Mira Loma, California
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Mira Loma was a census-designated place
(CDP) in Riverside County
, California
, United States
. The population was 21,930 at the 2010 census, up from 17,617 at the 2000 census. Mira Loma was known as Wineville prior to 1930. The name was changed that year to help disassociate the community from the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders. On July 1, 2011, Mira Loma became part of the newly incorporated City of Jurupa Valley
.
, the CDP has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21 km²), of which, 8 square miles (20.7 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²) of it (1.87%) is water.
/Jurupa Valley was originally granted by the Mexican government to Sn. Dn. Juan Bandini
, on September 28, 1838.
Originally known as Wineville, it is located in the modern day "Jurupa" area of unincorporated Riverside County. It is separated from the city of Riverside
by the Santa Ana River
to the south, borders the Ontario
/Fontana
area of San Bernardino County
to the north and west, and Pedley
/ Glen Avon
to the east. The community officially changed its name from Wineville on November 1, 1930, due in large part to the negative publicity surrounding the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders.
, Rubidoux
, Glen Avon
, and Sunnyslope
into the new city
Jurupa Valley
. The effective date of incorporation was July 1, 2011.
was 2,691.0 people per square mile (1,039.0/km²). The racial makeup of Mira Loma was 12,577 (57.4%) White, 383 (1.7%) African American, 240 (1.1%) Native American, 465 (2.1%) Asian, 43 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 7,250 (33.1%) from other races
, and 972 (4.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14,846 persons (67.7%).
The Census reported that 21,882 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 28 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 20 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
There were 5,277 households, out of which 2,797 (53.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,415 (64.7%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 647 (12.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 461 (8.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 335 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 31 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 527 households (10.0%) were made up of individuals and 164 (3.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.15. There were 4,523 families
(85.7% of all households); the average family size was 4.30.
The population was spread out with 6,618 people (30.2%) under the age of 18, 2,722 people (12.4%) aged 18 to 24, 5,848 people (26.7%) aged 25 to 44, 5,256 people (24.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,486 people (6.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.4 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.3 males.
There were 5,640 housing units at an average density of 692.1 per square mile (267.2/km²), of which 3,902 (73.9%) were owner-occupied, and 1,375 (26.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.6%. 15,806 people (72.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,076 people (27.7%) lived in rental housing units.
of 2000, there were 17,617 people, 4,556 households, and 3,863 families residing in the CDP. The population density
was 2,733.9 people per square mile (1,056.2/km²). There were 4,684 housing units at an average density of 726.9 per square mile (280.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 62.7% White, 1.9% African American, 0.6% Native American, 2.2% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 28.3% from other races
, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.1% of the population.
There were 4,556 households out of which 47.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples
living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.2% were non-families. 10.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.84 and the average family size was 4.05.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.0% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 105.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $67,530, and the median income for a family was $68,834. Males had a median income of $33,356 versus $25,275 for females. The per capita income
for the CDP was $20,655. About 9.5% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.
Mira Loma is located in the 31st Senate
District, represented by Republican
Robert Dutton
, and in the 66th Assembly
District, represented by Republican Kevin Jeffries
. Federally, Mira Loma is located in California's 44th congressional district
, which has a Cook PVI
of R +6 and is represented by Republican Ken Calvert
.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) in Riverside County
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...
, California
California
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 21,930 at the 2010 census, up from 17,617 at the 2000 census. Mira Loma was known as Wineville prior to 1930. The name was changed that year to help disassociate the community from the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders. On July 1, 2011, Mira Loma became part of the newly incorporated City of Jurupa Valley
Jurupa Valley, California
Jurupa Valley is a city of Riverside County, California. On March 8, 2011, voters approved a ballot measure to incorporate the area into its own city; as a result, the area has been an incorporated city since July 1, 2011....
.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21 km²), of which, 8 square miles (20.7 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²) of it (1.87%) is water.
History
Rancho JurupaRancho Jurupa
Rancho Jurupa was a Mexican land grant in California, United States, that is divided by the present-day counties of Riverside and San Bernardino. The land was granted to Juan Bandini by Governor Juan B. Alvarado in 1838...
/Jurupa Valley was originally granted by the Mexican government to Sn. Dn. Juan Bandini
Juan Bandini
Juan Bandini was an early settler of what would become San Diego, California.-Early history:Juan Bandini was born 1800 in Lima, Peru to José Bandini, a Spanish sea captain. His father came to California in 1819 and 1821 and participated in the Mexican War of Independence...
, on September 28, 1838.
