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Visalia-Porterville Metropolitan Area

Tulare County, California
County
County of Tulare
Visalia Acequia Ave..JPG 2009-0725-CA-Allensworth-Hotel.jpg
Moro Rock-View from Potwisha.jpg 2006 12 29 - Terminus Dam (3).JPG
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
Official seal of Tulare County, California
Seal
Tulare County's location in California
Tulare County's location in California
Tulare County, California is located in the US
Tulare County, California
Tulare County, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 36°14′N 118°48′W / 36.23°N 118.80°W / 36.23; -118.80Coordinates: 36°14′N 118°48′W / 36.23°N 118.80°W / 36.23; -118.80
Country  United States
State  California
Regions San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada
Metro area Visalia-Porterville Metropolitan Area
Incorporated 1852
Named for Tulare Lake
County seat Visalia
Incorporated cities 8
Government
 • Administrative Officer Michael Spata
 • Board of 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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