Spring Valley, San Diego County, California
San Diego County
06-73696
Spring Valley is a city in San Diego County in the U.S. state of California, United States, with 27,800 inhabitants ( 2004). The metropolitan area has a size of 19.3 km ² and is located on the California State Route 94 within the metropolitan area around Spring Valley live about 100,000 people.
History
The name of the place is attributed to the groundwater source that is located there. Over several millennia, the tribes of the Kumeyaay Indians lived there before they were expelled by the Spanish conquerors. This called the place El aguaje first de San Jorge, to German St. George 's Spring and used the area for livestock.
1863 handed the judge Augustus S. Ensworth from San Diego a claim to an area of 160 acres, about 650,000 square meters, one, where there was also the source of water. The farm and the Lehmsteinhaus, which he had built there, were sold only at Rufus King Porter and finally to the historian Hubert Howe Bancroft in the following decades. The buildings still preserved today are registered as important places in American history as National Historic Landmarks.
Demography
In Census 2000 26.663 inhabitants were counted in Spring Valley, who divided to 9129 households and 6901 families. The population density corresponded to approximately 1424 inhabitants per square kilometer. 68 % of residents were white, 10 % African American, 5 % Asian, 1.5% were American Indian or Pacific Islander, 10% were from other races, and 6% had two or more ethnicities.
The Census 2010 showed an increase in the population to 28 205, as follows aufteilte to different ethnicities: 16,781 ( 59.5 % ) White, 9196 ( 32.6%) Hispanics, 3131 (11.1%) African Americans, 1660 (5, 9%) Asian, 237 (0.8%) Native American, 236 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 4332 (15.4%) other races and 1828 (6.5%) with two or more ethnicities. The average age was 35 years.
Famous people
- Reggie Bush, football player of the Detroit Lions
- Nick Cannon, actor, comedian and rapper