- State:CaliforniaCounty:Tulare CountyCity:VisaliaCounty FIPS:06107Coordinates:36°19′49″N 119°17′33″WArea total:37.94 sq mi (98.25 km²)Area land:37.91 sq mi (98.20 km²)Area water:0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²)Elevation:331 ft (101 m)Established:1874; Incorporated February 27, 1874
- Latitude:36,3092Longitude:-119,3139Dman name cbsa:Visalia, CATimezone:Pacific Standard Time (PST) UTC-8:00; Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) UTC-7:00ZIP codes:93277,93278,93279,93290,93291,93292GMAP:
Visalia, Tulare County, California, United States
- Population:141,384Population density:3,726.52 residents per square mile of area (1,439.02/km²)Household income:$50,442Households:38,805Unemployment rate:10.00%
- Sales taxes:8.00%Income taxes:9.30%
Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 42nd most populous in California, and 192nd in the United States. As the county seat of Tulare County, Visalia serves as the economic and governmental center to one of the most productive agricultural counties in the country. Visalia served as a host city for the Amgen Tour of California in 2009 and 2010. The city is divided into several neighborhoods, some of which were incorporated or were some places or communities that were never incorporated. The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census. The area around Visalia was first settled by the Yokuts and Mono Native American tribes hundreds of years ago. When the first Europeans arrived is unknown, but the first to make a written record of the area was Pedro Fages in 1722. In 1852, some pioneers settled in the area, then called Four Creeks. In 1904, the city was incorporated. In 1893, the train bandits and murderers John Sontag and Chris Evans were apprehended, badly wounded, outside Visalia in what is called the Battle of Stoneral. In October 1934, the Visalia Electric Railroad was the site of a labor-finding committee appointed by Governor James Rolph. In the mid-1970s, the town was known for the serial burglaries of the unidentified serial burglars of the then-unidentified Ransackerans, who were known as the Ransackers. The town is named for Nathaniel Vise's ancestral home, visalia, Kentucky.
History
The area around Visalia was first settled by the Yokuts and Mono Native American tribes hundreds of years ago. In 1852, some pioneers settled in the area, then called Four Creeks. The area got its name from the many watershed creeks and rivers flowing from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. During the Civil War, many citizens of Visalia could not decide whether to stand on the side of the North or the South, so they simply had a mini Civil War of their own on Main Street. In the mid-1970s, the area was known for the serial burglaries of the then unidentified Visalia Ransacker. More recently, Visalia served as a host city for the Amgen Tour of California in 2009 and 2010. The town of Tulare is named for Nathaniel Vise's ancestral home, visalia, Kentucky, and is located on the Kaweah River, near the city of Fresno. The city's population was 6080 in 1853, and it has remained the county seat since that time. It was added to John Butterfield's Overland Stage route from St. Louis to San Francisco in 1859. In 1904, the Visalia Electric Railroad was incorporated. In October 1933, a fact-finding committee appointed by Governor James Rolph was charged with investigating labor violence in the San Joaquin cotton strike. Labor activist Caroline Decker led hundreds of strikers in a march on the courthouse, and led the questioning of strikers during the investigation. The second incorporation in 1874 moved Visalia into city status with a common council and an ex-officio mayor and president.
Cityscape
The city of Visalia, California is home to many historic buildings. The city is divided into five areas: Downtown, North, Southwest, and the Westside. The Westside is the oldest part of the city, dating back to the 19th century. The Eastside was the city's first city, and was built in the early 20th Century. It is located on the banks of the San Francisco Bay, and is known as the East Side of the Bay. The west side of the bay is called the West Side, and it is known for its historic buildings, including the Bank of Italy and the Fox Theatre. The east side is called Westside, and its buildings are known for their Art Deco-style architecture. The town is also home to a number of historic homes, many of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as several other historic buildings that date back to before the Civil War. The state's largest city, Fresno, is located in the west, and has been home to the city for more than 100 years. It was the site of the Battle of the Bulge, in which the U.S. Army was forced to retreat to the West Coast to avoid being overtaken by the Soviet Union in World War II. It has also been the scene of many other major battles, including a battle between the United States and Russia in the 1950s and 1960s, which left a trail of blood in the area. The City of Fresno has a long history of being a center for the arts and culture, including several theaters.
