City in California, United States
City in California, United States
Palmdale, California
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Motto:
"A Place to Call Home"
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Coordinates:
34°34′52″N
118°6′2″W
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34.58111°N 118.10056°W
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34.58111; -118.10056
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Country
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United States
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State
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California
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County
| Los Angeles
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Established
| 1886
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Incorporated
| August 24, 1962
[1]
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Named for
| An
anglicization
of "Palmenthal", in turn named for
Joshua trees
, at the time referred to as "yucca palms"
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? Type
| Council?manager
[2]
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? Body
| City council
:
- Austin Bishop (
mayor
)
[2]
- Richard J. Loa, (
mayor pro tem
)
[3]
- Laura Bettencourt, Dist-3
- Eric Ohlsen, Dist-4
- Andrea Alarcon, Dist-5
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City
| 106.32 sq mi (275.37 km
2
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? Land
| 106.08 sq mi (274.74 km
2
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? Water
| 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km
2
) 0.24%
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Elevation
| 2,657 ft (810 m)
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City
| 169,450
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? Rank
| 6th
in Los Angeles County
32nd
in California
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? Density
| 1,600/sq mi (620/km
2
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Urban
| 359,559 (
US: 115th
)
[6]
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? Urban density
| 4,240.9/sq mi (1,637.4/km
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Metro
| 13,200,998
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Demonym
| Palmdalite
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Time zone
| UTC?8
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Pacific Time Zone
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC?7
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PDT
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ZIP Codes
[9]
| 93550?93552, 93590?93591, 93599
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Area code
| 661
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FIPS
code
| 06-55156
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GNIS
feature IDs
| 1652769
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2411359
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Website
| www
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Palmdale
is a city in northern
Los Angeles County
in the
U.S. state
of
California
. The city lies in the
Antelope Valley
of
Southern California
. The
San Gabriel Mountains
separate Palmdale from the
Los Angeles Basin
to the south.
On August 24, 1962, Palmdale became the first city in Antelope Valley. Forty-seven years later, in November 2009, voters approved making it a
charter city
. Palmdale's population was 169,450 at the
2020 census
, up from 152,750 at the
2010 census
. Palmdale is the
32nd most populous city in California
. Together with its immediate northern neighbor, the city of
Lancaster
, the Palmdale?Lancaster
urban area
had a population of 359,559 in 2020.
[6]
History
[
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Palmdale was first inhabited by various
Native Americans
.
[10]
Populated by different cultures for an estimated 11,000 years, the Antelope Valley was a trade route for
Native Americans
traveling from
Arizona
and
New Mexico
to California's coast.
[11]
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Palmdale area was occupied by the
Kitanemuk
.
[12]
Spanish soldier Captain
Pedro Fages
explored the Antelope Valley in 1772. The opening of California to overland travel through the forbearing desert was due to Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and Father Francisco Garces, a Spanish padre. They led a colonizing expedition including 136 settlers across the Mojave Desert from
Mexico
to Monterey in 1773.
Later in 1776 while exploring the Valley, Garces with several Indian guides from the San Gabriel Mission recorded viewing the vast expanse of what was the El Tejon Rancheria (the Badger Ranch) of the Cuabajoy Indians. After the Shoshone Indians left the valley, immigrants from
Spain
and
Mexico
established large cattle ranches there. Then, in the late 1880s, the ranches were broken up into smaller homesteads by farmers from Germany, France and the state of Nebraska.
[13]
Palmenthal, 1886?1913
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"Palmenthal", the first European settlement within the limits of Palmdale, was established as a village on April 20, 1886, by westward Lutheran travelers from the American
Midwest
, mostly of
German
and
Swiss
descent. According to area folklore, the travelers had been told they would know they were close to the ocean when they saw
palm trees
. They took the local
Joshua trees
for palms and named their settlement after them. (
Palmenthal
is German for
Palm Valley.
)
[14]
[15]
According to David L. Durham, Joshua trees were sometimes called yucca palms at the time, which was the reason for the name.
[14]
The village was officially established upon the arrival of a post office on June 17, 1888.
By the 1890s (soon after the last of the indigenous
antelopes
, which the valley was named after, had been hunted to extinction by Europeans), farming families continued to migrate to Palmenthal and nearby
Harold
to grow grain and fruit. However, most of these settlers were unfamiliar with farming in a desert climate, so when the drought years occurred, most abandoned their
settlement
.
