Anexo:Condados de California
Apariencia
El estado de California está dividido en cincuenta y ocho condados. Los condados son responsables de todas las elecciones, los bienes de la recaudación de impuestos, mantenimiento de registros públicos, como los hechos, y a nivel local los tribunales dentro de sus fronteras, así como la aplicación de la ley (a través del sheriff del condado y del sheriff diputados) a las zonas que no están dentro de las ciudades.
Condado |
Código FIPS [1] |
County seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin |
Etymolgy |
Población [2] |
Área [2] |
Mapa |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Condado de Alameda | 001 | Oakland | 1853 | Parts of Contra Costa County and Santa Clara County. | Spanish word meaning a "cottonwood grove". | 1 443 741 | mi² (1,911 km²) |
738 |
Condado de Alpine | 003 | Markleeville | 1864 | Parts of Amador County, El Dorado County, Calaveras County, Mono County and Tuolumne County. | English word meaning "of, pertaining to, or connected with, the Alps". | 1208 | ( 739 mi²) |
1914 km²|
Condado de Amador | 005 | Jackson | 1854 | Part of Calaveras County. | Jose Maria Amador (1794-1883), a soldier, rancher and miner. In Spanish, the word amador means "lover". | 35 100 | ( 593 mi²) |
1536 km²|
Condado de Butte | 007 | Oroville | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From the Sutter Buttes, which lay within the county's borders at the time of its creation. | 203 171 | ( 1640 mi²) |
4248 km²|
Condado de Calaveras | 009 | San Andreas | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From the Calaveras River | 40 554 | ( 1020 mi²) |
2642 km²|
Condado de Colusa | 011 | Colusa | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From two Mexican land grants; Coluses (1844) and Colus (1845). | 18 804 | ( 1151 mi²) |
2981 km²|
Condado de Contra Costa | 013 | Martinez | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Spanish for opposite coast, because Contra Costa County is across San Francisco Bay from San Francisco | 948 816 | ( 720 mi²) |
1865 km²|
Condado de Del Norte | 015 | Crescent City | 1857 | Part of Klamath County. | Spanish for Northern, because Del Norte County is the northwesternmost county in the state. | 27 507 | ( 1008 mi²) |
2611 km²|
Condado de El Dorado | 017 | Placerville | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From the mythical El Dorado, The Gilded One, in relation to El Dorado County's importance in the California Gold Rush | 156 299 | ( 1712 mi²) |
4434 km²|
Condado de Fresno | 019 | Fresno | 1856 | Parts of Mariposa County, Merced County and Tulare County. | From Fresno Creek. In Spanish, Fresno means "ash tree". | 799 407 | ( 5963 mi²) |
15 444 km²|
Condado de Glenn | 021 | Willows | 1891 | Part of Colusa County. | Named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn (1824-1883), a California businessman and politician | 26 453 | ( 1315 mi²) |
3406 km²|
Condado de Humboldt | 023 | Eureka | 1853 | Part of Trinity County. | From Humboldt Bay, named for Baron Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a Prussian naturalist and explorer | 126 518 | ( 3573 mi²) |
9254 km²|
Condado de Imperial | 025 | El Centro | 1907 | Part of San Diego County.[3] | From the Imperial Valley, which tooks its name from the Imperial Land Company | 142 361 | ( 4175 mi²) |
10 813 km²|
Condado de Inyo | 027 | Independence | 1866 | Parts of Mono County and Tulare County. | From a Native American word for dwelling place of the great spirit | 17 945 | ( 10 192 mi²) |
26 397 km²|
Condado de Kern | 029 | Bakersfield | 1866 | Parts of Los Angeles County and Tulare County. | From the Kern River, named for Edward Kern, cartographer for General John C. Fremont's 1845 expedition | 661 645 | ( 8142 mi²) |
21 088 km²|
Condado de Kings | 031 | Hanford | 1893 | Part of Tulare County. | From the Kings River | 129 461 | ( 1390 mi²) |
3600 km²|
Condado de Lake | 033 | Lakeport | 1861 | Part of Napa County. | From Clear Lake. | 58 309 | ( 1258 mi²) |
3258 km²|
Condado de Lassen | 035 | Susanville | 1864 | Parts of Plumas County and Shasta County, and part of now defunct Lake County, Nevada. | Named for Peter Lassen (1800-1859), a native of Denmark and an early explorer of the area. | 33 828 | ( 4558 mi²) |
11 805 km²|
Condado de Los Angeles | 037 | Los Angeles | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Spanish for the angels | 9 519 338 | ( 4060 mi²) |
10 515 km²|
Condado de Madera | 039 | Madera | 1893 | Part of Fresno County. | Spanish for wood | 123 109 | ( 2138 mi²) |
5537 km²|
Condado de Marin | 041 | San Rafael | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Disputed | 247 289 | ( 520 mi²) |
1347 km²|
Condado de Mariposa | 043 | Mariposa | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties.[4] | Spanish for butterfly | 17 130 | ( 1451 mi²) |
3758 km²|
Condado de Mendocino | 045 | Ukiah | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From Cape Mendocino, named probably for either Antonio de Mendoza or Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, viceroys of New Spain | 86 265 | ( 3509 mi²) |
9088 km²|
Condado de Merced | 047 | Merced | 1855 | Part of Mariposa County. | From the Merced River, or in Spanish El Río de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy); named in 1806 by an expedition headed by Gabriel Moraga | 210 554 | ( 1929 mi²) |
4996 km²|
Condado de Modoc | 049 | Alturas | 1874 | Part of Siskiyou County. | From the Native American Modoc people | 9449 | ( 3944 mi²) |
