Coronado, California
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Coronado is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. The population was 24,100 at the 2000 census. It is nicknamed The Crown City. It is also nicknamed The Tent City, referring to tourists' tents that once lined Coronado Beach during the summer-vacation season.
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[edit] Geography
Coronado is located at (32.678190, -117.172581)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 84.6 km² (32.7 mi²). 20.0 km² (7.7 mi²) of it is land and 64.6 km² (24.9 mi²) of it (76.36%) is water.
Coronado is a peninsula connected to the mainland by a many miles long narrow strip of land called the Silver Strand (or, locally, The Strand.) Locals refer to Coronado as The Island and denotes the core living and business area as The Village. The military base is called North Island.
Originally Coronado was separated from North Island by a shallow channel called the Spanish Bight. The development of North Island by the United States Navy prior to World War II led to the filling of the Bight, combining the land areas into a single body. The Navy still operates the Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) on Coronado. Coronado is also well-known as the training area for Navy SEALs.
In 1969 the San Diego-Coronado Bridge was opened, allowing much faster transit between the cities than bay ferries or driving via California Highway 75 along the Silver Strand.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 24,100 people, 7,734 households, and 4,934 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,205.3/km² (3,121.9/mi²). There were 9,494 housing units at an average density of 474.8/km² (1,229.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.40% White, 5.15% African American, 0.66% Native American, 3.72% Asian, 0.30% Pacific Islander, 3.14% from other races, and 2.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.83% of the population.
There were 7,734 households out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.0% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the city the population was spread out with 16.0% under the age of 18, 20.2% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 139.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 149.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $66,544, and the median income for a family was $82,959. Males had a median income of $30,041 versus $33,828 for females. The per capita income for the city was $34,656. About 3.1% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.
Like many other locations in Southern California, real-estate in the city of Coronado is very expensive. A small and very modest two bedroom home in the city can easily cost around $1,000,000. According to a recent County-Wide Zip Code chart published in the San Diego Union Tribune newspaper in August of 2006, the median cost of a single-family home within the city's zip code of 92118 was $1,505,000, as of July 2006. This makes it the third most expensive place to live in San Diego County and one of the most expensive in the country.
[edit] Current estimates
According to estimates by the San Diego Association of Governments, the median household income of Coronado in 2005 was $90,484 (not adjusted for inflation). When adjusted for inflation (1999 dollars; comparable to Census data above), the median household income was $73,476.
[edit] Hotel del Coronado
Coronado is home to the famous Hotel del Coronado, built in 1888 and long considered one of the world's top resorts. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark and appeared in films such as Some Like It Hot and The Stunt Man. The Del has had many American heroes come to visit, such as Charles Lindbergh, Thomas Edison and legendary sports figures such as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Willie Mays, Magic Johnson, and Muhammad Ali.[citation needed] Many presidents have also visited the historic hotel, such as Taft, Roosevelt (FDR), Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton and First Lady Laura Bush.
[edit] Notable residents
- John D. Spreckels
- Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor
- Larry Lawrence - US Ambassador to Switzerland and owner of Hotel del Coronado.
- Scott Weiland - former lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots. [1][2]
- Jim Holman - Owner, editor and publisher of the San Diego Reader
- Kate Morgan - alleged resident ghost at Hotel Del Coronado
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- The City of Coronado Official Website
- Coronado Historical Association
- Coronado Community Website
- Naval Air Station, North Island (NASNI)
- Glenn H. Curtiss and the Birth of Naval Aviation
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
