Rancho Mirage, California Rancho Mirage, California City of Rancho Mirage California State Route 111 in Rancho Mirage California State Route 111 in Rancho Mirage Flag of Rancho Mirage, California Rancho Mirage, California is positioned in the US Rancho Mirage, California - Rancho Mirage, California Rancho Mirage is a resort town/city in Riverside County, California, United States.
The populace was 17,218 at the 2010 census, up from 13,249 at the 2000 census, but the cyclic (part-time) populace can exceed 20,000.
Located between Cathedral City and Palm Desert, it is one of the nine metros/cities of the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area).
Rancho Mirage was incorporated in 1973 from a consolidation of Mirage Cove with five unincorporated areas known as the "Cove communities" (Desert, Magnesia, Palmas, Tamarisk and Thunderbird), and had 3,000 permanent inhabitants at the time.
Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, died at his home in the town/city in 2006, and Jane Wyman died one year later at her home in the same city.
Although the first undivided settlements date back to the 1920s and 1930s, Rancho Mirage got its claim to fame after World War II.
Several United States Presidents have vacationed at the Annenberg estate, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford.
Ford later bought a home in Rancho Mirage and was living there at the time of his death in 2006.
The Betty Ford Center, a world-renowned addiction rehabilitation center, is positioned in Rancho Mirage at the Eisenhower Medical Center.
Rancho Mirage has twelve golf courses, also known as nation clubs or golf resorts.
Other golf resorts are the Tamarisk, Mission Hills, Thunderbird, the Springs, Sunrise, Omni Resorts Rancho Las Palmas hotel (opened in 1979 to replace the Desert Air golf and private airport from 1954 1978), Rancho Mirage, Morningside, Mission Hills North Course, Westin Hotels Mission Hills resort, and Tuscania by Sunrise Company opened in 2006.
Although the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino was just outside the border of Rancho Mirage in an unincorporated area, the City of Rancho Mirage encompassed the property as part of the town/city in an agreement with the tribe so they would have access to police and firefighting services.
According to the New York Post, the Obamas have reportedly purchased a home in Rancho Mirage, California. Rancho Mirage has period its economy from one based on cyclic, resort-based golfing and low-paying rentals, to include light trade and commerce near the I-10 and high-end retail centers like The River shopping complex.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 24.8 square miles (64 km2), of which, 24.4 square miles (63 km2) of it is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (1.57%) is water, including the 10-story Desert Island Hotel-Golf Resort assembled on an island surrounded by an artificial lake.
Rancho Mirage has an dry climate: Its average annual high temperature is 87 F (31 C) and average annual low is 63 F (17 C) but summer highs above 108 F (42 C) are common and sometimes exceed 120 F (49 C), while summer evening lows often stay above 82 F (28 C).
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Rancho Mirage had a populace of 17,218.
The ethnic makeup of Rancho Mirage was 15,267 (88.7%) White (81.7% Non-Hispanic White), 256 (1.5%) African American, 94 (0.5%) Native American, 651 (3.8%) Asian, 14 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 598 (3.5%) from other competitions, and 338 (2.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 17,154 citizens (99.6% of the population) lived in homeholds, 16 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 48 (0.3%) were institutionalized.
There were 8,829 homeholds, out of which 1,031 (11.7%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 4,159 (47.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 453 (5.1%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 213 (2.4%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 1,828 citizens (10.6%) under the age of 18, 508 citizens (3.0%) aged 18 to 24, 1,885 citizens (10.9%) aged 25 to 44, 5,415 citizens (31.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 7,582 citizens (44.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.
13,845 citizens (80.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,309 citizens (19.2%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009 2013, Rancho Mirage had a median homehold income of $77,526, with 13.6% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,249 citizens , 6,813 homeholds, and 4,074 families residing in the city.
There were 6,813 homeholds out of which 10.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 10.3% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 14.0% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 43.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Rancho Mirage owes its impact to being a retirement haven for senior people since the 1950s.
In 2003, the Rancho Mirage was titled the best resort town in the world by the London Imperial Traveler Magazine.
Contemplation of building a new airport 30 minutes away (the Desert Cities Regional Airport in Coachella) from Rancho Mirage is still in debate.
About 4.4% of families and 5.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 9.4% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
In the California State Legislature, Rancho Mirage 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, Rancho Mirage is in California's 36th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz. There is one elementary school (Rancho Mirage Elementary) and one high school Rancho Mirage High School in the town/city limits which are part of the Palm Springs Unified School District, the newly renovated Nellie Coffman Middle School is on the town/city line with Cathedral City.
Rancho Mirage is also home to a ground of Santa Barbara Business College, a private college that offers academic degrees and longterm position training.
According to Rancho Mirage's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: 3 Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa 500 At least two novels are set in Rancho Mirage.
Both have references to both Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs, as well the Mojave Desert.
A third book, Rancho Mirage: an American Tragedy of Manners, Madness, and Murder by Aram Saroyan (2002) concerns a murder that occurred in the city.
The late President Gerald Ford (served 1974 77) and First Lady Betty Ford were the most prominent inhabitants of Rancho Mirage.
Former President Barack Obama (served 2009 17) has also made plans to live in Rancho Mirage after Sasha Obama finishes high school in Washington, D.C. Other celebrities, businessmen and politicians include: "California Cities by Incorporation Date".
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Rancho Mirage: an American tragedy of manners, madness, and murder.
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Mallette, Leo A., (2011), Images of America: Rancho Mirage, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina ISBN 978-0738 - 575018 Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rancho Mirage.
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