Lindsay, California
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Lindsay is a city in Tulare County
, California
, United States
. The population was 11,768 at the 2010 census
. Lindsay is located southeast of Visalia
and is considered part of the Visalia Metropolitan Area by the United States Census Bureau
.
s came to hunt and fish at the future site of Lindsay for centuries. Future Military Governor of California John C. Fremont
passed through twice by way of the Stockton - Los Angeles Road
and the later Butterfield Overland Mail
route on two of his four exploration trips. Julius Orton, a seventh generation descendant of Thomas, served as security for a pack train headed for Placerville
, a booming California gold mining town, motivated by his futile search for gold. In 1859, with his wife and two small daughters, and driving a small herd of cattle, walked more than 200 miles (321.9 km) from the coast near Sacramento
, to a homestead along the Tule River
, southwest of Lindsay. In the 1880s, Julius Orton homesteaded another (160 acre (0.6474976 km²)) piece of land bordering on the property of pioneers Lewis and John Keeley
, brothers who had taken on a homestead just a few miles southwest of Lindsay in the mid 1870's.
In 1889, the founder of the City of Lindsay, Captain Arthur Hutchinson
, moved to California because of his ill health. He moved to the Lindsay area and bought 2000 acres (8.1 km²) to found the Lindsay Land Company. When the Southern Pacific Railroad
came through the area in 1889, development of the Lindsay townsite was begun. Hutchinson laid out the plan for the township, and named the community for his wife, Sadie Lindsay Patton Hutchinson.
Lindsay is located in the 16th Senate
District, represented by Democrat
Dean Florez
, and in the 34th Assembly
District, represented by Republican
Connie Conway
. Federally, Lindsay is located in California's 21st congressional district
, which has a Cook PVI
of R +13 and is represented by Republican Devin Nunes
. Its mayor pro tempore is Esteban (Steve) Velasquez.
. Echoing the scandal in Bell, California, Townsend was actually earning more per capita than Bell's former city manager. There are only 11,768 residents in Lindsay, compared to Bell's population of 37,000.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²), all of it land.
was 4,509.4 people per square mile (1,741.1/km²). The racial makeup of Lindsay was 6,480 (55.1%) White, 85 (0.7%) African American, 128 (1.1%) Native American, 267 (2.3%) Asian, 4 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 4,367 (37.1%) from other races
, and 437 (3.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10,056 persons (85.5%).
The Census reported that 11,672 people (99.2% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 96 (0.8%) were institutionalized.
There were 3,014 households, out of which 1,890 (62.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,719 (57.0%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 578 (19.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 233 (7.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 242 (8.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 19 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 401 households (13.3%) were made up of individuals and 210 (7.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.87. There were 2,530 families
(83.9% of all households); the average family size was 4.21.
The population was spread out with 4,523 people (38.4%) under the age of 18, 1,439 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 3,079 people (26.2%) aged 25 to 44, 1,848 people (15.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 879 people (7.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24.6 years. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
There were 3,193 housing units at an average density of 1,223.5 per square mile (472.4/km²), of which 1,526 (50.6%) were owner-occupied, and 1,488 (49.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%. 5,909 people (50.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,763 people (49.0%) lived in rental housing units.
of 2000, there were 10,297 people, 2,717 households, and 2,208 families residing in the city. The population density
was 1,649.7/km² (4,264.4/mi²). There were 2,865 housing units at an average density of 459.0/km² (1,186.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 44.83% White, 0.57% African American, 1.51% Native American, 1.06% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 48.27% from other races
, and 3.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 77.97% of the population.
There were 2,717 households out of which 53.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples
living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.7% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.74 and the average family size was 4.16.
In the city the population was spread out with 38.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 14.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.
The median income
for a household in the city was $24,305, and the median income for a family was $24,934. Males had a median income of $23,645 versus $18,992 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $8,230. About 33.3% of families and 39.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 49.3% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
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. The population was 11,768 at the 2010 census
United States Census, 2010
The Twenty-third United States Census, known as Census 2010 or the 2010 Census, is the current national census of the United States. National Census Day was April 1, 2010 and is the reference date used in enumerating individuals...
. Lindsay is located southeast of Visalia
Visalia, California
Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles...
and is considered part of the Visalia Metropolitan Area by the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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.
History
The Yandanche tribe of Native AmericanIndigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
s came to hunt and fish at the future site of Lindsay for centuries. Future Military Governor of California John C. Fremont
John C. Frémont
John Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...
passed through twice by way of the Stockton - Los Angeles Road
Stockton - Los Angeles Road
Stockton-Los Angeles Road, also known as the Millerton Road, Stockton-Mariposa Road, Stockton-Fort Miller Road or the Stockton-Visalia Road was established about 1853 following the discovery of gold on the Kern River in Old Tulare County...
and the later Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail
The Butterfield Overland Mail Trail was a stagecoach route in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. It was a conduit for the U.S. mail from two eastern termini, Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, meeting Fort Smith, Arkansas, and continuing through Indian Territory, New Mexico,...
route on two of his four exploration trips. Julius Orton, a seventh generation descendant of Thomas, served as security for a pack train headed for Placerville
Placerville
Placerville is the name of several places in the United States:* Placerville, California* Placerville, Colorado* Placerville, Idaho...
