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EL DORADO COUNTY STATS

Acres: 1,094,910
Population (2001):
Placerville: 9,900
South Lake Tahoe: 23,950
Unincorporated areas: 125,800
Median Home price: $225,200
Median Income: $44,954
Median Age: 39.4

El Dorado County has a population density less than half that of the whole state of California. In the year 2000, EDC had 91.4 people per square mile while the state of California had 217.2 people per square mile.

 

TOP FIVE CROPS IN EL DORADO COUNTY
(Information gathered from the El Dorado County Farm Bureau, 2002)

  • Timber $21.7 million
  • Apples $6.7 million
  • Wine grapes $4.7 million
  • Pasture & Range $3.14 million
  • Cattle & Calves $3.12 million