 50.8% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 6.2% were of [[United States|American]], 5.7% [[German people|German]] and 5.0% [[English people|English]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 56.3% spoke [[English language|English]], 38.9% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and 1.1% [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] as their first language.

There were 110,385 households, out of which 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 17.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.28 and the average family size was 3.67.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 33.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,983, and the median income for a family was $36,297. Males had a median income of $30,892 versus $24,589 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,006. About 18.8% of families and 23.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.6% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Metropolitan Statistical Area==
The [[United States Office of Management and Budget]] has designated Tulare County as the Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.<ref name=OMB_13-01>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf|title=OMB Bulletin No. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas|date=February 28, 2013|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[Office of Management and Budget]]|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> The [[United States Census Bureau]] ranked the Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as the [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|111th most populous]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|metropolitan statistical area]] of the United States as of July 1, 2012.<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-01.csv|title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]]|work=2012 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=March 2013|access-date=March 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401093220/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-01.csv|archive-date=April 1, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The Office of Management and Budget has further designated the Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as a component of the more extensive Visalia-Porterville-Hanford, CA Combined Statistical Area,<ref name=OMB_13-01/> the [[List of Combined Statistical Areas|80th most populous]] [[combined statistical area]] and the [[List of United States primary statistical areas|92nd most populous]] [[United States primary statistical area|primary statistical area]] of the United States as of July 1, 2012.<ref name=PopEstCBSA/><ref name=PopEstCSA>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02.csv|title=Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]]|work=2012 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=March 2013|access-date=March 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517083619/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02.csv|archive-date=May 17, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, Tulare County is the 7th largest county in California by total area.<ref name="QF" />

== Politics ==

=== Voter registration statistics ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="QF"/>
| colspan="2" | 473,117
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Registered voters<ref name="CA-SOS">California Secretary of State. [https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2021/politicalsub.pdf February 10, 2021 - Report of Registration] Retrieved 2021-12-07.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 202,825
| 33.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 67,325
| 33.19%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Republican<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 77,175
| 38.05%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| '''-9,850'''
| '''-4.9%'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     American Independent<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 7,701
| 3.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Green<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 545
| 0.27%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Libertarian<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 2,111
| 1.04%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 1,066
| 0.53%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Unknown<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 1,703
| 0.84%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Other<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 963
| 0.47%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     No party preference<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
| 44,236
| 21.81%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SOS"/> <ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Others<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SOS"/>
|-
| [[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]] || 24,685 || 37.22% || 43.65% || 26.74% || 5.73% || 23.86%
|-
| [[Exeter, California|Exeter]] || 10,557 || 49.92% || 25.89% || 47.37% || 7.87% || 18.85%
|-
| [[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]] || 10,781 || 34.36% || 40.91% || 21.37% || 7.1% || 30.6%
|-
| [[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]] || 13,708 || 28.63% || 45.45% || 19.92% || 6.39% || 28.22%
|-
| [[Porterville, California|Porterville]] || 60,209 || 40.03% || 35.14% || 33.39% || 7.42% || 24.03%
|-
| [[Tulare, California|Tulare]] || 65,134 || 45.77% || 32.58% || 38.27% || 7.01% || 22.12%
|-
| [[Visalia, California|Visalia]] || 134,691 || 54.04% || 31.25% || 40.74% || 7.33% || 20.66%
|-
| [[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]] || 7,682 || 34.93% || 48.21% || 20.41% || 6.29% || 25.07%
|}

=== Overview ===
Tulare is a strongly Republican county in [[President of the United States|presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. The last Democratic candidate for president to win a majority in the county was [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]]. In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Republican candidate and overall winner, [[Donald Trump]], won Tulare by a 9.39% margin of victory, the closest margin of victory for a Republican in the county since [[Richard Nixon]]'s 8.37% margin in [[1960 United States presidential election in California|1960]]. The Republican advantage narrowed further in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] when Donald Trump won the county by a 7.82% margin despite losing nationally to [[Joe Biden]], the closest margin of victory for a Republican in the county since [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]'s 5.33% margin in [[1956 United States presidential election in California|1956]].
{{PresHead|place=Tulare County, California|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-09-06}}</ref>}}

{{PresRow|2020|Republican|77,579|66,105|3,201|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|58,299|47,585|8,218|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|56,956|41,752|2,571|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|59,765|43,634|2,126|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|65,399|32,494|967|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|54,070|33,006|2,742|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|46,272|32,669|6,905|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|40,482|31,188|16,883|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|46,891|30,711|1,067|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|51,066|28,065|812|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|41,317|25,155|4,374|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|31,864|25,551|1,027|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|36,048|21,775|2,327|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|29,314|22,180|4,695|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|22,527|33,974|51|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|29,456|24,887|239|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|26,051|23,407|160|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|30,108|22,208|437|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|18,414|19,681|1,097|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|16,005|16,221|238|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|15,414|20,129|428|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|8,624|18,956|435|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|8,066|15,631|1,302|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|12,057|6,635|218|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|9,484|3,425|5,765|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|9,136|4,837|941|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|6,845|7,299|1,428|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|73|4,293|5,781|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,742|2,329|647|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,221|1,643|705|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,755|2,246|237|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,410|2,673|89|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,984|2,613|1,611|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|2,275|2,637|280|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,268|1,691|199|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|917|1,306|146|California}}

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Tulare County is split between three congressional districts:<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_cd_finaldraft_splits.zip
| title = Counties by County and by District
| publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
| access-date = September 24, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130930184128/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_cd_finaldraft_splits.zip
| archive-date = September 30, 2013
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
* {{Representative|cacd|20|fmt=district}}
* {{Representative|cacd|21|fmt=district}} and
* {{Representative|cacd|22|fmt=district}}.

In the [[California State Senate]], it is split between two legislative districts:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Maps {{!}} California Citizens Redistricting Commission |url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/ |access-date=2023-10-02 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[California's 12th State Senatorial district|the 12th Senate District]], represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Shannon Grove]].
* {{Representative|casd|16|fmt=sdistrict}}.

In the [[California State Assembly]], the county is represented by the [[California's 33rd State Assembly district|33rd Assembly district]], represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Devon Mathis]], and the 32nd Assembly District, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Vince Fong]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=District 32 Details {{!}} California State Assembly |url=https://www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers/32 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.assembly.ca.gov}}</ref>

==Economy==

The dairy industry, with sales of milk products, brings in the most revenue for the county, typically more than US$1 billion a year annually. Oranges, grapes, and cattle-related commodities also earn hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

In 2001, Tulare became the most productive county in the U.S. in terms of agricultural revenues, at US$3.5 billion annually. It surpassed [[Fresno County]]'s US$3.2 billion, which had held the top spot for over two decades. Due to the importance of agriculture in the county as well as its location in the state, since 1968 the city of [[Tulare, California|Tulare]] has been the site of the annual [[World Ag Expo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldagexpo.com/|title=International Agri-Center / Tulare, CA|website=www.worldagexpo.com}}</ref> the world's largest agricultural exposition.

Minor league sports teams, such as the baseball [[Visalia Rawhide]] of the class-A level [[California League]] (an affiliate to the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]), two teams of the [[Minor League Football Association]] in Tulare and Visalia, and four teams of the [[Central California Basketball League]] based in Porterville, attract many residents and add to the amenities in the county. {{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}

===Top employers===
According to the county's ''2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report'',<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-30|title=2020FY Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |url=http://tularecounty.ca.gov/treasurertaxcollector/index.cfm/treasurer/reports/comprehensive-annual-financial-reports/|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-12-05|website=County of Tulare, State of California|format=|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205171407/https://tularecounty.ca.gov/treasurertaxcollector/index.cfm/treasurer/reports/comprehensive-annual-financial-reports/}}</ref> the top employers in the county are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|County of Tulare
|5,106
|-
|2
|[[Visalia Unified School District]]
|3,355
|-
|3
|[[Kaweah Delta Medical Center]]
|2,000
|-
|4
|[[Sierra View District Hospital]]
|1,800
|-
|5
|[[Ruiz Food Production|Ruiz Food Production, Inc]]
|1,800
|-
|6
|[[Wal-Mart]] Distribution Center
|1,692
|-
|7
|[[Porterville Developmental Center]]
|1,173
|-
|8
|[[College of the Sequoias]]
|1,160
|-
|9
|[[Jostens]]
|720
|-
|10
|[[Visalia, California|City of Visalia]]
|653
|}

==Utilities and infrastructure==

Electricity service in Tulare County is provided by [[Southern California Edison]] and [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company|PG&E]]. Gas is provided by [[Southern California Gas Company|SoCalGas]] and PG&E. TV and Internet service is provided by several companies, such as [[Spectrum (TV service)|Spectrum]], [[Dish (satellite TV provider)|DISH]], [[DirecTV]] and [[Hughes Network Systems|HughesNET]].

==Communities==

===Cities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]]
*[[Exeter, California|Exeter]]
*[[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]]
*[[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]]
*[[Porterville, California|Porterville]]
*[[Tulare, California|Tulare]]
*[[Visalia, California|Visalia]] (county seat)
*[[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]]

{{div col end}}

===Census designated places===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Allensworth, California|Allensworth]]
*[[Alpaugh, California|Alpaugh]]
*[[California Hot Springs, California|California Hot Springs]]
*[[Camp Nelson, California|Camp Nelson]]
*[[Cedar Slope, California|Cedar Slope]]
*[[Cutler, California|Cutler]]
*[[Delft Colony, California|Delft Colony]]
*[[Ducor, California|Ducor]]
*[[Earlimart, California|Earlimart]]
*[[East Orosi, California|East Orosi]]
*[[East Porterville, California|East Porterville]]
*[[East Tulare Villa, California|East Tulare Villa]]
*[[El Monte Mobile Village, California|El Monte Mobile Village]]
*[[El Rancho, California|El Rancho]]
*[[Goshen, California|Goshen]]
*[[Hartland, California|Hartland]]
*[[Hypericum, California|Hypericum]]
*[[Idlewild, Tulare County, California|Idlewild]]
*[[Ivanhoe, California|Ivanhoe]]
*[[Jovista, California|Jovista]]
*[[Kennedy Meadows, California|Kennedy Meadows]]
*[[Lemon Cove, California|Lemon Cove]]
*[[Lindcove, California|Lindcove]]
*[[Linnell Camp, California|Linnell Camp]]
*[[London, California|London]]
*[[Matheny, California|Matheny]]
*[[McClenney Tract, California|McClenney Tract]]
*[[Monson, California|Monson]]
*[[Orosi, California|Orosi]]
*[[Panorama Heights, California|Panorama Heights]]
*[[Patterson Tract, California|Patterson Tract]]
*[[Pierpoint, California|Pierpoint]]
*[[Pine Flat, California|Pine Flat]]
*[[Pixley, California|Pixley]]
*[[Plainview, California|Plainview]]
*[[Ponderosa, California|Ponderosa]]
*[[Poplar-Cotton Center, California|Poplar-Cotton Center]]
*[[Posey, California|Posey]]
*[[Poso Park, California|Poso Park]]
*[[Richgrove, California|Richgrove]]
*[[Rodriguez Camp, California|Rodriguez Camp]]
*[[Sequoia Crest, California|Sequoia Crest]]
*[[Seville, California|Seville]]
*[[Silver City, California|Silver City]]
*[[Springville, California|Springville]]
*[[Strathmore, California|Strathmore]]
*[[Sugarloaf Mountain Park, California|Sugarloaf Mountain Park]]
*[[Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California|Sugarloaf Saw Mill]]
*[[Sugarloaf Village, California|Sugarloaf Village]]
*[[Sultana, California|Sultana]]
*[[Terra Bella, California|Terra Bella]]
*[[Teviston, California|Teviston]]
*[[Three Rivers, California|Three Rivers]]
*[[Tipton, California|Tipton]]
*[[Tonyville, California|Tonyville]]
*[[Tooleville, California|Tooleville]]
*[[Traver, California|Traver]]
*[[Waukena, California|Waukena]]
*[[West Goshen, California|West Goshen]]
*[[Wilsonia, California|Wilsonia]]
*[[Woodville, California|Woodville]]
*[[Woodville Farm Labor Camp, California|Woodville Farm Labor Camp]]
*[[Yettem, California|Yettem]]
{{div col end}}

===Other unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Advance, California|Advance]]
*[[Angiola, California|Angiola]]
*[[Badger, California|Badger]]
*[[Balance Rock, California|Balance Rock]]
*Cairns Corner
*[[Calgro, California|Calgro]]
*[[Johnsondale, California|Johnsondale]]
*[[Kaweah, California|Kaweah]]
*[[Rocky Hill, Tulare County, California|Rocky Hill]]
*Ultra
*[[White River, California|White River]]
*[[Yokohl Valley, California|Yokohl Valley]]
*[[Zante, California|Zante]]
{{div col end}}

===Indian reservation===
*[[Tule River Indian Reservation, California|Tule River Indian Reservation]]

