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Imperial County
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county in California, United States
Imperial County is a county located in southeastern California, near the Mexican border. It matters because it encompasses the agriculturally productive Imperial Valley and serves as an important region for farming, water resources, and cross-border commerce.
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- Named after
- Imperial Valley
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- California
- Contains
- El Centro
- Capital
- El Centro
- Population
- 179702
- Area
- 11608
- Shares border with
- Tecate Municipality
- Official website
- imperialcounty.org
- Image
- Imperial valley fields.jpg
- Households
- 45768
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- topic's main category
- Category:Imperial County, California
- Commons category
- Imperial County, California
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Imperial County, California
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Imperial County, California
- water as percent of area
- 6.85
- native label
- Imperial County
- per capita income
- 18064
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Encyclopedic overview
Imperial County is located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 179,702, ranking as the least populous county in Southern California. The county seat and largest city is El Centro. Imperial is the most recent California county to be established, as it was created in 1907 out of the eastern half of San Diego County.
Imperial County is located in the far southeast of California, in the Imperial Valley. It borders San Diego County to the west, Riverside County to the north, the U.S. state of Arizona to the east and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. It includes the El Centro metropolitan statistical area and is part of the Southern California border region, the smallest but most economically diverse region in the state.
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