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Of counties with a population exceeding 1,000,000, Santa Clara County had the highest per capita income ($42,666), followed by Contra Costa County ($38,770). San Diego ($31,043), Los Angeles ($27,987), and Sacramento ($27,071) counties all had per capita incomes near that of the state. Map of counties by per capita income (ACS 2016–2020).
Gateway Generating Station is on the southern shore of the San Joaquin River, in Antioch, and is one of more than ten fossil-fuel power plants in Contra Costa County. Construction, which cost $386 million, began in 2001; the station began delivering power to customers in 2009. Its nominal capacity is 530 MW, with a peak capacity of 580 MW.
Contra Costa County (/ ˌ k ɒ n t r ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / ⓘ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,165,927. [6] The county seat is Martinez.
Martinez (Spanish: Martínez) [9] [10] is a city in and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. [11] Located on the southern shore of the Carquinez Strait , the city's population was 37,287 at the 2020 census .
Doris Ducre of Richmond, Calif., is like millions of other homeowners in this country. She works a 9-to-5 job. She pays her bills. She's current on her mortgage.
Supporters of the charter movement filed an appeal with the Contra Costa County Board of Education, which on January 11, 2012, overturned the district's decision and approved the charter. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] As part of the transition, Clayton Valley High School officially closed on June 30, 2012.
In 1923, EBMUD was founded due to the rapid population growth and severe drought in the area. The district constructed Pardee Dam (finished in 1929) on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada, and a large steel pipe Mokelumne Aqueduct to transport the water from Pardee Reservoir across the Central Valley to the San Pablo Reservoir located in the hills of the East Bay region.
Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.It is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.The population is 66,854 as of 2022, an increase of 287% from 23,302 at the 2000 census.