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Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.
This is a list of the 100 largest counties in the United States by area. The list is based upon the total area of a county, both land and water surface, reported by the United States Census Bureau during the 2000 Census. [1] Alaska and Louisiana are not divided into counties.
The following is a list of counties and county-equivalents showing the average size of each state/territory's counties, the smallest county (or equivalent) in each state/territory, and the largest county (or equivalent) in each state/territory. States/territories on the list are arranged by the average land area of their counties.
Location of California in the United States. California is the most populous and third largest U.S. state by area, located on the West Coast of the United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, California's population is 39,538,223 and has 155,858.33 square miles (403,671.2 km 2) of land. [1]
[9] [10] In 2010, the state's five most populous counties were Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, with Riverside County having the largest percentage increase in population. [11] The largest metro areas in California, as of 2010, are Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, the Inland Empire, and ...
San Mateo County. Average household income: $216,684 Typical home value: $1,702,429 Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates isolated the 50 counties with the highest average household income ...
Notably, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara counties flipped from losing among the most people — 2nd- and 4th-most, respectively — to showing top 10 percentage population gains.
Roughly 12% of California residents are reported to be living in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. These are the 10 wealthiest counties in California, according to new median income ...