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| San Mateo County, California | |
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 Location in the state of California |
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| Seat | Redwood City |
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| Largest city | Daly City |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
741 sq mi (1,919 km²) 449 sq mi (1,163 km²) 292 sq mi (756 km²), |
| Population - (2000) - Density |
707,161 1,575/sq mi (608/km²) |
| Founded | 1856 |
| Time zone | Pacific : UTC−8/UTC−7 |
| Website | www.co.sanmateo.ca.us |
San Mateo County (pronounced /ˌsæn məˈteɪoʊ/ (Spanish for: St. Matthew County) is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and Silicon Valley begins at the southern end. As of 2005 the population was 712,462. The county seat is Redwood City. It is among the 20 most affluent counties in the United States, in terms of personal, per capita and household income. It is strongly Democratic and ethnically diverse. The county's built-up areas are mostly suburban, and are home to several corporate campuses.
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San Mateo County was formed from parts of San Francisco County and Santa Cruz County in 1856.
The county bears the Spanish name for Saint Matthew. As a place name, San Mateo appears as early as 1776 and several local geographic features were also designated San Mateo on early maps including variously: a settlement, an arroyo, a headland jutting into the Pacific (Point Montara), and a large land holding (Rancho San Mateo). Until about 1850, the name appeared as San Matheo.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 741 sq mi (1,919 km²). 449 sq mi (1,163 km²) of it is land and 292 sq mi (756 km²) of it (39.40%) is water. A number of bayside watercourses drain the eastern part of the county including San Bruno Creek and Colma Creek. Streams draining the western county include Frenchmans Creek, Pilarcitos Creek, Naples Creek, Arroyo de en Medio, and Denniston Creek.
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Interstate 280 (Junipero
Serra Freeway)
Interstate 380 (Kopp
Freeway)
U.S. Route 101 (Bayshore
Freeway)
State Route 1 (Cabrillo
Highway)
State Route 82 (El Camino Real)
State Route 84 (Woodside
Road, Dumbarton Bridge)
State Route 92 (J. Arthur
Younger Freeway, San Mateo
Bridge)SamTrans (San Mateo County Transit District) provides local bus service within San Mateo County. Local and commuter bus routes also operate into San Francisco.
Caltrain, the commuter rail system, traverses the county from north to south, running alongside the Highway 101 corridor for most of the way. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains serve San Francisco International Airport and the northern portion of the county, terminating at Millbrae.
Caltrain, BART, and SamTrans converge at the Millbrae Intermodal station.
San Francisco International Airport is geographically located in San Mateo County, but it is owned by the City and County of San Francisco.
San Mateo County does own two general aviation airports: Half Moon Bay Airport and San Carlos Airport.
The only deepwater port in South San Francisco Bay is the Port of Redwood City, situated along Redwood Creek, originally created as a lumber embarcadero in 1850.
As of the census of 2008,[1] there were 712,690 people, 252,648 households, and 171,564 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,575/sq mi (808/km²). There were 266,469 housing units at an average density of 780/sq mi (424/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 46.1% White, 3.51% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 20.04% Asian, 1.5% Pacific Islander, 8.4% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.4% of the population. 7.4% were of Italian, 7.1% Irish, 7.0% German and 5.3% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 54.6% spoke English, 21.3% Spanish, 6.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Chinese or Mandarin and 1.5% Cantonese as their first language from estimate census 2008.
There were 252,648 households out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18, 51.3% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.74 and the average family size was 4.29.
In the county, the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $69,819, and the median income for a family was $78,737. Males had a median income of $50,342 versus $43,383 for females. The per capita income for the county was $39,045. About 5.55% of families and 8.52% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 7.51% of those age 65 or over.
