Lemur

Lemor is located in downtown California and northern Kings County. Located in the San Joaquin Valley . According to the US Census Bureau, the city ​​of Lemore has a total area of ​​22,058 square kilometers.

Dr. Lovern Lee More discovered the territory of the present city in 1871, at that time it was Tulare County. The settlement was near Lake Tulare, the largest source of water in central California. Soon, several families lived in the area, but they were quite isolated. Dr. More united the farms and organized a post office in the center of the territory in 1873. The post office refused the proposed name of the city of Latash, and it was decided to name the city of Lemor in honor of the founder. In 1877, a railway passed through the city. In 1893, Tulare County was divided by state legislature into two counties. The western of these became Kings County. After the founding of the new district, a new district center was selected between Lemore and Hanford, however, by that time the population of Hanford exceeded the population of Lemora and 2 railways passed through it, so Hanford was preferred. The city was incorporated in 1900 ^[2] .

According to the 2010 census, the population of Lemora was 24 531 people (of which 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women), the city had 8196 households and 6070 families. Racial composition : white - 56.8%, Native Americans - 1.4% African - Americans - 6.4%, Asians - 8.2% and representatives of two or more races - 6.8%. 40.0% of the city’s population are Hispanic (36.2% Mexicans) ^[3] .

Of 8196 households, 49.7% were married couples (25.5% with children under 18 years of age), women lived without husbands in 16.9% of families, men lived without wives in 7.4% of families, 25, 9% did not have a family. 7.8% of households were heterosexual couples, 0.5% were gay couples. On average, 2.99 people conduct households, and the average family size is 3.42 people.

According to the 2010 census, the population of the city was distributed as follows: 30.8% - residents under the age of 18, 5.0% - between 18 and 21 years old, 56.9% - from 21 to 65 years old and 7.3% - at the age of 65 years and older. The average age of the population is 28.6 years. For every 100 females in Lemora, there were 99.1 males, while for 100 adult females there were already 95.4 males of comparable age ^[3] .

Population dynamics and origin of residents:

In 2014, there were 13,009 people over 16 years old with jobs in the city. At the same time, men had a median income of $ 44,246 a year, against $ 34,124 of the average annual income for women. In 2014, the median income for a family was estimated at $ 56,775, for a household - at $ 52,701. The per capita income is $ 23,836 per year. 11.3% of the total number of families in Lemora and 14.1% of the total population were below the poverty line at the time of the census, of which 22.3% were residents under the age of 18 and 9.3% were over 65 ^[3] .