Indian Wells is a city in
Riverside CountyRiverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the border with Arizona...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
, in the
Coachella ValleyThe Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. Populated by nearly one million people, the valley is part of the 14th largest metropolitan area in the United States, the Inland Empire, and includes the famed tourist destination, Palm Springs...
(Palm Springs area), in between Palm Desert and
La QuintaLa Quinta is a resort city in Riverside County, California, USA, specifically in the Coachella Valley between Indian Wells and Indio. The population was 23,694 at the 2000 census. The Robb Report credits La Quinta as the nation's leading golf destination...
. As of the
2007 censusThe United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats , electoral votes, and government program funding...
, the city population was 4,865.
It has the highest proportion of
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s of any city in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The city hosts the
Indian Wells MastersThe BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events in which main draw play extends...
(also known by its current sponsorship name of
BNP Paribas Open), one of the nine tournaments in the Masters 1000 of high-level events operated by the
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(i.e., the men's
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
tour).
Indian Wells is a city in
Riverside CountyRiverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the border with Arizona...
,
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
, in the
Coachella ValleyThe Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. Populated by nearly one million people, the valley is part of the 14th largest metropolitan area in the United States, the Inland Empire, and includes the famed tourist destination, Palm Springs...
(Palm Springs area), in between Palm Desert and
La QuintaLa Quinta is a resort city in Riverside County, California, USA, specifically in the Coachella Valley between Indian Wells and Indio. The population was 23,694 at the 2000 census. The Robb Report credits La Quinta as the nation's leading golf destination...
. As of the
2007 censusThe United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution. The population is enumerated every 10 years and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats , electoral votes, and government program funding...
, the city population was 4,865.
It has the highest proportion of
millionaireA millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth exceeds one million units of currency. It can also be a person who owns one million units of currency in a bank account or savings account...
s of any city in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The city hosts the
Indian Wells MastersThe BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events in which main draw play extends...
(also known by its current sponsorship name of
BNP Paribas Open), one of the nine tournaments in the Masters 1000 of high-level events operated by the
Association of Tennis ProfessionalsThe Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour...
(i.e., the men's
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
tour). The event is held in the 16,100-seat stadium of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Geography and climate
Indian Wells is located at (33.715755, -116.341109).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.7 km²), of which, 13.2 square miles (34.3 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (1.19%) is water.
Indian Wells, located on the western slopes of the Coachella Valley, is sheltered by the
San Bernardino MountainsThe San Bernardino Mountains are a short transverse mountain range north and east of San Bernardino in Southern California in the United States. The mountains run for approximately 60 miles east-west on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in southwestern San Bernardino County, north of the...
to the north, the
Santa Rosa MountainsThe Santa Rosa Mountains are a short peninsular range east of Los Angeles and northeast of San Diego in southern California in the United States. The mountains extend for approximately 30 mi through Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial counties along the western side of the Coachella Valley. The...
to the south, by the
San Jacinto MountainsThe San Jacinto Mountains are a mountain range east of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. The mountains are named for Saint Hyacinth...
to the west and by the
Little San Bernardino MountainsThe Little San Bernardino Mountains are short peninsular range in southern California in the United States. They extend for approximately 40 mi southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains through San Bernardino and Riverside counties to the northeast edge of the Salton Sea. The range separates the...
to the east. The surrounding geography gives Indian Wells its hot, dry climate, with 354 days of sunshine and less than of rain annually. Winter temperatures average in the 70s with nights in the mid 40s, but the dry desert heat of summer pushes daytime temperatures well above 100, with overnight temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Average seasonal temperatures:
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 3,816 people, 1,982 households, and 1,323 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 288.5 people per square mile (111.4/km²). There were 3,843 housing units at an average density of 290.5/sq mi (112.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.33%
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, 1.49%
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, 0.39%
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or
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, 0.21%
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, 0.08%
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, 0.47% from
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, and 1.02% from two or more races. 2.96% of the population were Hispanic or
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of any race.
There were 1,982 households out of which 8.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.28.
The age distribution is 7.6% under the age of 18, 1.5% from 18 to 24, 9.4% from 25 to 44, 35.3% from 45 to 64, and 46.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 63 years. For every 100 females there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $93,986, and the median income for a family was $119,110. Males had a median income of $88,709 versus $49,539 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $76,187. About 1.2% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
Indian Wells has the second highest percentage of registered Republicans of any cities in California, with 65.1% of its 3,027 registered voters registered as Republicans. 19.5% of voters are registered Democrats, and 12.2 % are "decline to state."
In the
state legislatureThe California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
, Indian Wells is located in the 37th
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District, represented by
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John J. BenoitJohn J. Benoit is a U.S. Republican politician, and is currently the State Senator for California's 37th Senate District, having been elected to the post in 2008. He was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 64th Assembly District, covering Riverside County, from December 2...
, and in the 64th
AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
District, represented by Republican
Brian NestandeBrian Nestande is the Republican California State Assemblyman for the 64th District and was elected to the post in 2008. He is the son of former Assemblyman Bruce Nestande, who was the Republican nominee for Secretary of State in 1986.-Education:...
. Federally, Indian Wells is located in
California's 45th congressional districtCalifornia's 45th congressional district covers part of Riverside County. It includes the communities of Palm Springs, Moreno Valley, Palm Desert, Hemet, Cathedral City, Temecula, Blythe, Rancho Mirage, Murrieta, Indio, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Cabazon, Anza, Thermal, Idyllwild, Coachella, and...
, which has a
Cook PVIThe Cook Partisan Voting Index , sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index , is a measurement of how strongly an American congressional district or state leans toward one political party compared to the nation as a whole...
of R +3 and is represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack.
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