Geography
Visalia is irregularly shaped and covers a total area of 36.3 sq mi (94 km²) of which 0.05% is covered by water. It is located at 36°19'27" North, 119°18'26" West (36.324100, 119.307347) The highest point in the VisaliaPorterville area is Mount Whitney, located at the far reaches of the Sierra Nevada roughly 58 mi (93 km) east of the city. Visalia has a semi-arid climate (BSk, under the Köppen climate classification) with an average of only 26 days with measurable precipitation annually. The city is subject to earthquakes due to its proximity to the Pacific Ring of Fire. It suffers from air pollution in the form of smog, agricultural and agricultural and other particulates. The area was once a dense oak woodland and the city is trying to maintain a healthy urban forest partly through preserving Mooney Grove Park, one of the largest valley oak groves in California. The greatest snowfall recorded in the city was just below 3 in (7.62 cm) on January 25, 1999. It gets only 1103 in (1616 mm) of rain each year; pollution accumulates over many consecutive days of air quality in Visalia and other major cities in the San Joaquin Valley. It was the home of the minor league baseball team Visalia Oaks for almost 30 years. The team's mascot was the Oakie Chatterie.
Economy
The economy of Visalia is driven by agriculture (especially grapes, olives, cotton, citrus, and nursery products), livestock, and distribution and manufacturing facilities. Light manufacturing and industrial/commercial distribution represent the fastest growing portion of the city's employer base. The top employers in the city are: Apple, Google, Microsoft, and AT&T. The city's unemployment rate is 3.7 percent. The unemployment rate in Visalia was 3.1 percent in 2013. The economy is driven in part by agriculture, livestock and manufacturing. It is also driven by light manufacturing, industrial/ commercial distribution, and light manufacturing. The largest employers are Apple,Google, and Microsoft. The number of unemployed people is 1.2 million. The percentage of unemployed adults is 2.2 percent, the lowest in the state. The rate of unemployment is 3% in the county. The average household income is $30,000. The proportion of unemployed men is 0.8 percent, and the rate of unemployed women is 1%. The city has the highest rate of female unemployment at 2.9 percent. It has the lowest rate of male unemployment at 0.7%. The unemployment rates are 2.7 per cent and the percentage of female workers is 1 per cent, the highest in the State of California. The state's economy is based on agriculture and livestock. It also has a significant manufacturing sector, with electronics and paper products making up a significant portion of its economy. The highest percentage of women working in manufacturing is in the manufacturing sector.
Culture
Visalia has a multiethnic population practicing a variety of faiths, including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Baháí, Sufism. About 233,293 Christians are in the metropolitan area (85,000 in the city proper) The major daily newspaper in the area is the Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register owned by Gannett. The Visalia Rawhide are a "single-A" class team of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Minor League Baseball. The Rawhide compete in the California League at Recreation Park. It is also home to the longest-active official National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) car club. The city was featured in several episodes of season two of the TV series 24, though many characters mispronounced its name. The town is also mentioned in the book They Say, in which Ida B. Wells comments on the town being a hot and dusty small village. In the film Big Trouble in Little China, Jack Burton's trucking company hails from Visalia. It can be seen on the passenger-side door early in the film. Visalia appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas where it is parodied as Montgomery. It has a population of about 85,000, with about 233,000 Christians in the metro area. The largest Protestant Christian congregations include Radiant Church, Visalia First Assembly, Neighborhood Church, Gateway Church, Christ Lutheran Church, and Visalia Nazarene Church.
Education
College of the Sequoias, a community college, is the only public college located in Visalia. Visalia is the largest primary statistical area in the United States without an NCAA member school. The Tulare County Public Library operates its largest branch, the Visalia Branch, in Downtown Visalia, with a student population of about 30,000. The Visalia Learning Center is located in the city's downtown area. The city has a population of 100,000, making it the only major city in the Central Valley with a population over 100,00 that does not have a local four-year university. It is also the largest city in California without a major college or university in the San Francisco Bay Area or the San Diego-San Diego area. It also has a large number of private colleges, including San Joaquin Valley College and the University of Phoenix. It has one of the largest public high schools in the state, with more than 2,000 students in the high school class of 2007. It was the largest high school in the U.S. in the 1990s, with about 1,800 students. It had a population in the early 2000s of about 3,500. It now has about 6,500 students, including about 2,200 in the junior and senior high schools. The school district serves the entire city of Visalia as well as several surrounding communities. It operates a school district that serves the city and its surrounding communities with about 3.5 million students.
