Tuolumne County, California

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Very fine old crystalline-gold specimen, most likely from Tuolumne County. Sold in the 1950s for $65; more recently for $12,500. Published twice.<ref>rar09-mf07 - Gold - $ 12,500 SOLD Template:Webarchive, scroll down</ref>

Tuolumne County (Template:IPAc-en), officially the County of Tuolumne, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,620.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The county seat and only incorporated city is Sonora.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>

Tuolumne County comprises the Sonora, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The county is in the Sierra Nevada region.

City of Sonora in Tuolumne County California
City of Sonora in Tuolumne County California

The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county.

Etymology

The name Tuolumne is of Native American origin and has been given different meanings, such as Many Stone Houses, The Land of Mountain Lions, and Straight Up Steep, the latter an interpretation of William Fuller, a native Chief.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mariano Vallejo, in his report to the first California State Legislature, said that the word is "a corruption of the Native American word talmalamne which signifies 'cluster of stone wigwams.'"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The name may mean "people who dwell in stone houses," i.e., in caves.

History

Tuolumne County Boundaries

One of California's original 27 counties, Tuolumne was organized in 1850.

Prior to the official naming of counties by the state, Tuolumne was sometimes referred to as Oro County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The original lines of Tuolumne County were not long established. In 1854 and 1855 the portion of Tuolumne County that extended west into the San Joaquin Valley was reorganized as Stanislaus County. In 1864 a number of the original counties including Tuolumne contributed lands that would lead to the establishment of Alpine County to the northeast. With the State's Adoption of the Political Code in 1872 the current boundaries of Tuolumne County were largely established as shown in the maps below.

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File:Tuolumne County 1935 Map.jpg

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (2.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> A California Department of Forestry document reports Tuolumne County's Template:Convert include federal lands such as Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest, Bureau of Land Management lands, and Indian reservations. Notable landforms in the county include Table Mountain.

Special Districts

Special districts in Tuolumne County include:

  • Belleview Elementary School District
  • Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District
  • Chinese Camp Elementary School District
  • Columbia Fire District
  • Columbia Union Elementary School District
  • Curtis Creek Elementary School District
  • Groveland Community Services District
  • Jamestown Elementary School District
  • Jamestown Fire District
  • Mi-Wuk Sugar Pine Fire Protection District
  • Sonora Elementary School District
  • Sonora Union High School District
  • Soulsbyville Elementary School District
  • Strawberry Fire District
  • Summerville Elementary School District
  • Summerville Union High School District
  • Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District
  • Tuolumne County Water District No. 1
  • Tuolumne Fire District
  • Tuolumne Regional Water District
  • Tuolumne Utilities District
  • Twain Harte Fire District
  • Twain Harte-Long Barn Union Elementary School District
  • Yosemite Community College District

Adjacent counties

Geographical features

Environmental
Valleys

Transportation

Major highways

Public transportation

Tuolumne County Transit bus routes radiate from Sonora to serve most of the county. In Columbia, a connection can be made to Calaveras County Transit. There is no public transportation into or out of Tuolumne County that connects to any of the closest metropolitan areas.

Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) makes a single daily round trip from Sonora into Yosemite Valley during the summer months.

Airports

Columbia Airport and Pine Mountain Lake Airport are both general aviation airports located in the Southwest and Northeast corners of the county respectively.

Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

Population and crime rates
Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 55,736
Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. Table 11: Crimes – 2009 Template:Webarchive. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref> 158 2.83
  Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 1 0.02
  Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 25 0.45
  Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 19 0.34
  Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 113 2.03
Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 669 12.00
  Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 354 6.35
  Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref> 846 15.18
  Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 100 1.79
Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/> 11 0.20

Cities by population and crime rates

Cities by population and crime rates
City Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California). Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref> Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/> Violent crime rate
per 1,000 persons 		Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/> Property crime rate
per 1,000 persons
Sonora 4,804 20 4.07 311 63.33

