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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,154 (0.8%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Amador County is $629 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $826 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1200 a month.
Cities in this county include: Ione
, Edwards AFB
, Jackson
, Sutter Creek
, Plymouth
, Amador City
.
2005 air pollution in Amador County:
Carbon Monoxide: 1 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.103 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.087 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Alpine County
, Calaveras County
, El Dorado County
, Sacramento County
, San Joaquin County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Amador County: Montevina
Winery
(A),
Salt Springs Recreation Site
(B),
Salt Springs Campground
(C),
Ferguson Point Campground
(D),
Zion California Department of Forestry Station
(E),
Amador Foothill Winery
(F),
Amador Ranger Station
(G),
Youngs Vineyards
(H),
Four Corners
(I),
Argonaut Winery
(J),
Renwood-Santino Winery
(K),
Baldinelli Vineyards
(L),
Goodman Ranch
(M),
Goosehill Gun Club
(N),
Rancheria
(O),
Greenstone Winery
(P),
Bear River Group Campground
(Q),
Bear River Resort
(R),
Bear River Resort Ski Area
(S),
Karly Vineyards
(T)
Shopping Center: Amador
Plaza Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Amador County include: First
Baptist Church
(A),
Saint Stevens Catholic Church
(B),
Saint Bernards Catholic Church
(C),
Pine Grove Community Church
(D)
Cemeteries: Protestant
Cemetery
(1),
Fiddletown Cemetery
(2),
Fiddletown Masonic Cemetery
(3),
Drytown Public Cemetery
(4),
Saint Stevens Cemetery
(5),
Shenandoah Cemetery
(6),
Maidens Grave
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Hidden
Lake
(A),
Granite Lake
(B),
Cole Creek Lakes
(C),
Loch Lane
(D),
Mud Lake
(E),
Long Lake
(F),
Kirkwood Lake
(G),
Pardoe Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Antelope
Creek
(A),
Amador Creek
(B),
Misery Creek
(C),
Mountain Spring Creek
(D),
Mill Creek
(E),
North Fork Cosumnes River
(F),
North Fork Dry Creek
(G),
Middle Fork Cosumnes River
(H),
Panther Creek
(I)
Parks in Amador County include: Pine
Grove Park
(1),
Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park
(2),
Pardee Reservoir Recreation Area
(3),
Chaw'se Indian Grinding Rocks State Historic Park
(4),
Rock Monument
(5),
Italian Society Park
(6),
Soldiers Memorial Park
(7),
Rancheria Creek Park
(8),
Salt Springs State Game Refuge
(9)
Post offices: Pine
Grove Post Office
(A),
Volcano Post Office
(B),
Pioneer Post Office
(C)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.9% | | California: |
5.4% |
Current college students: 1,063
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%
Number of foreign born residents: 1,180 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Amador
County: |
3.4% | | Whole
state: | 26.2% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 144
- 1990
to 1994: 131
- 1985
to 1989: 131
- 1980
to 1984: 133
- 1975
to 1979: 44
- 1970
to 1974: 58
- 1970
to 1974: 51
- 1965
to 1969: 488
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Mean travel time to work: 29.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 73.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 12,189
- One,
attached: 399
- Two:
184
- 3
or 4: 202
- 5
to 9: 86
- 10
to 19: 128
- 20
or more: 362
- Mobile
homes: 1,295
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 190
Housing units in Amador County with a mortgage: 4,778 (701 second mortgage, 544 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,666 Agriculture
in Amador County
Average size of farms: 430 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $47079
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $1916.84
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 42.21%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $43935
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 3.30%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 77.14%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $22537
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.80%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.91
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.10%
Land in orchards: 4497 acres
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(14%)
- Public
administration (12%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Educational
services (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Repair
and maintenance (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (14%)
- Accommodation
and food services (11%)
- Educational
services (11%)
- Public
administration (8%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Arts,
entertainment, and recreation (5%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Law
enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(27%)
- Canada
(11%)
- United
Kingdom (10%)
- Germany
(8%)
- Japan
(5%)
- Philippines
(3%)
- Hong
Kong (3%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Amador County:
|
- German
(15%)
- English
(13%)
- Irish
(12%)
- Italian
(9%)
- United
States or American (7%)
- French
(except Basque) (3%)
- Portuguese
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 10,278 (77%)
- Carpooled:
1,722 (13%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 29 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Railroad:
8 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
57 (0%)
- Bicycle:
29 (0%)
- Walked:
463 (3%)
- Other
means: 86 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 704 (5%)
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People
in group quarters in Amador County, California
- 3457
people in state prisons
- 765
people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 139
people in nursing homes
- 80
people in other types of correctional institutions
- 61
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 34
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 25
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 10
people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 5
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4
people in homes for the physically handicapped
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $56,275.
