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Pea pickers Imperial County circa 1940

 
 
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   Imperial County Data



 Brief History:

 Imperial County includes the El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also part of the Southern California
 border region, the smallest but most economically diverse region in the state. It is located in the Imperial Valley, in the far
 southeast of California, bordering both Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California.

 Although this region is a desert, with high temperatures and low average rainfall of 3 inches (76 mm) per year, the economy
 is heavily based on agriculture due to irrigation, supplied wholly from the Colorado River via the All-American Canal.

 The Imperial Valley is divided between the United States and Mexico, and Imperial County is heavily influenced by Mexican
 culture. Approximately 80% of the county's population is Hispanic, with the vast majority being of Mexican origin. The
 remainder of the population is predominantly non-Hispanic white as well as smaller African American, Native American and
 Asian minorities.



           Since Imperial county was established in 1907 out of San Diego county,  to find information prior to 1907
          
you should search San Diego county




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San Diego
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                    State Coordinator:  Bob Jenkins
     Assistant State Coordinator:
 Karen De Groote


 The CAGenWeb Project sincerely thanks the dedicated volunteers who devoted time and effort toward making
 this site a  successful one:

   Aileen Fish-Underwood (1996 - 1999)
   Edward A. Black Sr. (1999 - 2013) 
   Paul Pettit (2014 - 2017)






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