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Per Capita Income

Per Capita Income14,302

Civilian Labor Force

January 199716,710
January 199816,710
January 199916,700

Unemployment Rate

February 199723.4%
February 199823.7%
February 199920.1%

Job Sectors

Agriculture1,27611.41
Mining380.34
Construction6916.18
Manufacturing7616.81
Transportation4283.83
Communications/Utilities3272.92
Wholesale4754.25
Retail1,91417.12
F.I.R.E3703.31
Service3,76533.68
Goverment1,12010.02

Major Employers

Centinela State Prison1,375
City of El Centro247
Costco120
County of Imperial1,350
El Centro Regional647
Elementary/High328
Imperial Irrigation1,135
Imperial Valley College521
Mervyn's Department109
Naval Air Facility1,100
U.S. Border 630
Vons120
Valley Convalescent127
Valley Independent330
Wal-Mart304

Climate

Janurary Annual Temp.57 f14 c
July Annual Temp. 107 f42 c
Average Rainfall3 in7.62 cm
Average Snowfall0 in0 cm

Occupations

Professional1,76915.84
Management 1,15310.32
Administration1,67114.96
Operators/Laborers1,42812.78
Percision Production1,0099.03
Technical3052.73
Sales1,23511.06
Other2,59523.23

Transportation

InterstateHighwayCarrierAirplane
Interstate 8 State Highway 8616 common carriers for Intrastate and Interstate Imperial County Airport
State Highway 98Boley Field
State Highway 111

Population

City1980199019961999
El Centro23,99631,38437,78637,955
Brawley14,94618,92321,57321,662
Calipatria2,6362,6907,2757,483
Imperial3,4514,1136,9427,674
Calexico14,41218,63324,66926,131
Holtville4,3994,8205,5495,515
Westmorland1,5901,3801,6941,712
Unincorporated26,67027,36034,59934,605
Total92,100109,303140,087142,737