| Year | DEM | GOP | Others |
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| 2008 | 73.6% 222,767 | 24.8% 75,006 | 1.6% 4,963 |
| 2004 | 69.5% 197,922 | 29.3% 83,315 | 1.3% 3,620 |
| 2000 | 64.3% 166,757 | 31.0% 80,296 | 4.8% 12,346 |
| 1996 | 60.6% 152,304 | 29.2% 73,508 | 10.2% 25,720 |
| 1992 | 54.0% 149,232 | 27.2% 75,080 | 18.9% 52,196 |
| 1988 | 55.7% 141,859 | 42.9% 109,261 | 1.3% 3,360 |
| 1984 | 46.9% 122,268 | 51.9% 135,185 | 1.2% 3,178 |
| 1980 | 36.6% 87,335 | 48.8% 116,491 | 14.6% 34,811 |
| 1976 | 44.4% 102,896 | 50.6% 117,338 | 5.0% 11,507 |
| 1972 | 42.8% 109,745 | 52.8% 135,377 | 4.4% 11,175 |
| 1968 | 47.2% 106,519 | 43.7% 98,654 | 9.1% 20,495 |
| 1964 | 64.3% 140,978 | 35.6% 77,916 | 0.1% 297 |
| 1960 | 48.0% 97,154 | 51.7% 104,570 | 0.3% 528 |
San Mateo County has a five-member Board of Supervisors, representing five geographic districts, but elected at-large. The California Secretary of State, as of April 2008, reports that San Mateo County has 357,514 registered voters. Of those voters registered, 179,994 (50.4%) are registered Democratic, 82,189 (23.0%) are registered Republican, 13,648 (3.8%) are registered with other political parties, and 81,683 (22.8%) declined to state a political party preference. With the exceptions of Atherton, Hillsborough, and Woodside, every city, town, and the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County has more registered Democrats than Republicans.
San Mateo is a strongly Democratic county in presidential and congressional elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Ronald Reagan in 1984.
San Mateo is part of California's 12th and 14th congressional districts. The 12th district seat became vacant upon the death of former Democratic representative Tom Lantos on February 11, 2008, but was filled by a special election held April 8, 2008 when former state senator Jackie Speier was elected to complete Lantos' term in the 110th Congress. The 14th district's representative is Democrat Anna Eshoo. In the State Assembly, San Mateo is in the 12th, 19th, and 21st districts, which are held by Democrats Fiona Ma, Gene Mullin, and Ira Ruskin, respectively. In the State Senate, San Mateo is in the 8th and 11th districts, which are held by Democrats Leland Yee and Joe Simitian, respectively.
On Nov. 4, 2008 San Mateo County voted 61.8 % against Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.
San Mateo County encompasses a variety of habitats including estuarine, marine, oak woodland, redwood forest, coastal scrub and oak savannah. There are numerous species of wildlife present, especially along the San Francisco Bay estuarine shoreline, San Bruno Mountain, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and the forests on the Montara Mountain block. Several creeks discharge to the San Francisco Bay including San Mateo Creek and Laurel Creek and several coastal streams discharge to the Pacific Ocean such as Frenchmans Creek and San Vicente Creek.
The county is home to several endangered species including the San Francisco garter snake and the San Bruno elfin butterfly, both of which are endemic to San Mateo County. The endangered California clapper rail is also found on the shores of San Francisco Bay, in the cities of Belmont and San Mateo. The endangered wildflower Hickman's potentilla is found near the Pacific Ocean on the lower slopes of Montara Mountain. The endangered wildflowers White-rayed pentachaeta, Pentachaeta bellidiflora, San Mateo Woolly Sunflower, Eriophyllum latilobum, Marin Dwarf Flax, Hesperolinon congestum and the San Mateo Thornmint, Acanthomintha duttonii, are found in the vicinity of the Crystal Springs Reservoir.
Some students in San Mateo County's public schools attend outdoor education in La Honda. San Mateo Outdoor Education is a residential school that teaches major concepts of ecology via exploration of forest, pond, garden, tidepool, wetland, and sandy shore habitats. The center's mascot is the banana slug, a large yellow gastropod. The school uses songs from the famous Banana Slug String Band.
Prior to its dissolution, Pacific Air Lines had its corporate headquarters on the grounds of San Francisco International Airport in an unincorporated area in San Mateo County.[2] Prior to its dissolution, Hughes Airwest had its headquarters on the grounds of San Francisco International.[3]
There are a number of well known structures within San Mateo County:
See this county page for trail descriptions.
Source: http://www.sanmateocountyparks.org/
County Parks: http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/portal/site/parks
Source: http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/default.asp?tab=3 State Parks, Choose San Mateo
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Coordinates: 37°26′N 122°22′W / 37.44°N 122.36°W
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| Founded | 1856 |
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| Seat | Redwood City |
| Largest City | Daly City |
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| Time zone | [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]] : [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTCUTC−8]]/[[Daylight saving time|UTC−7]] |
| Website: www.co.sanmateo.ca.us | |
San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, near San Francisco State University, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and Silicon Valley begins at the southern end. As of 2005 the population was 712,462. The county seat is Redwood City.
