Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mariposa. It is located in the geographical center of California.

History

The County was formed on January 4, 1850 with the other 17 Gründungscountys California. At the time of the founding of California Mariposa County was the largest county. Areas that formerly belonged to the Mariposa County, are now part of twelve other counties: Fresno County, Inyo County, Kern County, Kings County, Los Angeles County, Madera County, Merced County, Mono County, San Benito County, San Bernardino County, San Luis Obispo County and Tulare County. For this reason, Mariposa County is also referred to as the " Mother of Counties".

The name of the county comes from Mariposa Creek, an area that this name was given in 1807 by Spanish explorers, when they encountered a large population of butterflies (Spanish mariposa = Butterfly).

Historical buildings

In Yosemite National Park on the California State Route 41 in Wawona is the historic Wawona Hotel and Pavilion (also known as Kawona Hotel and Thomas Hill Studio). The hotel has been taken with the number 75000223 on October 1, 1975 of the National Register of Historic Places. Similarly, it was registered as a National Historic Landmark.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census of 2000, there were 17,130 people in Mariposa County. There were 6,613 households and 4,490 families. The population density was 5 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 88.93 % White, 0.67 % African American, 3.51% Native American, 0.71 % Asian, 0.13 % Pacific Islander residents from the and 2.67 % from other races groups; 3.38% were descended from two or more races. 7.76 % of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 6,613 households out of which 25.6 % have children under the age of 18 living with them. 55.8 % were married couples living together, 8.0% single mothers. 32.1% were non-families. 26.5% of all households and 11.2% had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.86.

The age structure of the population of the county was: 21.6% under 18, 6.9% 18-24 years, 25.1% 25-44 years, 29.2% 45-64 years and 17.2 % aged 65 or older. The average age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 104.7 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.4 males.

The median income for a household was $ 34,626, and the median income for a family was $ 42,655. Males have a median income of $ 31,194, women $ 25,440. The per capita income was $ 18,190. 14.8% percent of the population and 10.5 % of families are below the poverty line. 16.5 % of those under age 18 and 9.0 % were 65 years or older.