Pomona (California)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pomona
Pomona (California)
Pomona
Pomona
Location in California
Basic data
Foundation : 1888
State : United States
State : California
County : Los Angeles County
Coordinates : 34 ° 4 ′  N , 117 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 4 ′  N , 117 ° 45 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 149,058 (as of 2010)
Population density : 2,517.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 59.2 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) of
which 59.2 km 2  (approx. 23 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 259 m
Postcodes : 91765-91769, 91797, 91799
Area code : +1 909
FIPS : 06-58072
GNIS ID : 1661247
Website : www.ci.pomona.ca.us
Mayor : Tim Sandoval

Pomona is a city (type: city ) in Los Angeles County in the US state of California , United States , with 149,058 inhabitants (as of 2010).

history

The city bears the name of the Roman fruit goddess Pomona , which is due to the region's special role in the cultivation of citrus fruits and wine in the settlement long before the formal founding of an independent city in 1888. The settlement emerged from a land grant from the Spanish colonial administration in 1837 after the valley had been used by a Spanish rancher since the 18th century.

In the early 19th century, the valley and settlement became the center of citrus growing for Southern California, just as Oroville and the mother orange tree became the center for Northern California. With the railroad in the 1870s, fruit growing took a further boom and viticulture was added. The industry already used the name Pomona for fruits from the region, so the name was also used for the settlement when it was registered as an independent regional body in 1888 . It has had the formal status of a city since 1911.

With the rise of Los Angeles since the 1930s and increasingly after the Second World War, Pomona became urbanized and the formerly agricultural areas were built on with large-scale settlements. Today it is one of the largest suburbs with around 150,000 inhabitants.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the 149,058 inhabitants were distributed over 38,477 households. The population density was 2517.9 inh / km². 48% described themselves as white , 7.3% as African-American , 1.2% as Indian , 8.5% as Asian Americans , 30.3% stated that they belonged to another ethnic group and 4.5% to several ethnic groups. 70.5% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos .

In 2010 children under 18 years of age and 21.6% of all households lived in 51.2% of all households with persons at least 65 years of age. 78.6% of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring). The average household size was 3.77 people and the average family size was 4.15 people.

33.1% of the population were younger than 20 years, 31.4% were 20 to 39 years old, 24.2% were 40 to 59 years old, and 11.2% were at least 60 years old. The mean age was 29.5 years. 50% of the population were male and 50% female.

The median annual income was $ 53,281, with 20.7% of the population living below the poverty line.

education

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is located in the city .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Pomona, California  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Most Populous Cities in Los Angeles County Populations of 100,000+ (1990-2010 Census) . In: Los Angeles Almanac . Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ City of Pomona: About