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San Diego County, California
County of San Diego Website sdcounty.ca.gov
— County —
San Diego County is a large county located in the south-
western corner of the US state of California. Hence, San
Diego County is also located in the southwestern corner
of the 48 contiguous United States. Its county seat and
largest city is San Diego. Its population was about
2,813,835 in the 2000 U.S. Census. According to the 2010
U.S. Census, San Diego County had a population of
Seal
3,095,313 people, making it the second-most-populous
county in California, just behind its northern neighbor
Los Angeles County.[1] Its population in 2009 was esti-
mated at 3,208,466,[2] making it the fifth most-populous
county in the United States and giving it a population
greater than 20 of the 50 U.S. states.
San Diego County has 70 miles (110 km) of coastline.
It has a mild Mediterranean to semi-arid climate.[3] Also
in this county are 16 significant naval and military loca-
tions of the United States Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and
the U.S. Coast Guard, including Naval Base San Diego,
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Air
Station Miramar, and Naval Air Station North Island.
San Diego County defines the metropolitan statistical
Location in the state of California area of San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, and in its metropol-
itan capacity is also known as Greater San Diego. In addi-
tion, San Diego County is part of the San Diego–Tijuana
metropolitan area, an area with above five million people
and the largest bi-national metropolitan area shared be-
tween the United States and Mexico. Arising from an
effort by the state government to identify regional
economies, San Diego County and Imperial County are
part of the Southern Border Region, one of nine such re-
California’s location in the United States gions. As a regional economy, the Southern Border Re-
Country USA gion is the smallest but most economically diverse region
State in the state, though the two counties maintain weak rela-
California
tions and have little in common, aside from their border
metropolitan area San Diego metropolitan area
proximity.[4]
municipal corporation 1850
San Diego County extends south all the way to the
county seat San Diego Mexican border, which is also the northern border of the
largest city San Diego State of Baja California and the northern municipal lim-
Area its of Tijuana Municipality and Tecate Municipality. San
• Total 4,525.52 sq mi (11,721 km2) Diego County is bordered by Orange County and River-
• Land 4,199.89 sq mi (10,877.7 km2) side County on its north, by Imperial County on its east,
• Water 325.62 sq mi (843.4 km2) and the Pacific Ocean on its west and southwest.
Population (2010 Census)
• Total
• Density
3,095,313
684/sq mi (264.1/km2)
History
The area which is now San Diego County has been inhab-
Time zone Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
ited for more than 10,000 years by Kumeyaay (also called
DST)
• Summer (DST) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Diegueño), Luiseño, Cupeño and Cahuilla Indians.[5]
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European settlement in what is now San Diego Coun-
ty began with the founding of the Mission San Diego de
Alcalá, by Spanish pioneers, in 1769. This county was part
of Alta California under the Viceroyalty of New Spain un-
til the Mexican revolution. From 1821 through 1848 this
area was part of Mexico.
San Diego County became part of the United States
as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848,
ending the U.S.-Mexican War. This treaty designated the
new border as terminating at a point on the Pacific Ocean
coast which would result in the border passing one Span-
ish league south of the southernmost portion of San
Diego Bay, thus ensuring that the United States received North County communities. Coastal cities are in dark blue, un-
all of this natural harbor. incorporated coastal communities are in light blue. Inland
San Diego County was one of the original counties of cities are in dark yellow, unincorporated inland communities
California, and it was created at the time of California are in light yellow.
statehood in 1850.[6] San Diego County was named for *This map does not show neighborhoods of the city of San
Diego that are considered to be part of North County, such as
San Diego Bay, which had been renamed in 1602 by Se-
Del Mar Heights, Rancho Peñasquitos, and Rancho Bernardo)
bastián Vizcaíno in honor of the Franciscan St. Didacus
*Some areas in white in this general region that are in white
of Alcalá, known in Spanish as San Diego de Alcalá de would be also considered part of North County, but only cities
Henares, and whose name was borne by Vizcaíno’s flag- and unincorporated communities are colored on this map.
ship.
