Corcoran, California Corcoran, California Amtrak station in Corcoran Location in Kings County and the state of California Location in Kings County and the state of California Corcoran, California is positioned in the US Corcoran, California - Corcoran, California Corcoran is a town/city in Kings County, California, United States.

Corcoran is positioned 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of Hanford, at an altitude of 207 feet (63 m). It is part of the Hanford Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The California Department of Finance estimated that Corcoran's populace was 22,691 on January 1, 2016. Corcoran is most famous as the site of the California State Prison, Corcoran, home to a number of notable inmates such as Charles Manson, and Juan Corona.

The California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran is a separate facility that is also positioned in the city.

2015, the two prisons held a combined total of 9,592 inmates. Inmates are counted as town/city residents by both the United States Enumeration and the California Department of Finance.

Thus, the incarcerated persons in the two prisons comprise just over 43% of the total populace of Corcoran.

Corcoran is positioned at 36 05 53 N 119 33 37 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.4 square miles (17 km2), all of it land.

Corcoran The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Corcoran had a populace of 24,813.

The ethnic makeup of Corcoran was 8,940 (36.0%) White, 3,725 (15.0%) African American, 349 (1.4%) Native American, 193 (0.8%) Asian, 17 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 10,979 (44.2%) from other competitions, and 610 (2.5%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 12,573 citizens (50.7% of the population) lived in homeholds, 116 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 12,124 (48.9%) were institutionalized.

There were 3,594 homeholds, out of which 1,981 (55.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,737 (48.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 781 (21.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 376 (10.5%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

The populace was spread out with 4,434 citizens (17.9%) under the age of 18, 2,695 citizens (10.9%) aged 18 to 24, 10,203 citizens (41.1%) aged 25 to 44, 6,163 citizens (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,318 citizens (5.3%) who were 65 years of age or older.

6,607 citizens (26.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,966 citizens (24.0%) lived in rental housing units.

There were 2,769 homeholds out of which 49.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 42.0% from 25 to 44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older.

However, the statistics relating to the disparity between the male and female populace in Corcoran is due to the prison's male only population.

It is noteworthy that about 23.4% of families and 26.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 36.4% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

The biggest employers in Corcoran include the California State Prison, Corcoran, the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran, the Corcoran Unified School District, and the J.

In the state legislature, Corcoran is positioned in the 16th Senate District, which is represented by Republican Andy Vidak, and in the 32nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Rudy Salas.

Corcoran is represented on the Kings County Board of Supervisors by Richard Valle of Corcoran.

Corcoran was established by Hobart Johnstone Whitley, a prominent territory developer from southern California, promoter who platted some 150 suburbs in the West, who took the lead in building Corcoran (the chief street of the improve is titled in his honor).

Whitley, it is claimed, purchased and platted some 150 suburbs over the American West and Corcoran is one of his last.

Guiberson became one of the many pioneers of the community, building the first home and company structure in Corcoran.

Boswell Company was established in Corcoran in 1921 and remains a primary employer in the city.

Corcoran Unified School District is the enhance organization responsible for education in the town of Corcoran.

Corcoran High School The mainline track through Corcoran was part of a route connecting the San Francisco Bay Area to Bakersfield, California.

Today, Amtrak California's San Joaquin stops at Corcoran station.

From 1910-1934, the Kings Lake Shore Railroad directed a line that ran southwest from Corcoran to what is the now-extinct Tulare Lake.

On December 2, 2010, the California High-Speed Rail Authority Board voted to start assembly of the first part of the California High-Speed Rail line at Borden near Madera and continue it to Corcoran.

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Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Corcoran, California California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State.

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