Cathedral City, California City of Cathedral City Cathedral City Hall Cathedral City Hall City of Cathedral City is positioned in the US City of Cathedral City - City of Cathedral City Cathedral City is a town/city in Riverside County, California, United States.
Located between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, it is one of the nine metros/cities of the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area) in Southern California.
Cathedral City has the second biggest population in the Coachella Valley, after Indio. The city's name derives from "Cathedral Canyon" to the south of the town, so titled in 1850 by Colonel Henry Washington because of its modern formations that are reminiscent of a cathedral. The town/city started as a housing subdivision in 1925, but was not incorporated until 1981, and has grown decidedly in populace over the past 35 years.
Cathedral City had a downtown revitalization program started in the late 1990s, with much instead of by 2005.
In 1931 Al and Lou Wertheimer of the assumed Detroit "Purple Gang" opened the Dunes Club just outside Palm Springs' town/city limits.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Cathedral City has a total region of 21.8 square miles (56 km2), of which, 21.5 square miles (56 km2) of it is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (1.18%) is water.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Cathedral City had a populace of 51,200.
The ethnic makeup of Cathedral City was 32,537 (63.5%) White (32.3% Non-Hispanic White), 1,344 (2.6%) African American, 540 (1.1%) Native American, 2,562 (5.0%) Asian, 55 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 12,008 (23.5%) from other competitions, and 2,154 (4.2%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 50,905 citizens (99.4% of the population) lived in homeholds, 263 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 32 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
There were 17,047 homeholds, out of which 6,574 (38.6%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 7,589 (44.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,291 (13.4%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 1,176 (6.9%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 13,856 citizens (27.1%) under the age of 18, 4,906 citizens (9.6%) aged 18 to 24, 12,948 citizens (25.3%) aged 25 to 44, 12,127 citizens (23.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,363 citizens (14.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
30,236 citizens (59.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,669 citizens (40.4%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009 2013, Cathedral City had a median homehold income of $44,406, with 20.5% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 42,647 citizens , 14,027 homeholds, and 9,622 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 65.3% White, about half (50%) of the populace is Hispanic or Latino.
According to the 2000 Census, Cathedral City had a total of 14,027 homeholds, 39.3% of which had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% of which were married couples living together, 11.9% of which had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.4% of which were non-families.
The average homehold size was 3.03 citizens and the average family size was roughly three and a half citizens (3.63), which puts Cathedral City above both the California and U.S.
As reported in the most recent census, the city's populace was distributed athwart all age groups, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cathedral City has many senior citizen communities and mobile home parks.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $38,887, and the median income for a family was $42,461.
The per capita income for the town/city was $16,215.
About 10.2% of families and 13.6% of the total populace had incomes below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over (senior people.
Cathedral City has an automotive mega-dealership known as the Palm Springs Auto Mall based on the town/city limits with Palm Springs.
Cathedral City hosts an annual Mexican Independence Day festival on every third weekend of September; to memorialize the event an "el Grito de Dolores" is held at the town/city hall/movie theater complex.
Cathedral City Soccer Park is a new sports facility.
9 Parks in Cathedral City are Several small-town golf resorts are in Cathedral City. These include Lawrence Welk's Desert Oasis Hotel/resort positioned in the Cathedral Canyon Country Club, the Date Palm Country Club, Outdoor Resort Palm Springs, Cimarron Golf Resort, and the Doral Desert Princess Resort and Golf Club.
In the California State Legislature, Cathedral City is in the 28th Senate District, represented by Republican Jeff Stone, and in the 56th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Eduardo Garcia. In the United States House of Representatives, Cathedral City is in California's 36th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz. Cathedral City High School, opened in 1991, is a primary educational and recreational center to the city.
Cathedral City is also home to Mayfield College, a private college that offers longterm position training in community care, HVAC, technology, and business.
The town/city was the teenage home of actress Suzanne Somers (she still maintains a second home in close-by Palm Desert), and a winter residence for actors Robert Duvall and Martin Landau in the 1960s, and TV show host Monty Hall in the 1990s.
Timothy Bradley, the former WBO welterweight champion, is also from Cathedral City and graduated from Cathedral City High School. Chicano folk musician Lalo Guerrero lived in Cathedral City in his final years.
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