Lompoc, California

Santa Barbara County

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Lompoc is a city in Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California. The city lies a few kilometers away from the Pacific Ocean and is the Mündungsort of the Santa Ynez River.

Demography

According to the state of the 2010 census, the population was 42 434, of which more than half of whites of European descent omitted, while more than a third of the population are provided by Latinos. Far lower the proportion of African-Americans or Asians. While significant influx of residents learned the city but only from the late 1950s, previously only a few thousand people lived in Lompoc. One of the main reasons was at that time that ordinary people the little remote Santa Barbara turned their backs because of rising rental costs. In the village there is a slight surplus of men, so for every 100 women 114.9 males. The median age of the population is 33.9 years. The 2010 Census collected provided also that in Lompoc exisitieren 13,355 households.

Economy

The kaliformische wine production is economically have substantial importance for the city where many companies this industry located. Due to the existing in large numbers wine cellar practices Lompoc also a certain attraction to tourists and wine connoisseurs. Even more agrarian cultures and tourism are economically vital.

Twin Cities

Lompoc has five sister cities around the world:

  • Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Inca, Spain
  • Lake Placid, Florida
  • Locarno, Switzerland
  • Namwon, South Korea
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