===Population ranking===

The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] of Tulare County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decades|first=US Census|last=Bureau|website=The United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2020 Census)

|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 1
|'''†''' '''[[Visalia, California|Visalia]]'''
| City
|154,048
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 2
|'''[[Tulare, California|Tulare]]'''
| City
| 77,101
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 3
|'''[[Porterville, California|Porterville]]'''
| City
| 77,681
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 4
|'''[[Dinuba, California|Dinuba]]'''
| City
| 34,855
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 5
|'''[[Lindsay, California|Lindsay]]'''
| City
| 17,729
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 6
|'''[[Farmersville, California|Farmersville]]'''
| City
| 10,397
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 7
|'''[[Exeter, California|Exeter]]'''
| City
| 10,334
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 8
|'''[[Orosi, California|Orosi]]'''
| CDP
| 8,329
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 9
|'''[[Earlimart, California|Earlimart]]'''
| CDP
| 7,679
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 10
|'''[[East Porterville, California|East Porterville]]'''
| CDP
| 5,549
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 11
|'''[[Woodlake, California|Woodlake]]'''
| City
| 7,419
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 12
|'''[[Cutler, California|Cutler]]'''
| CDP
| 4,480
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 13
|'''[[Ivanhoe, California|Ivanhoe]]'''
| CDP
| 4,468
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-14
|'''[[Pixley, California|Pixley]]'''
| CDP
| 3,828
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-14
|'''[[Terra Bella, California|Terra Bella]]'''
| CDP
| 2,910
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 15
|'''[[Goshen, California|Goshen]]'''
| CDP
| 4,968
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 16
|'''[[Richgrove, California|Richgrove]]'''
| CDP
| 2,358
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 17
|'''[[Strathmore, California|Strathmore]]'''
| CDP
| 2,830
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 18
|'''[[Tipton, California|Tipton]]'''
| CDP
| 2,519
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 19
|'''[[Poplar-Cotton Center, California|Poplar-Cotton Center]]'''
| CDP
| 2,370
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 20
|'''[[Three Rivers, California|Three Rivers]]'''
| CDP
| 2,053
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 21
|'''[[London, California|London]]'''
| CDP
| 1,518
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 22
|'''[[Patterson Tract, California|Patterson Tract]]'''
| CDP
| 1,888
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 23
|'''[[Woodville, California|Woodville]]'''
| CDP
|1,680
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 24
|'''[[Teviston, California|Teviston]]'''
| CDP
| 1,185
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 25
|'''[[Matheny, California|Matheny]]'''
| CDP
| 1,125
|- style="background:#ff9;"
| 26
|'''[[Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation|Tule River Reservation]]'''<ref>[https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=4300]{{dead link|date=December 2019}}</ref>
| [[AIAN (U.S. Census)|AIAN]]
| 1,250
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 27
|'''[[Alpaugh, California|Alpaugh]]'''
| CDP
| 1,026
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 28
|'''[[Plainview, California|Plainview]]'''
| CDP
|871
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 29
|'''[[Springville, California|Springville]]'''
| CDP
| 967
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 30
|'''[[Linnell Camp, California|Linnell Camp]]'''
| CDP
| 696
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 31
|'''[[East Tulare Villa, California|East Tulare Villa]]'''
| CDP
| 773
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 32
|'''[[Sultana, California|Sultana]]'''
| CDP
| 779
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 33
|'''[[Traver, California|Traver]]'''
| CDP
| 731
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 34
|'''[[Ducor, California|Ducor]]'''
| CDP
| 616
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 35
|'''[[West Goshen, California|West Goshen]]'''
| CDP
| 536
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 36
|'''[[East Orosi, California|East Orosi]]'''
| CDP
| 423
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 37
|'''[[Seville, California|Seville]]'''
| CDP
| 446
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 38
|'''[[Allensworth, California|Allensworth]]'''
| CDP
| 531
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 39
|'''[[Delft Colony, California|Delft Colony]]'''
| CDP
| 412
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 40
|'''[[Lindcove, California|Lindcove]]'''
| CDP
| 189
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 41
|'''[[Tooleville, California|Tooleville]]'''
| CDP
| 286
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 42
|'''[[Tonyville, California|Tonyville]]'''
| CDP
| 329
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 43
|'''[[Lemon Cove, California|Lemon Cove]]'''
| CDP
| 298
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 44
|'''[[Yettem, California|Yettem]]'''
| CDP
| 201
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 45
|'''[[Monson, California|Monson]]'''
| CDP
| 152
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 46
|'''[[Pine Flat, California|Pine Flat]]'''
| CDP
| 206
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 47
|'''[[Rodriguez Camp, California|Rodriguez Camp]]'''
| CDP
|133
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 48
|'''[[El Rancho, California|El Rancho]]'''
| CDP
| 96
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 49
|'''[[Waukena, California|Waukena]]'''
| CDP
| 80
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 50
|'''[[Camp Nelson, California|Camp Nelson]]'''
| CDP
| 106
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 51
|'''[[Pierpoint, California|Pierpoint]]'''
| CDP
| 59
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 52
|'''[[Idlewild, Tulare County, California|Idlewild]]'''
| CDP
|32
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 53
|'''[[Panorama Heights, California|Panorama Heights]]'''
| CDP
| 44
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 54
|'''[[California Hot Springs, California|California Hot Springs]]'''
| CDP
| 50
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 55
|'''[[Hartland, California|Hartland]]'''
| CDP
|69
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 56
|'''[[Kennedy Meadows, California|Kennedy Meadows]]'''
| CDP
| 58
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 57
|'''[[Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California|Sugarloaf Saw Mill]]'''
| CDP
| 14
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 58
|'''[[Ponderosa, California|Ponderosa]]'''
| CDP
| 51
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-59
|'''[[McClenney Tract, California|McClenney Tract]]'''
| CDP
| 15
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-59
|'''[[Posey, California|Posey]]'''
| CDP
| 23
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-59
|'''[[Sequoia Crest, California|Sequoia Crest]]'''
| CDP
| 24
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-59
|'''[[Sugarloaf Village, California|Sugarloaf Village]]'''
| CDP
| 7
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 60
|'''[[Poso Park, California|Poso Park]]'''
| CDP
| 9
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 61
|'''[[Wilsonia, California|Wilsonia]]'''
| CDP
| 14
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-62
|'''[[Cedar Slope, California|Cedar Slope]]'''
| CDP
| 10
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-62
|'''[[Silver City, California|Silver City]]'''
| CDP
| 0
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| t-62
|'''[[Sugarloaf Mountain Park, California|Sugarloaf Mountain Park]]'''
| CDP
| 0
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley (California)|List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Tulare County, California]]
*[[Tulare Lake]]
*[[Tule]] (''Schoenoplectus acutus'')

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==

* Jennifer Medina, [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/us/california-drought-tulare-county.html "With Dry Taps and Toilets, California Drought Turns Desperate,"] ''New York Times,'' Oct. 2, 2014.

==External links==
{{commons category|Tulare County, California}}
*{{Official website}}
*[http://agcomm.co.tulare.ca.us/ Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer official website (with Annual Crop and Livestock Reports)]

{{Geographic Location
| Centre = Tulare County, California
| North = [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]
| Northeast =
| East = [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]
| Southwest =
| West = [[Kings County, California|Kings County]]
| Northwest =
}}
{{Cities of Tulare County, California}}
{{San Joaquin Valley}}
{{California}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Tulare County, California| ]]
[[Category:California counties]]
[[Category:San Joaquin Valley]]
[[Category:1852 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1852]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in California]]

Merced County, California

2023-12-16T22:33:46Z

71.67.71.122: /* Overview */Wilson won the county in 1912 because Progressive won 1,571 votes and you’re adding other 3rd party votes

{{short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Merced County, California
| official_name = County of Merced
| native_name =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]]
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| image_seal = Seal of Merced County, California.png
| image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape|fill=#ffffff|fill-opacity=0|stroke-width=3}}
| map_caption = Interactive map of Merced County
| image_map1 = Map of California highlighting Merced County.svg
| mapsize1 = 200px
| map_caption1 = Location in the state of [[California]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37.19|-120.71|type:adm2nd_region:US-CA_source:UScensus1990|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = California
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of California|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[San Joaquin Valley]]
| established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date = April 19, 1855<ref>{{Cite GNIS|277288|Merced County|access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref>
| named_for = [[Merced River]], originally ''El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced'' ("River of Our Lady of Mercy" in Spanish).
| seat_type = [[County seat]]
| seat = [[Merced, California|Merced]]
| seat1_type = Largest city
| seat1 = Merced
| unit_pref = US
| area_total_sq_mi = 1979
| area_land_sq_mi = 1935
| area_water_sq_mi = 44
| elevation_min_ft =

| government_type = [[Council–manager government|Council–CEO]]
| governing_body = Board of Supervisors
| leader_title1 = Chair
| leader_name1 = Lloyd Pareira, Jr
| leader_title2 = Vice Chair
| leader_name2 = Scott Silveira
| leader_title3 = Board of Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.countyofmerced.com/248/Board-Members | title=Board Members | Merced County, CA - Official Website }}</ref>
| leader_name3 = {{Collapsible list
| title = Supervisors
| frame_style = border:none; padding:0;
| list_style = text-align:left;
| 1 = Rodrigo Espinoza
| 2 = Josh Pedrozo
| 3 = Daron McDaniel
| 4 = Lloyd Pareira, Jr
| 5 = Scott Silveira
}}
| leader_title4 = [[Chief executive officer]]
| leader_name4 = Raul Lomeli Mendez

| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1222|title=Laveaga Peak|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref>
| elevation_min_footnotes =
| population_total = 281202
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_est =
| pop_est_as_of =
| pop_est_footnotes =
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 93620, 93635, 93661, 93665, 95301, 95303, 95312, 95315, 95317, 95322, 95324, 95333, 95334, 95388, 95340, 95341, 95343, 95344, 95348, 95365, 95369, 95374<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zip-codes.com/county/CA-MERCED.asp|title=Merced County, CA Zip Codes|publisher=Zip-Codes.com|access-date=May 29, 2016}}</ref>
| area_code = [[Area code 209|209]]
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 06-047
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{GNIS 4|277288}}
| blank2_name_sec1 = Congressional district
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[California's 13th congressional district|13th]]
| website = {{URL|www.co.merced.ca.us}}
| footnotes =
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Merced Theatre.JPG{{!}}
| photo1b = Banks of San Luis Reservoir in July 2021 redux.JPG{{!}}
| photo2a = UC Merced at night.jpg{{!}}
| photo2b = Boeing B-29 SuperfortressCAM.jpg{{!}}
| spacing = 1
| size = 300
| foot_montage = Images, from top down, left to right: The historic [[Merced Theatre (Merced, California)|Merced Theatre]], [[San Luis Reservoir]], [[University of California, Merced|UC Merced]], The B-29A Super Fortress exhibit at the [[Castle Air Museum]] in [[Atwater, California|Atwater]]
}}
| image_size =
| elevation_max_ft = 3801
| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7
}}

'''Merced County''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-merced.ogg|m|ər|ˈ|s|ɛ|d}} {{respell|mər|SED|'}}), is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the northern [[San Joaquin Valley]] section of the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]].

As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 281,202.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Merced County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06047|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The county seat is [[Merced, California|Merced]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county is named after the [[Merced River]].

Merced County comprises the Merced, CA [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is included in the [[Modesto, California|Modesto]]-Merced, CA [[Combined Statistical Area]]. It is located north of [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]] and [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], and southeast of [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]] and [[San Jose, California|San Jose]].

==History==
The county derives its name from the [[Merced River]], or ''El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced'' (River of Our Lady of Mercy), named in 1806 by an expedition headed by [[Gabriel Moraga]], which came upon it at the end of a hot dusty ride on the [[El Camino Viejo]] across the San Joaquin Valley in Spanish colonial [[Las Californias]] Province.

Between 1841 and 1844, during the period when [[Alta California]] was a territory of independent Mexico, four [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grants]] were made in what became Merced County: [[Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas]], [[Rancho Panoche de San Juan y Los Carrisolitos]], [[Rancho San Luis Gonzaga]], and [[Rancho Sanjon de Santa Rita]]

Merced County was formed in 1855 from parts of [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa County]]. Parts of its territory were given to [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]] in 1856.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1979|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1935|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|44|sqmi}} (2.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 28, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===National protected areas===
* [[Merced National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[San Luis National Wildlife Refuge]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1141
|1870= 2807
|1880= 5656
|1890= 8085
|1900= 9215
|1910= 15148
|1920= 24579
|1930= 36748
|1940= 46988
|1950= 69780
|1960= 90446
|1970= 104629
|1980= 134560
|1990= 178403
|2000= 210554
|2010= 255793
|2020= 281202
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> 1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref> 1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 28, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Merced County, California - Demographic Profile''' (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!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) - Merced County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06047&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) - Merced County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06047&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|81,599
|68,729
|31.90%
|24.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|8,785
|8,191
|3.43%
|2.91%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1,126
|1,164
|0.44%
|0.41%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|18,183
|19,824
|7.11%
|7.05%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|476
|617
|0.19%
|0.22%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|439
|1,242
|0.17%
|0.44%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|4,700
|7,578
|1.84%
|2.69%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|140,485
|173,857
|54.92%
|61.83%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''255,793'''
|'''281,202'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''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 can be of any race.''