At the time of its establishment in 1850, San Diego
County was relatively large, and included all of southern-
most California which was south and east of Los Angeles
County. As such it included areas of what are now Inyo
County and San Bernardino County, as well as all of what
is now Riverside County and Imperial County.[6]
During the later part of the 19th century, there were
numerous changes in the boundaries of San Diego Coun-
ty, when various areas became separated for the counties
mentioned above. The most recent changes were the es-
tablishments of Riverside County in 1893[7] and Imperial
County in 1907.[8] Imperial County was also the last coun-
ty to be established in California, and after this division, East County communities in red. In dark red are the cities and
San Diego no longer extended from the Pacific Ocean to towns of Santee and El Cajon which mark the western edge of
the Colorado River, and it no longer covered the entire East County. Unincorporated communities are in light red, in-
border between California and Mexico. cluding Lakeside and Alpine.
Geography ty is primarily urban, the mountains and deserts in the
eastern two-thirds of the county consist primarily of un-
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area developed backcountry. Most of these backcountry areas
of 4,525.52 square miles (11,721.0 km2), of which 4,199.89 are home to a native plant community known as chapar-
square miles (10,877.7 km2) (or 92.80%) is land and 325.62 ral. San Diego County contains more than a million acres
square miles (843.4 km2) (or 7.20%) is water.[9] (4,000 km²) of chaparral, twice as much as any other Cal-
The county is larger in area than the combined states ifornia county.[12]
of Rhode Island and Delaware.[10] North San Diego County is known as North County;
San Diego County has a varied topography. On its the exact geographic definitions of "North County" vary,
western side is 70 miles (110 km) of coastline.[11] Most but it includes the northern suburbs and sometimes cer-
of San Diego between the coast and the Laguna Moun- tain northern neighborhoods of the City of San Diego.
tains consists of hills, mesas, and small canyons. Snow- The eastern suburbs are collectively known as East
capped (in winter) mountains rise to the northeast, with County, though most still lie in the western third of the
the Sonoran Desert to the far east. Cleveland National county. The southern suburbs and southern detached
Forest is spread across the central portion of the county, portion of the city of San Diego, extending to the Mexi-
while the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park occupies most can border, are collectively referred to as South Bay.
of the northeast. Although the western third of the coun-
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• Chula Vista
• Coronado
• Del Mar
• El Cajon
• Encinitas (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Leucadia, Olivenhain)
• Escondido
• Imperial Beach
• La Mesa
• Lemon Grove
• National City
• Oceanside
• Poway
South Bay communities of San Diego County. The cities and • San Diego
towns of National City, Chula Vista, and Imperial Beach are in • San Marcos
dark orange. The unincorporated community of Bonita is in • Santee
light orange. San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, neighborhoods of the • Solana Beach
city of San Diego, are in pink. • Vista
Unincorporated communities
Largest cities in San Diego County by • 4S Ranch • Eucalyptus • Pala,
population • Agua Hills California
Caliente • Fairbanks • Pine Hills
Largest cities (2010 census population):
Springs Ranch • Pine
Largest towns, 2010 Cen-
• Alpine • Fallbrook Valley
sus
• Ballena • Fernbrook • Potrero
City Population
• Barrett • Flinn • Pueblo
San Diego 1,387,000 Junction Springs Siding
Chula Vista 244,000 • Blossom • Four • Rainbow
Valley Corners • Ramona
Oceanside 182,000
• Bonita • Granite • Ranchita
Escondido 151,000 • Bonsall Hills • Rancho
Carlsbad 109,000 • Borrego • Guatay San Diego
Vista 99,000 Springs • Harbison • Rancho
• Bostonia Canyon Santa Fe
El Cajon 97,000
• Boulevard • Harmony • Rincon
San Marcos 89,000 • Camp Grove • San Diego
Encinitas 62,000 Pendleton • Hidden Country
North Meadows Estates
Cities and towns in San Diego County • Camp • Jacumba • Santa
Pendleton • Jamul Ysabel
Incorporated cities and towns
South • Julian • Shelter
• Campo • La Presa Valley
• Canebrake • Lake • Spring
• Casa de Morena Valley
Oro- Village • Tecate
Mount • Lake San • Tierra del
Helix Marcos Sol
• Crest • Lakeside • Valley
• Dehesa • Lincoln Center
