Marina del Rey, California
Los Angeles County
06-45806
Marina del Rey is a census -designated place in California, USA. The place is located on the Pacific coast in Los Angeles County and is especially known for its large man-made recreational marina with berths for 5,300 boats. The administration of the site is carried out by the County.
Geography
Marina del Rey is southeast of Venice and north of Playa del Rey near the mouth of Ballona Creek. The Los Angeles Airport is located approximately six kilometers south. The town is completely surrounded by Los Angeles. In particular, the narrow strip of beach called Marina Peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and the location is within the city limits of Los Angeles.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Marina del Rey has an area of 3.8 km ², of which 2.3 km ² of land and 1.5 km ² water surface are.
The harbor, after which the town is named, was artificially created and is equipped with anchorages for recreational boats and other small boats. He is surrounded by high- rise condominiums, hotels, shops and restaurants. In Marina del Rey is also the Information Sciences Institute is the University of Southern California and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which is responsible for the allocation of Internet domains.
Demography
According to the Census 2000 Marina del Rey had 8,176 inhabitants, 5,315 households, and 1,520 families. The population density was 3587.2 / km ². There were 6,321 residential buildings, resulting in an average density of 2773.4 / km ². Of the population were 82.46 % of European descent, 4.68% African American, 0.16 % Native American, 8.21 % Asian, 0.16 % Pacific Islander, 1.3 % from other races. 3.03% belonged to more than one of the aforementioned groups. 5.34% were Hispanics.
In 6.7% of the 5,315 households living children under 18 years. In 22.7 % are married couples living while in 3.6% of single women lead the household. In 71.4 % of households lived no family and in 57.3% lived only one person. In 6.8 % of households only one person who was older than 64 years he lived. The average household size was 1.54 persons and the average family size was 2.31 persons.
The age structure of the population was as follows: 6.4% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 50.4 % 25-44 years, 28.2% from 45 to 64 years and 10 % over 64 years. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females 108.8 males. For every 100 females over 17 years 108.6 males.
The median household income was 68 447 U.S. dollars, and the median family income was 84 390 U.S. dollars. Males had a median income 66 928 51 854 U.S. dollar against the U.S. dollar in women. The average per capita income was 58 530 U.S. dollars. About 6.5 % of families and 8.8 % of the population were below the poverty line; including 9.6% of. below 18 years and 6.2 % of those over 64 years
Management
Marina del Rey is managed by the Los Angeles County. The total land and water area are owned by the county, which concludes long-term use agreements with private individuals. Competent police authority is the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department.
History
Prior to the establishment of the port were located in the territory of present-day village mainly salt marshes, have been used for duck hunting mainly. The land was disrespectfully called watts, but was rather a wetland similar.
Already in the middle of the 19th century was the plan in the field to build a commercial port. However, a development company founded in 1888 for this purpose was already after three years in bankruptcy.
1916 examined the United States Army Corps of Engineers again the plan to build a port, but came to the conclusion that this would be uneconomical. At the request of the U.S. Congress, a second study was conducted in 1936, which led to a different result. However, a port project in San Pedro was given the privilege and actually provided for Marina del Rey funds went into the development of the port of Los Angeles.
In 1953, the Los Angeles County took on credit funds in the amount of two million dollars to finally realize the harbor project. However, the means covered only half of the necessary for the commencement of work capital, making it even took a federal law. The foundation work began shortly after enactment of the law.
Immediately prior to completion of construction of the almost finished port was taken in winter 1962/1963 by a winter storm heavily damaged. There was a million damage to the system. Then, the plan to form a protective breakwater has been extended for the construction of the County additional two million U.S. dollars had to pay. The official opening of the port on April 10, 1965. The total cost amounted to about 36 million dollars. Today the port is one of the largest sources of revenue for counties.
- Location in California
- Location in North America
- Los Angeles County