Demographics

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2020 census

Tuolumne County, California – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1980 Pop 1990 Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 1980 % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 30,945 41,887 46,377 45,325 42,254 91.21% 86.44% 85.09% 81.87% 75.97%
Black or African American alone (NH) 373 1,529 1,135 1,114 989 1.10% 3.16% 2.08% 2.01% 1.78%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 599 876 864 830 784 1.77% 1.81% 1.59% 1.50% 1.41%
Asian alone (NH) 189 362 377 530 770 0.56% 0.75% 0.69% 0.96% 1.38%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref> 81 62 110 x x 0.15% 0.11% 0.20%
Other race alone (NH) 41 76 47 230 313 0.12% 0.16% 0.09% 0.42% 0.56%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref> x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref> 1,175 1,356 3,276 x x 2.16% 2.45% 5.89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,781 3,726 4,445 5,918 7,124 5.25% 7.69% 8.16% 10.69% 12.81%
Total 33,928 48,456 54,501 55,365 55,620 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2011

Population, race, and income
Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref> 55,736
  White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 48,477 87.0%
  Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 1,172 2.1%
  American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 1,008 1.8%
  Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 605 1.1%
  Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 82 0.1%
  Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 2,276 4.1%
  Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 2,116 3.8%
 Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref> 5,861 10.5%
Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> $26,084
Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> $47,359
Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> $59,710

Places by population, race, and income

Places by population and race
Place Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
<ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref> 		Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> Black or African
American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 		Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
<ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref> 		Hispanic or Latino
(of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
Cedar Ridge CDP 1,071 89.8% 6.9% 0.7% 0.3% 2.3% 3.5%
Chinese Camp CDP 154 90.9% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.4%
Cold Springs CDP 293 94.2% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.5%
Columbia CDP 2,258 74.1% 20.8% 0.1% 0.0% 5.0% 11.3%
East Sonora CDP 2,050 89.6% 5.6% 1.0% 0.0% 3.9% 7.9%
Groveland CDP 612 97.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Jamestown CDP 4,031 89.4% 10.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 19.7%
Long Barn CDP 353 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Mi-Wuk Village CDP 761 68.3% 11.8% 0.8% 0.0% 19.1% 7.6%
Mono Vista CDP 2,638 94.2% 3.0% 0.0% 2.4% 0.4% 13.4%
Phoenix Lake CDP 4,452 98.2% 0.6% 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 9.5%
Pine Mountain Lake CDP 2,695 95.5% 2.3% 0.9% 0.0% 1.3% 6.8%
Sierra Village CDP 209 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Sonora City 4,899 93.2% 3.4% 1.0% 1.4% 0.9% 5.1%
Soulsbyville CDP 2,008 99.0% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 1.7%
Strawberry CDP 168 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Tuolumne City CDP 2,152 88.6% 11.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 10.2%
Tuttletown CDP 903 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Twain Harte CDP 2,151 91.7% 5.8% 1.2% 0.0% 1.3% 13.0%
Places by population and income
Place Type<ref name="US-CB"/> Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. U.S. Census website. Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref> Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301"/> Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013"/> Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113"/>
Cedar Ridge CDP 1,071 $35,230 $59,323 $80,833
Chinese Camp CDP 154 $29,125 $45,313 $106,250
Cold Springs CDP 293 $34,753 $74,018 $88,269
Columbia CDP 2,258 $23,152 $34,231 $49,135
East Sonora CDP 2,050 $30,722 $35,781 $50,292
Groveland CDP 612 $22,075 $31,587 $51,719
Jamestown CDP 4,031 $19,279 $27,764 $29,329
Long Barn CDP 353 $38,008 $24,898 $16,071
Mi-Wuk Village CDP 761 $32,578 $60,769 $81,786
Mono Vista CDP 2,638 $19,865 $42,328 $52,835
Phoenix Lake CDP 4,452 $33,759 $65,292 $85,365
Pine Mountain Lake CDP 2,695 $31,992 $54,200 $64,973
Sierra Village CDP 209 $46,769 $71,607 $71,607
Sonora City 4,899 $28,425 $31,424 $62,396
Soulsbyville CDP 2,008 $26,181 $56,853 $72,750
Strawberry CDP 168 $13,504 $22,467 $22,467
Tuolumne City CDP 2,152 $18,620 $35,291 $38,509
Tuttletown CDP 903 $20,840 $31,827 $45,750
Twain Harte CDP 2,151 $31,264 $46,250 $49,911