• Del Dios Acres • Vallecitos
• De Luz • Live Oak • Warner
• Descanso Springs Springs
Many of the cities seen from the sky as part of the San Diego- • Dulzura • Mount • Winter
Tijuana metropolitan area. • Elfin Laguna Gardens
Forest • Oak Grove • Wynola
• Carlsbad
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• Ocotillo Counties adjacent to San Diego County, California
Wells
National protected areas
Indian reservations • Cabrillo National Monument
• Cleveland National Forest (part)
San Diego County has 18 federally recognized Indian
• San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which
reservations, more than any other county in the United
includes several individual wildlife refuge areas: [14]
States.[13] Although they are typical in size to other Indi-
• San Diego Bay South Bay
an reservations in California (many of which are termed
• San Diego Bay Sweetwater Marsh
"Rancherías"), they are relatively tiny by national stan-
• Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge
dards,[citation needed] and all together total 200.2 square
• Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge (located in
miles (518.5 km²) of area.
Orange County)
• Barona Indian Reservation
• San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
• Campo Indian Reservation
• Vernal Pools
• Capitan Grande Indian Reservation
• Cuyapaipe Indian Reservation
• Inaja and Cosmit Indian Reservation
State parks and protected areas
• Jamul Indian Village • Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (portions are also in
• La Jolla Indian Reservation Imperial and Riverside counties)
• La Posta Indian Reservation • Torrey Pines State Reserve
• Los Coyotes Indian Reservation • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
• Manzanita Indian Reservation • Palomar Mountain State Park
• Mesa Grande Indian Reservation • San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
• Pala Indian Reservation • Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
• Pauma and Yuima Indian Reservation • Border Field State Park
• Rincon Indian Reservation • Tijuana River Natural Estuarine Research Reserve
• San Pasqual Indian Reservation • San Onofre State Beach
• Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation • Moonlight State Beach
• Sycuan Indian Reservation • Carlsbad State Beach
• Viejas Indian Reservation • South Carlsbad State Beach
• Leucadia State Beach
Boundaries (counties and municipali- • San Elijo State Beach
• Cardiff State Beach
ties)
• Torrey Pines State Beach
• Silver Strand State Beach
Mountains
• Cuyamaca Mountains
• In-Ko-Pah Mountains
• Jacumba Mountains
• Laguna Mountains
• Palomar Mountain
• Peninsular Ranges
• San Ysidro Mountains
San Diego • Santa Ana Mountains
Orange • Volcan Mountains
Riverside There are 236 mountain summits and peaks in San Diego
Imperial County[15] including:
Tijuana, • Black Mountain
Baja California, • Cuyamaca Peak (second highest point in San Diego
Mexico County)
Tecate, • Cowles Mountain (highest point in the city of San
Baja California, Diego)
Mexico • Mount Helix
Pacific • Hot Springs Mountain (highest point in San Diego
Ocean County)
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• Mount Soledad
• Stonewall Mountain • State • State • State
Route 15 Route 76 Route 282
Bays and Lagoons • State • State • State
• Buena Vista Lagoon Route 52 Route 78 Route 905
• Agua Hedionda Lagoon
• State
• Batiquitos Lagoon
Route 79
• San Elijo Lagoon
• Mission Bay
• San Diego Bay
Border crossings to Mexico
San Ysidro Border Crossing
Lakes Otay Mesa Border Crossing
Tecate Border Crossing
• Lake Cuyamaca • Natural Rock
• Lake Hodges Tanks
• Santee Lakes • Little Laguna Lake
Railroads
• Sweetwater • Big Laguna Lake AMTRAK (Pacific Surfliner)
Reservoir • Big Lake Metrolink
• Otay Lakes • Twin Lakes The Coaster
• Lake Wolford • Jean, Lake San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
• El Capitan Reservoir • Lost Lake San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad Sprinter (North
• Sutherland Reservoir • Swan Lake County)
• Lake Henshaw
• Lake Murray Light rail and local transit
• San Vicente San Diego Trolley
Reservoir San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
• Lake Jennings Sprinter
• Barrett Reservoir North County Transit District
Rivers The Port of San Diego
• San Diego River Embarcadero (San Diego)
• San Luis Rey River
• San Dieguito River Primary Civilian Airports
• Sweetwater River (California) • Lindbergh Field (San Diego International Airport)
• Otay River (SAN)
• Tijuana River • Montgomery Field, (MYF)
• McClellan-Palomar Airport, (CLD or CRQ) a.k.a.
