Inyo County (/ˈɪnjoʊ/ ⓘ) is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016.[10] The county seat is Independence.[11] Inyo County is on the east side of the Sierra Nevada and southeast of Yosemite National Park in Central California. It contains the Owens River Valley; it is flanked to the west by the Sierra Nevada and to the east by the White Mountains and the Inyo Mountains. Mono County is to the north. With an area of 10,192 square miles (26,400 km2), Inyo is the second-largest county by area in California, after San Bernardino County which is directly south of Inyo County. Almost half of Inyo County's area is within Death Valley National Park. However, with a population density of 1.8 people per square mile, it also has the second-lowest population density in California, after Alpine County.
Inyo County | |
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Interactive map of Inyo County | |
Location in the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 36°35′N 117°25′W / 36.583°N 117.417°W | |
| Country | |
| State | |
| Region | Californian Deserts |
| Established | March 22, 1866[1] |
| Named after | ɨnnɨyun 'it's dangerous' in Timbisha[2] |
| County seat | Independence |
| Largest city | Bishop |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–CAO |
| • Body | Board of Supervisors |
| • Chair[4] | Scott Marcellin |
| • Vice Chair[5] | Jeff Griffiths |
| • Board of Supervisors | Supervisors[3]
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| • County Administrator[6] | Nate Greenburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,227 sq mi (26,490 km2) |
| • Land | 10,181 sq mi (26,370 km2) |
| • Water | 46 sq mi (120 km2) |
| Highest elevation | 14,505 ft (4,421 m) |
| Lowest elevation | −282 ft (−86 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 19,016 |
• Estimate (2024) | 18,485 |
| • Density | 1.8678/sq mi (0.72116/km2) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | $1.355 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
| Area codes | 442/760 |
| FIPS code | 06-027 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1804637 |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Website | www |
History
editPresent-day Inyo county has been the historic homeland for thousands of years of the Mono, Timbisha, Kawaiisu, and Northern Paiute Native Americans. The descendants of these ancestors continue to live in their traditional homelands in the Owens River Valley and in Death Valley National Park.
Inyo County was formed in 1866 out of the territory of the unorganized Coso County, which had been created on April 4, 1864, from parts of Mono County and Tulare County.[12] It acquired more territory from Mono County in 1870 and Kern County and San Bernardino County in 1872.
For many years it has been commonly believed that the county derived its name from the Mono tribe's name for the mountains in its former homeland. Actually the name came to be thought of, mistakenly, as the name of the mountains to the east of the Owens Valley when the first whites there asked the local Owens Valley Paiutes for the name of the mountains to the east. They responded that that was the land of Inyo. They meant by this that those lands belonged to the Timbisha tribe headed by a man whose name was Inyo.[citation needed] Inyo was the name of the headman of one of the Timbisha bands at the time of contact when the first whites, the Bennett-Arcane Party of 1849, wandered, lost, into Death Valley on their expedition to the gold fields of western California. The Owens Valley whites misunderstood the reference and thought that Inyo was the name of the mountains when actually it was the name of the chief, or headman, of the tribe that had those mountains as part of their homeland.[citation needed] In Timbisha, ɨnnɨyun means "it's (or he's) dangerous".[2]
To supply the growing City of Los Angeles, water was diverted from the Owens River into the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913. The Owens River Valley cultures and environments changed substantially. From the 1910s to 1930s the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power purchased much of the valley for water rights and control. In 1941 the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power extended the Los Angeles Aqueduct system farther upriver into the Mono Basin.
Natural history
editInyo County is host to a number of natural superlatives. Among them are:
- Mount Whitney, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m), the highest point in the contiguous United States, the 12th highest peak in the U.S., and the 24th highest peak in North America.
