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The southernmost part of Yosemite National Park is located in the county's northeast.
Madera County was formed in 1893 from parts of Fresno County.
Madera in Spanish means timber or lumber. The county derives its name from the town of Madera, named when the California Lumber Company built a log flume to carry lumber to the railroad there in 1876.
According to the U.S. Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is defined in the Constitution of the United States, which directs that the population be enumerated at least once every te, the county has a total area of 5,577 km˛ (2,153 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 5,532 km˛ (2,136 mi˛) of it is land and 45 km˛ (17 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.81% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page. of 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, there are 123,109 people in the county, organized into 36,155 households, and 28,598 families. The population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex is 22/km˛ (58/mi˛). There are 40,387 housing units at an average density of 7/km˛ (19/mi˛). The racial makeup of the county is 62.23% White, 4.12% Black or African American, 2.61% Native American, 1.27% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 24.35% from other races, and 5.25% from two or more races. 44.28% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 36,155 households out of which 40.20% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% are married couples living together, 12.20% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.90% are non-families. 16.50% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.70% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.18 and the average family size is 3.52.
In the county the population is spread out with 29.60% under the age of 18, 9.90% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 20.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.00% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 91.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.00 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $36,286, and the median income for a family is $39,226. Males have a median income of $33,658 versus $24,415 for females. The per capita income for the county is $14,682. 21.40% of the population and 15.90% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 28.60% of those under the age of 18 and 9.00% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.