, a booming California gold mining town, motivated by his futile search for gold. In 1859, with his wife and two small daughters, and driving a small herd of cattle, walked more than 200 miles (321.9 km) from the coast near Sacramento
Sacramento
Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta...
, to a homestead along the Tule River
Tule River
The Tule River, also called Rio de San Pedro or Rio San Pedro, is a river in Tulare County in the U.S. state of California. The river originates in the Sierra Nevada east of Porterville and consists of three forks, North, Middle and South. The North Fork and Middle Fork meet above Springville. The...
, southwest of Lindsay. In the 1880s, Julius Orton homesteaded another (160 acre (0.6474976 km²)) piece of land bordering on the property of pioneers Lewis and John Keeley
John Keeley
John Keeley is a retired English football goalkeeper.John Keeley was signed from Chelmsford City after gaining football league experience with Southend United....
, brothers who had taken on a homestead just a few miles southwest of Lindsay in the mid 1870's.
In 1889, the founder of the City of Lindsay, Captain Arthur Hutchinson
Arthur Hutchinson
Arthur Hutchinson is a British convicted murderer.Born at Hartlepool, County Durham , he attained notoriety in 1984 when he was convicted of three murders committed in Dore, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on 23 October 1983. He murdered Basil Laitner , his 55-year-old wife Avril, and their...
, moved to California because of his ill health. He moved to the Lindsay area and bought 2000 acres (8.1 km²) to found the Lindsay Land Company. When the Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
came through the area in 1889, development of the Lindsay townsite was begun. Hutchinson laid out the plan for the township, and named the community for his wife, Sadie Lindsay Patton Hutchinson.
Politics
In the state legislatureCalifornia State Legislature
The 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...
Lindsay is located in the 16th Senate
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
District, represented by Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Dean Florez
Dean Florez
Dean Raymond Florez was a California State Senator from the 16th Senate District from 2002 until the end of his second term in November of 2010.Florez was born and reared in the Central Valley....
, and in the 34th Assembly
California State Assembly
The 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
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Connie Conway
Connie Conway
Connie Conway is a Republican politician from California. She is currently in the California State Assembly and is the Assemblymember from the 34th district which takes in many parts of California's Central Valley and High Desert areas. Prior to serving in the Assembly, Conway served as a Tulare...
. Federally, Lindsay is located in California's 21st congressional district
California's 21st congressional district
California's 21st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that covers all of Tulare County and the eastern half of Fresno County.The district is currently represented by Republican Devin Nunes.-Demographics:...
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The 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 +13 and is represented by Republican Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, located in the San Joaquin Valley, includes all of Tulare County, as well as much of eastern Fresno County. He is also the author of the book Restoring the Republic, published by...
. Its mayor pro tempore is Esteban (Steve) Velasquez.
City Manager salary controversy
Lindsay's resident have been in an uproar since they learned their City Manager Scot Townsend was being paid $214,405 annually reported the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. Echoing the scandal in Bell, California, Townsend was actually earning more per capita than Bell's former city manager. There are only 11,768 residents in Lindsay, compared to Bell's population of 37,000.
- "We had a great run. I got paid 10 percent to 20 percent more than my counterparts," Townsend said. "And the citizens, it's their community and they have a right to ask how much you get paid." Townsend has since resigned, because of death threats.
Geography
Lindsay is located at 36°12′26"N 119°5′20"W (36.207172, -119.088810).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The 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...
, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²), all of it land.
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Lindsay had a population of 11,768. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 4,509.4 people per square mile (1,741.1/km²). The racial makeup of Lindsay was 6,480 (55.1%) White, 85 (0.7%) African American, 128 (1.1%) Native American, 267 (2.3%) Asian, 4 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 4,367 (37.1%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 437 (3.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10,056 persons (85.5%).
The Census reported that 11,672 people (99.2% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 96 (0.8%) were institutionalized.
There were 3,014 households, out of which 1,890 (62.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,719 (57.0%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 578 (19.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 233 (7.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 242 (8.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....
, and 19 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 401 households (13.3%) were made up of individuals and 210 (7.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.87. There were 2,530 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(83.9% of all households); the average family size was 4.21.
The population was spread out with 4,523 people (38.4%) under the age of 18, 1,439 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 3,079 people (26.2%) aged 25 to 44, 1,848 people (15.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 879 people (7.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24.6 years. For every 100 females there were 101.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
There were 3,193 housing units at an average density of 1,223.5 per square mile (472.4/km²), of which 1,526 (50.6%) were owner-occupied, and 1,488 (49.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%. 5,909 people (50.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,763 people (49.0%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 10,297 people, 2,717 households, and 2,208 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 1,649.7/km² (4,264.4/mi²). There were 2,865 housing units at an average density of 459.0/km² (1,186.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 44.83% White, 0.57% African American, 1.51% Native American, 1.06% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 48.27% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 3.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 77.97% of the population.
There were 2,717 households out of which 53.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.7% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.74 and the average family size was 4.16.
In the city the population was spread out with 38.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 14.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.
The median income
Median household income
The median household income is commonly used to generate data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments with the first half of households earning less than the median household income and the other half earning more...
for a household in the city was $24,305, and the median income for a family was $24,934. Males had a median income of $23,645 versus $18,992 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $8,230. About 33.3% of families and 39.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 49.3% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over.