- Badwater Basin, in Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
- Methuselah, an ancient Bristlecone pine tree and one of the oldest living trees on Earth
- Owens Valley, the deepest valley on the American continents
- Two mountain ranges exceeding 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in elevation: The Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains
- Ten of California's twelve peaks which exceed 14,000 feet (a Fourteener) in elevation; the isolated Mount Shasta in northern California, and White Mountain Peak in neighboring Mono County, are the only California 14ers not (at least partly) in Inyo County
- The largest escarpment in the United States, rising from the floor of Death Valley to the top of Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range
Geography
editMount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, is on Inyo County's western border (with Tulare County). The Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, the lowest place in North America, is in eastern Inyo County. The difference between the two points is about 14,700 feet (4,500 m). They are not visible from each other, but both can be observed from the Panamint Range on the west side of Death Valley, above the Panamint Valley. Thus, Inyo County has the greatest elevation difference among all of the counties and county-equivalents in the contiguous United States.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 10,227 square miles (26,490 km2), of which 10,181 square miles (26,370 km2) is land and 46 square miles (120 km2) (0.5%) is water.[13] It is the second-largest county by area in California and the ninth-largest in the United States (excluding boroughs and census areas in Alaska).
Lakes
editNational protected areas
editThere are 22 official wilderness areas in Inyo County that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. This is the second-largest number of any county, exceeded only by San Bernardino County's 35 wilderness areas. Most of these are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management, but four are integral components of Death Valley National Park or Inyo National Forest and are thus managed by either the National Park Service or the Forest Service. Some of these wilderness areas also extend into neighboring counties.
Except as noted, the wilderness areas are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management and lie entirely within Inyo County:
- Argus Range Wilderness
- Coso Range Wilderness
- Darwin Falls Wilderness
- Death Valley Wilderness (part)
- Funeral Mountains Wilderness
- Golden Trout Wilderness (part)
- Ibex Wilderness
- Inyo Mountains Wilderness (part)
- John Muir Wilderness (part)
- Malpais Mesa Wilderness
- Manly Peak Wilderness
- Nopah Range Wilderness
- Owens Peak Wilderness (part)
- Pahrump Valley Wilderness (part)
- Piper Mountain Wilderness
- Resting Spring Range Wilderness
- Sacatar Trail Wilderness (part)
- Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness (part)
- South Nopah Range Wilderness
- South Sierra Wilderness (part)
- Surprise Canyon Wilderness
- Sylvania Mountains Wilderness
Death Valley National Park
editDeath Valley National Park is a mostly arid United States National Park east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in southern Inyo County and northern San Bernardino County in California, with a small extension into southwestern Nye County and extreme southern Esmeralda County in Nevada. In addition, there is an exclave (Devil's Hole) in southern Nye County. The park covers 5,262 square miles (13,630 km2), encompassing Saline Valley, a large part of Panamint Valley, almost all of Death Valley, and parts of several mountain ranges.[14] Death Valley National Monument was proclaimed in 1933, placing the area under federal protection. In 1994, the monument was redesignated a national park, as well as being substantially expanded to include Saline and Eureka Valleys.[14]
It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. It also features the second-lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and the lowest point in North America at the Badwater Basin, which is 282 feet (86 m) below sea level.[8] It is home to many species of plants and animals that have adapted to this harsh desert environment. Some examples include Creosote Bush, Bighorn Sheep, Coyote, and the Death Valley Pupfish, a survivor of much wetter times. Approximately 95% of the park is designated as wilderness.[15] Death Valley National Park is visited annually by more than 770,000 visitors who come to enjoy its diverse geologic features, desert wildlife, historic sites, scenery, clear night skies, and the solitude of the extreme desert environment.
