| Population | |||||||||||
| Land area (acres): | 1,095,350 | Cities | 1-1-95 | ||||||||
| EL DORADO | |||||||||||
| Population, 7-1-94 | 146,400 | South Lake Tahoe | 23,950 | South Lake Tahoe | |||||||
| Percent of California | 0.5 | Placerville | 9,100 | Placerville | |||||||
| Population, 1-1-95 | 148,600 | Unincorporated | 112,124 | Unincorporated | |||||||
| 1-1-95 | |||||||||||
| Population in households | 147,227 | ||||||||||
| Population/household | 2.760 | ||||||||||
| EDUCATION | 1993-94 | ||||||||||
| ($ mill) | |||||||||||
| Median years of school, 1990 *** | 13.6 | Spending on education: | |||||||||
| School districts* | 155.0 | ||||||||||
| Enrollment, Fall 1994 | |||||||||||
| Kindergarten-12 | 28,888 | 1988-89 | |||||||||
| ($ mill) | |||||||||||
| Enrollment, Fall 1987 | |||||||||||
| College/University | Community colleges** | 6.1 | |||||||||
| Community colleges | 1,467 | ||||||||||
| * Not including community college districts. | |||||||||||
| ** Includes governmental, proprietary and fiduciary group funds. | |||||||||||
| *** May not be comparable to the 1980 census. The 1990 median was computed on the | |||||||||||
| basis of educational attainment. The 1980 median was based on actual years of school | |||||||||||
| completed. | |||||||||||
| LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT | Total employment, 1993 | 52,377 | Number of establishments | ||||||||
| (BEA series) | by employment size, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Civilian labor force, 1994 | 69,400 | Percent of California | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Civilian employment | 64,200 | Wage and salary | 33,644 | 1-4 | 2,202 | ||||||
| Unemployment | 5,200 | Proprietors | 18,733 | 5-9 | 644 | ||||||
| Unemployment rate | 7.5 | Farm | 707 | 10-19 | 311 | ||||||
| Non-Farm | 18,026 | 20-49 | 183 | ||||||||
| Nonagricultural wage & salary | 50-99 | 38 | |||||||||
| employment, 1993 (BLS series) | 31,300 | Farm | 898 | 100-249 | 19 | ||||||
| Percent of California | 0.3 | Agricultural services | 790 | 250-499 | 4 | ||||||
| Construction/mining | 1,900 | Mining | 93 | 500-999 | 2 | ||||||
| Manufacturing | 1,800 | Construction | 5,257 | 1000 + | -- | ||||||
| Transportation-utility | 1,000 | Manufacturing | 2,558 | Total | 3,403 | ||||||
| Trade | 8,900 | Transportation-utility | 1,390 | Check: | |||||||
| Finance-insurance- | Wholesale trade | 1,517 | 0 | ||||||||
| real estate | 1,600 | Retail trade | 10,808 | ||||||||
| Services | 8,400 | Finance, insurance, | |||||||||
| Federal government | 900 | real estate | 4,865 | ||||||||
| State-local government | 6,800 | Services | 16,306 | ||||||||
| Federal civilian | 986 | ||||||||||
| Military | 348 | ||||||||||
| Totals may not add due to rounding. | State and local | 6,561 | |||||||||
| INCOME AND SALES | 1979 | 1989 | |||||||||
| Personal income, 1993 ($ mill.) | 2,919.3 | Median family income, Census | 20,182 | 39,823 | |||||||
| Percent of California | 0.4 | Median household income, Census | 17,522 | 35,058 | |||||||
| Per capita income, 1993 | 20,598 | ||||||||||
| Percent of California | 94.1 | 1993 | 1994 | ||||||||
| Avg. earnings per job, 1993 | 22,196 | Total taxable sales, ($ mill.) | 881.0 | 905.1 | |||||||
| Avg. wages per job, 1993 | 21,472 | Percent of California | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||
| Avg. earnings per nonfarm | Taxable retail sales | 648.3 | 658.0 | ||||||||