=== 2011 ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan=6 | Population, race, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| colspan=2 | 253,606
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 170,229
| 67.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 9,837
| 3.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 2,617
| 1.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 18,904
| 7.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 517
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 43,893
| 17.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 7,609
| 3.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |  Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| 137,974
| 54.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan=2 | $18,304
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan=2 | $43,945
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
| colspan=2 | $48,429
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan=9 | Places by population and race
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-21.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> <ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
|-
| [[Atwater, California|Atwater]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 27,922 || 66.0% || 21.6% || 7.0% || 4.3% || 1.1% || 49.2%
|-
| [[Ballico, California|Ballico]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 384 || 72.1% || 24.7% || 1.6% || 0.0% || 1.6% || 49.2%
|-
| [[Bear Creek, Merced County, California|Bear Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 188 || 44.7% || 55.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 89.4%
|-
| [[Cressey, California|Cressey]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 614 || 57.0% || 42.3% || 0.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 63.7%
|-
| [[Delhi, California|Delhi]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 9,892 || 59.0% || 28.9% || 7.1% || 2.2% || 2.8% || 67.8%
|-
| [[Dos Palos, California|Dos Palos]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 4,940 || 79.6% || 18.1% || 0.0% || 2.0% || 0.3% || 66.5%
|-
| [[Dos Palos Y, California|Dos Palos Y]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 207 || 77.3% || 22.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 65.2%
|-
| [[El Nido, Merced County, California|El Nido]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 297 || 44.1% || 55.9% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 72.4%
|-
| [[Franklin, Merced County, California|Franklin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 5,766 || 71.4% || 14.8% || 6.6% || 2.5% || 4.7% || 56.4%
|-
| [[Gustine, California|Gustine]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 5,484 || 85.8% || 13.2% || 0.3% || 0.0% || 0.6% || 56.1%
|-
| [[Hilmar-Irwin, California|Hilmar-Irwin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 5,224 || 95.1% || 3.6% || 1.0% || 0.2% || 0.0% || 9.2%
|-
| [[Le Grand, California|Le Grand]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,893 || 51.8% || 47.4% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.8% || 88.4%
|-
| [[Livingston, California|Livingston]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 12,899 || 48.0% || 32.8% || 17.5% || 0.9% || 0.9% || 71.5%
|-
| [[Los Banos, California|Los Banos]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 35,252 || 81.0% || 11.3% || 3.3% || 3.9% || 0.5% || 67.4%
|-
| [[McSwain, California|McSwain]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 4,041 || 82.8% || 8.8% || 6.7% || 0.3% || 1.4% || 20.6%
|-
| [[Merced, California|Merced]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 78,111 || 56.1% || 24.1% || 11.4% || 6.8% || 1.7% || 49.6%
|-
| [[Planada, California|Planada]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 4,366 || 52.3% || 44.2% || 1.2% || 1.6% || 0.8% || 96.2%
|-
| [[Santa Nella, California|Santa Nella]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,292 || 84.1% || 12.0% || 0.0% || 3.9% || 0.0% || 70.4%
|-
| [[Snelling, California|Snelling]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 97 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 3.1%
|-
| [[South Dos Palos, California|South Dos Palos]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,144 || 88.9% || 10.0% || 0.0% || 1.1% || 0.0% || 94.1%
|-
| [[Stevinson, California|Stevinson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 132 || 53.8% || 46.2% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 46.2%
|-
| [[Tuttle, California|Tuttle]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 21 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[University of California, Merced]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Volta, California|Volta]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 126 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 55.6%
|-
| [[Winton, California|Winton]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 11,742 || 61.2% || 28.4% || 8.2% || 1.6% || 0.7% || 74.5%
|}

===2010 census===
The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Merced County had a population of 255,793. The racial makeup of Merced County was 148,381 (58.0%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9,926 (3.9%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3,473 (1.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 18,836 (7.4%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 583 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 62,665 (24.5%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 11,929 (4.7%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 140,485 persons (54.9%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!colspan=10|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|'''The County''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''Total Population'''||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''two or more races''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''
|-
|''' Merced County'''
|align="right"|255,793||align="right"|148,381||align="right"|9,926||align="right"|3,473||align="right"|18,836||align="right"|583||align="right"|62,665||align="right"|11,929||align="right"|140,485
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated city]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''Total Population'''||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''two or more races''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''
|-
|'''[[Atwater, California|Atwater]]'''
|align="right"|28,168||align="right"|18,410||align="right"|1,225||align="right"|364||align="right"|1,416||align="right"|76||align="right"|5,300||align="right"|1,377||align="right"|14,808
|-
|'''[[Dos Palos, California|Dos Palos]]'''
|align="right"|4,950||align="right"|3,377||align="right"|167||align="right"|62||align="right"|37||align="right"|4||align="right"|1,075||align="right"|228||align="right"|3,075
|-
|'''[[Gustine, California|Gustine]]'''
|align="right"|5,520||align="right"|3,875||align="right"|73||align="right"|54||align="right"|95||align="right"|8||align="right"|1,191||align="right"|224||align="right"|2,769
|-
|'''[[Livingston, California|Livingston]]'''
|align="right"|13,058||align="right"|5,263||align="right"|106||align="right"|348||align="right"|2,223||align="right"|18||align="right"|4,547||align="right"|553||align="right"|9,547
|-
|'''[[Los Banos, California|Los Banos]]'''
|align="right"|35,972||align="right"|20,846||align="right"|1,354||align="right"|512||align="right"|1,162||align="right"|134||align="right"|10,123||align="right"|1,841||align="right"|23,346
|-
|'''[[Merced, California|Merced]]'''
|align="right"|78,958||align="right"|41,177||align="right"|4,958||align="right"|1,153||align="right"|9,342||align="right"|174||align="right"|17,804||align="right"|4,350||align="right"|39,140
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated place]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''Total Population'''||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''two or more races''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''
|-
|'''[[Ballico, California|Ballico]]'''
|align="right"|406||align="right"|237||align="right"|2||align="right"|3||align="right"|11||align="right"|2||align="right"|128||align="right"|23||align="right"|210
|-
|'''[[Bear Creek, Merced County, California|Bear Creek]]'''
|align="right"|290||align="right"|156||align="right"|4||align="right"|2||align="right"|14||align="right"|0||align="right"|93||align="right"|21||align="right"|170
|-
|'''[[Cressey, California|Cressey]]'''
|align="right"|394||align="right"|253||align="right"|1||align="right"|3||align="right"|15||align="right"|1||align="right"|95||align="right"|26||align="right"|195
|-
|'''[[Delhi, California|Delhi]]'''
|align="right"|10,755||align="right"|5,655||align="right"|118||align="right"|157||align="right"|405||align="right"|30||align="right"|3,930||align="right"|460||align="right"|7,706
|-
|'''[[Dos Palos Y, California|Dos Palos Y]]'''
|align="right"|323||align="right"|225||align="right"|1||align="right"|8||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|82||align="right"|6||align="right"|197
|-
|'''[[El Nido, Merced County, California|El Nido]]'''
|align="right"|330||align="right"|162||align="right"|0||align="right"|7||align="right"|9||align="right"|0||align="right"|147||align="right"|5||align="right"|245
|-
|'''[[Franklin, Merced County, California|Franklin]]'''
|align="right"|6,149||align="right"|3,455||align="right"|273||align="right"|77||align="right"|931||align="right"|12||align="right"|1,072||align="right"|329||align="right"|3,250
|-
|'''[[Hilmar-Irwin, California|Hilmar-Irwin]]'''
|align="right"|5,197||align="right"|4,475||align="right"|15||align="right"|23||align="right"|87||align="right"|1||align="right"|439||align="right"|157||align="right"|916
|-
|'''[[Le Grand, California|Le Grand]]'''
|align="right"|1,659||align="right"|869||align="right"|19||align="right"|35||align="right"|17||align="right"|1||align="right"|659||align="right"|59||align="right"|1,357
|-
|'''[[McSwain, California|McSwain]]'''
|align="right"|4,171||align="right"|3,196||align="right"|56||align="right"|34||align="right"|282||align="right"|9||align="right"|422||align="right"|172||align="right"|1,081
|-
|'''[[Planada, California|Planada]]'''
|align="right"|4,584||align="right"|1,681||align="right"|22||align="right"|23||align="right"|46||align="right"|1||align="right"|2,725||align="right"|86||align="right"|4,347
|-
|'''[[Santa Nella, California|Santa Nella]]'''
|align="right"|1,380||align="right"|832||align="right"|22||align="right"|25||align="right"|31||align="right"|0||align="right"|433||align="right"|37||align="right"|968
|-
|'''[[Snelling, California|Snelling]]'''
|align="right"|231||align="right"|206||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|13||align="right"|3||align="right"|33
|-
|'''[[South Dos Palos, California|South Dos Palos]]'''
|align="right"|1,620||align="right"|809||align="right"|135||align="right"|21||align="right"|36||align="right"|10||align="right"|552||align="right"|57||align="right"|1,262
|-
|'''[[Stevinson, California|Stevinson]]'''
|align="right"|313||align="right"|228||align="right"|4||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|73||align="right"|8||align="right"|133
|-
|'''[[Tuttle, California|Tuttle]]'''
|align="right"|103||align="right"|77||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|9||align="right"|5||align="right"|31
|-
|'''[[University of California, Merced]]'''
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Volta, California|Volta]]'''
|align="right"|246||align="right"|201||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|4||align="right"|29||align="right"|4||align="right"|132
|-
|'''[[Winton, California|Winton]]'''
|align="right"|10,613||align="right"|5,696||align="right"|175||align="right"|140||align="right"|701||align="right"|8||align="right"|3,455||align="right"|438||align="right"|7,566
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Other [[unincorporated area]]s''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''Total Population'''||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]''' ||style="text-align:center;"| '''two or more races''' ||style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|40,403||align="right"|27,020||align="right"|1,183||align="right"|419||align="right"|1,962||align="right"|90||align="right"|8,269||align="right"|1,460||align="right"|18,001
|}

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 210,554 people, 63,815 households, and 49,775 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|109|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 68,373 housing units at an average density of {{convert|36|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units |units|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 56.2% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 3.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 6.8% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 26.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.7% from two or more races. 45.3% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 6.6% were of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] and 6.0% [[German people|German]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 55.1% spoke [[English language|English]], 35.3% [[Spanish language|Spanish]], 3.2% [[Hmong language|Hmong]], 2.9% [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and 1.0% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as their first language.

There were 63,815 households, out of which 45.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.0% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.25 and the average family size was 3.69.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 34.5% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 99.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,532, and the median income for a family was $38,009. Males had a median income of $31,721 versus $23,911 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,257. About 16.9% of families and 21.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.4% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2008, according to the Lao Family Community, a nonprofit organization, about 8,000 [[Hmong people|Hmong]] lived in Merced County.<ref>Oppenheim, Jamie. "[http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/03/29/1366628/hmong-youth-not-preserving-traditions.html Hmong youth not preserving traditions, professor says] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608185151/http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/03/29/1366628/hmong-youth-not-preserving-traditions.html |date=June 8, 2010 }}." Monday March 29, 2010. Retrieved on September 20, 2010.</ref>

== Government and policing==
=== County government===
Merced County is a California Constitution defined general law county and is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors. The Board consists of five members, elected by districts, who serve four-year staggered terms.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.co.merced.ca.us/index.aspx?NID=61
| title = Board of Supervisors
| publisher = Merced County, CA
| access-date = January 5, 2015}}</ref>

===Merced County Sheriff ===
The Merced County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner service for the entire county. It provides patrol, detective, and other police services for the unincorporated parts of the county. The main sheriff station and offices are at Merced. There are two sheriff's substations. A Grand Jury report in 2010 stated that the Sheriff processed 12,746 average jail bookings per year with an average daily jail population of 1,123.<ref>Grand Jury report 2010 website</ref>

===Municipal police departments===
Municipal police departments in the county are: Merced, population 83,000; Los Banos, population 38,000; Atwater, population 30,000; Livingston, population 13,000; Gustine, population 6,000; Dos Palos, population 5,500.

=== State and federal representation ===
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Merced County is in {{Representative|cacd|13|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|13|access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature]], Merced County is in {{Representative|caad|21|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|12|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
| title = Communities of Interest — County
| publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
| access-date = September 28, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
| archive-date = October 23, 2015
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

== Politics ==

=== Voter registration statistics ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 253,606
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-10-31.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 98,874
| 39.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 43,981
| 44.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 32,767
| 33.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| '''+11,214'''
| '''+11.4%'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 3,016
| 3.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 568
| 0.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 483
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 318
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 2
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 180
| 0.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 17,559
| 17.8%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/> <ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Atwater, California|Atwater]] || 27,922 || 41.0% || 39.4% || 37.4% || '''+2.0%''' || 8.2% || 18.3%
|-
| [[Dos Palos, California|Dos Palos]] || 4,940 || 38.0% || 44.4% || 35.0% || '''+9.4%''' || 9.9% || 14.9%
|-
| [[Gustine, California|Gustine]] || 5,484 || 38.3% || 48.2% || 30.3% || '''+17.9%''' || 7.7% || 17.0%
|-
| [[Livingston, California|Livingston]] || 12,899 || 34.6% || 62.2% || 15.9% || '''+46.3%''' || 4.9% || 18.9%
|-
| [[Los Banos, California|Los Banos]] || 35,252 || 37.6% || 50.1% || 27.6% || '''+22.5%''' || 7.8% || 17.7%
|-
| [[Merced, California|Merced]] || 78,111 || 41.0% || 46.4% || 30.2% || '''+16.2%''' || 8.2% || 18.3%
|}

=== Overview ===
Merced County voted for the winning candidate for president in every election from 1972 to 2012, before voting for [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016. Democrat [[Barack Obama]] won a majority in the county in both [[United States presidential election in California, 2008|2008]] and [[United States presidential election in California, 2012|2012]]. Republican [[George W. Bush]] won a majority in the county in both [[United States presidential election in California, 2000|2000]] and [[United States presidential election in California, 2004|2004]].

{{PresHead|place=Merced County, California|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>}}

{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|39,397|48,991|2,605|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|28,725|37,317|4,747|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|27,581|33,005|1,636|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|28,704|34,031|1,316|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|32,773|24,491|696|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|26,102|22,726|1,590|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|20,847|21,786|4,305|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|17,981|20,133|11,170|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|21,717|20,105|592|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|24,997|17,012|468|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|18,043|15,886|3,067|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|14,842|16,637|729|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|17,737|13,914|997|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|11,595|14,453|2,301|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|8,814|19,431|24|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|11,990|15,545|111|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|11,430|13,366|56|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|13,512|11,639|219|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|7,721|9,959|444|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|6,518|9,192|69|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|6,101|10,501|182|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,230|9,208|230|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,920|7,202|612|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,644|2,970|104|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,573|710|2,466|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,457|1,537|494|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,132|2,637|467|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|10|1,978|2,240|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,107|1,100|276|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|972|863|146|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|811|1,081|58|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|653|1,117|32|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|782|995|195|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|773|972|51|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|809|953|17|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|516|736|4|California}}

According to the California Secretary of State, as of October 20, 2008, there were 97,179 registered voters in Merced County.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Of those, 44,704 (46.0%) are registered Democratic, 35,955 (37.0%) are registered Republican, 3,090 (3.2%) are registered with other political parties, and 13,430 (13.8%) declined to state a political party. Atwater and the unincorporated areas of Merced County have Republican plurality registration advantages. All of the other cities and towns in the county have Democratic pluralities or majorities in voter registration.

Merced County has been somewhat of a bellwether county for presidential elections. Since 1916, it has voted for the winner in each election except in 1956, 1968, and 2016. Despite a leftward shift in recent years, Merced County voted "Yes" in the [[2021 California gubernatorial recall election]] despite the fact that it had voted for Newsom by a margin of 4% in the [[2018 California gubernatorial election]].