2010 census

The 2010 United States census reported that Tuolumne County had a population of 55,365. The racial makeup of Tuolumne County was 48,274 (87.2%) White, 1,143 (2.1%) African American, 1,039 (1.9%) Native American, 572 (1.0%) Asian, 76 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 2,238 (4.0%) from other races, and 2,023 (3.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5,918 persons (10.7%).<ref>Template:USCensus2010CA</ref>

2000

As of the census<ref name="GR8">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 54,501 people, 21,004 households, and 14,240 families residing in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 28,336 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was 89.5% White, 2.1% Black or African American, 1.8% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 2.9% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. 8.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 94.7% spoke English and 3.5% Spanish as their first language.

There were 21,004 households, out of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 111.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $38,725, and the median income for a family was $44,327. Males had a median income of $35,373 versus $25,805 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,015. About 8.1% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over. Template:Clear

Government and policing

The Government of Tuolumne County is established and defined by the California Constitution and is a five-member elected Board Of Supervisors who serve four year elected terms. The government provides services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. The Board is the government for all unincorporated areas. Sonora is the only incorporated city in Tuolumne County.

Sheriff and Police

The Tuolumne County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for the entire county. It provides patrol and detective services for the unincorporated areas of the county.

Within the city limits of Sonora, patrol and detective services are served by the Sonora Police Department.

Politics

Voter registration statistics

Population and registered voters
Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> 55,736
  Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. February 10, 2013 - Report of Registration Template:Webarchive. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref> 32,101 57.6%
    Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/> 10,306 32.1%
    Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/> 13,529 42.1%
    Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/> -3,223 -10.0%
    Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/> 1,313 4.1%
    Green<ref name="CA-SS"/> 248 0.8%
    Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/> 248 0.8%
    Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/> 100 0.3%
    Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/> 1 0.0%
    Other<ref name="CA-SS"/> 68 0.2%
    No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/> 6,288 19.6%

Cities by population and voter registration

Cities by population and voter registration
City Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/> Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/>
<ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/> 		Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/> Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/> D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/> Other<ref name="CA-SS"/> No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
Sonora 4,899 55.0% 38.2% 32.4% +5.8% 10.7% 22.8%

Overview

Tuolumne county tends to vote Republican in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Democrat to win the county was Bill Clinton in 1992. In the 2008 presidential election, 14,988 votes were counted for John McCain with former president Barack Obama receiving 11,532 votes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Tuolumne County is in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref> In the state legislature Tuolumne is in the 8th Assembly district, which is held by Republican David Tangipa and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil.

Communities

City

Census-designated places

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Unincorporated communities

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Population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Tuolumne County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

† county seat

Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2010 Census)
1 † Sonora City 4,610
2 Phoenix Lake CDP 4,269
3 Jamestown CDP 3,433
4 Mono Vista CDP 3,127
5 Pine Mountain Lake CDP 2,796
6 Columbia CDP 2,297
7 East Sonora CDP 2,266
8 Twain Harte CDP 2,226
9 Soulsbyville CDP 2,215
10 Tuolumne City CDP 1,779
11 Cedar Ridge CDP 1,132
12 Mi-Wuk Village CDP 941
13 Tuttletown CDP 668
14 Groveland CDP 601
15 Sierra Village CDP 456
16 Tuolumne Rancheria<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> AIAN 185
17 Cold Springs CDP 181
18 Long Barn CDP 155
19 Chinese Camp CDP 126
20 Strawberry CDP 126
21 Chicken Ranch Rancheria<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> AIAN 91

See also

Explanatory notes

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References

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Further reading

  • A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892.
  • "Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit: 2005 Pre-Fire Management Plan, September 28, 2005 Edition," California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sep 28, 2005, pp. 16.
  • US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.
  • CNN News, "Local and National Election Results - Election Center 2008", CNN News, November 2008.

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