Transportation in San Diego Palomar Airport or Carlsbad Airport
• Gillespie Field, (SEE) in El Cajon
County • Agua Caliente Airport
Main article: Transportation in San Diego County • Borrego Valley Airport
• Fallbrook Airport
Major Highways • Oceanside Municipal Airport
• Ocotillo Airport
• • State • State • Ramona Airport, (RNM)
Interstate 5 Route 54 Route 94 • Brown Field Municipal Airport, (SDM) (formerly East
Field, NAAS Otay Mesa, and NAAS Brown Field)
• • State • State
Interstate 8 Route 56 Route 125
•
Education
• State • State
Interstate 15 Route 67 San Diego County contains three public state universi-
Route 163
ties: University of California, San Diego; San Diego State
• • State • State University; and California State University, San Marcos.
Interstate Route 75 Route 188 Major private universities in the county include Univer-
805 sity of San Diego (USD), Point Loma Nazarene University
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(PLNU), Alliant International University (AIU), and Na- • San Diego Zoo Safari Park, formerly known as the
tional University. San Diego Wild Animal Park, 35 miles (56 km) north
Within the county there are 24 public elementary of the San Diego Zoo and east of Escondido
school districts, 6 high school districts, and 12 unified • Sea World of San Diego, on Mission Bay.
school districts. There are also 5 community college dis- • Mission Bay Recreation Area, including Fiesta Island,
tricts.[16] a sheltered bay popular for water sports, also known
There are two separate public library systems in San for the annual Over the line tournament.
Diego County: the San Diego Public Library serving the • Mission San Diego de Alcala, the first of California’s
city of San Diego, and the San Diego County Library serv- 21 Spanish missions. It is an operating Roman
ing all other areas of the county. In 2010 the county li- Catholic parish and also is open for historical
brary had 33 branches and two bookmobiles; circulated interest tours during the week. It is located near the
over 10.7 million books, CDs, DVDs, and other material interchange of Interstates 8 and 15.
formats; recorded 5.7 million visits to library branches; • Balboa Park, with numerous museums and other
and hosted 21,132 free programs and events. The San cultural locations, located just north of Downtown
Diego County Library is one of the 25 busiest libraries in San Diego.
the nation as measured by materials circulated.[17][18] • San Diego Zoo, located in Balboa Park
• Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, located at
Significant Naval and Military the western end of Mission Valley, north of
Downtown San Diego. It preserves and recreates the
stations original settlement of San Diego during its pueblo,
Alta California, and early American periods, through
U.S. Navy 1872.
• Presidio Park, located on a bluff directly above Old
• Naval Base San Diego, also known as "32nd Street
Town, a city historic park on the site of the San
Naval Station"
Diego Presidio, the first European settlement in
• Naval Amphibious Base Coronado
California.
• Naval Air Station North Island
• Cabrillo National Monument, located at the southern
• Naval Base Point Loma, which includes the
tip of the Point Loma Peninsula. It has historical
Submarine Base and the Fleet Antisubmarine
exhibits about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and World
Warfare Training Center
War II as well as the Old Point Loma Lighthouse
• Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego
which is open to the public. It offers striking views of
(SPAWAR)
the harbor and ocean, natural areas for hiking and
• Bob Wilson Naval Hospital, formerly the Naval
bird watching, and tide pools.
