Woodlake, California
Tulare County
06-86300
Woodlake is a city in Tulare County in the U.S. state of California. In 2000 Woodlake had 6,651 inhabitants. Annually in the nationally known Woodlake Lions Rodeo on Mother's Day weekend.
Geography
Wood Lake is centrally located in California. According to United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 km ², of which 5.1 km ² of land and 1.2 km ² is water area.
History
In 1908 bought the wealthy Gilbert F. Stevenson from Los Angeles about 13,000 acres ( the equivalent of about 53 km ²) of land. He wanted to establish citrus orchards is a planned community on the drawing board. After the founding of the church Woodlake in 1912 Stevenson built a two-story house. To the scale of Stevenson roads, water and sewer systems as well as drinking water sources were built the first houses.
In the following years the town developed further. Thus, a bridge over the St. John 's River was built, paid half of the Stevenson, and made the connection to the railway network, which declined to make a donation Stevenson's three miles of a rail yard.
In 1940, the population Lakes Wood voted for the founding of the city, which eventually took place on 16 September 1941.
Demography
According to census of 2000 6.651 people lived in 1,777 households and 1,496 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,296.5 per km ². There were 1,874 housing units at an average density of 365.4 per km ². Here lived 47.06 % White, 0.33 % African American, 1.08 % Native American and Alaska Native, 0.9 % Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 45.81 % from other races, and 4.77% with two or more origins. Hispanics and Latinos had a share of 83.82 % of the population.
The age distribution was as follows: 37.8 % were under 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% were between 25 and 44, 15.0 % were between 45 and 64 and 7.5 % were 65 years or older. The median age was 25.3 years.
The median income for a household in Woodlake is $ 23,653. The value relative to the entire United States is $ 41,994.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Robben Ford ( born 1951 ), blues guitarist and singer, was born in Woodlake