Other parks
editDemographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 1,956 | — | |
| 1880 | 2,928 | 49.7% | |
| 1890 | 3,544 | 21.0% | |
| 1900 | 4,377 | 23.5% | |
| 1910 | 6,974 | 59.3% | |
| 1920 | 7,031 | 0.8% | |
| 1930 | 6,555 | −6.8% | |
| 1940 | 7,625 | 16.3% | |
| 1950 | 11,658 | 52.9% | |
| 1960 | 11,684 | 0.2% | |
| 1970 | 15,571 | 33.3% | |
| 1980 | 17,895 | 14.9% | |
| 1990 | 18,281 | 2.2% | |
| 2000 | 17,945 | −1.8% | |
| 2010 | 18,546 | 3.3% | |
| 2020 | 19,016 | 2.5% | |
| 2024 (est.) | 18,485 | [16] | −2.8% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[17] 1790–1960[18] 1900–1990[19] 1990–2000[20] 2010[21] 2020[22] | |||
2020 census
editAs of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 19,016 and a median age of 44.8 years. 20.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.7% were 65 years of age or older, and there were 102.3 males for every 100 females overall and 102.6 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.[23]
The racial makeup of the county was 61.8% White, 0.5% Black or African American, 13.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 11.9% from some other race, and 11.2% from two or more races, while Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 23.1% of the population.[24]
57.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 42.1% lived in rural areas.[25]
There were 8,046 households in the county, of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 26.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present; about 33.2% of households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone 65 years of age or older living alone.[23]
There were 9,469 housing units, of which 15.0% were vacant, and among occupied units 64.3% were owner-occupied while 35.7% were renter-occupied; the homeowner vacancy rate stood at 0.8% and the rental vacancy rate at 6.5%.[23]
Racial and ethnic composition
edit| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1980[26] | Pop 1990[27] | Pop 2000[28] | Pop 2010[21] | Pop 2020[22] | % 1980 | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 15,194 | 14,819 | 13,352 | 12,296 | 11,035 | 84.91% | 81.06% | 74.41% | 66.30% | 58.03% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 22 | 71 | 20 | 102 | 85 | 0.12% | 0.39% | 0.11% | 0.55% | 0.45% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 1,523 | 1,665 | 1,678 | 1,895 | 2,189 | 8.51% | 9.11% | 9.35% | 10.22% | 11.51% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 72 | 172 | 158 | 229 | 273 | 0.40% | 0.94% | 0.88% | 1.23% | 1.44% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | x [29] | x [30] | 15 | 15 | 13 | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 0 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 87 | 0.00% | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.11% | 0.46% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | x [31] | x [32] | 442 | 391 | 935 | x | x | 2.46% | 2.11% | 4.92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1,084 | 1,536 | 2,257 | 3,597 | 4,399 | 6.06% | 8.40% | 12.58% | 19.40% | 23.13% |
| Total | 17,895 | 18,281 | 17,945 | 18,546 | 19,016 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2010 Census
editThe 2010 United States census reported that Inyo County had a population of 18,546. The racial makeup of Inyo County was 13,741 (74.1%) White, 109 (0.6%) African American, 2,121 (11.4%) Native American, 243 (1.3%) Asian, 16 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 1,676 (9.0%) from other races, and 640 (3.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,597 persons (19.4%).[33]
| Population reported at 2010 United States census | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The County |
Total Population |
two or more races |
|||||||
| Inyo County | 18,546 | 13,741 | 109 | 2,121 | 243 | 16 | 1,676 | 640 | 3,597 |
Total Population |
two or more races |
||||||||
| Bishop | 3,879 | 2,867 | 22 | 91 | 61 | 1 | 723 | 114 | 1,200 |
