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El Centro metropolitan area

Imperial County, California
County
County of Imperial
Imperial valley fields.jpg
Salton Sea Reflection.jpg Courthouse night.JPG
Images, from top down, left to right: The fields of Imperial Valley, Salton Sea, Imperial County Courthouse
Official seal of Imperial County, California
Seal
Location in the state of California
Location in the state of California
California's location in the United States
California's location in the United States
Country  United States
State

 California


Region Imperial Valley
Incorporated August 7, 1907
County seat El Centro
Largest city El Centro
Area
 • Total 4,482 sq mi (11,610 km2)
 • Land 4,177 sq mi (10,820 km2)
 • Water 305 sq mi (790 km2)
Highest elevation 4,551 ft (1,387 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 174,528
 • Estimate (2015) 183,191
 • Density 39/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7)
Area codes 442/760
FIPS code 06-025
GNIS feature ID 277277
Website www.co.imperial.ca.us

 California

Imperial County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 174,528. The county seat is El Centro. Established in 1907, it was the last county to be formed in California.

Imperial County comprises the El Centro, CA 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 Mexico.

Although this region is a desert, with high temperatures and low average rainfall of three inches (75 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 a melting pot of Anglo-American and Chicano/Latino cultures. On the American side, the majority of residents are of Mexican American heritage, while the Mexican side was greatly influenced by American culture for many decades. The entire valley is a multi-ethnic mixture of whites, Asian Americans, some African Americans and Native Americans.


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