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Location of Carlsbad inside San Diego County, California.
Carlsbad, California is positioned in the US Carlsbad, California - Carlsbad, California Carlsbad is a seaside resort town/city occupying a 7-mile (11 km) stretch of Pacific coastline in northern San Diego County, California.
The town/city is 87 miles (140 km) south of Los Angeles and 35 miles (56 km) north of downtown San Diego and is part of the San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Referred to as "The Village by the Sea" by locals, Carlsbad is a tourist destination.
The city's estimated 2014 populace was 112,299. Among the nation's top 20 wealthiest communities, Carlsbad is the 5th richest town/city in the state of California with a median homehold income close to $105,000 3 Carlsbad neighborhoods Carlsbad's history began with the Luiseno citizens (the Spanish name given to them because of their adjacency to Mission San Luis Rey).
The first European territory exploration of Alta California, the Spanish Portola expedition of 1769, met native villagers while camped on Buena Vista Creek. During the Mexican period, in 1842, the southern portion of Carlsbad, was granted as Rancho Agua Hedionda to Juan Maria Marron.
To take favor of the find, the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company was formed by a German-born merchant from the Midwest titled Gerhard Schutte together with Samuel Church Smith, D.
The site of John Frazier's initial well can still be found at Alt Karlsbad, a replica of a German Hanseatic home, positioned on Carlsbad Boulevard.
In 1952, Carlsbad was incorporated to avoid annexation by its neighbor, Oceanside. The single-runway Palomar Airport opened in 1959 after County of San Diego officials decided to replace the Del Mar Airport. The airport was took in to the City of Carlsbad in 1978 and retitled Mc - Clellan-Palomar Airport in 1982 after a small-town civic leader, Gerald Mc - Clellan.
The first undivided skateboard park, Carlsbad Skatepark, was assembled in March 1976. It was positioned on the grounds of Carlsbad Raceway and was designed and assembled by inventors Jack Graham and John O'Malley.
The site of the initial Carlsbad Skatepark and Carlsbad Raceway was completed in 2005 and is now an Industrial Park. However, two skateparks have since been developed.
Carlsbad is home to the nation's biggest desalination plant. Construction of the $1 billion Carlsbad Desalination Plant at the Encina Power Plant was instead of in December 2015. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 39.1 square miles (101 km2) of which 37.7 square miles (98 km2) are territory and 1.4 square miles (3.6 km2) are (3.55%) water, the majority of which is contained inside three lagoons and one lake.
The northern region of the town/city is part of a tri-city region consisting of northern Carlsbad, southern Oceanside and Vista.
Carlsbad has a semi-arid Mediterranean climate (Koppen classification BSh) and averages 263 sunny days per year.
Climate data for Carlsbad, California Carlsbad neighborhoods For town/city planning and expansion management purposes, Carlsbad is divided into four distinct quadrants. The northwest quadrant of Carlsbad (ZIP code 92008) includes the downtown "Village," the Barrio, and "Old Carlsbad." It was the first part of Carlsbad to be settled.
"The Barrio" region is near downtown Carlsbad bordered by Carlsbad Village Drive to the north, Tamarack Avenue to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the barns tracks to the west.
It was settled by Latinos in the early 20th century. It is the site of the Centro de Aprendizaje, a Spanish division of the Carlsbad City Library. It includes Bressi Ranch and the La Costa neighborhoods of Rancho La Costa, La Costa Ridge, La Costa Oaks, La Costa Greens.
In 1965, La Costa gave its name to the Gold Medal Golf Resort, La Costa Resort and Spa, now known as the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. Residents here are served by the Carlsbad Unified School District, San Marcos Unified School District and the Encinitas Union School District.
This quadrant (ZIP code 92011) extends along the Pacific Ocean to the south of the center of Carlsbad.
Calavera Lake and Mount Calavera on the easterly boundary of Carlsbad As of the 2010 United States Enumeration Carlsbad had a populace of 105,328.
The ethnic makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 (82.8%) White, 1,379 (1.3%) African American, 514 (0.5%) Native American, 7,460 (7.1%) Asian, 198 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 4,189 (4.0%) from other competitions, and 4,383 (4.2%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 104,413 citizens (99.1% of the population) lived in homeholds, 459 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 456 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
Out of 39,964 homeholds in 2011, there were 26,992 (67.5%) families, of which 12,345 (30.9%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 21,705 (54.3%) were married-couple families, 1,489 (3.7%) had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 3,798 (9.5%) had a female homeholder with no husband present.
There were 12,972 (32.5%) nonfamily homeholds, of which 10,198 (25.5%) were made up of a homeholder living alone and 3,299 (8.3%) were a homeholder living alone who was 65 years or over.
The populace was spread out with 25,366 citizens (24.1%) under the age of 18, 6,718 citizens (6.4%) aged 18 to 24, 28,073 citizens (26.7%) aged 25 to 44, 30,373 citizens (28.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,798 citizens (14.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.
69,855 citizens (66.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 34,558 citizens (32.8%) lived in rental housing units.
Of the populace 25 years and over, 95.7% graduated from high school and 51.3% held a bachelor's degree or higher.
As of the census of 2000, there were 78,247 citizens , 31,521 homeholds, and 20,898 families residing in the city. The populace density was 2,090.2 citizens per square mile (806.9/km ).
Carlsbad voters in 2008 voted to make Carlsbad a charter city. City government is led by an propel mayor and four council members, propel at large.
When he stepped down at the culmination of his last four-year term in 2010, Carlsbad witnessed a heated battle pitting Matt Hall, a longtime town/city councilman, against fellow town/city councilman Keith Blackburn.
Jon Wantz, a newcomer to Carlsbad politics, and incessant council candidate Bill Jubb also ran. The town/city has drafted ordinances protecting sensitive wildlife surrounding, becoming one of the first municipalities in California to do so.
The town/city has also pledged to protect about 40 percent of the town/city as permanent open space. In the California State Legislature, Carlsbad is in the 36th Senate District, represented by Republican Patricia Bates, and in the 76th Assembly District, represented by Republican Rocky Chavez. In the United States House of Representatives, Carlsbad is in California's 49th congressional district, represented by Republican Darrell Issa. Carlsbad's core industries include knowledge technology, video game development, manufacturing, robotics, medical devices, life science, wireless technology, clean technology, action sports, tourism, and real estate.
In 2013, Google titled Carlsbad the digital capital of California with the strongest online company community. Carlsbad is also known as the "Titanium Valley" because of it being the golf manufacturing capital of the world.
With Callaway Golf Company, Taylor - Made-adidas Golf Company, Cobra Golf, Titleist, and Odyssey Golf all positioned in Carlsbad.
4 Carlsbad Unified School District 9 City of Carlsbad Carlsbad Unified School District Encinitas Union School District-for Elementary schools in South Carlsbad San Dieguito Union High School District-for Junior High and High schools in South Carlsbad San Marcos Unified School District-for schools in southeast Carlsbad Carlsbad High School La Costa Canyon High School Carlsbad Seaside Academy (Independent Study) Carlsbad Seaside Academy (K-6 Alternative Education) La Costa Heights Elementary School La Costa Meadows Elementary School Carlsbad City Library (three chapters) Carlsbad has two sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Carlsbad State Beach South Carlsbad State Beach South Carlsbad State Beach The Crossings at Carlsbad.
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