8.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,543 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
8.00% | | California
average: |
5.75% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.00% relocated from other counties in California ($49,516 average AGI)
1.00% relocated from other states ($5,027 average AGI)
| Amador
County: |
1.00% | | California
average: | 1.75% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Sacramento County, CA
|
1.61% ($55,314 average AGI) |
| from
Calaveras County, CA
|
0.74% ($28,639) |
| from
San Joaquin County, CA
|
0.68% ($46,933) |
| from
Alameda County, CA
|
0.47% ($70,984) |
| from
Contra Costa County, CA
|
0.46% ($81,033) |
| from
El Dorado County, CA
|
0.35% ($41,717) |
| from
Santa Clara County, CA
|
0.31% ($85,525) |
6.96% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,597 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.96% | | California
average: |
6.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.89% relocated to other counties in California ($27,290 average AGI)
2.07% relocated to other states ($11,307 average AGI)
| Amador
County: |
2.07% | | California
average: | 2.40% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Sacramento County, CA
|
1.45% ($38,647 average AGI) |
| to
Calaveras County, CA
|
0.55% ($37,014) |
| to
San Joaquin County, CA
|
0.49% ($32,175) |
| to
El Dorado County, CA
|
0.34% ($49,750) |
| to
Stanislaus County, CA
|
0.15% ($42,800) |
| to
Placer County, CA
|
0.15% ($51,000) |
| to
San Diego County, CA
|
0.14% ($22,778) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.2
Births
per 1000 population in Amador County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.6
Deaths
per 1000 population in Amador County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.8
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Amador County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 7,268 (6,433 aged, 835 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 30,489
- In
family households: 26,111 (7,054 male householders, 2,020 female householders)
7,468
spouses, 7,626 children (6,864 natural, 166 adopted, 596 stepchildren), 479 grandchildren, 134 brothers or sisters, 203 parents, 498 other relatives, 629 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,378 (1,554 male householders (1,278 living alone)), 2,113 female householders (1,781 living alone)), 711 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 4,611 (4,535 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,025 2-persons, 1,687 3-persons, 1,395 4-persons, 666 5-persons, 182 6-persons, 119 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,059 1-person, 507 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 20 4-persons.
4,573 married couples with children.
1,564 single-parent households (410 men, 1,154 women).