Medical Center San Diego, also known as Balboa
• San Diego Bay contains the aircraft carrier USS
Naval Hospital
Midway now used as a memorial ship and as a
floating museum, and the eight floating museum
U.S. Marine Corps ships of the San Diego Maritime Museum. Harbor
• Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton cruises, sailing, and sport fishing are also available.
• Marine Corps Air Station Miramar • Legoland California is a "Lego" theme park in
• Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Carlsbad.
• Alta Vista Gardens is a Botanical Garden in Vista
U.S. Coast Guard dedicated to bringing together ’People, Nature &
• Coast Guard Air Station San Diego Art’.
Sites of interest Politics
• Anza-Borrego State Park, the largest state park in San Diego County vote
California with high levels of both plant and animal by party in presidential elections
biodiversity Year GOP DEM Others
• Mount Laguna Observatory, owned and primarily
2008 44.1% 539,939 54.3% 664,685 1.7% 19,270
operated by San Diego State University
• Palomar Observatory, owned and primarily operated 2004 52.5% 596,033 46.4% 526,437 1.1% 12,378
by the California Institute of Technology 2000 49.6% 475,736 45.7% 437,666 4.7% 45,232
• The Ramona Valley wine-producing region, located 1996 45.8% 402,876 44.1% 389,964 10.3% 91,311
28 miles (45 km) northeast of the City of San Diego
1992 35.7% 352,125 37.2% 367,397 27.1% 267,124
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1988 60.2% 523,143 38.3% 333,264 1.5% 12,788 and political observers are invited to watch the results
come in, candidates give their victory and concession
1984 65.3% 502,344 33.4% 257,029 1.3% 9,894
speeches and host parties for campaign volunteers and
1980 60.8% 435,910 27.3% 195,410 11.9% 85,546 donors at the site, and television stations broadcast from
1976 55.7% 353,302 41.6% 263,654 2.7% 16,839 the floor of the convention center. Golden Hall was
1972 61.8% 371,627 34.3% 206,455 3.8% 23,055 scheduled to be closed in 2004, but was reused again
for the November 2005 special election. The atmosphere
1968 56.3% 261,540 36.1% 167,669 7.7% 35,654
on the evening of election day is often comparable to
1964 50.3% 214,445 49.7% 211,808 0.0% 33 the voting portion of a political party national conven-
1960 56.4% 233,045 43.3% 171,259 0.3% 1,106 tion.[19]
1956 64.5% 195,742 35.2% 106,716 0.4% 1,147 In the House of Representatives, all of California’s
50th, 52nd, and 53rd districts and parts of the 49th and
1952 63.5% 186,091 35.9% 105,255 0.6% 1,688 51st districts are in the county. By district, the seats are
1948 49.4% 101,552 47.8% 98,217 2.8% 5,690 held by Republican Darrell Issa, Republican Brian Bilbray,
1944 45.4% 75,746 53.9% 89,959 0.6% 1,059 Democrat Bob Filner, Republican Duncan D. Hunter, and
Democrat Susan Davis.