By 1899, only one family was left in the original village. The rest of the settlers, including the post office, moved closer to the
Southern Pacific
railroad
tracks. This new community was renamed Palmdale and was located where the present day
civic center
is. A railroad station was built along the tracks there. This railroad was operated by
Southern Pacific
and traveled between
Los Angeles
and
San Francisco
. The
Wells Fargo
stagecoach line that ran between San Francisco and
New Orleans
stopped there as well.
[16]
The only remaining pieces of evidence of the original settlements of Palmenthal and Harold are the old Palmdale Pioneer cemetery located on the northeast corner of Avenue S and 20th Street East, recently acquired and restored by the city as part of a future historical park, and the old schoolhouse now relocated to
McAdam Park
.
First two decades of the Town of Palmdale, 1913?1933
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As the population of Palmdale began to increase after relocation, water became scarce, until November 5, 1913, when the
California ? Los Angeles Aqueduct
system was completed by
William Mulholland
, bringing water from the Owens Valley into Los Angeles County. During this period, crops of apples, pears and alfalfa became plentiful.
[17]
[18]
In 1915, Palmdale's first newspaper, the
Palmdale Post
, was published. Today it is called the
Antelope Valley Press
.
[19]
In 1921, the first major motor vehicle link between Palmdale and Los Angeles was completed, Mint Canyon/Lancaster Road, later designated
U.S. Route 6
. Completion of this road caused the local agricultural industry to flourish and was the first major step towards defining the metropolis that exists today. Presently this road is known as
Sierra Highway
.
[20]
In 1924, the
Little Rock Dam
and the Harold Reservoir, present day
Lake Palmdale
, were constructed to assist the agricultural industry and have enough water to serve the growing communities.
[20]
Next three decades of the Town of Palmdale, 1933?1962
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Agriculture continued to be the foremost industry for Palmdale and its northern neighbor
Lancaster
until the outbreak of World War II. In 1933, the United States government established
Muroc Air Base
(from an original founder's name, Effie Corum, spelled backwards) six miles (10 km) north of Lancaster in
Kern County
, now known as
Edwards Air Force Base
.
[21]
They also bought Palmdale Airport in 1952 and established an aerospace development and testing facility called
United States Air Force Plant 42
. One year later, in 1953,
Lockheed
established a facility at the airport. After this point in time, the aerospace industry took over as the primary local source of employment.
[21]
The city has been referred to as the "Aerospace Capital of America" because of its rich heritage in being the home of many of the aircraft used in the United States
military
.
[16]
In August 1956, an unpiloted out-of-control Navy drone flew over Palmdale while Air Force Interceptor aircraft tried to shoot it down with unguided rockets. Many rockets landed in and around the city, starting fires and damaging property.
[22]
In 1957, Palmdale's first high school,
Palmdale High School
, was established, making it easier for youths to not have to travel to
Antelope Valley High School
in nearby Lancaster.
[23]
Incorporation, 1962?1980
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In August 1962, the township of Palmdale officially became the
city
of Palmdale with the incorporation of 2 square miles (5 km
2
) of land around the present day civic center.
[16]
In 1964, the
Antelope Valley Freeway
, or State Highway 14, was completed as a link between Palmdale and Los Angeles. The freeway at this time ran all the way to present-day Technology Drive. It was at this time that talk about the future
Palmdale Intercontinental Airport
was seen as the way of the future. By 1965, the new city had annexed an additional 20 square miles (52 km
2
) of land and industry was thriving. Talk of the future commercial
airport
had many investors buying up large quantities of land.
[20]
In 1970, the city of Los Angeles went forward with buying 17,750 acres (71.8 km
2
) of land east of the city for its proposed intercontinental commercial airport. However, the United States Air Force desired to put construction of this new facility on hold until the existing airport reached its commercial capacity. So, under a joint use agreement with the military, the Los Angeles Department of Airports, now called
Los Angeles World Airports
, built a 9,000 square foot (800 m
2
) terminal on leased land that opened in 1971, creating present day
LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
which the City of Palmdale has taken control of in an effort to establish reliable air service in the region.
