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Madera County (/ m ə ˈ d ɛər ə / ⓘ), officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. [3] It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Madera serving as the county seat. [4]
Metropolitan Fresno, officially Fresno–Hanford–Corcoran, CA CSA, is a metropolitan area in the San Joaquin Valley, in the United States, consisting of Fresno and Madera counties. It is the third-largest metropolitan region in Northern California , behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Sacramento .
[11] [10] On May 16, 1893, Madera County officially became a county of the state of California [12] and the town incorporated as the City of Madera on March 27, 1907. [10] One of the city's first African Americans to hold an elected office was Rev. Naaman N. Haynes, who was voted in as a Madera Unified School District school board trustee in ...
Oakhurst (formerly Fresno Flats) [4] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, United States, 14 miles (23 km) south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
The North Fork Rancheria occupies 80 acres (320,000 m 2) along the western edge of the Sierra National Forest, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Fresno, California. [2] Their tribal headquarters are located in North Fork of Madera County, California.
The community also has a higher percentage of veterans at 13%, compared to the California average of 4.3%, indicating a considerable number of residents with military backgrounds. [26] Financially, North Fork's median household income is $65,850, below California's $91,551, and the area has a higher poverty rate of 15.7%, against the state's 12.2%.
Almost two-thirds of California counties experienced population losses from mid-2021 to mid-2022. Merced, Fresno among fastest growing counties in California even as state shrinks Skip to main content
Fresno is the larger principal city of the Fresno-Madera CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Fresno (Fresno County) and Madera (Madera County) metropolitan areas, [61] [62] which had a combined population of 922,516 at the 2000 census. [10] Fresno is home to numerous ethnic minority communities, such as the Armenian and Hmong ...