Alameda County occurs as county in California's San Francisco Bay Area. When of the 2000 census it had the people of 1,443,741. A county seat is Oakland.

History
A county was formed in March 25, 1853 from portions of Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties.

A word 'alameda' means 'the place in which poplar develop', the title which originally was given to El Arroyo first state la Alameda (Alameda Creek). the willow & sycamore trees along a banks of a flow of any stream reminded the early explorers of a road lined sustaining trees, as well referred to as an 'alameda'.

A county courthouse at a instance it was formed was placed at Alvarado; it was moved to San Leandro in 1856, and was at Brooklyn from either 1872-1875. Brooklyn is at present section of Oakland, which has been the county courthouse since 1873.

Good deal of what is okay, considered an intensively urban region, with major cities, was developed as a trolley car suburb of San Francisco in the late 19th & early Twentieth centuries. A historical progression from either native western tribal lands to Spanish L& Grants, thence to farms, cattle ranch, & plantation, suburban area and one of these days cities, is shared using a adjacent Contra Costa County (see that article for an extensive history applicable to this county).

Events
A annual Alameda County fair is held at a fairgrounds within Pleasanton. A fair run Leash weekends from either June to July. Attractions include horse racing, carnival, 4H exhibits, & survive elastic.

Geography
Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,127 km² (821 mi²). 1,910 kilometre² (738 mi²) of these are l& and 216 kilometre² (84 mi²) of these are h2o. A amount metropolitan area is X.18% a water supply.

A San Francisco Bay borders a county on the west. A Berkeley Hills lie form section of a northern boundary, & email into the center of the county. a coastal plain many miles wide lines a bay, existence house to Oakl& and the virtually all populated regions. Livermore Valley lies in the east a share of the county.

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 1,443,741 people, 523,366 households, and 339,141 families residing in the county. A population density is 756/km² (1,957/mi²). There are 540,183 housing units at an typical density of 283/km² (732/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 48.79% White, 14.93% Black or African American, 0.63% Native American, 20.45% Asian, 0.63% Pacific Islander, 8.94% from other races, and 5.63% from two or more races. Eighteen.97% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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In a county the people is spread retired by having Xxiv.60% under a age of Eighteen, Niner.60% from either 18 to Two dozen, 33.90% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.70% from either 45 to 64, & Ten.20% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 34 years. For each C females there are 96.Sixty males. For each Century females age Xviii & ended, there are 94.00 males.

the median income for a menage in the county is $55,946, & the median income for a personal is $65,857. Males have a median income of $47,425 versus $36,921 for females. A per capita income for the county is $26,680. Eleven.00% of the people & Sevener.70% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Baker's dozen.50% of people under a age of 18 & 8.10% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.

Cities and towns
Alameda, incoporated in 1854 Albany, incoporated in 1908 Ashland Berkeley (home of the University of California, Berkeley) Castro Valley Cherryland Dublin Emeryville Fairview Fremont Hayward (home of California State University, East Bay) Livermore (home of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Mount Eden (Now the suburb which has been incorporated into Hayward) Newark Oakland Piedmont Pleasanton San Leandro San Lorenzo Sunol Union City

Former Townships
Oakland Township Alameda Township Brooklyn Township Eden Township Washington Township Murray Township

Interesting Places to visit
[http://www.chabotspace.org/ Chabot Space and Science Center] [http://www.scharffenberger.com/ Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker] (Berkeley) University of California, Berkeley [http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/ Lawrence Hall of Science] Tilden Regional Park