[24]
By 1974, the Antelope Valley Freeway construction ended at the southern border of
Mojave
in Kern County. In 1977, Palmdale built its first municipal building, the Palmdale City Library. This was the same year that its northern neighbor Lancaster incorporated as a city. Since the 1920s, Lancaster had been the much larger and principal community of the
Antelope Valley
, as well as the rest of California's
Mojave Desert
.
[25]
First housing market growth and recession, 1980?1990
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The 1980s and 1990s were the decades that really started to define the two Antelope Valley cities.
Affordable housing
in the area caused a dramatic spike in the
population
. The city, like its northern neighbor Lancaster, became a bedroom community for those employed in Los Angeles. In 1980, Palmdale's population was 12,227.
[20]
Geography
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Palmdale is located in
Los Angeles County
, and the urbanized centers of Palmdale and Los Angeles are separated by the San Gabriel mountain range, which is about 40 miles (64 km) wide. This range forms the southern edge of the Antelope Valley portion of the
Mojave Desert
. Palmdale is the second-most populous city in the Antelope Valley, and fifth overall in the Mojave Desert, after
Las Vegas
,
Henderson
,
North Las Vegas, Nevada
; and
Lancaster
. Palmdale is part of a
twin-city
complex with its northern neighbor
Lancaster
and together they are the principal cities within the Antelope Valley region and California's
High Desert
.
Downtown Palmdale is located at
34°34′46″N
118°07′00″W
/
34.57944°N 118.11667°W
/
34.57944; -118.11667
,
[26]
at an elevation of 2,655 feet (809 m) above sea level.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
the city has a total area of 106.2 square miles (275 km
2
), of which, 106.0 square miles (275 km
2
) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km
2
) of it is water (including man-made Lake Palmdale, the most visible and scenic part of the municipal water supply system). The total area is 0.24% water.
The city lies in proximity to the
San Andreas Fault
, making it prone to severe earthquakes. This
fault
cuts across the
Antelope Valley Freeway
just north of the Avenue S off-ramp; running westward along the old Butterfield Stage Line (now Elizabeth Lake Road) into Leona Valley.
Climate
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Typical of the
High Desert
, Palmdale has an
arid climate
(
Koppen climate classification
BWk
), and it is part of
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
8b.
[27]
Winters are cool to mild, with daily normal minimum temperatures at or just below freezing from late November until late January, and the coolest month, December, having a normal mean temperature of 44.4 °F (6.9 °C).
[28]
Summers are hot and nearly rainless, with July and August, tied for the hottest month, having a normal mean temperature of 81.2 °F (27.3 °C).
[28]
On average, annually there are 52 mornings with a minimum at or below freezing, and 35 afternoons with a maximum at or above 100 °F (37.8 °C).
[28]
The normal annual rainfall is 5.90 inches (150 mm),
[28]
occurring on an average of only 27 days.
[29]
Record temperatures range from 3 °F (?16.1 °C) on January 13, 1963, to 118 °F (47.8 °C) on August 5, 1990.
[28]
The “rain year” from July 1940 to June 1941 had the highest annual precipitation on record, at 18.41 inches (467.6 mm), whilst the most precipitation in a calendar month was in December 1943 at 7.55 inches (191.8 mm), as well as the most in one calendar day on December 11, 1943, at 3.43 inches (87.1 mm);
[28]
conversely, the lowest annual precipitation was 1.15 inches (29.2 mm) from July 2012 to June 2013.