92.4% of residents of Amador County speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $208,393,000 ($5508 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,013,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $115,526,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $51,913,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $564,000
Federal grants: $32,372,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,427,000 ($598,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,591,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $840,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,858,000
Federal Government insurance: $33,522,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 1,411
| Here: |
37 per 1000 residents | | State: | 77
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,062
| Here: |
54 per 1000 residents | | State: |
34 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +87
| Here: |
+2 per 1000 residents | | State: | +39
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +3,977
| Here: |
+103 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-18 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Amador County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.81 millions of gallons per day (9% from ground, 91% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 369
- 1995
to 1998: 843
- 1990
to 1994: 1,600
- 1980
to 1989: 3,693
- 1970
to 1979: 3,725
- 1960
to 1969: 1,457
- 1950
to 1959: 1,152
- 1940
to 1949: 784
- 1939
or earlier: 1,412
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Amador County, California: |
- 1
room: 32
- 2
rooms: 204
- 3
rooms: 450
- 4
rooms: 1,307
- 5
rooms: 2,814
- 6
rooms: 2,650
- 7
rooms: 1,134
- 8
rooms: 592
- 9
or more rooms: 437
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Amador County, California: |
- 1
room: 89
- 2
rooms: 291
- 3
rooms: 550
- 4
rooms: 669
- 5
rooms: 820
- 6
rooms: 478
- 7
rooms: 131
- 8
rooms: 54
- 9
or more rooms: 57
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Amador County: |
- no
bedroom: 81
- 1
bedroom: 435
- 2
bedrooms: 3,306
- 3
bedrooms: 4,881
- 4
bedrooms: 786
- 5
or more bedrooms: 131
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Amador County: |
- no
bedroom: 150
- 1
bedroom: 662
- 2
bedrooms: 1,241
- 3
bedrooms: 967
- 4
bedrooms: 97
- 5
or more bedrooms: 22
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Amador County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 320
- 1
vehicle: 2,311
- 2
vehicles: 4,116
- 3
vehicles: 2,111
- 4
vehicles: 572
- 5
or more vehicles: 190
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Amador County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 418
- 1
vehicle: 1,320
- 2
vehicles: 957
- 3
vehicles: 323
- 4
vehicles: 90
- 5
or more vehicles: 31
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54% of Amador County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in California.
| Amador
County: |
53.8% | | State
average: |
52.5% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 23535
- Northeast:
1185
- Midwest:
3212
- South:
2733
- West:
3049
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Wood
(26%)
- Utility
gas (21%)
- Electricity
(15%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(32%)
- Utility
gas (32%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood
(17%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 248
| Here: |
7.3% | | California: | 9.9% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 230
| Here: |
7.9% | | California: |
7.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 207
| Here: |
23.1% | | California: |
15.4% |
Amador
County government finances in 2002:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $131,000
- Charges
- All Other: $2,897,000
Solid Waste Management: $949,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $304,000
Regular Highways: $123,000
Parks & Recreation: $10,000
- Construction
- General: $804,000
Air Transportation: $405,000
Regular Highways: $291,000
Corrections - Other: $233,000
Police Protection: $172,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $129,000
Judicial & Legal: $106,000
Financial Administration: $100,000
Health - Other: $84,000
Welfare - Other: $60,000
Fire Protection: $1,000
- Current
Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $5,576,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $5,309,000
Police Protection: $5,244,000
Health Services - Other: $4,558,000
General - Other: $4,466,000
Corrections - Other: $3,421,000
Regular Highways: $3,392,000
Welfare, Federal Categorical Assistance Programs: $2,962,000
Welfare - Other: $2,789,000
Financial Administration: $1,670,000
Central Staff Services: $1,123,000
Solid Waste Management: $970,000
Fire Protection: $935,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $819,000
Libraries: $632,000
Parks & Recreation: $165,000
Air Transportation: $117,000
Natural Resources - Other: $107,000
Welfare, Cash Assistance - Other: $27,000
Welfare, Vendor Payments for Other Purposes: $1,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,925,000
General Support: $15,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $51,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $719,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - Education: $2,197,000
All Other: $281,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $850,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $814,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $36,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $2,692,000
Interest Earnings: $915,000
Rents: $64,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $238,000
Judicial: $52,000
General - Other: $49,000
Corrections - Other: $27,000
Health - Other: $23,000
Libraries: $20,000
Central Staff: $19,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $12,000
Financial Administration: $7,000
Natural Resource - Other: $3,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $7,628,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $5,901,000
All Other: $4,627,000
General Support: $4,082,000
Health & Hospitals: $4,032,000
Education: $3,029,000
Highways: $2,119,000
- Tax
- Property: $9,962,000
Total General Sales: $1,982,000
NEC: $580,000
Public Utilities: $306,000
Other Selective Sales: $101,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $21,266,000
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