Everything about Tulare County California totally explained
Tulare County is a
county located in the
Central Valley of the
U.S. state of
California, south of
Fresno.
Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of
Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner (shared with
Fresno County), and part of
Mount Whitney, on its eastern border (shared with
Inyo County). As of 2000 the population was 368,021; as of 2007 the population estimate was 429,006. Its
county seat is
Visalia. The county is named for
Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the
Great Lakes and now drained.
History
Tulare County was formed from parts of
Mariposa County in 1852. Parts of the county's territory were given to
Fresno County in 1856, to
Kern County in 1866, to
Inyo County in 1866 and
Kings County in 1893.
Comandante
Pedro Fages, while hunting for deserters in 1772, discovered a great
lake surrounded by
marshes and filled with
rushes which he named
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
Mexican word
tullin, designating
cattail or similar reeds.
The infectious disease
Tularemia caused by the bacterium
Francisella tularensis is named after Tulare County.
Economy
Tulare County bears the unfortunate distinction of being the one of the most impoverished counties in California
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Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National Parks.
Milk brings in the most revenue for the county, typically more than
US$ 1 billion a year annually. Oranges, grapes, and other cattle-related commodities also bring in 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, surpassing
Fresno County's US$ 3.2 billion, which held the spot for over two decades.
Due to the importance of agriculture in the county as well as its location in the state, the city of
Tulare (in Tulare County) has been the home of the annual
World Ag Expo, the world's largest agricultural exposition, since 1968.
An influential contribution to Tulare County is minor league sports like the baseball
Visalia Oaks of the class-A
California League, two teams of the
Minor League Football Association in Tulare and Visalia, and four teams of the
Porterville Fresno Basketball League based in Porterville.
Transportation infrastructure
Major highways
Public transportation
Tulare County Transit provides a countywide bus service linking the population centers. A connection to Delano in Kern County is also operated.
The cities of Tulare, Porterville, and Visalia have their own local bus services.
Greyhound and
Orange Belt Stages provide long-distance, intercity bus service.
Airports
Visalia Municipal Airport has limited passenger service.
Sequoia Field, just north of Visalia, is a County-owned general aviation airport.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 368,021 people, 110,385 households, and 87,093 families residing in the county. The
population density was 76 people per square mile (29/km²). There were 119,639 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 58.08%
White, 1.59%
Black or
African American, 1.56%
Native American, 3.27%
Asian, 0.11%
Pacific Islander, 30.79% from
other races, and 4.60% from two or more races. 50.77% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race. 6.2% were of
American, 5.7%
German and 5.0%
English ancestry according to
Census 2000. 56.3% spoke
English, 38.9%
Spanish and 1.1%
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
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.
Politics
Presidential election results>
| Year |
GOP |
DEM |
Others |
| 2004 |
66.2% 65,399 |
32.9% 32,494 |
1.0% 967 |
| 2000 |
60.2% 54,070 |
36.8% 33,006 |
3.1% 2,742 |
| 1996 |
53.9% 46,272 |
38.1% 32,669 |
8.1% 6,905 |
| 1992 |
45.7% 40,482 |
35.2% 31,188 |
19.1% 16,883 |
| 1988 |
59.6% 46,891 |
39.0% 30,711 |
1.4% 1,067 |
| 1984 |
63.9% 51,066 |
35.1% 28,065 |
1.0% 812 |
| 1980 |
58.3% 41,317 |
35.5% 25,155 |
6.2% 4,374 |
| 1976 |
54.5% 31,864 |
43.7% 25,551 |
1.8% 1,027 |
| 1972 |
59.9% 36,048 |
36.2% 21,775 |
3.9% 2,327 |
| 1968 |
52.2% 29,314 |
39.5% 22,180 |
8.4% 4,695 |
| 1964 |
39.8% 22,527 |
60.1% 33,974 |
0.1% 51 |
| 1960 |
54.0% 29,456 |
45.6% 24,887 |
0.4% 239 |
Tulare is a strongly Republican county in
Presidential and
congressional elections. The last Democratic candidate for President to win a majority in the county was
Lyndon Johnson in
1964.
Tulare is part of
California's 21st congressional district, which is held by Republican
Devin Nunes. In the
State Assembly, Tulare is in the 29th, 30th, 31st, and 34th districts. The 30th and 31st are held by Democrats
Nicole Parra and
Juan Arambula, respectively while the 29th and 34th are held by Republicans
Michael Villines and
Bill Maze, respectively. In the
State Senate, Tulare is part of the 16th and 18th districts, which are held by Democrat
Dean Florez and Republican
Roy Ashburn respectively.
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