Transportation
California State Route 99 is the major northsouth highway that heads north to Fresno and south to Bakersfield. California State Route 198 runs east to Sequoia National Park and west to San Lucas. Visalia Transit operates public transportation to, from and within the communities of Visalia, Goshen, Farmersville and Exeter. Orange Belt Stages has a bus stop in Visalia for commuting Amtrak rail passengers with Visalia as their final destination. The nearest Amtrak stations that offer commercial rail transportation services are located in Hanford and Fresno. The V-Line, a bus line that connects Visalia and Fresno, costs $10 each way and has amenities such as free WiFi and charging ports. Other nearby commercial airports include: Meadows Field Airport, also known as Kern County Airport #1, serves the South Valley of the Porterville area, and Fresno Yosemite International Airport, owned by the city of Fresno; serves the San Joaquin Valley. The city has one airport, the Visalia Municipal Airport (IATA: VIS, ICAO: KVIS, FAA LID: VIS). The airport is located near the town of Porterville, in the Southeastern Sierra Nevada region of the state. It is located on the eastern edge of the San Francisco Bay Area, and has a runway that can accommodate up to 50,000 passengers per day. It also has a terminal that can handle up to 100,000 passenger flights a day, depending on the size of the airport. The airport was built in the early 1900s.
Demographics
The 2010 United States Census reported that Visalia had a population of 124,442. The racial makeup of Visalia was 80,203 (64.5%) White, 2,627 (2.1%) African American, 1,730 (1.4%) Native American, 6,768 (5.4) Asian, 164 (0.1) Pacific Islander, 27,249 (21.9%) from other races, and 5,701 (4.6%) from two or more races. There were 57,262 people (46.0%) people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race. The median age was 31.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. The seven largest Asian American groups were the following:. Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, Hmong, Lahu, Mien,Filipino, and Japanese. The main multiracial groups were. the following four:. Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders. The average household size was 2.98; the average family size was 3.42; and there were 30,636 families (74.1% of all households) There were 44,205 housing units at an average density of 1,218.9 per square mile (470.6/km²), of which 25,380 were owner-occupied, and 15,969 (38.6) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate is 2.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.7%. 73,980 people (59.4% of the population) lived inOwner-occupied housing units and 49,136 people (39.5% of population) live in rental housing units.
Government
Visalia is a charter city with a city charter approved by the electorate that acts as a "constitution" for the city. Until the November 2012 elections, Visalia voters at large, elected the five-member City Council that serves as the city's legislative and governing body. The City Council meets and chooses one of its members as mayor and one as vice-mayor. The current mayor of Visalia is Bob Link and vice mayor is Steve Nelsen. In the California State Legislature, Visia is in the 16th Senate District, represented by Democrat Melissa Hurtado, and in the 26th Assembly District, represented by Republican Devon Mathis. In California's U.S. House of Representatives, the city is in California's 22nd congressional district, represented. by Republican Connie Conway. The city's mayor is E. Warren Gubler, who has been in office since December 2016 and will be re-elected in December 2018. In 2012, the Visalia City Council voted to put on the 2012 ballot an initiative that changed the way that Visalia Voters get to elect their city council. The measure passed and since the November 2016 elections, the candidates must live in one of the five areas (or "districts") forming the city, and only residents of that area cast their votes. The council members serve four-year terms, and they select one member to serve as mayor, and one to serving as vice mayor. In 2013, the council members elected two members to serve a two-year term.
Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index
The Air Quality index is in Visalia, Tulare County, California = 2.2. 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 30. 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 86. 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 Visalia = 5.7 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 141,384 individuals with a median age of 31.8 age the population grows by 28.98% in Visalia, Tulare County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 3,726.52 residents per square mile of area (1,439.02/km²). There are average 3 people per household in the 38,805 households with an average household income of $50,442 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 10.00% of the available work force and has dropped -2.24% 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 25.52%. The number of physicians in Visalia per 100,000 population = 109.1.
Weather
The annual rainfall in Visalia = 10.2 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 40. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 275. 97 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 37.2 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 Visalia, Tulare County, California which are owned by the occupant = 60.64%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 24 years with median home cost = $155,830 and home appreciation of -19.20%. 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 $8.02 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 $4,602 per student. There are 23 students for each teacher in the school, 13452 students for each Librarian and 2424 students for each Counselor. 9.27% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 12.64% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 6.47% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).
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Visalia's population in Tulare County, California of 3,085 residents in 1900 has increased 45,83-fold to 141,384 residents after 120 years, according to the official 2020 census.
Approximately 51.15% female residents and 48.85% male residents live in Visalia, Tulare County, California.
As of 2020 in Visalia, Tulare County, California are married and the remaining 40.75% are single population.
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20.9 minutes is the average time that residents in Visalia require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
79.85% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 12.35% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.06% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.46% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Visalia, Tulare County, California, 60.64% are owner-occupied homes, another 33.28% are rented apartments, and the remaining 6.08% are vacant.
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The 50.60% of the population in Visalia, Tulare County, California who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.