[28]
Climate data for
Palmdale Regional Airport
, California (1991–2020 normals,
[a]
extremes 1931–present)
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Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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Record high °F (°C)
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85
(29)
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85
(29)
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91
(33)
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98
(37)
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106
(41)
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113
(45)
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113
(45)
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118
(48)
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111
(44)
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105
(41)
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88
(31)
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85
(29)
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118
(48)
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Mean maximum °F (°C)
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72.3
(22.4)
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75.1
(23.9)
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81.8
(27.7)
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90.3
(32.4)
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97.1
(36.2)
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104.2
(40.1)
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107.5
(41.9)
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106.4
(41.3)
|
102.7
(39.3)
|
93.0
(33.9)
|
81.6
(27.6)
|
72.3
(22.4)
|
109.1
(42.8)
|
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)
|
58.9
(14.9)
|
61.8
(16.6)
|
67.5
(19.7)
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73.4
(23.0)
|
82.0
(27.8)
|
91.0
(32.8)
|
97.6
(36.4)
|
97.7
(36.5)
|
91.6
(33.1)
|
79.7
(26.5)
|
67.3
(19.6)
|
57.7
(14.3)
|
77.2
(25.1)
|
Daily mean °F (°C)
|
45.9
(7.7)
|
48.9
(9.4)
|
53.8
(12.1)
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59.3
(15.2)
|
67.4
(19.7)
|
75.4
(24.1)
|
82.5
(28.1)
|
81.8
(27.7)
|
75.2
(24.0)
|
64.1
(17.8)
|
52.5
(11.4)
|
44.7
(7.1)
|
62.6
(17.0)
|
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)
|
32.8
(0.4)
|
36.1
(2.3)
|
40.2
(4.6)
|
45.2
(7.3)
|
52.8
(11.6)
|
59.9
(15.5)
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67.4
(19.7)
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66.0
(18.9)
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58.8
(14.9)
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48.6
(9.2)
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37.7
(3.2)
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31.6
(?0.2)
|
48.1
(8.9)
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Mean minimum °F (°C)
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23.0
(?5.0)
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25.4
(?3.7)
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29.4
(?1.4)
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34.5
(1.4)
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42.4
(5.8)
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48.1
(8.9)
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56.3
(13.5)
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55.7
(13.2)
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48.5
(9.2)
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37.0
(2.8)
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26.0
(?3.3)
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21.3
(?5.9)
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19.5
(?6.9)
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Record low °F (°C)
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3
(?16)
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11
(?12)
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16
(?9)
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26
(?3)
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28
(?2)
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30
(?1)
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44
(7)
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41
(5)
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32
(0)
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18
(?8)
|
4
(?16)
|
6
(?14)
|
3
(?16)
|
Average
precipitation
inches (mm)
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0.98
(25)
|
1.49
(38)
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0.87
(22)
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0.26
(6.6)
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0.13
(3.3)
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0.02
(0.51)
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0.11
(2.8)
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0.03
(0.76)
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0.16
(4.1)
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0.47
(12)
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0.36
(9.1)
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1.02
(26)
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5.90
(150)
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Average precipitation days
(≥ 0.01 in)
|
4.4
|
5.2
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3.7
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2.2
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1.0
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0.3
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0.8
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0.6
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0.7
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1.3
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2.3
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4.3
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26.8
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Source: NOAA
[28]
[30]
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Notes
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- ^
Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
Flora and fauna
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Plants native to Palmdale are
big berry manzanita
,
fremont cottonwood
, California aster,
White Sage
,
Giant wildrye
,
Deerbrush
,
California buckwheat
,
Black Sage
,
California Goldfields
,
Antelope Bitterbrush
,
Golden Yarrow
,
Desert Globemallow
and more.
[31]
Animals in the area are golden mantled ground squirrel,
Beechey ground squirrel
,
red-tailed hawk
,
Cooper's hawk
,
Stellar's jay
,
leopard frog
and
rattlesnake
.
Coyotes
are found throughout Palmdale.
[32]
[33]
The
California condor
, a rare species of bird occupies Palmdale.
[34]
Palmdale was a
juniper berry
processing area.
[35]
California poppies
are grown near Palmdale.
Demographics
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Historical population
Census
| Pop.
| Note
| %±
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1960
| 11,522
| | ?