== Crime ==
The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 253,606
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes – 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
| 1,658 || 6.54
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 26 || 0.10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 78 || 0.31
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 276 || 1.09
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1,278 || 5.04
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 4,390 || 17.31
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 2,318 || 9.14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note group=note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 5,089 || 20.07
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 903 || 3.56
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 90 || 0.35
|}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! cn="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)]. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Atwater, California|Atwater]] || 28,891 || 180 || 6.23 || 1,400 || 48.46
|-
| [[Dos Palos, California|Dos Palos]] || 5,079 || 59 || 11.62 || 162 || 31.90
|-
| [[Gustine, California|Gustine]] || 5,663 || 24 || 4.24 || 120 || 21.19
|-
| [[Livingston, California|Livingston]] || 13,394 || 74 || 5.52 || 306 || 22.85
|-
| [[Los Banos, California|Los Banos]] || 36,897 || 142 || 3.85 || 1,210 || 32.79
|-
| [[Merced, California|Merced]] || 80,976 || 810 || 10.00 || 4,111 || 50.77
|}

==Economy==
According to America's Labor Market Information System 2014 report,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/majorer/countymajorer.asp?CountyCode=000047|title=Major Employers in California|website=www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref> the companies with the largest employment in Merced are, in alphabetical order:
{{div col}}

*Anberry Rehabilitation Hospital
*Atwater Elementary Teachers
*Bianchi & Sons Packing Co (produce)
*[[E & J Gallo Winery]]
*[[Foster Farms (poultry company)|Foster Farms]]
*Golden Valley Health Center
*[[Hilmar Cheese Company]]
*J. Marchini & Son (farming)
*Liberty Packing Co
*Live Oak Farms (produce)
*Livingston District Office (education)
*Malibu Boats West Inc
*[[McLane Company|McLane Pacific]] (wholesale food services)
*Merced County Human Services
*[[Mercy Medical Center Merced]]
*[[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]]
*[[Quad/Graphics]] (printing)
*Sensient Dehydrated Flavors
*[[University of California, Merced]]
*[[Walmart]]
*Werner Co (ladders)
*Western Marketing & Sales (farming)
*Yosemite Wholesale Warehouse
{{div col end}}

Merced County grows 90% of California's [[sweet potato]] crop,<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/02/food/la-fo-marketnews-online-20121102 "Farmers Markets: Stokes Purple is a sweet potato of mystery", ''Los Angeles Times'', 2 November 2012]</ref> due in part to the efforts of John Buttencourt Avila, called "the father of the sweet potato industry".

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
*[[File:I-5 (CA).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]]
*[[File:California 33.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 33|State Route 33]]
*[[File:California 59.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 59|State Route 59]]
*[[File:California 99.svg|20px]] [[California State Route 99|State Route 99]]
*[[File:California 140.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 140|State Route 140]]
*[[File:California 152.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 152|State Route 152]]
*[[File:California 165.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 165|State Route 165]]

===Public transportation===
*[[Merced County Transit]], or "The Bus," provides local service in Merced as well as connecting service between most cities in Merced County.
*The [[University of California, Merced]], operates its own transit system, Cat Tracks. This system connects with Merced County Transit.
*[[Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System]], or YARTS, connects Merced with [[Yosemite National Park]].
*[[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] buses and [[Amtrak]] trains provide long-distance intercity service.

===Airports===
[[Merced Regional Airport]], located {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of downtown Merced, provides passenger air service. General aviation airports in the county include [[Castle Airport]], [[Gustine Airport]], and [[Los Banos Municipal Airport]].

==Communities==

===Cities===
*[[Atwater, California|Atwater]]
*[[Dos Palos, California|Dos Palos]]
*[[Gustine, California|Gustine]]
*[[Livingston, California|Livingston]]
*[[Los Banos, California|Los Banos]]
*[[Merced, California|Merced]] (county seat)

===[[Census-designated place]]s===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
*[[Ballico, California|Ballico]]
*[[Bear Creek, Merced County, California|Bear Creek]]
*[[Cressey, California|Cressey]]
*[[Delhi, California|Delhi]]
*[[Dos Palos Y, California|Dos Palos Y]]
*[[El Nido, Merced County, California|El Nido]]
*[[Franklin, Merced County, California|Franklin]]
*[[Hilmar-Irwin, California|Hilmar-Irwin]]
*[[Le Grand, California|Le Grand]]
*[[McSwain, California|McSwain]]
*[[Planada, California|Planada]]
*[[Santa Nella, California|Santa Nella]]
*[[Snelling, California|Snelling]]
*[[South Dos Palos, California|South Dos Palos]]
*[[Stevinson, California|Stevinson]]
*[[Tuttle, California|Tuttle]]
*[[University of California-Merced, California (CDP)|University of California Merced]]
*[[Volta, California|Volta]]
*[[Winton, California|Winton]]
{{div col end}}

===Population ranking===

The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Merced County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census|first=Center for New Media and|last=Promotions|website=www.census.gov|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)
!Population (2018 CA Department of Finance)

|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 1
|'''†''' '''[[Merced, California|Merced]]'''
| City
| 78,958
| 86,750
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 2
|'''[[Los Banos, California|Los Banos]]'''
| City
| 35,972
| 40,986
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 3
|'''[[Atwater, California|Atwater]]'''
| City
| 28,168
| 31,235
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 4
|'''[[Livingston, California|Livingston]]'''
| City
| 13,058
| 14,328
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 5
|'''[[Delhi, California|Delhi]]'''
| CDP
| 10,755
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 6
|'''[[Winton, California|Winton]]'''
| CDP
| 10,613
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 7
|'''[[Franklin, Merced County, California|Franklin-Beachwood]]'''
| CDP
| 6,149
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 8
|'''[[Gustine, California|Gustine]]'''
| City
| 5,520
| 5,874
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 9
|'''[[Hilmar-Irwin, California|Hilmar-Irwin]]'''
| CDP
| 5,197
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 10
|'''[[Dos Palos, California|Dos Palos]]'''
| City
| 4,950
| 5,679
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 11
|'''[[Planada, California|Planada]]'''
| CDP
| 4,584
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 12
|'''[[McSwain, California|McSwain]]'''
| CDP
| 4,171
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 13
|'''[[Le Grand, California|Le Grand]]'''
| CDP
| 1,659
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 14
|'''[[South Dos Palos, California|South Dos Palos]]'''
| CDP
| 1,620
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 15
|'''[[Santa Nella, California|Santa Nella]]'''
| CDP
| 1,380
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 16
|'''[[Ballico, California|Ballico]]'''
| CDP
| 406
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 17
|'''[[Cressey, California|Cressey]]'''
| CDP
| 394
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 18
|'''[[El Nido, Merced County, California|El Nido]]'''
| CDP
| 330
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 19
|'''[[Dos Palos Y, California|Dos Palos Y]]'''
| CDP
| 323
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 20
|'''[[Stevinson, California|Stevinson]]'''
| CDP
| 313
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 21
|'''[[Bear Creek, Merced County, California|Bear Creek]]'''
| CDP
| 290
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 22
|'''[[Volta, California|Volta]]'''
| CDP
| 246
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 23
|'''[[Snelling, California|Snelling]]'''
| CDP
| 231
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 24
|'''[[Tuttle, California|Tuttle]]'''
| CDP
| 103
|}

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06047_merced/DC20SD_C06047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Merced County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06047_merced/DC20SD_C06047_SD2MS.txt text list]</ref>

K-12:
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District]]
* [[Delhi Unified School District]]
* [[Gustine Unified School District]]
* [[Hilmar Unified School District]]
* [[Los Banos Unified School District]]
* [[Turlock Unified School District]]
{{div col end}}

Secondary:
* [[Le Grand Union High School District]]
* [[Merced Union High School District]]

Elementary:
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Atwater Elementary School District]]
* [[Ballico-Cressey Elementary School District]]
* [[El Nido Elementary School District]]
* [[Le Grand Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Livingston Union School District]]
* [[McSwain Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Merced City Elementary School District]]
* [[Merced River Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Plainsburg Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Planada Elementary School District]]
* [[Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Weaver Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Winton School District]]
{{div col end}}

[[University of California Merced]] is in the county.

==Places of interest==
The former [[Castle Air Force Base]] and the [[United States Penitentiary, Atwater]] are located in an [[unincorporated area]] near [[Atwater, California|Atwater]].

==See also==
{{Portal|California}}
* [[List of California Historical Landmarks#Merced County|List of California Historical Landmarks]]
* [[List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley]]
* [[List of school districts in Merced County, California]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Merced County, California]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* ''A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California.'' Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892.

==External links==
{{commons category|Merced County, California}}
*{{Official website}}

{{Geographic Location
| Centre = Merced County, California
| North = [[Stanislaus County, California|Stanislaus County]]
| Northeast = [[Tuolumne County, California|Tuolumne County]]
| East = [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa County]]
| Southeast = [[Madera County, California|Madera County]]
| South = [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]
| Southwest = [[San Benito County, California|San Benito County]]
| West = [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]]
| Northwest =
}}
{{Merced County, California}}
{{San Joaquin Valley}}
{{California}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Merced County, California| ]]
[[Category:California counties]]
[[Category:San Joaquin Valley]]
[[Category:1855 establishments in California]]

Fresno County, California

2023-12-16T22:32:56Z

71.67.71.122: /* Politics */Wilson won the county in 1912 because Progressive won 8,839 votes and you’re adding other 3rd party votes

{{short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Fresno County, California
| official_name = County of Fresno
| native_name =
| other_name =
| settlement_type = [[County (United States)|County]]
| image_skyline = {{photomontage
| photo1a = Fresno county courthouse.jpg
| photo2a = Millerton Lake State Recreation Area 3.jpg
| photo3a = Courtright Reservoir 2.jpg

| spacing = 1
| size = 280
| foot_montage = Top to bottom: [[Fresno County Courthouse]], [[Millerton Lake]], [[Courtright Reservoir]]
}}
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_size =
| image_seal = Seal of Fresno County, California.png
| seal_size =
| named_for = The city of [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "ash tree")
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of California|Region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[San Joaquin Valley]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Combined Statistical Area|Metro area]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Metropolitan Fresno|Fresno–Madera]]
| seat_type = [[County seat]]
| seat = [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]
| seat1_type = Largest city
| seat1 = Fresno
| parts_type = Incorporated cities
| parts = 15
| unit_pref = US
| area_total_sq_mi = 6011
| area_land_sq_mi = 5958
| area_water_sq_mi = 53

| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2727 |title=North Palisade |publisher=Peakbagger.com |access-date=March 27, 2015}}</ref>
| elevation_max_ft = 14248
| elevation_min_footnotes =
| elevation_min_ft =

| government_type = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
| governing_body = [[Government of Fresno County, California|Board of Supervisors]]
| leader_title1 = Chair
| leader_name1 = Sal Quintero
| leader_title2 = Vice Chair
| leader_name2 = Nathan Magsig
| leader_title3 = Board of Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/board-of-supervisors | title=Board of Supervisors | County of Fresno }}</ref>
| leader_name3 = {{Collapsible list
| title = Supervisors
| frame_style = border:none; padding:0;
| list_style = text-align:left;
| 1 = Brian Pacheco
| 2 = Steve Brandau
| 3 = Sal Quintero
| 4 = Buddy Mendes
| 5 = Nathan Magsig
}}
| leader_title4 = County Administrative Officer
| leader_name4 = Paul Nerland

| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020 Census]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Pop2020">{{cite web|last=Star|first=Indianapolis|title=Fresno County, California Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census|url=https://data.indystar.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/fresno-county-california/050-06019/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en}}</ref>
| population_total = 1,008,654
| pop_est_as_of =
| pop_est_footnotes =
| population_est =
| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| demographics_type2 = Gross Domestic Product
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="bea.gov">{{cite web |url = https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/lagdp1223.pdf |title = Gross Domestic Product by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022|publisher = [[Bureau of Economic Analysis]] |website = www.bea.gov}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1 = Total
|demographics2_info1 = US$45.388 billion (2022)
| established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date = 1856
| coordinates = {{coord|36.75|-119.65|type:adm2nd_region:US-CA_source:UScensus1990|display=inline,title}}
| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code =
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code = [[Area code 559|559]]
| image_map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=250|frame-align=center|type=shape-inverse|stroke-color=#808080|fill=#808080|fill-opacity=0.4|zoom=7}}
| map_caption = Interactive map of Fresno County
| image_map1 = Map of California highlighting Fresno County.svg
| mapsize1 = 200px
| map_caption1 = Location in the state of California
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 06-019
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info_sec1 = {{GNIS 4|277274}}
| blank_name_sec2 = Congressional districts
| blank_info_sec2 = [[California's 5th congressional district|5th]], [[California's 13th congressional district|13th]], [[California's 20th congressional district|20th]], [[California's 21st congressional district|21st]]
| website = {{URL|www.co.fresno.ca.us}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Fresno County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|ɛ|z|n|oʊ|audio=En-us-fresno.ogg}}), officially the '''County of Fresno''', is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[Northern California|central portion]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 Census]], the population was 1,008,654.<ref name="Pop2020"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Fresno County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06019|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Fresno, California|Fresno]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> the fifth-most populous city in California.

Fresno County comprises the Fresno, CA [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is part of the Fresno–[[Madera, California|Madera]], CA [[Metropolitan Fresno|Combined Statistical Area]]. It is located in the [[California Central Valley|Central Valley]], south of [[Stockton, California|Stockton]] and north of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]. Since 2010, statewide [[droughts in California]] have further strained both Fresno County's and the entire Central Valley's [[water security]].<ref name="water.ca.gov">{{cite web |url=https://water.ca.gov/News/Blog/2022/March-22/Groundwater-Management-and-Drought-An-Interview-with-the-San-Joaquin-Valley-Partnership |title=Groundwater Management and Drought: An Interview with the San Joaquin Valley Partnership |website=water.ca.gov |access-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref><ref name="amp.sacbee.com">{{cite news |url=https://amp.sacbee.com/news/california/water-and-drought/article260869722.html |title=Southern California gets drastic water cutbacks amid drought. What's next for Sacramento? |first=Michael |last=Mcgough |date=April 29, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |access-date=May 1, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The area now known as Fresno County was the traditional homeland of [[Yokuts]] and [[Mono tribe|Mono]] peoples, and was later settled by Spaniards during a search for suitable mission sites. In 1846, this area became part of the United States as a result of the Mexican War.

