Le Grand

Le Grand is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Merced County, California, United States. The name honors William Le Grand Dickinson, who sold the railroad land for the town in 1896. The population was 1,592 at the 2020 census, down from 1,659 at the 2010 census. Le Grand is located at 37°1343N 120°1454W. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Le Grand has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. It is located 14 miles (23 km) east-southeast of Merced, the county seat at an elevation of 253 feet (77 m) The CDP has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all of it land. At the 2000 census, according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a totalArea of 3.6 squaremile (9.3 km²) The population density was 491.4 people per square mile (189/km²) The racial makeup of Le Grand was 4977% African American, 028% Native American, 153% Asian, 040% Pacific Islander, 42% from other races and 494% from two or more races. The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. The median age was 31.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males.

History

The name honors William Le Grand Dickinson, who sold the railroad land for the town. The first post office opened in 1896. The town is located on the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, later the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Valley Division. It has a population of about 1,000. The post office is located in the center of the town, near the intersection of Main Street and Main Street. The name of the post office was given after Dickinson sold the land to the railroad in 1894. It was named after Dickinson, the owner of the railroad, and the town's name means "land for the land" in Spanish, "le grand" or "grand" in English. It is located near the junction of the Santa Fe and San Francisco railroads, which was once known as the San Francisco and San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad, and later the Atchison and Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Valley Division of the U.S. Railway (US R F A V D E L). The town was founded in 1896 and named for Dickinson, a former railroad officer and owner of the S F&S railway division in California. The town's first post office opened in 1896, and it is still called "Le Grand Dickinson" today.

Geography

Le Grand is located in eastern Merced County at 37°1343N 120°1454W. At the 2000 census, according to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km²), all of it land. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Le Grand has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. The CDP has a total population of 1.1, with the majority of its residents living in the town of Le Grand. The town has a population of 2.2, with most of its people living in Le Grand and the surrounding area. Le Grand is a part of the Merced-Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the cities of Merced, Yuba City, and Merced Springs. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the town's population at 1.3, with 1.2% of its population living in or near Le Grand, and 1.4% in the surrounding areas. The city has a latitude of 37.3°N, and a longitude of 120°W. It is located at 37.1343 N, 120.1454 W, and has a climate of warm summer Mediterranean, with an average monthly temperature of °C (°F) of 3.6 °F (°C) The town's elevation is 3.1 square miles (7.7 km), with the average annual rainfall of 1.8 square miles (2.8 km²).

Demographics

At the 2010 census Le Grand had a population of 1,659. The racial makeup of Le Grand was 869 (52.4%) White, 19 (1.1%) African American, 35 (2.0%) Native American, 17 (1%) Asian, 1 (0.1) Pacific Islander, 659 (39.7%) from other races, and 59 (3.6%) from two or more races. The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. The median household income was $29,894 and the median income for females was $26,094. About 18.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.8% of those under the age of 18 and 11.1% ofThose 65 and over. The average household size was 3.80 and the average family size was3.98. The population density was 491.4 people per square mile (189.8/km²). There were 482 housing units at an average density of 134.6 per squaremile (52.0/ km²). The racial make-up of the CDP was 49.77% White, 0.57% African American, 1.53% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 42.50% from other Races, and 4.94% from 2 or more Races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 78.81%. The median age was 31.5 years.

Government

In the California State Legislature, Le Grand is in the 12th Senate District, represented by Republican Shannon Grove. In the U.S. House of Representatives, he is in California's 16th congressional district. He is a member of the California Democratic Party and the California Republican Party. Le Grand has been married to his wife, Barbara, for more than 30 years. The couple have two children, a son and a daughter, both of whom are in the United States House of Reps. They also have a son who is a firefighter and a son-in-law who is also a firefighter. The family has lived in California since the 1970s and moved to Southern California in the 1990s. They currently live in Los Angeles and have a home in San Diego, where they live with their daughter and son- in-law. They have also lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles since the late 1980s and early 1990s, when they first moved to California. They are currently living in California with their son, who is in his first year of college. They plan to move to San Diego in the fall, when he finishes his studies at the University of California, San Diego. They previously lived in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. In 2008, the family moved to the Los Angeles area, where Le Grand lived with his wife and two children. In 2010, the couple moved to a new home in the San Diego suburb of San Diego and began a new life.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Le Grand, Merced County, California = 5.4. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 20. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 81. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Le Grand = 5.3 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 17,825 individuals with a median age of 26.4 age the population grows by 2.78% in Le Grand, Merced County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,400 residents per square mile of area (540/km²). There are average 3.91 people per household in the 463 households with an average household income of $34,464 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 16.40% of the available work force and has dropped -3.09% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 17.42%. The number of physicians in Le Grand per 100,000 population = 83.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Le Grand = 12.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 42. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 263. 96 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 36.3 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 54, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Le Grand, Merced County, California which are owned by the occupant = 70.93%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 25 years with median home cost = $93,460 and home appreciation of -13.99%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $8.24 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,903 per student. There are 21.1 students for each teacher in the school. 10213.31% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 4.06% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 2.24% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).