City of Indian Wells City limit as seen from Palm Desert, California City limit as seen from Palm Desert, California Location in Riverside County and the state of California Location in Riverside County and the state of California City of Indian Wells is positioned in the US City of Indian Wells - City of Indian Wells Indian Wells is a town/city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley.
As of the 2013 census, the town/city population was 5,165.
The town/city hosts the fifth-largest tennis tournament in the world, the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament presently known as the BNP Paribas Open.
The Indian Wells Masters is one of nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 high-level affairs directed by the Association of Tennis Professionals, and one of the four WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association.
It is held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, which contains the second-largest tennis-specific stadium in the world.
As early as 1853, the region now known as Indian Wells was the site of a grow Indian village, as reported by W.P.
The area's first golf courses were opened in the 1950s at the Eldorado Country Club and the Indian Wells Country Club.
In 1957, Desi Arnaz opened his Indian Wells Hotel (forerunner to the Indian Wells Resort Hotel).
In an election held June 27, 1967, to avoid being took in by neighboring metros/cities such as Palm Desert, the inhabitants of Indian Wells voted to incorporate as a city.
On July 14, 1967, Indian Wells became California's 400th town/city and the 16th in Riverside County.
Since then, Indian Wells has continued to grow, with the evolution of resort hotels, golf courses and luxury residentiary areas. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Indian Wells had a populace of 4,958.
The populace density was 339.8 citizens per square mile (131.2/km ).
The ethnic makeup of Indian Wells was 4,721 (95.2%) White (92.3% Non-Hispanic White), 29 (0.6%) African American, 20 (0.4%) Native American, 83 (1.7%) Asian, 2 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 52 (1.0%) from other competitions, and 51 (1.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 4,952 citizens (99.9% of the population) lived in homeholds, 6 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 2,745 homeholds, out of which 193 (7.0%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 1,519 (55.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 85 (3.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 46 (1.7%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
944 homeholds (34.4%) were made up of individuals and 690 (25.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The age distribution was: 310 citizens (6.3%) under the age of 18, 76 citizens (1.5%) aged 18 to 24, 283 citizens (5.7%) aged 25 to 44, 1,558 citizens (31.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,731 citizens (55.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 5,137 housing units at an average density of 352.1 per square mile (135.9/km ), of which 2,285 (83.2%) were owner-occupied, and 460 (16.8%) were occupied by renters.
4,251 citizens (85.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 701 citizens (14.1%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009 2013, Indian Wells had a median homehold income of $83,884, with 5.2% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,816 citizens , 1,982 homeholds, and 1,323 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 288.5 citizens per square mile (111.4/km ).
There were 3,843 housing units at an average density of 290.5 per square mile (112.2/km ).
There were 1,982 homeholds out of which 8.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were married couples living together, 3.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.
28.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The age distribution is 7.6% under the age of 18, 1.5% from 18 to 24, 9.4% from 25 to 44, 35.3% from 45 to 64, and 46.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $93,986, and the median income for a family was $119,110.
About 1.2% of families and 3.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 2.6% of those age 65 or over.
Indian Wells is positioned at 33 42 57 N 116 20 28 W (33.715755, 116.341109). Hiking trails in the undeveloped region of Indian Wells .
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.6 square miles (38 km2), of which, 14.3 square miles (37 km2) of it is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (1.85%) is water.
Climate data for Indio, California (approximately 8 miles east of Indian Wells) (1981 2010 normals) Indian Wells has the second highest percentage of registered Republicans of any town/city in California, with 65.1% of its 3,027 registered voters registered as Republicans, 19.5% of voters are registered Democrats, and 12.2% declined to state. In the California State Legislature, Indian Wells is in the 28th Senate District, represented by Republican Jeff Stone, and in the 42nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Chad Mayes. In the United States House of Representatives, Indian Wells is in California's 36th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz. a b "Indian Wells".
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