| proprietor, 1993 | 19,712 | ||||||||||
| HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION | 4-1-90 | 1-1-95 | Valuation | ||||||||
| Units | ($ mill.) | ||||||||||
| Housing stock | 61,451 | 67,741 | Housing authorizations, 1994 | ||||||||
| Percent of California | 0.5 | 0.6 | Total | 1,024 | $147.9 | ||||||
| Single family | 48,288 | 53,679 | Percent of California | 1.1 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Multiple family | 7,525 | 8,760 | Single family | 967 | 127.2 | ||||||
| Mobile homes, trailers, etc. | 5,638 | 5,302 | Multi-family | 57 | 3.9 | ||||||
| Vacancy rate (percent): | 23.8 | 21.3 | |||||||||
| Nonresidential permits | -- | $32.9 | |||||||||
| Percent of California | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| INDUSTRY | 1982 | 1987 | ($ mill.) | |||||||
| Value added by manufacture, ($ mill.) | 36.3 | 78.2 | Capital expenditures: | |||||||
| Percent of California | * | 0.1 | 1982 | 2.3 | ||||||
| 1987 | 9.3 | |||||||||
| Leading industry: | ||||||||||
| Lumber and wood products | 37.6 | Payroll in manufacturing: | ||||||||
| 1987 | 37.5 | |||||||||
| 1990** | 57.0 | |||||||||
| Timber production, 1994 (Thous. of board ft.) | 129,130 | |||||||||
| Percent of California | 5.6 | Number of mfg. establishments: | ||||||||
| 1987 | 135 | |||||||||
| * Less than 5/100th of a percent. | 1990** | 159 | ||||||||
| ** Not comparable with 1987 due to | ||||||||||
| source difference. | ||||||||||
| AGRICULTURE | ||||||||||
| Number of farms, 1992 | 690 | Leading commodities with | ||||||||
| Acreage in farms, 1992 | 102,028 | value of production, 1994 | $ mill. | |||||||
| % of land area | 9.3 | |||||||||
| Apples | 6.1 | |||||||||
| Agricultural employment, 1994 * | 4,300 | Nursery | 2.2 | |||||||
| Pasture and range | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Value of production, 1994 ($ mill.) | 18.9 | Grapes | 2.0 | |||||||
| Percent of California | 0.1 | Cattle and calves | 1.8 | |||||||
| County Rank | 47 | Christmas trees | 1.3 | |||||||
| Livestock and livestock products | 2.0 | Pears | 0.5 | |||||||
| Poultry and poultry products | 1.3 | Cherries | 0.4 | |||||||
| Field crops | 2.1 | Peaches | 0.3 | |||||||
| Vegetables | 0.3 | Hogs and pigs | 0.1 | |||||||
| Fruits and nuts | 9.5 | |||||||||
| Nursery products | 3.5 | |||||||||
| Seed crops | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Apiary products | 0.2 | * Includes Sacramento and Placer counties. | ||||||||
| TRANSPORTATION | ||||||||||
| Vehicle registrations, 1994 | ||||||||||
| Total | 146,859 | Miles of streets, roads and | ||||||||
| Automobiles | 85,135 | highways, 1994 | 2,111.4 | |||||||
| Per capita (7-1-94 pop.) | 0.58 | |||||||||
| Trucks | 36,672 | |||||||||
| Motorcycles | 4,071 | |||||||||
| Trailers | 20,981 | |||||||||
| PUBLIC FINANCE | ||||||||||
| Per | Per | |||||||||
| 1993-94 | $ mill. | capita* | $1,000 income** | 1993-94 | $ mill. | |||||
| County government tax collections, total | 29.8 | 208.81 | 10.21 | Expenditures: | ||||||
| Property tax | 23.0 | 161.34 | 7.89 | Federal | 381.7 | |||||
| Sales tax | 4.1 | 28.77 | 1.41 | Defense | 21.5 | |||||
| County | 120.9 | |||||||||
| Total receipts, local government | 445.7 | City | 33.7 | |||||||
| School districts | 155.0 | |||||||||
| * 7-1-93 population | Special districts | 72.6 | ||||||||
| ** 1993 personal income | Redevelopment agencies | 73.1 |