Fresno County was formed in 1856 from parts of [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa]], [[Merced County, California|Merced]] and [[Tulare County, California|Tulare]] counties. ''Fresno'' is [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "ash tree"<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA132 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | page=132}}</ref> and it was in recognition of the abundance of the shrubby local ash, ''[[Fraxinus dipetala]]'', growing along the [[San Joaquin River]] that it received its name. Parts of Fresno County's territory were given to [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] in 1861 and to [[Madera County, California|Madera County]] in 1893. The original [[county seat]] was along the San Joaquin River in [[Millerton, Madera County, California|Millerton]], but was moved to the rapidly growing town of Fresno on the newly built Southern Pacific Railroad line after a flood destroyed much of the town.{{citation needed|date = June 2013}}

The settling of Fresno County was not without its conflicts, land disputes, and other natural disasters. Floods caused immeasurable damage elsewhere and fires also plagued the settlers of Fresno County. In 1882, the greatest of the early day fires wiped out an entire block of the city of Fresno, and was followed by another devastating blaze in 1883.

At the same time residents brought [[irrigation]], electricity, and extensive [[agriculture]] to the area. In 1865, [[William Helm]] brought his sheep to Fresno county, which was then a vast space of open land. Helm was the largest individual sheep grower in Fresno County. Moses Church developed the first [[canals]], called "Church Ditches," for [[irrigation]]. These [[canals]] allowed extensive cultivation of [[wheat]]. Francis Eisen, leader of the wine industry in Fresno County, also began the [[raisin]] industry in 1875, when he accidentally let some of his grapes dry on the vine. Anthony Easterby and Clovis Cole developed extensive grain and cattle ranches. These and other citizens laid the groundwork for the cultivation of Fresno County – now one of the nation's leading agricultural regions. In more recent times cotton became a major crop in Fresno and the southern San Joaquin Valley, but recent drought and lower demand have lessened cotton's importance to the local economy.{{citation needed|date = June 2013}}

The discovery of oil in the western part of the county, near the town of [[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]] at the foot of the [[Coast Ranges]], brought about an economic boom in the 1900s (decade), even though the field itself was known at least as early as the 1860s. By 1910, [[Coalinga Oil Field]], the largest field in Fresno County, was the most richly productive oil field in California; a dramatic [[oil gusher]] in 1909, the biggest in California up until that time, was an event of sufficient excitement to cause the [[Los Angeles Stock Exchange]] to close for a day so that its members could come by train to view it. The Coalinga field continues to produce oil, and is currently the eighth-largest field in the state.<ref>[http://www.coalingachamber.com/history.html History of the Coalinga area] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501034457/http://www.coalingachamber.com/history.html |date=May 1, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170525054318/ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/oil/annual_reports/2006/0102stats_06.pdf California Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics, Annual Report, December 31, 2006], p. 66-67 (2–3 in PDF file)</ref>

More than thirty structures in Fresno County are on the National Register of Historic Places, including the [[Old Fresno Water Tower|Fresno Water Tower]], which once held over {{convert|250,000|USgal|m3}} of water for the city of Fresno, the [[Meux Home]], and [[Kearney Park (Fresno)|Kearney Mansion Museum]].{{citation needed|date = June 2013}}

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|6011|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|5958|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|53|sqmi}} (0.9%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Fresno County consists of about 38 smaller towns including Fresno, Selma, Parlier, Clovis, Reedly, Sanger, Kerman, Kingsburg, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Calwa, Friant, Mendota, Fowler, Shaver lake, San Joaquin, Orange Cove, Del Ray, Yokuts Valley, Auberry, Huron, Caruthers, Riverdale, Laton, Big Creek, Tranquility, Biola, Raisin City, Easton, Three Rocks, Cantou Creek, Lanare, Minkler, Mayfair, Malaga, Bowles, Monmouth, and West Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Towns and Cities in Fresno County, California, United States, Maps and Steet Views, Geographic.org |url=https://geographic.org/streetview/usa/ca/fresno/index.html |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=geographic.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fresno County · California |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fresno+County,+CA/@36.719115,-120.0172297,10z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8094e100be14836f:0xdd1447472d57b4d7!8m2!3d36.9858984!4d-119.2320784!16zL20vMGtxMzk?entry=ttu |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Fresno County · California |language=en}}</ref>

Major [[watercourse]]s are the [[San Joaquin River]], [[Kings River (California)|Kings River]], [[Delta-Mendota Canal]], [[Big Creek (San Joaquin River)|Big Creek]], [[Friant Kern Canal]], [[Helm Canal]] and [[Madera Canal]]. It is bordered on the west by the [[California Coast Ranges|Coast Range]] and on the east by the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. It is the center of a large agricultural area, known as the most agriculturally rich county in the [[United States]]. The county withdrew {{convert|3.7|e9USgal|m3}} of fresh water per day in 2000, more than any other county in the United States. In recent years, statewide [[droughts in California]] have further strained both Fresno's and the entire Central Valley's [[water security]].<ref name="water.ca.gov"/><ref name="amp.sacbee.com"/>

Fresno County is part of the [[Madera AVA]] [[List of wine-producing regions|wine region]]. However, Fresno was named after two particular ash trees that grew near the town of Minkler on the Kings River, one of which is still alive and standing.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

===National protected areas===
* [[Giant Sequoia National Monument]] (part)
* [[Kings Canyon National Park]] (part)
* [[Sequoia National Forest]] (part)
* [[Sierra National Forest]] (part)

===Geology===
A number of [[mineral]]s have been discovered in the county, including [[macdonaldite]], [[krauskopfite]], [[walstromite]], [[fresnoite]], [[verplanckite]], [[muirite]], [[traskite]], and [[kampfite]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Alfors|first=John T.|title=Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California|journal=American Mineralogist|date=March–April 1965|volume=50|pages=314–340|url=http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM50/AM50_314.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|display-authors=4|last1=Basciano|first1=Laurel C.|last2=Groat|first2=Lee A.|last3=Roberts|first3=Andrew C.|last4=Grice|first4=Joel D.|last5=Dunning|first5=Gail E.|last6=Foord|first6=Eugene E.|last7=Kjarsgaard|first7=Ingrid M.|last8=Walstrom|first8=Robert E.|title=Kampfite, a new barium silicate carbonate mineral species from Fresno County, California|journal=The Canadian Mineralogist|year=2001|volume=39|issue=4|pages=1053–1058|doi=10.2113/gscanmin.39.4.1053|url=http://rruff.info/doclib/cm/vol39/CM39_1053.pdf|citeseerx=10.1.1.553.8742}}</ref>

In October [[2019 in the United States|2019]], the [[Bureau of Land Management]] ended a five-year moratorium on leasing federal land in California to fossil fuel companies, opening 725,000 acres (1100 sq. miles; 29,000 ha) to drilling in [[San Benito County, California|San Benito]], [[Monterey County, California|Monterey]], and Fresno counties.<ref>{{citation|website=Common Dreams|date=Oct 5, 2019|access-date=Oct 5, 2019|title=Merging 'Loyalty to the Oil Industry' and 'Grudge Against California,' Trump Opens 725,000 Acres to Fossil Fuel Drilling |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/05/merging-loyalty-oil-industry-and-grudge-against-california-trump-opens-725000-acres |author=Jake Johnson}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 4605
|1870= 6336
|1880= 9478
|1890= 32026
|1900= 37862
|1910= 75657
|1920= 128779
|1930= 144379
|1940= 178565
|1950= 276515
|1960= 365945
|1970= 413053
|1980= 514621
|1990= 667490
|2000= 799407
|2010= 930450
|2020= 1008654
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> 1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> 1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Fresno County, California - Demographic Profile''' (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!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) - Fresno County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06019&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!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) - Fresno County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06019&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|304,522
|271,889
|32.73%
|26.96%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|45,005
|44,295
|4.84%
|4.39%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|5,979
|6,074
|0.64%
|0.60%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|86,856
|109,665
|9.33%
|10.87%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1,066
|1,233
|0.11%
|0.12%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|1,744
|5,209
|0.19%
|0.52%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|17,208
|29,546
|1.85%
|2.93%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|468,070
|540,743
|50.31%
|53.61%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''930,450'''
|'''1,008,654'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''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 can be of any race.''

===2010 Census===
{{citation needed span|text=The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Fresno County had a population of 930,450.|date=February 2022}} The racial makeup of Fresno County was 515,145 (55.4%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 49,523 (5.3%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 15,649 (1.7%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 89,357 (9.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (3.3% Hmong, 1.7% Asian Indian, 1.0% Filipino, 0.8% Laotian, 0.6% Chinese, 0.5% Japanese, 0.5% Cambodian, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% Korean, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Thai), 1,405 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 217,085 (23.3%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 42,286 (4.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 468,070 persons (50.3%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref> 46.0% of Fresno County's population is of Mexican descent; 0.7% of its residents are Salvadoran, and 0.3% of its residents are Puerto Rican.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!colspan="10"|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
|{{center|'''The County'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|''' Fresno County'''
|align="right"|930,450||align="right"|515,145||align="right"|49,523||align="right"|15,649||align="right"|89,357||align="right"|1,405||align="right"|217,085||align="right"|42,286||align="right"|468,070
|-
|{{center|'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated cities]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Clovis, California|Clovis]]'''
|align="right"|95,631||align="right"|67,758||align="right"|2,618||align="right"|1,320||align="right"|10,233||align="right"|218||align="right"|8,857||align="right"|4,627||align="right"|24,514
|-
|'''[[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]]'''
|align="right"|13,380||align="right"|7,734||align="right"|549||align="right"|171||align="right"|407||align="right"|36||align="right"|3,937||align="right"|546||align="right"|7,161
|-
|'''[[Firebaugh, California|Firebaugh]]'''
|align="right"|7,549||align="right"|4,715||align="right"|70||align="right"|116||align="right"|40||align="right"|0||align="right"|2,371||align="right"|237||align="right"|6,887
|-
|'''[[Fowler, California|Fowler]]'''
|align="right"|5,570||align="right"|2,634||align="right"|104||align="right"|136||align="right"|610||align="right"|8||align="right"|1,800||align="right"|278||align="right"|3,687
|-
|'''[[Fresno, California|Fresno]]'''
|align="right"|494,665||align="right"|245,306||align="right"|40,960||align="right"|8,525||align="right"|62,528||align="right"|849||align="right"|111,984||align="right"|24,513||align="right"|232,055
|-
|'''[[Huron, California|Huron]]'''
|align="right"|6,754||align="right"|2,300||align="right"|66||align="right"|77||align="right"|39||align="right"|6||align="right"|3,964||align="right"|302||align="right"|6,527
|-
|'''[[Kerman, California|Kerman]]'''
|align="right"|13,544||align="right"|6,860||align="right"|68||align="right"|173||align="right"|1,091||align="right"|14||align="right"|4,675||align="right"|663||align="right"|9,711
|-
|'''[[Kingsburg, California|Kingsburg]]'''
|align="right"|11,382||align="right"|8,576||align="right"|62||align="right"|146||align="right"|383||align="right"|21||align="right"|1,706||align="right"|488||align="right"|4,883
|-
|'''[[Mendota, California|Mendota]]'''
|align="right"|11,014||align="right"|5,823||align="right"|107||align="right"|153||align="right"|82||align="right"|5||align="right"|4,465||align="right"|379||align="right"|10,643
|-
|'''[[Orange Cove, California|Orange Cove]]'''
|align="right"|9,078||align="right"|3,940||align="right"|72||align="right"|131||align="right"|101||align="right"|3||align="right"|4,481||align="right"|350||align="right"|8,413
|-
|'''[[Parlier, California|Parlier]]'''
|align="right"|14,494||align="right"|7,251||align="right"|85||align="right"|180||align="right"|77||align="right"|9||align="right"|6,387||align="right"|505||align="right"|14,137
|-
|'''[[Reedley, California|Reedley]]'''
|align="right"|24,194||align="right"|14,105||align="right"|169||align="right"|267||align="right"|797||align="right"|8||align="right"|7,850||align="right"|998||align="right"|18,455
|-
|'''[[San Joaquin, California|San Joaquin]]'''
|align="right"|4,001||align="right"|1,966||align="right"|31||align="right"|54||align="right"|37||align="right"|0||align="right"|1,766||align="right"|147||align="right"|3,825
|-
|'''[[Sanger, California|Sanger]]'''
|align="right"|24,270||align="right"|14,454||align="right"|219||align="right"|311||align="right"|758||align="right"|39||align="right"|7,645||align="right"|844||align="right"|19,537
|-
|'''[[Selma, California|Selma]]'''
|align="right"|23,219||align="right"|12,869||align="right"|284||align="right"|479||align="right"|1,057||align="right"|9||align="right"|7,630||align="right"|891||align="right"|18,014
|-
|{{center|'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated places]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Auberry, California|Auberry]]'''
|align="right"|2,369||align="right"|2,048||align="right"|10||align="right"|105||align="right"|24||align="right"|2||align="right"|68||align="right"|112||align="right"|309
|-
|'''[[Big Creek, California|Big Creek]]'''
|align="right"|175||align="right"|158||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|3||align="right"|7||align="right"|27
|-
|'''[[Biola, California|Biola]]'''
|align="right"|1,623||align="right"|510||align="right"|6||align="right"|43||align="right"|316||align="right"|2||align="right"|692||align="right"|54||align="right"|1,196
|-
|'''[[Bowles, California|Bowles]]'''
|align="right"|166||align="right"|108||align="right"|6||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|43||align="right"|7||align="right"|71
|-
|'''[[Calwa, California|Calwa]]'''
|align="right"|2,052||align="right"|995||align="right"|24||align="right"|67||align="right"|43||align="right"|9||align="right"|846||align="right"|68||align="right"|1,848
|-
|'''[[Cantua Creek, California|Cantua Creek]]'''
|align="right"|466||align="right"|244||align="right"|5||align="right"|3||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|199||align="right"|14||align="right"|461
|-
|'''[[Caruthers, California|Caruthers]]'''
|align="right"|2,497||align="right"|1,224||align="right"|14||align="right"|38||align="right"|221||align="right"|0||align="right"|904||align="right"|96||align="right"|1,591
|-
|'''[[Centerville, Fresno County, California|Centerville]]'''
|align="right"|392||align="right"|321||align="right"|1||align="right"|9||align="right"|20||align="right"|0||align="right"|33||align="right"|8||align="right"|99
|-
|'''[[Del Rey, California|Del Rey]]'''
|align="right"|1,639||align="right"|740||align="right"|7||align="right"|11||align="right"|34||align="right"|0||align="right"|814||align="right"|33||align="right"|1,534
|-
|'''[[Easton, California|Easton]]'''
|align="right"|2,083||align="right"|1,248||align="right"|13||align="right"|58||align="right"|68||align="right"|0||align="right"|593||align="right"|103||align="right"|1,308
|-
|'''[[Fort Washington, California|Fort Washington]]'''
|align="right"|233||align="right"|209||align="right"|4||align="right"|1||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|11||align="right"|26
|-
|'''[[Friant, California|Friant]]'''
|align="right"|509||align="right"|433||align="right"|4||align="right"|14||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|11||align="right"|40||align="right"|63
|-
|'''[[Lanare, California|Lanare]]'''
|align="right"|589||align="right"|181||align="right"|57||align="right"|5||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|300||align="right"|44||align="right"|519
|-
|'''[[Laton, California|Laton]]'''
|align="right"|1,824||align="right"|1,001||align="right"|4||align="right"|13||align="right"|10||align="right"|0||align="right"|744||align="right"|52||align="right"|1,393
|-
|'''[[Malaga, California|Malaga]]'''
|align="right"|947||align="right"|418||align="right"|12||align="right"|15||align="right"|11||align="right"|2||align="right"|464||align="right"|25||align="right"|891
|-
|'''[[Mayfair, Fresno County, California|Mayfair]]'''
|align="right"|4,589||align="right"|2,030||align="right"|169||align="right"|99||align="right"|310||align="right"|14||align="right"|1,738||align="right"|229||align="right"|3,010
|-
|'''[[Minkler, California|Minkler]]'''
|align="right"|1,003||align="right"|818||align="right"|4||align="right"|20||align="right"|23||align="right"|0||align="right"|108||align="right"|30||align="right"|302
|-
|'''[[Monmouth, California|Monmouth]]'''
|align="right"|152||align="right"|82||align="right"|6||align="right"|1||align="right"|5||align="right"|0||align="right"|47||align="right"|11||align="right"|107
|-
|'''[[Old Fig Garden, California|Old Fig Garden]]'''
|align="right"|5,365||align="right"|4,000||align="right"|105||align="right"|54||align="right"|209||align="right"|10||align="right"|733||align="right"|254||align="right"|1,532
|-
|'''[[Raisin City, California|Raisin City]]'''
|align="right"|380||align="right"|123||align="right"|5||align="right"|31||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|203||align="right"|12||align="right"|308
|-
|'''[[Riverdale, California|Riverdale]]'''
|align="right"|3,153||align="right"|1,826||align="right"|33||align="right"|59||align="right"|27||align="right"|5||align="right"|1,051||align="right"|152||align="right"|2,106
|-
|'''[[Shaver Lake, California|Shaver Lake]]'''
|align="right"|634||align="right"|611||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|8||align="right"|7||align="right"|44
|-
|'''[[Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California|Squaw Valley]]'''
|align="right"|3,162||align="right"|2,700||align="right"|30||align="right"|77||align="right"|47||align="right"|2||align="right"|159||align="right"|147||align="right"|525
|-
|'''[[Sunnyside, Fresno County, California|Sunnyside]]'''
|align="right"|4,235||align="right"|2,687||align="right"|176||align="right"|58||align="right"|467||align="right"|6||align="right"|640||align="right"|201||align="right"|1,525
|-
|'''[[Tarpey Village, California|Tarpey Village]]'''
|align="right"|3,888||align="right"|2,868||align="right"|77||align="right"|59||align="right"|261||align="right"|3||align="right"|452||align="right"|168||align="right"|1,219
|-
|'''[[Three Rocks, California|Three Rocks]]'''
|align="right"|246||align="right"|129||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|102||align="right"|14||align="right"|235
|-
|'''[[Tranquillity, California|Tranquillity]]'''
|align="right"|799||align="right"|504||align="right"|9||align="right"|13||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|251||align="right"|20||align="right"|637
|-
|'''[[West Park, California|West Park]]'''
|align="right"|1,157||align="right"|602||align="right"|32||align="right"|32||align="right"|54||align="right"|1||align="right"|370||align="right"|66||align="right"|879
|-
|{{center|'''Other [[unincorporated area]]s'''}} ||{{center|'''Total Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] (of any race)'''}}
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|125,378||align="right"|80,036||align="right"|3,245||align="right"|2,517||align="right"|8,933||align="right"|124||align="right"|25,990||align="right"|4,533||align="right"|55,856
|}