Originally known as Wineville, it is located in the modern day "Jurupa" area of unincorporated Riverside County. It is separated from the city of Riverside
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
by the Santa Ana River
Santa Ana River
The Santa Ana River is the largest river of Southern California in the United States. Its drainage basin spans four counties. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows past the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside, before cutting through the northern tip of the Santa Ana Mountains and...
to the south, borders the Ontario
Ontario, California
Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area...
/Fontana
Fontana, California
Fontana is a city of 196,069 residents in San Bernardino County, California. Founded in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area...
area of San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,035,210, up from 1,709,434 as of the 2000 census...
to the north and west, and Pedley
Pedley, California
Pedley was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 12,672 at the 2010 census, up from 11,207 at the 2000 census...
/ Glen Avon
Glen Avon, California
Glen Avon was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 20,199 at the 2010 census, up from 14,853 at the 2000 census...
to the east. The community officially changed its name from Wineville on November 1, 1930, due in large part to the negative publicity surrounding the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders.
Incorporation into the City of Jurupa Valley
On March 8, 2011, voters passed Measure A by a 54.03% YES vote, incorporating the areas of Mira Loma, PedleyPedley, California
Pedley was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 12,672 at the 2010 census, up from 11,207 at the 2000 census...
, Rubidoux
Rubidoux, California
Rubidoux was a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,280, up from 29,180 at the 2000 census. Like much of the fast-growing Inland Empire Metropolitan Area, Rubidoux is rapidly changing...
, Glen Avon
Glen Avon, California
Glen Avon was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 20,199 at the 2010 census, up from 14,853 at the 2000 census...
, and Sunnyslope
Sunnyslope, California
Sunnyslope was a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 5,153 at the 2010 census, up from 4,437 at the 2000 census...
into the new city
City
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Jurupa Valley
Jurupa Valley, California
Jurupa Valley is a city of Riverside County, California. On March 8, 2011, voters approved a ballot measure to incorporate the area into its own city; as a result, the area has been an incorporated city since July 1, 2011....
. The effective date of incorporation was July 1, 2011.
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Mira Loma had a population of 21,930. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 2,691.0 people per square mile (1,039.0/km²). The racial makeup of Mira Loma was 12,577 (57.4%) White, 383 (1.7%) African American, 240 (1.1%) Native American, 465 (2.1%) Asian, 43 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 7,250 (33.1%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 972 (4.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14,846 persons (67.7%).
The Census reported that 21,882 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 28 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 20 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
There were 5,277 households, out of which 2,797 (53.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,415 (64.7%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 647 (12.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 461 (8.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 335 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....
, and 31 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 527 households (10.0%) were made up of individuals and 164 (3.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.15. There were 4,523 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(85.7% of all households); the average family size was 4.30.
The population was spread out with 6,618 people (30.2%) under the age of 18, 2,722 people (12.4%) aged 18 to 24, 5,848 people (26.7%) aged 25 to 44, 5,256 people (24.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,486 people (6.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.4 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.3 males.
There were 5,640 housing units at an average density of 692.1 per square mile (267.2/km²), of which 3,902 (73.9%) were owner-occupied, and 1,375 (26.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.6%. 15,806 people (72.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,076 people (27.7%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 17,617 people, 4,556 households, and 3,863 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 2,733.9 people per square mile (1,056.2/km²). There were 4,684 housing units at an average density of 726.9 per square mile (280.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 62.7% White, 1.9% African American, 0.6% Native American, 2.2% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 28.3% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.1% of the population.
There were 4,556 households out of which 47.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.0% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.2% were non-families. 10.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.84 and the average family size was 4.05.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.0% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 105.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $67,530, and the median income for a family was $68,834. Males had a median income of $33,356 versus $25,275 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $20,655. About 9.5% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.
Politics
In the state legislatureCalifornia State Legislature
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Mira Loma is located in the 31st Senate
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
District, represented by Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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Robert Dutton
Robert Dutton
Robert D. Dutton is an American politician. He has served as the California State Senate Republican Leader since 2010 and as a Senator representing the 31st Senate District since 2004, after serving two years as a State Assemblyman for the 63rd Assembly District.-Biography:Robert Dutton was born...
, and in the 66th Assembly
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
District, represented by Republican Kevin Jeffries
Kevin Jeffries
Kevin Jeffries is an American politician from the State of California. He is currently a member of the California State Assembly representing the California's 66th Assembly district...
. Federally, Mira Loma is located in California's 44th congressional district
California's 44th congressional district
California's 44th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that currently covers an area of Southern California from San Clemente in Orange County on the coast, north-by-northeast inland to Riverside County, including the cities of Corona, Norco, Rubidoux,...
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
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of R +6 and is represented by Republican Ken Calvert
Ken Calvert
Kenneth Stanton "Ken" Calvert is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of the Inland Empire and south Orange County areas of Southern California.-Early life, education and career:Calvert was born in...
.