Profile for Imperial, California, CA

Imperial is in the Imperial Valley.

Former and merged names include:
· Colorado Desert
· Imperial Valley

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 9. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 1.1 per 1,000 people.

Local festivals include:

• California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta - March 2-11, 2007

Colleges and universities: Imperial Valley College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Quotes:
I was eleven in the summer of 1935. My father was farming then in the valley of the Santa Rosa, San Jacinto, and Chocolate Mountain Ranges called Imperial Valley ... The land was fertilized with tons of chicken manure and irrigated by the All American Canal that flowed out of the Colorado River. Planting started in late September: tomatoes, squash, cantaloupe. All during the winter months, it was thinning the seedlings, weeding, building brush covers for them, repairing the covers after a storm, and starting the smudge pots to ward off the frost. In early spring, it was harvesting the crops. By May, after the broiling sun had reduced the plants to dry twigs, the plowing began.
-- California Childhood
Wakako Yamauchi

Listed places near Imperial

Airports (1)

Archives (1)

Cemeteries (3)

Colleges (1)

Communities (2)

Hotels (11)

Libraries (3)

Museums (1)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Imperial demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Imperial County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 92251 ZIP code.

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• Imperial city government
• Imperial County government

7% of Imperial residents report German ancestry, and 5% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Imperial ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Imperial
• Cemeteries in Imperial County
• Genealogy page (CA GenWeb) for Imperial County
• Libraries in or near Imperial

Post a query on a message board:

• Imperial County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - CA data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
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• Newspaper articles

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• Imperial area cemeteries
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• Cemetery record compendium
• California cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Imperial
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• Communities in Imperial County

• Imperial business guide
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• Courts in California
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• Crime in Imperial County
• Arrests in Imperial County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in California
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Imperial was $16,538, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• California economic data

17% of Imperial residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Imperial
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• Air pollution in Imperial County
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• Land contamination in Imperial County
• Nature Conservancy projects in California
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Imperial County
• Water levels & streamflow conditions in California

Imperial festival dates:

• California Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta - March 2-11, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

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• Local historical societies in California
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• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Imperial County genealogy forum

Median rent in Imperial, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $475.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,070.

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Libraries in Imperial include Imperial Public Library ... View libraries

• Libraries near Imperial

• California library

• California statewide library catalog

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• Nonprofit guide for Imperial
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Imperial County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Imperial political report.

• California Democratic party
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• Imperial County elections board
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The average commute time for Imperial workers is 19 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

Hotels in Imperial include Imperial Valley Inn.

• Imperial travel guide
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