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San Mateo County was formed from parts of San Francisco County and Santa Cruz County in 1856.
The county bears the Spanish name for Saint Matthew. As a place name, San Mateo appears as early as 1776 and several local geographic features were also designated San Mateo on early maps including variously: a settlement, an arroyo, a headland jutting into the Pacific (Point Montara), and a large land holding (Rancho San Mateo). Until about 1850, the name appeared as San Matheo.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,919 km² (741 sq mi). 1,163 km² (449 sq mi) of it is land and 756 km² (292 sq mi) of it (39.40%) is water. A number of bayside watercourses drain the eastern part of the county including San Bruno Creek and Colma Creek. Streams draining the western county include Frenchmans Creek, Pilarcitos Creek, Naples Creek, Arroyo de en Medio, and Denniston Creek.
SamTrans (San Mateo County Transit District) provides local bus service within San Mateo County. Local and commuter bus routes also operate into San Francisco.
Caltrain, the commuter rail system, traverses the county from north to south, running alongside the Highway 101 corridor for most of the way. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains serve San Francisco International Airport and the northern portion of the county, terminating at Millbrae.
Caltrain, BART, and SamTrans converge at the Millbrae Intermodal station.
San Francisco International Airport is geographically located in San Mateo County, but it is owned by the City and County of San Francisco.
San Mateo County does own two general aviation airports: Half Moon Bay Airport and San Carlos Airport.
The only deepwater port in South San Francisco Bay is the Port of Redwood City, situated along Redwood Creek, originally created as a lumber float channel in 1850.
As of the census² of 2000, there were 707,161 people, 254,103 households, and 171,265 families residing in the county. The population density was 608/km² (1,575/sq mi). There were 260,576 housing units at an average density of 224/km² (580/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 59.49% White, 3.51% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 20.04% Asian, 1.33% Pacific Islander, 10.17% from other races, and 5.02% from two or more races. 21.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 58.6% spoke English, 18.1% Spanish, 6.4% Tagalog, 4.2% Chinese or Mandarin and 1.3% Cantonese as their first language.
In 2005 47.3% of San Mateo County's population was non-Hispanic whites. African-Americans had declined to 3.4% of the county population. 23.4% of the population was Asian. The Hispanic proportion had grown, but had fallen below that of the Asians. Hispanics now made up 22.6% of the county population.
There were 254,103 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the county the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $70,819, and the median income for a family was $80,737. Males had a median income of $51,342 versus $40,383 for females. The per capita income for the county was $36,045. About 3.50% of families and 5.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.00% of those under age 18 and 5.10% of those age 65 or over.
| Year | DEM | GOP | Others |
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| 2004 | 69.5% 197,922 | 29.3% 83,315 | 1.3% 3,620 |
| 2000 | 64.3% 166,757 | 31.0% 80,296 | 4.8% 12,346 |
| 1996 | 60.6% 152,304 | 29.2% 73,508 | 10.2% 25,720 |
| 1992 | 54.0% 149,232 | 27.2% 75,080 | 18.9% 52,196 |
| 1988 | 55.7% 141,859 | 42.9% 109,261 | 1.3% 3,360 |
| 1984 | 46.9% 122,268 | 51.9% 135,185 | 1.2% 3,178 |
| 1980 | 36.6% 87,335 | 48.8% 116,491 | 14.6% 34,811 |
| 1976 | 44.4% 102,896 | 50.6% 117,338 | 5.0% 11,507 |
| 1972 | 42.8% 109,745 | 52.8% 135,377 | 4.4% 11,175 |
| 1968 | 47.2% 106,519 | 43.7% 98,654 | 9.1% 20,495 |
| 1964 | 64.3% 140,978 | 35.6% 77,916 | 0.1% 297 |
| 1960 | 48.0% 97,154 | 51.7% 104,570 | 0.3% 528 |
San Mateo is a strongly Democratic county in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Ronald Reagan in 1984.
San Mateo is part of California's 12th and 14th congressional districts, which are held by Democrats Tom Lantos and Anna Eshoo, respectively. In the State Assembly, San Mateo is in the 12th, 19th, and 21st districts, which are held by Democrats Fiona Ma, Gene Mullin, and Ira Ruskin, respectively. In the State Senate, San Mateo is in the 8th and 11th districts, which are held by Democrats Leland Yee and Joe Simitian, respectively.