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1970
| 8,511
| | ?26.1%
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1980
| 12,277
| | 44.2%
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1990
| 68,842
| | 460.7%
|
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2000
| 116,670
| | 69.5%
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2010
| 152,750
| | 30.9%
|
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2020
| 169,450
| | 10.9%
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2020
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Palmdale city, California ? Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity
(
NH = Non-Hispanic
)
|
Pop 2000
[37]
|
Pop 2010
[38]
|
Pop 2020
[39]
|
% 2000
|
% 2010
|
% 2020
|
White
alone (NH)
|
47,831
|
37,390
|
28,739
|
41.00%
|
24.48%
|
16.96%
|
Black or African American
alone (NH)
|
16,447
|
21,595
|
22,000
|
14.10%
|
14.14%
|
12.98%
|
Native American
or
Alaska Native
alone (NH)
|
622
|
477
|
489
|
0.53%
|
0.31%
|
0.29%
|
Asian
alone (NH)
|
4,327
|
6,223
|
7,007
|
3.71%
|
4.07%
|
4.14%
|
Pacific Islander
alone (NH)
|
163
|
211
|
278
|
0.14%
|
0.14%
|
0.16%
|
Other race
alone (NH)
|
265
|
396
|
1,112
|
0.23%
|
0.26%
|
0.66%
|
Mixed race or Multiracial
(NH)
|
3,024
|
3,361
|
5,083
|
2.59%
|
2.20%
|
3.00%
|
Hispanic or Latino
(any race)
|
43,991
|
83,097
|
104,742
|
37.71%
|
54.40%
|
61.81%
|
Total
|
116,670
|
152,750
|
169,450
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
2010
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]
The
2010 United States Census
[40]
reported that Palmdale had a population of 152,750. The population density was 1,438.1 inhabitants per square mile (555.3/km
2
). The racial makeup of Palmdale was 74,901 (49.0%)
White
, (24.5% Non-Hispanic White),
[7]
22,677 (14.8%)
African American
, 1,316 (0.9%)
Native American
, 6,548 (4.3%)
Asian
(2.2% Filipino, 0.4% Indian, 0.4% Korean, 0.3% Chinese, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.2% Japanese,
0.16% Cambodian, 0.11% Thai and
0.07% Pakistani), 335 (0.2%)
Pacific Islander
, 38,773 (25.4%) from
other races
, and 8,200 (5.4%) from two or more races. There were 83,097
Hispanic
or
Latino
residents (54.4%). 38.1% of Palmdale residents are of
Mexican
ancestry; 6.2% Salvadoran; and 2.4% of Guatemalan heritage and 0.79% Honduran, 0.76% Puerto Rican, 0.69% Nicaraguan, 0.50% Cuban, 0.47% Colombian and Argentinian 0.34%.
[41]
Spanish
is spoken by 36.4% of the population and
Tagalog
by 1.3%. The most common ancestries are German 5.2%, Irish 4.1%, English 2.9%, Italian 2.7%, French 1.1%, Polish 1.0%, Norwegian 0.7%, Scottish 0.6%, Dutch 0.6%, Russian 0.6%, Swedish 0.5%, Belizean 0.4%, Armenian 0.4% and Danish, Welsh and Greek 0.3%.
[42]
According to the 2000 Census,
Mexican
and
German
were the most common ancestries in Palmdale.
Mexico
and
El Salvador
were the most common foreign places of birth.
[43]
The Census reported that 152,551 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 158 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 41 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 42,952 households, out of which 23,345 (54.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 24,199 (56.3%) were
opposite-sex married couples
living together, 7,821 (18.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,318 (7.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,998 (7.0%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 316 (0.7%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships
. 5,828 households (13.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,880 (4.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.55. There were 35,338
families
(82.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.87.
The age distribution of the population included 50,514 people (33.1%) under the age of 18, 17,089 people (11.2%) aged 18 to 24, 40,077 people (26.2%) aged 25 to 44, 34,963 people (22.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,107 people (6.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
There were 46,544 housing units at an average density of 438.2 per square mile (169.2/km
2
), of which 29,167 (67.9%) were owner-occupied, and 13,785 (32.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 9.4%. 102,444 people (67.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 50,107 people (32.8%) lived in rental housing units. According to US Census Population Estimates, July 1, 2022: 15.8% of the population was living below the federal poverty line.
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Religion
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37.0% of people are
Catholic
in Palmdale. 53.4% in the city are
religious
.
[45]
Panoramic photo of Palmdale from the west, taken March 2000
Homelessness
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]
In 2022,
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
's Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count counted 309 homeless individuals in Palmdale.
[46]
Economy
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]
The most important industry for Palmdale is the
aerospace
industry.
[21]
Other
manufacturing
companies have relocated to Palmdale seeking more affordable land, proximity to
Palmdale Airport
, and special tax breaks.
The special tax breaks granted for companies that relocate to Palmdale is due to the city having the
Antelope Valley
Enterprise Zone
and the
Palmdale Federal
Foreign Trade Zone
. These are special zoning areas within the city that are given various state and federal tax breaks and municipal grant incentives to relocate their business there. These zones were put in effect to help Palmdale, as well as nearby Lancaster, draw more jobs to the area so that they would be less dependent on the
Los Angeles Basin
and the
San Fernando Valley
area for employment. This will help relieve traffic congestion and pollution and stabilize the Antelope Valley economy on several industries. The local governments of the Antelope Valley seek to diversify their economies and not just depend on the aerospace industry as it is known for having "feast or famine" seasons.