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2011-05-14 |title=U.S. Census website |df=mdy }}</ref> of 2000, there were 799,407 people, 252,940 households, and 186,669 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|134|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. There were 270,767 housing units at an average density of {{convert|45|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 54.3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 5.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 8.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 25.9% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.7% from two or more races. 44.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. In terms of ancestry, the county was 7.5% [[german people|German]], 6.6% [[Irish people|Irish]], 6.3% [[English people|English]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 59.3% spoke [[English language|English]], 31.5% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and 3.1% [[Hmong language|Hmong]] as their first language.

There were 252,940 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 20.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.59.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,725, and the median income for a family was $38,455. Males had a median income of $33,375 versus $26,501 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,495. About 17.6% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 31.7% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

Fresno County is also known for having the highest rate of [[chlamydia trachomatis|chlamydia]] in the state. In 2006 it had 545.2 cases per 100,000 people, compared with the statewide average of 363.5.

==Metropolitan Statistical Area==
The [[United States Office of Management and Budget]] has designated Fresno County as the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.<ref name="OMB_13-01">{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/bulletins/2013/b13-01.pdf|title=OMB Bulletin No. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas|date=February 28, 2013|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[Office of Management and Budget]]|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> The [[United States Census Bureau]] ranked the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as the [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|56th most populous]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|metropolitan statistical area]] of the United States as of July 1, 2012.<ref name=PopEstCBSA>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-01.csv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401093220/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-01.csv |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2013 |title=Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |work=2012 Population Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=March 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The Office of Management and Budget has further designated the Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area as a component of the more extensive [[Fresno–Madera, CA Combined Statistical Area]],<ref name="OMB_13-01"/> the [[List of Combined Statistical Areas|49th most populous]] [[combined statistical area]] and the [[List of United States primary statistical areas|55th most populous]] [[United States primary statistical area|primary statistical area]] of the United States as of July 1, 2012.<ref name=PopEstCBSA/><ref name=PopEstCSA>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02.csv|title=Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]]|work=2012 Population Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division|date=March 2013|access-date=March 20, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517083619/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2012/tables/CBSA-EST2012-02.csv|archive-date=May 17, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Government and policing==
===Government===

The [[Government of Fresno County, California|Government of Fresno County]] is defined and authorized under the [[California Constitution]], [[California law|law]], and the Charter of the County of Fresno. Much of the Government of California is in practice the responsibility of county governments, such as the Government of Fresno County. The County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. In addition the County serves as the local government for all unincorporated areas.

The County government is composed of the elected five-member Board of Supervisors, several other elected offices including the [[Fresno County Sheriff|Sheriff]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/12/26/4303331/longtime-fresno-county-coroner.html |title=Longtime Fresno County Coroner Retires as Controversy Still Simmers |access-date=March 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095116/http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/12/26/4303331/longtime-fresno-county-coroner.html |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> District Attorney, Assessor-Recorder, Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector, and Clerk/Registrar of Voters, and numerous county departments and entities under the supervision of the County Administrator. As of February 2018 the members of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/Departments.aspx?id=122 |title=County of Fresno – Board of Supervisors |publisher=Fresno County |access-date=2016-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327214902/http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/Departments.aspx?id=122 |archive-date=March 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

* Brian Pacheco, District 1
* Steve Brandau, District 2
* Sal Quintero, District 3,
* Buddy Mendes, District 4
* Nathan Magsig, District 5

===Policing===
====County Sheriff====
The Fresno County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for all of Fresno County and its population of approximately of 994,400 residents. They operate the [[Fresno County Jail]] in downtown Fresno. The department provides police patrol and detective services for the unincorporated areas of the county which encompasses approximately 250,000 residents, or 25% of the county's total population. The department also provides law enforcement services by contract with the city of [[San Joaquin, California|San Joaquin]], population 4100.

====Municipal police====
Municipal police departments in the county are: Fresno, population 500,000; Clovis, 110,000; Sanger, 25,000; Reedley, 24,000;
Selma, 23,000; Coalinga, 17,000; Kerman, 14,000; Kingsburg, 12,000; Huron, 7,000; Firebaugh, 8,500; Fowler, 6,500.

==Politics==

=== Overview ===
Fresno County's voter registration shows a majority of [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] voters.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=26311
|title = Fresno County Secretary of State Statement of Certification
|access-date = June 16, 2018
|archive-date = May 17, 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230517012739/https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=26311
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
Presidential elections have been competitive in recent decades. In [[United States presidential election in California, 2020|2020]], [[Joe Biden]] became the first Democratic presidential candidate since [[Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]] to win a majority of the vote in Fresno County.

The cities of [[Clovis, California|Clovis]], [[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]], and [[Kingsburg, California|Kingsburg]] voted overwhelmingly for Governor [[Mitt Romney]]. [[Reedley, California|Reedley]] did so by much lesser margins and is now a GOP-leaning "swing" city in the county. [[Huron, California|Huron]], [[Mendota, California|Mendota]], [[Orange Cove, California|Orange Cove]], [[Parlier, California|Parlier]], [[Fowler, California|Fowler]], [[Firebaugh, California|Firebaugh]], [[Fresno, California|Fresno]], [[Kerman, California|Kerman]], [[Sanger, California|Sanger]], [[Selma, California|Selma]] and [[San Joaquin, California|San Joaquin]] voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

According to the [[California Secretary of State]], in October 2012 there were 410,188 registered voters in Fresno County. 158,267 (38.6%) were registered Republican, 164,663 (40.1%) were registered Democratic, 19,841 (4.8%) are registered with other political parties, and 67,417 (16.4%) declined to state a political party.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} Republicans have a plurality or majority of voter roll registration in the cities of Clovis, Coalinga, Kingsburg, Reedley, and the unincorporated areas. The other cities and towns have Democratic pluralities or majorities.

From Fresno County's incorporation in 1856, it voted Democratic in every election until the 1904 election in California, when President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] stood for re-election. Fresno County backed Roosevelt over his Democratic opponent [[Alton B. Parker]]. This did not immediately change the county's voting tendencies, however. It supported southern Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]] in the elections of 1912 and 1916.

Fresno County was generally Republican from the onset of the "roaring 1920s" until the Great Depression, when former President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] forged the New Deal Coalition that benefitted the agrarian county. From 1932 till 1976 the county consistently voted [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]], barring [[Richard Nixon]]'s landslide victory over former Senator [[George McGovern]] (D-SD) in the 1972 Presidential Election.

With former President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s defeat by former [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]], Fresno became a GOP-leaning swing county: it barely favored Reagan's successor former President [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]] and voted Democratic for [[Bill Clinton]] only in his 1992 presidential bid. Republicans won elections in Fresno County by increasing margins from 1996 to 2004, but when the GOP lost ground with [[Hispanic]] voters after 2004, the county swung Democratic, voting twice for Barack Obama, and then for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Until the 2020 election, with [[Joe Biden]] winning nearly 53% of the vote, the last time the Democratic nominee won with an absolute majority of the vote was the 1964 election.

{{PresHead|place=Fresno County, California|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref>}}

{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|164,464|193,025|7,428|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|124,049|141,341|21,672|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|124,490|129,129|6,078|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|131,015|136,706|5,731|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|141,988|103,154|2,321|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|117,342|95,059|8,434|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|98,813|94,448|15,132|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|89,137|92,418|37,606|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|94,835|92,635|2,400|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|104,757|86,315|1,864|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|82,515|65,254|13,617|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|72,533|74,958|3,314|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|79,051|72,682|4,986|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|59,901|65,153|12,342|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|46,792|89,375|141|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|57,930|72,164|608|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|51,611|67,234|270|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|54,626|56,135|837|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|30,379|47,762|3,524|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|22,668|40,769|425|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|21,079|48,866|805|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|11,545|42,859|722|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|12,134|32,528|1,875|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|20,687|16,884|527|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|15,635|4,610|15,282|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|14,621|9,613|2,179|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|11,707|14,241|2,560|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|95|8,891|11,710|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|6,384|4,743|1,418|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|4,929|2,815|1,092|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,585|3,590|398|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,686|3,790|203|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|3,031|3,453|1,669|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|2,461|2,822|209|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,314|1,704|119|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|613|1,133|8|California}}

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Fresno County is split among four congressional districts:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_cd_finaldraft_splits.zip
|title = Counties by County and by District
|publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
|access-date = September 24, 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130930184128/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_cd_finaldraft_splits.zip
|archive-date = September 30, 2013
|url-status = dead
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* {{Representative|cacd|5|fmt=district}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|4|access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>
* {{Representative|cacd|13|fmt=district}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|16|access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>
* {{Representative|cacd|20|fmt=district}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|21|access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>
* {{Representative|cacd|21|fmt=district}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|22|access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref>

In the [[California State Senate]], the county is split among 3 legislative districts:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
|title = Communities of Interest — County
|publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
|access-date = September 28, 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
|archive-date = October 23, 2015
|url-status = dead
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* {{Representative|casd|8|fmt=sdistrict}},
* {{Representative|casd|12|fmt=sdistrict}}, and
* {{Representative|casd|14|fmt=sdistrict}}.

