Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
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Carmel-by-the-Sea is a city located in Monterey County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,081.
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Geography
Carmel-by-the-Sea is located at 36°33'16" North, 121°55'16" West (36.554552, -121.921174)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²). 2.8 km² (1.1 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 4,081 people, 2,285 households, and 1,108 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,445.6/km² (3,753.3/mi²). There are 3,334 housing units at an average density of 1,181.0/km² (3,066.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.58% White, 0.44% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 2.25% Asian, 0.15% Pacific Islander, 0.91% from other races, and 1.35% from two or more races. 2.94% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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Location of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
In the city the population is spread out with 9.9% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 18.3% from 25 to 44, 38.1% from 45 to 64, and 30.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 54 years. For every 100 females there are 77.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 75.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $58,163, and the median income for a family is $81,259. Males have a median income of $52,344 versus $41,150 for females. The per capita income for the city is $48,739. 6.6% of the population and 3.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 5.6% of those under the age of 18 and 4.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Notes
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Carmel is the site of one of Father Junípero Serra's Alta California missions, the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. The mission was originally located at the Presidio in the centre of the settlement, but Father Serra subsequently moved it to its present site, at the southern edge of the modern town. It is now a National Historic Landmark.
Around the turn of the century Carmel became the site of a famous artist's colony. Jack London describes the colony in a portion of his novel, The Valley of the Moon.
Carmel figured in a 1926 scandal involving radio evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who vanished for a period of time and claimed to have been abducted. Several witnesses reported having seen her in Carmel together with broadcasting colleague Kenneth Ormiston during the time she was missing, and a grocery receipt signed by McPherson was discovered in a Carmel cottage.
Famous residents
- Ansel Adams, photographer
- Roy Chapman Andrews, naturalist and explorer
- Eric Berne, psychiatrist
- Beverly Cleary, author
- Clint Eastwood, actor and former mayor
- James Ellroy, author
- Robert A. Heinlein, author
- Robinson Jeffers, poet
- Sinclair Lewis, novelist
- Jack London, novelist
- Ira Remsen, chemist
- Upton Sinclair, novelist and social reformer
- George Sterling, poet
- Edward Weston, photographer
External links
- Pictures of Carmel - Terra Galleria (http://www.terragalleria.com/california/california.carmel.html)