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History of Carson
Almost 200 years after the founding of Rancho San Pedro, 142 years after the Dominguez Adobe was built,
and 58 years following the Great Air Meet of 1910, the citizens of the land "to the west of the Los Angeles River"
finally took a long overdue step toward independence.
After suffering decades of neglect as an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County, the citizens went to the polls on
Tuesday, February 6, 1968 to vote on whether to officially incorporate their community as an independent city.
Almost 10,000 of the 17,351 registered voters in Carson cast a vote on that February morning.
When the ballots were counted, the vote was 6,301 to 3,834 in favor of incorporation.
The City of Carson was born.
It would be the 8th largest city in the County of Los Angeles.
But there was one other issue for the voters to decide. What would be the name of their new city?
Voters were offered two choices: Carson and Dominguez, the two leading family names in the history of Rancho San Pedro.
By a narrow vote of just 318 votes, the citizens chose the name Carson.
Voters also elected the first Carson City Council on that Tuesday in 1968: the first Mayor of Carson, John Marbut,
along with four other Council members.
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General Demographic Characteristics
Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Carson city, California
Subject Number - Percent
Total population.......................... 89,730 100.0
SEX AND AGE Male ........................................ 43,315 48.3
Female...................................... 46,415 51.7
Under 5 years ............................... 6,192 6.9
5 to 9 years ................................. 7,570 8.4
10 to 14 years ............................... 7,543 8.4
15 to 19 years ............................... 7,021 7.8
20 to 24 years ............................... 6,057 6.8
25 to 34 years ............................... 12,107 13.5
35 to 44 years ............................... 13,475 15.0
45 to 54 years ............................... 11,393 12.7
55 to 59 years ............................... 4,688 5.2
60 to 64 years ............................... 4,123 4.6
65 to 74 years ............................... 5,889 6.6
75 to 84 years ............................... 2,899 3.2
85 years and over ............................ 773 0. 9
Median age (years) ........................... 33.7 (X)
18 years and over ............................ 64,245 71.6
Male ...................................... 30,326 33.8
Female.................................... 33,919 37.8
21 years and over ............................ 60,093 67.0
62 years and over ............................ 11,964 13.3
65 years and over ............................ 9,561 10.7
Male ...................................... 4,019 4.5
Female.................................... 5,542 6.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) Total population.......................... 89,549 100.0
Total ancestries reported ................... 84,897 94.8
Arab ........................................ 177 0. 2
Czech 1 ...................................... 48 0. 1
Danish ...................................... 137 0. 2
Dutch ....................................... 528 0. 6
English...................................... 1,661 1.9
French (except Basque) 1 ...................... 604 0. 7
French Canadian 1 ............................ 148 0. 2
German ..................................... 2,330 2.6
Greek. . . . . .................................. 111 0. 1
Hungarian ................................... 108 0. 1
Irish 1 ........................................ 1,713 1.9
Italian ....................................... 1,023 1.1
Lithuanian ................................... 69 0. 1
Norwegian. . . . ............................... 237 0. 3
Polish ....................................... 218 0. 2
Portuguese .................................. 124 0. 1
Russian ..................................... 61 0. 1
Scotch-Irish.................................. 324 0. 4
Scottish ..................................... 324 0. 4
Slovak ...................................... 28
Subsaharan/African. . . . . ...................... 1,246 1.4
Swedish..................................... 225 0. 3
Swiss ....................................... 21
Ukrainian.................................... 36
United States or American..................... 1,297 1.4
Welsh....................................... 113 0. 1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) ........ 353 0. 4
Other ancestries ............................. 71,633 80.0
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. 1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian.
French Canadian includes Acadian/ Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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The Great Air Meet of 1910
The very first air show ever had in the United States took place right here in Carson!
The year was 1910, just seven years after the Wright Brothers made the first-ever flight near Kitty Hawk;
just two years after Henry Ford introduced the Model-T automobile, and the same year that the Boy Scouts of America were founded.
The air show was held on January 10-20, near what is now California State University at Dominguez Hills.
The Great Air Meet proved to be a spectacular success; it attracted huge crowds of over 175,000 people to the Carson hilltop. (In 1910, that number represented more than half of the entire population of Los Angeles!)
Early airplanes from all over the world converged at Dominguez Hills, filling the skies and engaging in thrilling air races and exhibitions. For most Californians, it was their first opportunity to see a “flying machine”, and the public was fascinated.
Los Angelenos' fascination with aviation never waned - the greater Los Angeles region went on to become one of the central hubs in the aerospace industry, the home to Boeing, Douglas, Lockheed, Northrop, and one of the busiest international airports in the world.
Today, the area where the 1910 Air Show was held has been declared California Historical Landmark No. 178.
A special commemorative bronze plaque stands at 1850 Wilmington Avenue - about a half mile northwest of the place where the Air Meet took place. (Appropriately enough, it also happens to be the highest spot in the City of Carson, some 195 feet above sea level.)
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