1940 43.3% 55,434 55.6% 71,188 1.2% 1,488
On Nov. 4, 2008 San Diego County voted 53.8 % for
1936 35.0% 35,686 63.5% 64,628 1.5% 1,540 Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution
1932 41.5% 35,305 53.6% 45,622 5.0% 4,223 to ban same-sex marriages, thus restoring Proposition 22
1928 67.1% 47,769 32.0% 22,749 0.9% 633 which was overturned by a ruling from the California
Supreme Court. However the city of San Diego, along
1924 49.0% 22,726 6.4% 2,944 44.7% 20,721
with Del Mar, Encinitas, and Solana Beach, voted against
1920 63.8% 19,826 27.3% 8,478 9.0% 2,783 Proposition 8.[20]
San Diego County has historically been a Republican In the State Assembly, parts of the 66th and 73rd dis-
stronghold: 2008 was the first time in decades that a De- tricts, and all of the 74th–79th districts are in the coun-
mocratic presidential nominee won a majority of the ty. Assemblymembers are: District 66, Kevin Jeffries (R);
county’s votes (though in 1992 Bill Clinton won a plu- District 73, Diane Harkey (R); District 74, Martin Garrick
rality). The city of San Diego itself is more Democratic (R); District 75, Nathan Fletcher (R); District 76, Toni
than the county’s average (though fairly moderate for a Atkins (D); District 77, Brian W. Jones (R); District 78, Mar-
large city) and has voted for Democrats Clinton, Gore, ty Block (D); and District 79, Ben Hueso (D).[21]
Kerry, and Obama in the last five presidential elections In the State Senate, all of the 38th and 39th district
respectively. The city of San Diego, as well as Coronado and parts of the 36th and 40th districts are in the county.
and Imperial Beach, is part of the 53rd congressional dis- Senators are: District 36, Joel Anderson (R); District 38,
trict which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of D Mark Wyland (R); District 39, Christine Kehoe (D); and
+12. San Diego’s northern and eastern suburbs tend to be District 40 Juan Vargas (D).[22]
very conservative. Northern suburbs including Carlsbad
are part of the 50th district with a CPVI of R +5. In the
2004 presidential election, San Diego, Encinitas, National
Government and infrastructure
City, Del Mar, and some other areas voted for John Ker-
ry; San Marcos, Escondido, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Coron- County Board of Supervisors
ado, Santee, Poway, El Cajon, and Vista overwhelming- As of December 2010 the members of the San Diego Coun-
ly backed George W. Bush. Chula Vista, La Mesa, Lemon ty Board of Supervisors are:
Grove, Solana Beach, and Imperial Beach are considered • Greg Cox, District 1
swing areas of the county – Chula Vista and Imperial • Dianne Jacob, District 2
Beach narrowly backed Al Gore in 2000 but narrowly vot- • Pam Slater-Price, District 3, Chairwoman
ed for Bush in 2004, while Solana Beach switched from • Ron Roberts, District 4
Bush in 2000 to Kerry in 2004. La Mesa narrowly voted for • Bill Horn, District 5, Vice-Chairman
Bush both times, and Lemon Grove narrowly went Demo-
cratic both times. In 2008, Barack Obama became the first State representation
Democrat to win a majority of votes in San Diego County The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility of the Cali-
since World War II. Obama captured Chula Vista, Ocean- fornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is in
side, and Carlsbad. an unincorporated area in the county.[24]
One unique feature of the political scene is the use
of Golden Hall, a convention facility next to City Hall, as a
central elections center. The County Registrar of Voters
rents the hall to distribute election results. Supporters
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District Location Cook % for Median house- Per capita
PVI Bush, 23] 23]
hold income[23] income[23]
2004
49th Northern San Diego and southwestern Riverside County R 63% $46,445 $19,659
district +10
50th Northern San Diego County, including costal communities R +5 55% $59,813 $29,877
district such as Carlsbad, California but excluding La Jolla
51st Southern San Diego County, including Chula Vista and Na- D +7 46% $39,243 $14,923
district tional City. Also includes all of Imperial County
52nd Eastern San Diego County, including La Mesa, El Cajon and R +9 61% $52,940 $24,544
district Lakeside.
53rd San Diego including La Jolla, Coronado and Imperial Beach D 39% $36,637 $21,715
district +12
Mean Districts: 49th, 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd R +5 52.8% $47,016 $22,144
Demographics 2009
As of 2009 Census Bureau estimates, there were 3,053,793
Historical populations
people, 1,067,846 households, and 663,449 families resid-
Census Pop. %± ing in the county. The population density was 670 people
1850 798 — per square mile (259/km²). There were 1,142,245 housing
1860 4,324 441.9% units at an average density of 248 per square mile (96/
1870 4,951 14.5% km²). The racial makeup of the county was 79.4% White
1880 8,018 61.9% American, 5.6% Black or African American, 1% Native
American, 10.4% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 10.3% from
1890 34,987 336.4%
other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. 31.3% of
1900 35,090 0.3%
the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 67.0%
1910 61,665 75.7% spoke only English at home; 21.9% spoke Spanish, 3.1%
1920 112,248 82.0% Tagalog and 1.2% Vietnamese.
