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City Statistics
Date incorporated: January 20, 1923
Form of government: Council - City Manager
Form of government: Council - City Manager
City Population
- Total Population (2017 estimate): 98,633
- Ethnicity
- Hispanic or Latino: 95%
- White: 3%
- Other: 2%
- Median Age: 30.2
- Median Household Income: $41,851
- Unemployment Rate (October 2015): 7.8%
- Housing Units: 24,910
- Median Household Price (sales in Q3 2016): $387,000
Number of Employees
- Full-Time: 282
- Part-Time: 133
- Area in square miles: 7.49
Name of Government Facilities & Services
- Miles of street: 127
- Number of street lights: 4,394
- Sewage system - miles of sanitary sewers: 126
Culture & Recreation
- Community centers: 2
- Parks: 9
- Parks acreage: 171
- Golf courses: 1
- Swimming Stadium: 1
- Ballfields: 16
- Skate Park: 1
- Dog Park: 1
- Sports Center: 1
- Fitness Center: 1
- Auditorium: 1
- Girls Club House: 1
- Senior Center: 1
Police Protection
- Number of stations: 2
- Number of funded police sworn positions: 82
- Number of calls for service in 2014: 36,029
- Physical arrests: 2,652
- Citations: 3,529
- Parking citations: 22,811
- Response time priority calls (in minutes): 3:42
Water System
- Miles of water mains: 135
- Number of service connections: 14,253
- Number of fire hydrants: 1,250
- Daily average consumption in gallons: 7,435,000
- Maximum daily capacity of plant in gallons: 17,100,000
- Water Pumped (Acre Feet): 8,329