10 215 km²|
Condado de Mono | 051 | Bridgeport | 1861 | Parts of Calaveras County, Fresno County and Mariposa County. | - | 12 853 | ( 3044 mi²) |
7884 km²|
Condado de Monterey | 053 | Salinas | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From Monterey Bay. The name itself is composed of the Spanish words monte (hill) and rey (king) | 401 762 | ( 3322 mi²) |
8604 km²|
Condado de Napa | 055 | Napa | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 124 279 | ( 754 mi²) |
1953 km²|
Condado de Nevada | 057 | Nevada City | 1851 | Part of Yuba County. | - | 92 033 | ( 958 mi²) |
2481 km²|
Condado de Orange | 059 | Santa Ana | 1889 | Part of Los Angeles County. | From the citrus fruit widely grown in the region at the time the county was formed | 2 846 289 | ( 790 mi²) |
2046 km²|
Condado de Placer | 061 | Auburn | 1851 | Parts of Sutter County and Yuba County. | - | 307 004 | ( 1503 mi²) |
3893 km²|
Condado de Plumas | 063 | Quincy | 1854 | Part of Butte County. | For the Feather River, "Plumas" meaning "feathers" in Spanish | 20 824 | ( 2554 mi²) |
6615 km²|
Condado de Riverside | 065 | Riverside | 1893 | Parts of San Bernardino County and San Diego County. | From the city of Riverside being alongside the Santa Ana River | 1 545 387 | ( 7208 mi²) |
18 669 km²|
Condado de Sacramento | 067 | Sacramento | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | From the Sacramento River, itself named for the Santisimo Sacramento (Spanish for Most Holy Sacrament) a reference to the Eucharist | 1 223 499 | ( 966 mi²) |
2502 km²|
Condado de San Benito | 069 | Hollister | 1874 | Part of Monterey County. | - | 53 234 | ( 1389 mi²) |
3597 km²|
Condado de San Bernardino | 071 | San Bernardino | 1853 | Part of Los Angeles County. | Named for Saint Bernardino of Siena | 1 709 434 | ( 20 062 mi²) |
51 960 km²|
Condado de San Diego | 073 | San Diego | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Named for San Diego Bay, itself named for Saint Didacus of Alcalá, or San Diego de Alcalá in Spanish | 2 813 833 | ( 4204 mi²) |
10 888 km²|
Condado de San Francisco | 075 | San Francisco | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), a Roman Catholic saint and founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) | 776 733 | ( 47 mi²) |
122 km²|
Condado de San Joaquin | 077 | Stockton | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 563 598 | ( 1399 mi²) |
3623 km²|
Condado de San Luis Obispo | 079 | San Luis Obispo | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop. | 246 681 | ( 3304 mi²) |
8557 km²|
Condado de San Mateo | 081 | Redwood City | 1856 | Part of San Francisco County. | - | 707 161 | ( 449 mi²) |
1163 km²|
Condado de Santa Barbara | 083 | Santa Barbara | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Spanish for Saint Barbara | 399 347 | ( 2738 mi²) |
7091 km²|
Condado de Santa Clara | 085 | San Jose | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 1 682 585 | ( 1291 mi²) |
3344 km²|
Condado de Santa Cruz | 087 | Santa Cruz | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 255 602 | ( 446 mi²) |
1155 km²|
Condado de Shasta | 089 | Redding | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 163 256 | ( 3786 mi²) |
9806 km²|
Condado de Sierra | 091 | Downieville | 1852 | Part of Yuba County. | - | 3555 | ( 953 mi²) |
2468 km²|
Condado de Siskiyou | 093 | Yreka | 1852 | Parts of Shasta County and Klamath County. | County named after Siskiyou Mountain Range; etymology of Siskiyou is disputed | 44 301 | ( 6287 mi²) |
16 283 km²|
Condado de Solano | 095 | Fairfield | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 394 542 | ( 828 mi²) |
2145 km²|
Condado de Sonoma | 097 | Santa Rosa | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 458 614 | ( 1576 mi²) |
4082 km²|
Condado de Stanislaus | 099 | Modesto | 1854 | Part of Tuolumne County. | - | 446 997 | ( 1495 mi²) |
3872 km²|
Condado de Sutter | 101 | Yuba City | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | Named for Johann Augustus Sutter (a.k.a. John Sutter) (1803–1880), a Swiss pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush | 78 930 | ( 603 mi²) |
1562 km²|
Condado de Tehama | 103 | Red Bluff | 1856 | Parts of Butte County, Colusa County and Shasta County. | - | 56 039 | ( 2951 mi²) |
7643 km²|
Condado de Trinity | 105 | Weaverville | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 13 022 | ( 3179 mi²) |
8234 km²|
Condado de Tulare | 107 | Visalia | 1852 | Part of Mariposa County. | - | 368 021 | ( 4824 mi²) |
12 494 km²|
Condado de Tuolumne | 109 | Sonora | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 54 501 | ( 2236 mi²) |
5791 km²|
Condado de Ventura | 111 | Ventura | 1872 | Part of Santa Barbara County. | Abbreviation of San Buenaventura, Spanish for St. Bonaventure. | 753 197 | ( 1846 mi²) |
4781 km²|
Condado de Yolo | 113 | Woodland | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 168 660 | ( 1012 mi²) |
2621 km²|
Condado de Yuba | 115 | Marysville | 1850 | One of the twenty-seven original counties. | - | 71 938 | ( 630 mi²) |
1632 km²
- ↑ «EPA County FIPS Code Listing». EPA.gov. Consultado el 23 de febrero de 2008.
- ↑ a b c d National Association of Counties. «NACo - Find a county». Consultado el 30 de abril de 2008.
- ↑ The most recent county formed.
- ↑ Mariposa County was the largest of the state's original counties, but territory that was once part of Mariposa is now part of 12 other counties -- Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, and Tulare.