Palmdale refers to itself with the nickname the "aerospace capital of the United States", and has been the site of research, development, final assembly, flight testing and/or servicing/modifications of the
Space Shuttle
,
B-1 Lancer
,
X-15
,
B-2 Spirit
,
B-21 Raider
,
F-117 Nighthawk
,
F-22 Raptor
,
F-35 Lightning II
,
SR-71 Blackbird
,
Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
, and many other aircraft that have been used in the
United States Air Force
,
NASA
and air forces and airlines around the world.
USAF Plant 42
, where the aerospace projects occurred / occur is home to major operations of the following aerospace companies:
Boeing
,
Lockheed Martin
and its famed
Skunk Works
, and
Northrop Grumman
.
[47]
The Los Angeles World Airports owns the former Boeing hangar (formerly North American Rockwell) at Plant 42 near
LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
which is one of the largest buildings in the world. The hangar was used for the set of the 2004 film
The Terminal
, which featured an enormous replica of a
JFK International Airport
terminal.
NASA
's
SOFIA
program relocated its operation to this hangar at Site 9 from
Edwards Air Force Base
.
A number of world class corporations and manufacturing firms have made Palmdale home, helping to diversify the local economy. Delta Scientific, a world leader in high strength vehicle barrier systems, supplying protection for many federal, state and local buildings, and a prime supplier to the military and US State Department for embassies and other installations worldwide, and US Pole, a major manufacturer of street lighting poles, are major anchor tenants in the Fairway Business Park. The Palmdale Trade and Commerce Center is home to many other major manufacturing, industrial, corporate offices and other employers, as well as home to the Palmdale
Auto Mall
. A number of medical and related support offices are coming on-line to meet the needs of the new Palmdale Regional Medical Center. On July 8, 2009, Quallion LLC, which manufactures lithium ion cells and battery packs, announced plans to build a battery manufacturing plant in Palmdale if it won a government grant being offered by the U.S. Department of Energy.
[48]
Beginning in the 1960s, Palmdale was home to Don Babb's The Model A Ford Company, which became Classic Manufacturing and Supply, builder of exact reproduction and custom steel bodies and parts for
hot rods
and
customs
.
[49]
With an $890-million contract to build 175
light-rail
cars for
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
that was behind schedule, Kinkisharyo, the El Segundo-based U.S. arm of
Kinki Sharyo
Co. Ltd. of
Osaka
announced in December 2014 that they would retrofit an existing space in Palmdale to build the
P3010 series vehicles
. A major shipment was needed for the
Expo Line
Phase II extension to
Santa Monica
and
Foothill Extension
to
Azusa
which were scheduled to open in 2016. The balance of the 175 cars will be needed in the following years as the
K Line
and
Regional Connector
open.
[50]
Final assembly work has already occurred in
hangar
space the company leased in Palmdale from
Los Angeles World Airports
.
[51]
The first car was delivered to Metro in October for testing before series production begins.
[52]
The Antelope Valley Mall is the retail shopping destination in the region, with a variety of dining choices on its restaurant row.
[53]
Onions
are the most valued crop that grows in Palmdale.
[54]
Some of Antelope Valley's onions were exported to
Japan
,
Taiwan
,
Dubai
and
Australia
.
[54]
Other crops grown in Palmdale and the Antelope Valley are alfalfa, wheat, fruit, oats and barley.
[55]
[56]
Largest employers
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Employers include:
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Government
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]
Local government
[
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]
Palmdale is a
Charter City
governed under the
council
/
manager
form of local
government
. Beginning with the November 2016 election, the City Council was subjected to districting, with councilmembers were selected from each of 4 districts. The
mayor
is elected at-large every two years for a two-year term. Every two years, two of the four district
council members
are elected to serve four-year terms. Palmdale does not have term limits for council and mayor.
[58]
The City Council appoints the City Manager and City Attorney.
[59]
The city also has an appointed Planning Commission divided into four separate districts. The Planning Commission was organized to help with the planning, zoning, and development of various city areas in different districts and to give the residents of those particular districts a greater voice in local land use decisions. There is also an appointed Board of Library Trustees, and Youth Council.