In the [[California State Assembly]], Fresno County is split between {{Representative|caad|23|fmt=adistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|31|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_ad_finaldraft_splits.zip
|title = Communities of Interest — County
|publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
|access-date = September 28, 2014
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054757/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_ad_finaldraft_splits.zip
|archive-date = October 23, 2015
|url-status = dead
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>

Fresno tends to remain socially conservative while being more moderate on economic issues, which can be seen in Fresno's support for socially conservative proposition amendments but occasionally voting for a Democratic Presidential Candidate if economic times are poor such as former President Bill Clinton's victory over incumbent former President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and President Barack Obama over [[John McCain|Senator John McCain]] in 2008.

As of 2022, elections for president lean Democratic. Statewide races have historically been competitive. Elections for governor are considered safe for Republicans. This is a somewhat unusual difference in voting patterns for a California county. For example, although Fresno County gave a majority of its votes to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and has voted for the Democrat running for president ever since 2008, it voted “Yes” in the [[2021 California gubernatorial recall election]] and has voted for the Republican candidate for governor in every election since 1978.

On November 4, 2008, Fresno County voted 68.6% for [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]], which amended the [[California Constitution]] to ban [[same-sex marriage]]s.

=== Voter registration statistics ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="CA-DOF-2020E1">State of California. Department of Finance. Forecasting. Demographics. "E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State — January 1, 2019 and 2020" http://dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/Estimates/E-1/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218231040/http://www.dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/Estimates/E-1/ |date=December 18, 2017 }} . Retrieved 2020-11-12.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 1,023,358
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Registered voters<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV">County of Fresno. Registrar of Voters. [https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=50625 October 19, 2020 - Statement of Registration Certification] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117153129/https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=50625 |date=November 17, 2020 }}. Retrieved 2020-11-12.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 496,482
| 48.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 195,697
| 39.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Republican<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 161,696
| 32.6%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| '''+34,001'''
| '''+6.8%'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     American Independent<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 16,558
| 3.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Green<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 1,462
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Libertarian<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 4,252
| 0.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 2,542
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Unknown<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 2,304
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     Other<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 4,197
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |     No party preference<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
| 107,774
| 21.7%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
| '''City''' || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''Population'''<ref name="CA-DOF-2020E1"/> || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''Registered voters'''<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/> <ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/> || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''Democratic'''<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/> || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''Republican'''<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/> || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''D–R spread'''<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/> || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''Other'''<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/> || ! data-sort-type="number" | '''No party preference'''<ref name="CA-FRE-ROV"/>
|-
| [[Clovis, California|Clovis]] || 116,609 || 61.9% || 29.8% || 44.7% || '''-14.9%''' || 6.5% || 18.9%
|-
| [[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]] || 16,944 || 34.1% || 34.7% || 32.5% || '''+2.2%''' || 7.0% || 25.7%
|-
| [[Firebaugh, California|Firebaugh]] || 7,980 || 37.7% || 51.7% || 15.9% || '''+35.8%''' || 5.5% || 26.8%
|-
| [[Fowler, California|Fowler]] || 6,220 || 57.7% || 41.1% || 38.4% || '''+2.7%''' || 5.7% || 24.9%
|-
| [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] || 542,012 || 48.5% || 43.2% || 27.2% || '''+16.0%''' || 6.5% || 23.1%
|-
| [[Huron, California|Huron]] || 7,302 || 16.4% || 57.4% || 11.4% || '''+46.0%''' || 5.4% || 25.7%
|-
| [[Kerman, California|Kerman]] || 15,767 || 42.4% || 43.6% || 25.3% || '''+18.3%''' || 6.9% || 24.2%
|-
| [[Kingsburg, California|Kingsburg]] || 12,551 || 57.9% || 24.6% || 51.0% || '''-26.4%''' || 6.3% || 18.2%
|-
| [[Mendota, California|Mendota]] || 12,278 || 23.6% || 60.7% || 12.5% || '''+48.2''' || 3.9% || 22.9%
|-
| [[Orange Cove, California|Orange Cove]] || 9,460 || 33.2% || 56.5% || 13.4% || '''+43.1%''' || 5.5% || 24.5%
|-
| [[Parlier, California|Parlier]] || 15,658 || 30.3% || 56.0% || 13.0% || '''+43.0%''' || 5.0% || 26.0%
|-
| [[Reedley, California|Reedley]] || 25,873 || 40.1% || 39.8% || 32.7% || '''+7.1%''' || 5.9% || 21.7%
|-
| [[San Joaquin, California|San Joaquin]] || 4,144 || 23.8% || 61.5% || 8.7% || '''+52.8%''' || 4.8% || 25.0%
|-
| [[Sanger, California|Sanger]] || 27,005 || 46.0% || 47.9% || 25.1% || '''+22.8%''' || 5.3% || 21.7%
|-
| [[Selma, California|Selma]] || 24,402 || 43.2% || 45.1% || 25.5% || '''+19.6%''' || 5.8% || 23.5%
|}

== Crime ==

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]. Retrieved 2013-10-26.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 920,623
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes – 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-11-14.</ref>
| 4,694 || 5.10
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 69 || 0.07
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 178 || 0.19
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1,453 || 1.58
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 2,994 || 3.25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 20,071 || 21.80
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 7,912 || 8.59
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 21,749 || 23.62
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |   Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 5,491 || 5.96
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 491 || 0.53
|}

==Economy==

===Agriculture===
Agriculture is the primary industry in Fresno County.<ref name="FCFB-stats" /> {{convert|1.88|e6acre|e6ha km2 sqmi|abbr=off}} are under cultivation, almost half the total county area of {{convert|3.84|e6acre|e6ha km2 sqmi|abbr=off}}.<ref name="FCFB-stats" /> Ag production totaled $7.98 billion in 2017, making it the number one agricultural county in the nation.<ref name="FCFB-stats" /> Over 300 different [[crop]]s are grown here.<ref name="FCFB-stats" /> Major crops and livestocks include:

*[[Grape]]s (see also [[Grape in California]])
*[[Cotton]]
*[[Almond]]s
*[[Tomato]]es (see also [[Tomato in California]])
*[[Domestic turkey|Turkey]]s
*[[Cattle]]
*[[Milk]]
*[[Plums]] (see also [[Plum in California]])
*[[orange (fruit)|Oranges]]
*[[Peach]]es (see also [[Peach in California]])
*[[Nectarine]]s (see also [[Nectarine in California]])

The grape harvest brought in $1,046,356,645 in 2017.<ref name="FCFB-stats" /> Production is chronically threatened by the presence of the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter and the disease it carries, Pierce's Disease.<ref name="County-GWSS">{{cite web | access-date=2022-09-09 | year=2011 | website=[[County of Fresno]] | url=https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/agricultural-commissioner/glassy-winged-sharpshooter-dmi | title=Glassy Winged Sharpshooter | archive-date=September 9, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909193739/https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/agricultural-commissioner/glassy-winged-sharpshooter-dmi | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="GWSS-CDFA">{{cite web | access-date=2022-07-13 | title=PDCP - Glassy-winged Sharpshooter | website=CDFA ([[California Department of Food and Agriculture]]) | url=https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/pdcp/Glassy-winged_Sharpshooter.html}}</ref><ref name="CDFA-PDCP">{{cite web | access-date=2022-09-09 | title=PDCP - Maps | website=CDFA | url=https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/pdcp/map_index.html}}</ref><ref name="2021-virtual-Lodi">{{cite web | access-date=2022-09-09 | year=2021 | website=[[YouTube]] | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxFgjTP3osU | title=2021 Virtual Lodi Grape Day}}</ref> See [[Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter in California]] and [[Pierce's Disease in California]].

The peach harvest was worth $264,139,238 in 2017.<ref name="FCFB-stats">{{cite web | title=FCFB | website=FCFB | url=https://www.fcfb.org/fresno-county-agriculture}}</ref>

Fresno is the second highest cotton producer in the state, harvesting 223,443 [[cotton bale|bale]]s in 2017.<ref name="census-2017" /> This is a close second to neighboring [[Kings County, California|Kings]].<ref name="census-2017">{{cite web | access-date=2022-07-29 | date=2017 | title=National Agricultural Statistics Service - 2017 Census of Agriculture - Volume 1, Chapter 1: State Level Data | website=USDA, [[National Agricultural Statistics Service]] | url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Full_Report/Volume_1,_Chapter_1_State_Level/California/}}</ref>

Due to its tremendous agricultural success, the county also has a tremendous problem with [[glyphosate resistance]].<ref name=mares/> Okada ''et al.'', 2013 finds a high degree of resistance in Marestail (''[[Conyza canadensis]]'').<ref name=mares>{{cite journal | year=2018 | issue=1 | publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons Ltd]] ([[Cambridge Philosophical Society]]) | journal=[[Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society]] | issn=1464-7931 | volume=94 | pages=135–155 | last1=Hawkins | first1=Nichola | last2=Bass | first2=Chris | last3=Dixon | first3=Andrea | last4=Neve | first4=Paul | title=The evolutionary origins of pesticide resistance | doi=10.1111/brv.12440 | pmc=6378405 | pmid=29971903 | id=NH {{ORCID|0000-0003-3389-0436}}}} {{cite journal | year=2013 | issue=11 | volume=29 | pages=649–658 | publisher=[[Cell Press]] | journal=[[Trends in Genetics]] | issn=0168-9525 | first3=Valerie | first2=Marie | first1=Christophe | last3=Corre | last2=Jasieniuk | last1=Delye | title=Deciphering the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds | pmid=23830583 | doi=10.1016/j.tig.2013.06.001}} These reviews cite Okada: {{cite journal | year=2013 | issue=5 | volume=6 | pages=761–777 | publisher=[[Blackwell Publishing]] | first8=Marie | first7=Steven | first6=Charles | first5=Anil | first4=Yanhui | first3=Kurt | first2=Bradley | first1=Miki | last7=Wright | last6=Stewart | last5=Shrestha | last4=Peng | last3=Hembree | last2=Hanson | journal=[[Evolutionary Applications]] | issn=1752-4571 | last1=Okada | last8=Jasieniuk | title=Evolution and spread of glyphosate resistance in ''Conyza canadensis'' in California | pmid=29387164 | pmc=5779124 | doi=10.1111/eva.12061}}</ref>

===Companies based in Fresno County===
*[[Gottschalks]] Department Stores (liquidated in 2010 )
*[[Sun-Maid]] Raisins
*[[Pinnacle Armor]], maker of the [[Dragon Skin Body Armor]]
*[[Pelco]], maker of surveillance cameras (acquired by [[Schneider Electric]] October 2007)<ref>{{cite news |title=Purchase of Pelco seen as positive move for the industry | publisher=CLB MEDIA INC | url =http://www.sptnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=726&Itemid=9 | work =SP&T News | access-date = 2008-01-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012183949/http://www.sptnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=726&Itemid=9  |archive-date = 2007-10-12}}</ref>
*[[David Sunflower Seeds]], now part of [[ConAgra Foods]]
*[[Flicks Candy Company]]
*[[Harris Ranch Beef Company]]
*[[JD Food]]
*[[Saladino's Inc]]
*[[National Raisin Company]]
*[[Pacific Ethanol]]
*[[United Security Bank]]
*[[Central Valley Community Bank]]
*[[Electronic Recyclers International]]

===Major employers===

{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Commercial/Industrial
*[[Cargill]]
*[[Kraft Foods]]
*[[Foster Farms Dairy]]
*[[Foster Farms (poultry company)|Foster Farms]]
*[[E & J Gallo Winery]]
*[[Del Monte Foods]]
*[[Pepsi Bottling Group]]
*[[PPG Industries]]
*[[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]]
*[[Pelco]]
*[[Sun-Maid]]
*[[Electronic Recyclers International]]
*[[Saladino's Inc.]]
*[[Grundfos]]
*[[Amazon.com|Amazon]]

{{col-break}}
;Government
*[[Internal Revenue Service]]
*[[Caltrans]]
*[[Mendota Federal Prison]]
*[[Pleasant Valley State Prison]]
*[[Coalinga State Hospital]]
*[[144th Fighter Wing]] of the [[California Air National Guard]]
{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Healthcare
*[[Children's Hospital Central California]]
*[[Community Medical Center - Clovis]]
*[[Coalinga Regional Medical Center]]
*[[Fresno Surgery Center]]
*[[Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno]]
*[[Kingsburg Medical Center]]
*[[San Joaquin Valley Rehabilitation Hospital]]
*[[Saint Agnes Medical Center]]
*[[Sanger General Hospital]]
*[[Selma Community Hospital]]
*[[Sierra Kings Hospital - Reedley]]
*[[University Medical Center - Fresno]]
*[[VA Medical Center - Fresno]]

{{col-break}}
;Nonprofits (community-based organizations)
*Fresno Regional Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnoregfoundation.org |title=fresnoregfoundation.org |publisher=fresnoregfoundation.org |access-date=2013-02-16}}</ref>
*Big Brothers Big Sisters
*[http://www.centralcallegal.org Central California Legal Services]
*Centro La Familia
*Comprehensive Youth Services
*[http://www.fresnorescuemission.org Fresno Rescue Mission]
*[[Marjaree Mason Center]], Inc.
*[[Poverello House]]
*[[United Way of America|United Way]], Fresno County
*Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
{{col-end}}

==Education==
===Tertiary education===
Educational institutions in Fresno County include:

*[[California State University, Fresno]] which opened in 1911.
*[[California Health Sciences University]] is a private university established in 2012. It currently offers a College of Pharmacy and College of Osteopathic Medicine and is committed to health sciences research and improving the access and delivery of quality health care in the San Joaquin Valley.
*[[San Joaquin College of Law]] is a private, nonprofit law school founded in 1969 and located in the City of [[Clovis, California|Clovis]].
*[[Fresno Pacific University]] is a private university in the City of [[Fresno, California|Fresno]].

