Placer County

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The Placer County Courthouse in Auburn
The Placer County Courthouse in Auburn
administration
US state : California
Administrative headquarters : Auburn
Foundation : 1851
Demographics
Residents : 348,432  (2010)
Population density : 95.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3892 km²
Water surface : 255 km²
map
Map of Placer County within California
Website : www.placer.ca.gov

The Placer County is a County in the Sierra Nevada of the US state of California . Because of the ever-expanding metropolitan area of Sacramento, Placer County is one of the fastest growing counties in the United States. The county seat is Auburn .

geography

The county stretches from the suburbs of Sacramento to Lake Tahoe and the US state of Nevada . It has a total area of ​​3892 square kilometers. Of these, 255 square kilometers (6.55 percent) are water. It is bordered clockwise by the counties: Nevada County , Washoe County , Carson City , Douglas County , El Dorado County , Sacramento County , Sutter County, and Yuba County .

history

Placer County was formed in 1851 from parts of Sutter County and Yuba County . The word placer comes from the combination of the Spanish words plaza de oro , which means place of gold . The county got its name because a lot of gold was mined in this region during the gold rush .

32 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 13,270 -
1870 11,357 -14.4%
1880 14,232 25.3%
1890 15.101 6.1%
1900 15,786 4.5%
1910 18,237 15.5%
1920 18,584 1.9%
1930 24,468 31.7%
1940 28,108 14.9%
1950 41,649 48.2%
1960 56,998 36.9%
1970 77,306 35.6%
1980 117,247 51.7%
1990 172,796 47.4%
2000 248.399 43.8%
2010 348,432 40.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Mouth of Ward Creek in Lake Tahoe
Placer County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Placer County had a population of 248,399. There were 93,382 households and 67,701 families. The population density was 68 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.59% White, 0.82% African American, 0.89% Native American, 2.95% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, and 3.39% other races Groups; 3.21% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.67% of the population.

Of the 93,382 households, 35.30% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 59.40% were married couples living together, 9.20% were single mothers. 27.50% were not families. 21.30% are single households and 8.10% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.06.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.50% residents under 18 years of age, 6.90% between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.00% between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.50% between 45 and 64 years of age 13.10% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.40 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 93.90 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 57,535 , and the median income for a family was $ 65,858. Males had a median income of $ 50,410 versus $ 33,763 for females. The per capita income was $ 27,963. 5.80% percent of the population and 3.90% of families are below the poverty line. 6.30% of them were under 18 years of age and 3.80% were 65 years of age or older.

towns and places

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 277295. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

Web links

Commons : Placer County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 39 ° 4 ′  N , 120 ° 44 ′  W