1930 209,659 86.8%
1940 289,348 38.0% 2000
1950 556,808 92.4% In 2000 there were 994,677 households out of which
1960 1,033,011 85.5% 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them,
50.7% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a
1970 1,357,854 31.4%
female householder with no husband present, and 33.3%
1980 1,861,846 37.1%
were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up
1990 2,498,016 34.2% of individuals and 7.9% had someone living alone who
2000 2,813,833 12.6% was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
2010 3,095,313 10.0% was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the county the population was spread out with
2010 25.7% under the age of 18, 11.30% from 18 to 24, 32.0%
The 2010 United States Census reported that San Diego from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were
County had a population of 3,095,313. The racial makeup 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For
of San Diego County was 1,981,442 (64.0%) White, 158,213 every 100 females there were 101.2 males. For every 100
(5.1%) African American, 26,340 (0.9%) Native American, females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.
336,091 (10.9%) Asian (4.7% Filipino, 1.6% Chinese, 1.4% The median income for a household in the county
Vietnamese, 0.8% Indian, 0.7% Korean, 0.6% Japanese, was $47,067, and the median income for a family was
0.2% Laotian, 0.2% Cambodian), 15,337 (0.5%) Pacific Is- $53,438. Males had a median income of $36,952 versus
lander, 419,465 (13.6%) from other races, and 158,425 $30,356 for females. The per capita income for the county
(5.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any was $22,926. About 8.9% of families and 12.4% of the pop-
race were 991,348 persons (32.0%).[25] ulation were below the poverty line, including 16.5% of
those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.
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Current estimates [12] The California Chaparral Field Institute
[13] University of San Diego
According to estimates by the San Diego Association of
[14] San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Governments, the median household income of San
website
Diego County in 2005 was $64,273 (not adjusted for infla-
[15] MountainZone.com
tion). When adjusted for inflation (1999 dollars; compara-
[16] San Diego County Board of Education
ble to Census data above), the median household income
[17] http://www.sdcl.org/aboutus.html
was $52,192.
[18] http://dbpcosdcsgt.co.san-diego.ca.us/screens/
AR2010/index.html
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• Rapes: 86 [21] State Assembly Member Roster
• Robberies: 270 [22] State Senate Districts
• Assaults: 1220 [23] ^ "US Census Bureau, 2000 Census income data by
• Burglaries: 2469 congressional district".
• Thefts: 4626 http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/
• Auto thefts: 2084 DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-
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• List of school districts in San Diego County, mt_name=DEC_2000_110S_P082&-
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• List of high schools in San Diego County, California mt_name=DEC_2000_110S_H085&-tree_id=609&-
• National Register of Historic Places listings in San _skip=0&-redoLog=false&-
Diego County, California geo_id=500$50000US0601&-
• List of California public officials charged with crimes, geo_id=500$50000US0606&-
San Diego County geo_id=500$50000US0608&-
• Southern Border region of California geo_id=500$50000US0609&-
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[3] climate map
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Rehabilitation. Retrieved on September 24, 2011. • San Diego Geographic Information Source Website
"480 Alta Road San Diego, CA 92179" • San Diego County Water Authority Map
[25] "2010 Census P.L. 94-171 Summary File Data". • California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
United States Census Bureau. • The San Diego Union-Tribune Website
http://www2.census.gov/census_2010/ • San Diego Lifestyle Website
01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/California/. Coordinates: 33°01′N 116°46′W / 33.02°N 116.77°W /
[26] "city-data – San_Diego_County-CA". analyzed data 33.02; -116.77
from numerous sources. http://www.city-data.com/
county/San_Diego_County-CA.html. Retrieved
April 18, 2009.
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