Within the [[California Community Colleges System]], Fresno County is mostly covered by the [[State Center Community College District]] and the [[West Hills Community College District]]. The following campuses are in Fresno County:<ref>{{cite web
|title = College Listings
|publisher = California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
|url = http://www.cccco.edu/CommunityColleges/CommunityCollegeListings/CollegeListingsAlphabetical/tabid/643/Default.aspx
|access-date = 2010-01-23
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100121000058/http://cccco.edu/CommunityColleges/CommunityCollegeListings/CollegeListingsAlphabetical/tabid/643/Default.aspx
|archive-date = January 21, 2010
|df = mdy
}}</ref>
* [[Clovis Community College (California)|Clovis Community College]] near the City of [[Clovis, California|Clovis]]
* [[Fresno City College]] in the City of [[Fresno, California|Fresno]]
* [[Reedley College]] in the City of [[Reedley, California|Reedley]]
* [[West Hills College Coalinga]] in the City of [[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]]

===K-12 education===
School districts include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06019_fresno/DC20SD_C06019.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fresno County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06019_fresno/DC20SD_C06019_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

K-12:
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Caruthers Unified School District]] - Covers some areas for PK-12 and some for 9-12 only
* [[Central Unified School District]]
* [[Clovis Unified School District]]
* [[Coalinga-Huron Unified School District]]
* [[Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District]]
* [[Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District]]
* [[Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District]]
* [[Fowler Unified School District]]
* [[Fresno Unified School District]]
* [[Golden Plains Unified School District]]
* [[Kerman Unified School District]]
* [[Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District]]
* [[Laton Joint Unified School District]]
* [[Mendota Unified School District]]
* [[Parlier Unified School District]]
* [[Riverdale Joint Unified School District]] - Covers some areas for PK-12 and some for 9-12 only
* [[Sanger Unified School District]]
* [[Selma Unified School District]]
* [[Sierra Unified School District]] - Covers some areas for PK-12 and some for 9-12 only
* [[Washington Unified School District]] - Covers some areas for PK-12 and some for 9-12 only
{{div col end}}

Secondary:
* [[Kingsburg Joint Union High School District]]
* [[Dinuba Unified School District]] (while it is a unified school district, in this county it only covers areas for grades 9–12)

Elementary:
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Alvina Elementary School District]]
* [[Big Creek Elementary School District]]
* [[Burrel Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Clay Joint Elementary School District]]
* [[Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District]]
* [[Monroe Elementary School District]]
* [[Monson-Sultana Joint Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Orange Center Elementary School District]]
* [[Pacific Union School District (Fresno, California)|Pacific Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Pine Ridge Elementary School District]]
* [[Raisin City Elementary School District]]
* [[Washington Colony Elementary School District]]
* [[West Park Elementary School District]]
* [[Westside Elementary School District]]
{{div col end}}

===Public libraries===
In addition, the [[Fresno County Public Library]] operates public libraries throughout the county.

== Transportation ==

=== Major highways ===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[File:I-5 (CA).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 5 in California|Interstate 5]]
*[[File:California 33.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 33|State Route 33]]
*[[File:California 41.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 41|State Route 41]]
*[[File:California 43.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 43|State Route 43]]
*[[File:California 63.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 63|State Route 63]]
*[[File:California 99.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 99|State Route 99]]
*[[File:California 145.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 145|State Route 145]]
*[[File:California 168.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 168|State Route 168]]
*[[File:California 180.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 180|State Route 180]]
*[[File:California 198.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 198|State Route 198]]
*[[File:California 201.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 201|State Route 201]]
*[[File:California 245.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 245|State Route 245]]
*[[File:California 269.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 269|State Route 269]]
{{div col end}}

===Rail===
*[[BNSF Railway]]
*[[Union Pacific Railroad]]
*[[San Joaquin Valley Railroad]]
*[[Biola Branch (Southern Pacific)]] (abandoned)
*[[Shaver Lake Railroad]] (abandoned)
*[[San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad]] (abandoned)

=== Airports ===
;[[Airline|Commercial]] service
*[[Fresno Yosemite International Airport|Fresno Yosemite Int'l Airport]]

;[[General Aviation]]
*[[Fresno Chandler Executive Airport]]
*[[Firebaugh Airport]]
*[[Mendota Airport]]
*[[New Coalinga Municipal Airport]]
*[[Reedley Municipal Airport]]
*[[Sierra Sky Park Airport]]

===Public transportation===
*[[Fresno Area Express]] or FAX is the local bus operator in Fresno.
*[[Clovis Transit Stageline]] is the bus service in Clovis.
*[[Reedley Transit]] a.k.a. Dial-A-Ride services Reedley.
*[[Fresno County Rural Transit Agency]] (FCRTA) offers a variety of local and intercity transit services around Fresno County.
*[[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] and [[Orange Belt Stages]] provide intercity, long-distance bus service.
*[[Amtrak]] ''[[San Joaquins]]'' stop in Fresno.

==Attractions==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break|width=30%}}
*[[China Peak|China Peak Ski Resort]]
*[[Courtright Reservoir]]
*[[Dinkey Lakes Wilderness]]
*[[Fashion Fair Mall]]
*[[Forestiere Underground Gardens]]
*[[Fresno Art Museum]]
*[[Fresno Chaffee Zoo]]
*[[Fresno Fairgrounds]]
*[[Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science|Fresno Metropolitan Museum]] (dissolved January 2010)
*[[Old Fresno Water Tower|Fresno Water Tower]]
{{col-break}}
*[[Hume Lake]]
*[[Huntington Lake]]
*[[Kings Canyon National Park]]
*Lost Lake
*[[Millerton Lake]]
*[[Mount Darwin (California)|Mount Darwin]]
*[[North Palisade]]
*[[Pine Flat Lake]]
{{col-break}}
*[[River Park (Fresno, California)|River Park]]
*[[Roeding Park]]
*[[Shaver Lake]]
*[[Sierra Vista Mall]]
*[[Simonian Farms]]
*[[Saroyan Theatre|William Saroyan Theatre]]
*[[Save Mart Center]]
*[[Wishon Dam|Wishon Reservoir]]
*[[Woodward Park (Fresno)|Woodward Park]]
{{col-break}}
{{col-end}}
[[File:Forestiere Gardens.jpg|thumb|right|Forestiere Underground Garden]]

==Communities==

===Cities===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Clovis, California|Clovis]]
*[[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]]
*[[Firebaugh, California|Firebaugh]]
*[[Fowler, California|Fowler]]
*[[Fresno, California|Fresno]] (county seat)
*[[Huron, California|Huron]]
*[[Kerman, California|Kerman]]
*[[Kingsburg, California|Kingsburg]]
*[[Mendota, California|Mendota]]
*[[Orange Cove, California|Orange Cove]]
*[[Parlier, California|Parlier]]
*[[Reedley, California|Reedley]]
*[[San Joaquin, California|San Joaquin]]
*[[Sanger, California|Sanger]]
*[[Selma, California|Selma]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated places===
{{div col|colwidth=12em}}
*[[Auberry, California|Auberry]]
*[[Big Creek, California|Big Creek]]
*[[Biola, California|Biola]]
*[[Bowles, California|Bowles]]
*[[Calwa, California|Calwa]]
*[[Cantua Creek, California|Cantua Creek]]
*[[Caruthers, California|Caruthers]]
*[[Centerville, Fresno County, California|Centerville]]
*[[Del Rey, California|Del Rey]]
*[[Easton, California|Easton]]
*[[Fort Washington, California|Fort Washington]]
*[[Friant, California|Friant]]
*[[Lanare, California|Lanare]]
*[[Laton, California|Laton]]
*[[Malaga, California|Malaga]]
*[[Mayfair, Fresno County, California|Mayfair]]
*[[Millerton, Fresno County, California|Millerton]]
*[[Minkler, California|Minkler]]
*[[Monmouth, California|Monmouth]]
*[[Old Fig Garden, California|Old Fig Garden]]
*[[Raisin City, California|Raisin City]]
*[[Riverdale, California|Riverdale]]
*[[Shaver Lake, California|Shaver Lake]]
*[[Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California|Squaw Valley]]
*[[Sunnyside, Fresno County, California|Sunnyside]]
*[[Tarpey Village, California|Tarpey Village]]
*[[Three Rocks, California|Three Rocks]]
*[[Tranquillity, California|Tranquillity]]
*[[West Park, California|West Park]]
*[[Westside, Fresno County, California|Westside]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
*[[Avocado, California|Avocado]]
*[[Burrel, California|Burrel]]
*[[Dunlap, California|Dunlap]]
*[[Highway City, California|Highway City]]
*[[Hume, California|Hume]]
*[[Mercey Hot Springs, California|Mercey Hot Springs]]
*[[Prather, California|Prather]]
*[[Rolinda, California|Rolinda]]
*[[Tollhouse, California|Tollhouse]]

===Population ranking===

The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Fresno County.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title=Decennial Census by Decades |access-date=2013-02-10 |df=mdy }}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)

|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 1
|'''†''' '''[[Fresno, California|Fresno]]'''
| City
| 494,665
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 2
|'''[[Clovis, California|Clovis]]'''
| City
| 95,631
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 3
|'''[[Sanger, California|Sanger]]'''
| City
| 24,270
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 4
|'''[[Reedley, California|Reedley]]'''
| City
| 24,194
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 5
|'''[[Selma, California|Selma]]'''
| City
| 23,219
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 6
|'''[[Parlier, California|Parlier]]'''
| City
| 14,494
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 7
|'''[[Kerman, California|Kerman]]'''
| City
| 13,544
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 8
|'''[[Coalinga, California|Coalinga]]'''
| City
| 13,380
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 9
|'''[[Kingsburg, California|Kingsburg]]'''
| City
| 11,382
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 10
|'''[[Mendota, California|Mendota]]'''
| City
| 11,014
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 11
|'''[[Orange Cove, California|Orange Cove]]'''
| City
| 9,078
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 12
|'''[[Firebaugh, California|Firebaugh]]'''
| City
| 7,549
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 13
|'''[[Huron, California|Huron]]'''
| City
| 6,754
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 14
|'''[[Fowler, California|Fowler]]'''
| City
| 5,570
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 15
|'''[[Old Fig Garden, California|Old Fig Garden]]'''
| CDP
| 5,365
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 16
|'''[[Mayfair, Fresno County, California|Mayfair]]'''
| CDP
| 4,589
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 17
|'''[[Sunnyside, Fresno County, California|Sunnyside]]'''
| CDP
| 4,235
|- style="background:#fffacd;"
| 18
|'''[[San Joaquin, California|San Joaquin]]'''
| City
| 4,001
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 19
|'''[[Tarpey Village, California|Tarpey Village]]'''
| CDP
| 3,888
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 20
|'''[[Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California|Squaw Valley]]'''
| CDP
| 3,162
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 21
|'''[[Riverdale, California|Riverdale]]'''
| CDP
| 3,153
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 22
|'''[[Caruthers, California|Caruthers]]'''
| CDP
| 2,497
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 23
|'''[[Auberry, California|Auberry]]'''
| CDP
| 2,369
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 24
|'''[[Easton, California|Easton]]'''
| CDP
| 2,083
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 25
|'''[[Calwa, California|Calwa]]'''
| CDP
| 2,052
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 26
|'''[[Laton, California|Laton]]'''
| CDP
| 1,824
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 27
|'''[[Del Rey, California|Del Rey]]'''
| CDP
| 1,639
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 28
|'''[[Biola, California|Biola]]'''
| CDP
| 1,623
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 29
|'''[[West Park, California|West Park]]'''
| CDP
| 1,157
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 30
|'''[[Minkler, California|Minkler]]'''
| CDP
| 1,003
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 31
|'''[[Malaga, California|Malaga]]'''
| CDP
| 947
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 32
|'''[[Tranquillity, California|Tranquillity]]'''
| CDP
| 799
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 33
|'''[[Shaver Lake, California|Shaver Lake]]'''
| CDP
| 634
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 34
|'''[[Lanare, California|Lanare]]'''
| CDP
| 589
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 35
|'''[[Friant, California|Friant]]'''
| CDP
| 509
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 36
|'''[[Cantua Creek, California|Cantua Creek]]'''
| CDP
| 466
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 37
|'''[[Centerville, Fresno County, California|Centerville]]'''
| CDP
| 392
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 38
|'''[[Raisin City, California|Raisin City]]'''
| CDP
| 380
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 39
|'''[[Three Rocks, California|Three Rocks]]'''
| CDP
| 246
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 40
|'''[[Fort Washington, California|Fort Washington]]'''
| CDP
| 233
|- style="background:#ff9;"
| 41
|'''[[Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California|Cold Springs Rancheria]]'''<ref>[https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=0720]{{dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
| [[AIAN (U.S. Census)|AIAN]]
| 184
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 42
|'''[[Big Creek, California|Big Creek]]'''
| CDP
| 175
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 43
|'''[[Bowles, California|Bowles]]'''
| CDP
| 166
|- style="background:honeyDew;"
| 44
|'''[[Monmouth, California|Monmouth]]'''
| CDP
| 152
|- style="background:#ff9;"
| 45
|'''[[Big Sandy Rancheria]]'''<ref>[https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=0265]{{dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
| AIAN
| 118
|- style="background:#ff9;"
| 46
|'''[[Table Mountain Rancheria]]'''<ref>[https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=4110]{{dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref>
| AIAN
| 64
|}

==See also==
{{portal|California}}
*[[Fresno County Library]]
*[[List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley (California)|List of museums in the San Joaquin Valley]]
*[[List of school districts in Fresno County, California]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Fresno County, California}}
*{{Official website|http://www.co.fresno.ca.us }}
*[https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/board-of-supervisors/county-charter Charter of the County of Fresno]
*[http://www.fresnolibrary.org Fresno County Public Library]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060621124730/http://www.fresnocounty150.org/ Fresno County Sequicentennial]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040715115008/http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org/pdfdata/csa03/A01 Size of California Counties]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Fresno County, California
|North = [[Madera County, California|Madera County]]
|Northeast = [[Mono County, California|Mono County]]
|East = [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]] and [[Kings County, California|Kings County]]
|Southwest = [[Monterey County, California|Monterey County]]
|West = [[San Benito County, California|San Benito County]]
|Northwest = [[Merced County, California|Merced County]]
}}

{{Cities of Fresno County, California}}
{{San Joaquin Valley}}
{{California}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Fresno County, California| ]]
[[Category:California counties]]
[[Category:San Joaquin Valley]]
[[Category:1856 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1856]]
[[Category:Majority-minority counties in California]]