Total Population |
two or more races |
||||||||
| Big Pine | 1,756 | 1,192 | 3 | 438 | 13 | 1 | 52 | 57 | 182 |
| Cartago | 92 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| Darwin | 43 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek | 2,645 | 2,287 | 6 | 32 | 47 | 3 | 215 | 55 | 493 |
| Furnace Creek | 24 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Homewood Canyon | 44 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Independence | 669 | 493 | 6 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 35 | 93 |
| Keeler | 66 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Lone Pine | 2,035 | 1,334 | 6 | 205 | 17 | 1 | 376 | 96 | 694 |
| Mesa | 251 | 220 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| Olancha | 192 | 133 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 47 |
| Pearsonville | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Round Valley | 435 | 333 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 69 |
| Shoshone | 31 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tecopa | 150 | 119 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 |
| Trona | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valley Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Bishop | 2,607 | 2,373 | 10 | 28 | 45 | 1 | 72 | 78 | 261 |
| Wilkerson | 563 | 524 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 53 |
Other unincorporated areas |
Total Population |
two or more races |
|||||||
| All others not CDPs (combined) | 3,029 | 1,597 | 16 | 1,147 | 28 | 6 | 108 | 127 | 440 |
Politics
editVoter registration
edit| Population and registered voters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total population[34] | 18,457 | |
| Registered voters[35][note 1] | 9,922 | 53.8% |
| Democratic[35] | 3,066 | 30.9% |
| Republican[35] | 4,271 | 43.0% |
| Democratic–Republican spread[35] | -1,205 | -12.1% |
| American Independent[35] | 414 | 4.2% |
| Green[35] | 88 | 0.9% |
| Libertarian[35] | 79 | 0.8% |
| Peace and Freedom[35] | 29 | 0.3% |
| Americans Elect[35] | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other[35] | 46 | 0.5% |
| No party preference[35] | 1,929 | 19.4% |
Cities by population and voter registration
edit| Cities by population and voter registration | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Population[34] | Registered voters[35] [note 1] |
Democratic[35] | Republican[35] | D–R spread[35] | Other[35] | No party preference[35] |
| Bishop | 3,839 | 42.9% | 31.4% | 40.3% | -8.9% | 10.4% | 21.7% |
Overview
editInyo has historically been a strongly Republican county in Presidential and congressional elections. From 1944 to 2016, the only Democrat to win the county (and the last to win a majority of its vote) was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
However, the county shifted significantly leftward in 2020, narrowly supporting Joe Biden over Donald Trump. As a result, it became one of only two counties that previously voted for Trump by double digits in 2016 to flip to the Democrats, the other being Talbot County, Maryland.
Inyo still leans Republican. It voted Republican in all statewide races held in 2022. It flipped back to voting for Donald Trump in 2024, though by a much smaller margin than Trump had won the county in 2016.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № | % | № | % | № | % | |
| 1880 | 321 | 53.95% | 274 | 46.05% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1884 | 345 | 53.41% | 283 | 43.81% | 18 | 2.79% |
| 1888 | 437 | 58.66% | 273 | 36.64% | 35 | 4.70% |
| 1892 | 409 | 51.13% | 266 | 33.25% | 125 | 15.63% |
| 1896 | 286 | 34.01% | 532 | 63.26% | 23 | 2.73% |
| 1900 | 396 | 42.35% | 505 | 54.01% | 34 | 3.64% |
| 1904 | 452 | 55.73% | 231 | 28.48% | 128 | 15.78% |
| 1908 | 583 | 40.94% | 618 | 43.40% | 223 | 15.66% |
| 1912 | 8 | 0.49% | 806 | 49.54% | 813 | 49.97% |
| 1916 | 846 | 41.96% | 966 | 47.92% | 204 | 10.12% |
| 1920 | 1,195 | 57.20% | 682 | 32.65% | 212 | 10.15% |