San Mateo County encompasses a variety of habitats including estuarine, marine, oak woodland, redwood forest, coastal scrub and oak savannah. There are numerous species of wildlife present, especially along the San Francisco Bay estuarine shoreline, San Bruno Mountain, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve and the forests on the Montara Mountain block. Several creeks discharge to the San Francisco Bay including San Mateo Creek and Laurel Creek and several coastal streams discharge to the Pacific Ocean such as Frenchmans Creek and San Vicente Creek.
The county is home to several endangered species including the San Francisco garter snake and the San Bruno elfin butterfly, both of which are endemic to San Mateo County. The endangered California clapper rail is also found on the shores of San Francisco Bay, in the cities of Belmont and San Mateo. The endangered wildflower Hickman's potentilla is found near the Pacific Ocean on the lower slopes of Montara Mountain. The endangered wildflowers White-rayed pentachaeta, Pentachaeta bellidiflora, San Mateo Woolly Sunflower, Eriophyllum latilobum, Marin Dwarf Flax, Hesperolinon congestum and the San Mateo Thornmint, Acanthomintha duttonii, are found in the vicinity of the Crystal Springs Reservoir.
Some students in San Mateo County's public schools attend outdoor education in La Honda. San Mateo Outdoor Education is a residential school that teaches major concepts of ecology via exploration of forest, pond, garden, tidepool, wetland, and sandy shore habitats. The center's mascot is the banana slug, a large yellow gastropod.
There are a number of well known structures within San Mateo County:
| Year | Republicans | |
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| 2004 | 29.2% 83,315 | 69.5% 197,922 |
| 2000 | 31.0% 80,296 | 64.3% 166,757 |
| 1996 | 29.2% 73,508 | 60.6% 152,304 |
| 1992 | 27.2% 75,080 | 54.0% 149,232 |
| 1988 | 42.9% 109,261 | 55.7% 141,859 |
| 1984 | 51.9% 135,185 | 46.9% 122,268 |
| 1980 | 48.8% 116,491 | 36.6% 87,335 |
| 1976 | 50.6% 117,338 | 44.4% 102,896 |
| 1972 | 52.8% 135,377 | 42.8% 109,745 |
| 1968 | 43.7% 98,654 | 47.2% 106,519 |
| 1964 | 35.5% 77,916 | 64.3% 140,978 |
| 1960 | 51.7% 104,570 | 48.0% 97,154 |
See this county page for trail descriptions.
Source: http://www.sanmateocountyparks.org/ County Parks http://www.eparks.net/smc/department/esa/home/0,2151,5556687_10575168,00.html
Source: http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/default.asp?tab=3 State Parks, Choose San Mateo
| Municipalities and communities of San Mateo County, California  , California |
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| County seat: Redwood City, California |
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Belmont | Brisbane | Burlingame | Daly City | East Palo Alto | Foster City | Half Moon Bay | Menlo Park | Millbrae | Pacifica | Redwood City | San Bruno | San Carlos | San Mateo | South San Francisco |
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Atherton | Colma | Hillsborough | Portola Valley | Woodside |
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Broadmoor | El Granada | Emerald Lake Hills | Highlands-Baywood Park | Montara | Moss Beach | North Fair Oaks | West Menlo Park |
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| Unincorporated communities |
Kings Mountain | La Honda | Ladera | Loma Mar | Los Trancos Woods | Middleton Tract | Pescadero | Princeton-by-the-Sea | San Gregorio | Sky Londa |
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| Counties | Alameda • Contra Costa • Marin • Napa • San Francisco • San Mateo • Santa Clara • Solano • Sonoma | |
| Major cities | San Francisco • Oakland • San Jose</font> | |
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   | County of San Mateo Official Website - San Mateo County -- Home |
| | San Mateo County Library - 12 branches throughout the County and a bookmobile - San Mateo County Library |
| | Peninsula Library System - serving all of San Mateo County - Welcome to the Peninsula Library System |
| | San Mateo Outdoor Education - San Mateo Outdoor Education |
| | Coastsider - news for coastal San Mateo County - Coastsider: Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, and Half Moon Bay news, community, real estate, and reviews |
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