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 EL
DORADO COUNTY
Incorporated:
Legislative Districts:
Congressional: 4th
California Senate: 1st
California Assembly: 4th
County Seat: Placerville
County Information: 330 Fair Lane, Placerville 95667.
Telephone: (530) 621-5390
Fax: (530) 622-3645
County Government Website: http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us
 One
of the original counties. The name, meaning "the gilded
one," appears at the beginning of the Sixteenth Century
as that of a mythical Indian chief in the tableland of Bogata,
who was said to have been covered with gold dust during
the performance of religious rites. This chief was eagerly
sought by the Spanish and German conquerors of northern
South America until his abode was assertedly found in 1537.
After that, the name designated one of the golden utopias
which played such an important role in the conquest of America.
With the discovery of gold in California, the name assumed
a new significance. Charles Preuss placed the name on his
map of 1848; the legend of "El Dorado or Gold Region" appears
along Plumas River and the South Fork of American River.
(from: Gudde, Erwin G. "The Names of
California Counties." California Blue Book. 1958 ed. Sacramento:
State Printing Office. 653-661.)
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| Population - total, 2000 |
156,299
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| Population - percent change, 1990
to 2000 |
24.1 |
| Population - percent American Indian,
Eskimo, or Aleut, 1996 |
1.2 |
| Population - percent Asian or Pacific
Islander, 1996 |
2.6 |
| Population - percent Black, 1996 |
0.5 |
| Population - percent Hispanic (may
be of any race), 1996 |
8.9 |
| Population - percent White, 1996 |
95.7 |
| Land area in square miles 1990 |
1711.5 |
| Money income - median household
income (dollars), 1993 |
38,180 |
| Poverty - percent persons below
poverty, 1993 |
8.5 |
| Civilian labor force (BLS) - number,
1996 |
73,899 |
| Civilian labor force (BLS) - unemployment
rate, 1996 |
6.3 |
| Private nonfarm establishments
- total, 1995 |
3,460 |
| Private nonfarm establishments
- net change, 1990 to 1995 |
57 |
| New private housing units authorized
by building permits - total, 1997 |
1,033
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from:
USA Counties and Census 2000 Redistricting Data
(Public Law 94-171) Summary File [California].
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