| 1924 | 950 | 47.52% | 256 | 12.81% | 793 | 39.67% |
| 1928 | 1,206 | 57.37% | 861 | 40.96% | 35 | 1.67% |
| 1932 | 698 | 30.91% | 1,459 | 64.61% | 101 | 4.47% |
| 1936 | 912 | 36.47% | 1,560 | 62.38% | 29 | 1.16% |
| 1940 | 1,483 | 44.53% | 1,820 | 54.65% | 27 | 0.81% |
| 1944 | 1,699 | 50.64% | 1,647 | 49.09% | 9 | 0.27% |
| 1948 | 2,135 | 55.79% | 1,539 | 40.21% | 153 | 4.00% |
| 1952 | 3,819 | 68.87% | 1,698 | 30.62% | 28 | 0.50% |
| 1956 | 3,524 | 66.19% | 1,782 | 33.47% | 18 | 0.34% |
| 1960 | 2,962 | 54.65% | 2,443 | 45.07% | 15 | 0.28% |
| 1964 | 2,751 | 46.51% | 3,161 | 53.44% | 3 | 0.05% |
| 1968 | 3,641 | 54.45% | 2,314 | 34.60% | 732 | 10.95% |
| 1972 | 4,873 | 68.07% | 2,006 | 28.02% | 280 | 3.91% |
| 1976 | 3,905 | 58.23% | 2,635 | 39.29% | 166 | 2.48% |
| 1980 | 5,201 | 64.79% | 2,080 | 25.91% | 746 | 9.29% |
| 1984 | 5,863 | 70.32% | 2,360 | 28.30% | 115 | 1.38% |
| 1988 | 5,042 | 64.34% | 2,653 | 33.85% | 142 | 1.81% |
| 1992 | 3,689 | 43.58% | 2,695 | 31.84% | 2,080 | 24.57% |
| 1996 | 3,924 | 51.84% | 2,601 | 34.36% | 1,044 | 13.79% |
| 2000 | 4,713 | 60.31% | 2,652 | 33.93% | 450 | 5.76% |
| 2004 | 5,091 | 59.09% | 3,350 | 38.88% | 175 | 2.03% |
| 2008 | 4,523 | 52.88% | 3,743 | 43.76% | 288 | 3.37% |
| 2012 | 4,340 | 54.01% | 3,422 | 42.58% | 274 | 3.41% |
| 2016 | 4,248 | 51.94% | 3,155 | 38.57% | 776 | 9.49% |
| 2020 | 4,620 | 48.71% | 4,634 | 48.86% | 230 | 2.43% |
| 2024 | 4,468 | 49.91% | 4,201 | 46.92% | 284 | 3.17% |
In the California State Legislature, Inyo County is in the 4th senatorial district, represented by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gil,[37] and the 8th Assembly district, represented by Republican David Tangipa.[38]
The county is in California's 3rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin Kiley.[39]
On November 4, 2008, Inyo County voted 60.6% for Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.[40]
The county was home to Manzanar Internment Camp, where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. The county was typically Democratic before World War II. Since World War II, the county has been solidly Republican, only voting for Democratic presidential nominees Lyndon Johnson and Joe Biden.
Crime
editThe following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.
| Population and crime rates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Population[34] | 18,457 | |
| Violent crime[41] | 80 | 4.33 |
| Homicide[41] | 2 | 0.11 |
| Forcible rape[41] | 11 | 0.60 |
| Robbery[41] | 7 | 0.38 |
| Aggravated assault[41] | 60 | 3.25 |
| Property crime[41] | 154 | 8.34 |
| Burglary[41] | 75 | 4.06 |
| Larceny-theft[41][note 2] | 177 | 9.59 |
| Motor vehicle theft[41] | 18 | 0.98 |
| Arson[41] | 1 | 0.05 |
Cities by population and crime rates
edit| Cities by population and crime rates | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Population[42] | Violent crimes[42] | Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons |
Property crimes[42] | Property crime rate per 1,000 persons | |||
| Bishop | 3,900 | 16 | 4.10 | 137 | 35.13 | |||
Education
editSchool districts in Inyo County are:
- Big Pine Unified School District
- Bishop Unified School District
- Bishop Union High School District
- Bishop Union Elementary School District
- Death Valley Unified School District
- Lone Pine Unified School District
- Owens Valley Unified School District
- Round Valley School District
Deep Springs College is a two-year alternative education college in Deep Springs Valley.
Higher education in Inyo County is provided by the Kern Community College District.
Notable locations
edit- Mushroom Rock
- Mount Whitney
- Death Valley National Park
- Badwater Basin
- Lake Manly
- Furnace Creek, California (Hottest air temperature ever recorded here in 1913 at 134.6 °F (57.0 °C). In July 1972, a ground temperature of 201 °F (94 °C) was measured in Furnace Creek. This may be the highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded.)
