Tulare County, California

County of Tulare

Images, from top down, left to right: Acequia Avenue in Visalia, Allensworth Hotel in Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park, Lake Kaweah

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Tulare County's location in California

Tulare County, California

Location in the United States

Coordinates: 36°14′N 118°48′W / 36.23°N 118.80°WCoordinates: 36°14′N 118°48′W / 36.23°N 118.80°W

Country

United States

State

California

Regions

San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada

Metro area

Visalia-Porterville Metropolitan Area

1852

Incorporated cities

Government

• Administrative Officer

Michael Spata

• Board of Supervisors

Supervisors

Area

• Total

4,839 sq mi (12,530 km²)

• Land

4,824 sq mi (12,490 km²)

• Water

14 sq mi (40 km²)

Highest elevation

14,501 ft (4,420 m)

Population (April 1, 2010)

• Total

442,179

• Estimate (2015)

459,863

• Density

91/sq mi (35/km²)

Time zone

Pacific (UTC-8)

• Summer (DST)

PDT (UTC-7)

Area code

559

FIPS code

06-107

GNIS feature ID

277318

Website

www.co.tulare.ca.us

Tulare County (/tᵿˈlɛəri/ too-LAIR-ee) is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 442,179. Its county seat is Visalia. The county is named for Tulare Lake, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes. Drained for agricultural development, the site is now in Kings County, which was created in 1893 from the western portion of the formerly larger Tulare County.

Tulare County comprises the Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is located south of Fresno, spanning from the San Joaquin Valley east to the Sierra Nevada.

Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner (shared with Fresno County), and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border (shared with Inyo County). As of the 2010 census, the population was 442,179, up from 368,021 at the 2000 census.

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