Transportation
editIn the 1920s, automobile clubs and nearby towns started to lobby for trans-Sierra highways over Piute Pass[43] and other locations. However, by end of the 1920s, the Forest Service and the Sierra Club decided that roadless wilderness in the Sierra was valuable, and fought the proposal. The Piute Pass proposal faded out by the early 1930s, with the Forest Service proposing a route over Minaret Summit in 1933.[43] The Minaret Summit route was lobbied against by California's Governor Ronald Reagan in 1972. The expansion of the John Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses in the 1980s sealed off the Minaret Summit route.[43]
A trans-Sierra route between Porterville and Lone Pine was proposed by local businessmen in 1923.[44] Eventually, a circuitous route across the Sierra was built across the only trans-Sierra route south of Yosemite: Sherman Pass by 1976.[45] That route is Forest Route 22S05 to the west, and Kennedy Meadow Road (County Route J41) and 9-Mile Canyon Road to the east.
Major highways
edit- U.S. Route 6
- U.S. Route 395
- State Route 127
- State Route 136
- State Route 168
- State Route 178
- State Route 190
Public transportation
editEastern Sierra Transit Authority operates intercity bus service along US 395, as well as local services in Bishop. Service extends south to Lancaster (Los Angeles County) and north to Reno, Nevada.[46]
Airports
editBishop Airport, Independence Airport, Lone Pine Airport and Shoshone Airport are general aviation airports located near their respective cities. Stovepipe Wells Airport and Furnace Creek Airport are located in Death Valley National Park.
Communities
editCities
editCensus-designated places
editOther unincorporated communities
editSource:[47]
- Alabama Hills
- Chicago Valley
- Coso Junction
- Death Valley Junction
- Deep Springs
- Dunmovin
- Haiwee
- Laws
- Panamint Springs
- Sandy Valley
- Stewart Valley
Population ranking
editThe population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Inyo County.[48]
† county seat
| Rank | City/Town/etc. | Municipal type | Population (2010 Census) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishop | City | 3,879 |
| 2 | Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek | CDP | 2,645 |
| 3 | West Bishop | CDP | 2,607 |
| 4 | Lone Pine | CDP | 2,035 |
| 5 | Big Pine | CDP | 1,756 |
| 6 | Bishop Reservation[49] | AIAN | 1,588 |
| 7 | † Independence | CDP | 669 |
| 8 | Wilkerson | CDP | 563 |
| 9 | Big Pine Reservation[50] | AIAN | 499 |
| 10 | Round Valley | CDP | 435 |
| 11 | Mesa | CDP | 251 |
| 12 | Lone Pine Reservation[51] | AIAN | 212 |
| 13 | Olancha | CDP | 192 |
| 14 | Tecopa | CDP | 150 |
| 15 | Fort Independence Reservation[52] | AIAN | 93 |
| 16 | Cartago | CDP | 92 |
| 17 | Keeler | CDP | 66 |
| 18 | Homewood Canyon | CDP | 44 |
| 19 | Darwin | CDP | 43 |
| 20 | Shoshone | CDP | 31 |
| t-21 | Furnace Creek | CDP | 24 |
| t-21 | Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation[53] | AIAN | 24 |
| 22 | Trona | CDP | 18 |
| 23 | Pearsonville | CDP | 17 |
| 24 | Valley Wells | CDP | 0 (permanent) |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Inyo County". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ a b William Bright & John McLaughlin, "Inyo Redux", Names 48:147-150 (2000)
- ^ "Board of Supervisors | Inyo County California".
- ^ "District 3 | Inyo County California".
- ^ "District 4 | Inyo County California".
- ^ "County Administrative Officer | Inyo County California".
- ^ "Mount Whitney". Peakbagger.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "Highest and Lowest Elevations". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ "Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Inyo County, CA". Federal Reserve Economic Data. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- ^ "Inyo County, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ California; Hittell, Theodore Henry (1865). California, Theodore Henry Hittell, The general laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864, H.H. Bancroft, San Francisco, 1865. p.190. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ a b National Park Index (2001–2003), p. 26
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