[60]
On November 3, 2009, local residents voted in favor of a measure to change Palmdale's general law city status to that of a Charter city. This allowed Palmdale to draft a city charter and constitution, enabling it to make more decisions at the local level without interference or rules from the
state
government.
[61]
Palmdale has animal services, Palmdale Animal Care Center.
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Municipal services
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The city provides a number of municipal services, including a Planning Department, Economic Development Department, Building and Safety Department, Public Works Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and Library Department. The city also operates the
Palmdale Transportation Center
which serves as the hub for public transit services including
Metrolink
trains,
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
,
Amtrak Thruway
, and
Greyhound Lines
. Palmdale was selected as a stop for the
California High-Speed Rail
system that will link northern and southern California.
[63]
City officials have formed the Palmdale Airport Authority, as they pursue regional air service from a joint use facility at USAF Plant 42.
Recreation and cultural services include the Palmdale City Library,
[64]
Legacy Commons, Larry Chimbole Cultural Center, Palmdale Playhouse and Art Gallery,
Dry Town Water Park
, Palmdale Amphitheater, Best of the West Softball Complex, Hammack Activity Center,
Palmdale Oasis Park Recreation Center
, Marie Kerr Park Recreation Center,
Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
at Palmdale Plant 42, and four swimming pools.
Public safety
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]
The city is policed by the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
under a formal contract with the
County of Los Angeles
and has its municipal judicial system intertwined with the
Los Angeles County Superior Court
.
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The
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
(LASD) operates the Palmdale Station in Palmdale.
[66]
Palmdale has the largest Sheriff's Station in Los Angeles County. Palmdale's innovative Partners Against Crime (PAC) Program, a cooperative effort between law enforcement, landlords and community members, has successfully focused on quality of life issues and crime suppression, reducing the crime rate annually. Recently, the Partners for a Better Palmdale program was initiated by the City Council, to further engage residents, schools, community groups and law enforcement in improving community quality of life.
[67]
The city pioneered the use of municipal Community Service Officers for low level incidents to free up Deputies for higher priority matters, and employ high-tech tools, such as Automated License Plate Recognition Systems on patrol cars, to increase officer productivity.
The city is served by the
Los Angeles County Fire Department
for its fire and paramedic services through the Consolidated Fire Protection District. Palmdale downtown Station #37 is one of the busiest fire stations in the United States. Two new fire stations went into service in late 2008 on the east and west sides of Palmdale.
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Public utilities
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]
Utility services within the city are provided by several public and private agencies. Water service is primarily provided by Palmdale Water District (separate public agency) and Los Angeles County Waterworks (part of the County Public Works); sewer service is provided by the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (separate public agency, with City Council members on district board); electrical service is provided by
Southern California Edison
; natural gas service is provided by
Southern California Gas
;
cable television
service is provided by
Time Warner Cable
; telephone service is provided by
AT&T
and
Frontier
; refuse pickup and disposal service is provided by
Waste Management, Inc
of the Antelope Valley under a franchise agreement with the city. The city successfully licensed and sold permits for a hybrid natural gas and steam turbine power facility and its operator is awaiting state approval of amendments to begin construction.
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County representation
[
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]
The
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
operates the Antelope Valley Health Center in
Lancaster
, serving Palmdale.
[70]
In the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
, Palmdale is in the 5th District, represented by
Kathryn Barger
.
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State and federal representation
[
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]
In the
California State Legislature
, Palmdale is in
the 21st Senate District
, represented by
Republican
Scott Wilk
, and in
the 36th Assembly District
, represented by
Democrat
Eduardo Garcia
.
[72]
In the
United States House of Representatives
, Palmdale is in
California's 27th congressional district
, represented by
Republican
Mike Garcia
.
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Education
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]
Kindergarten ? grade 12 schools
[
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]
Palmdale has three separate elementary school districts and one high school district:
- The
Palmdale School District
is one of the largest elementary school districts in the nation consisting of 29 schools with about 28,000 students. This school district covers the majority of the city's kindergarten through 8th grade students. One of the unique features of this school district was its practice of naming schools after desert flora and fauna. For instance, there are Tumbleweed, Juniper, Mesquite, Manzanita and Joshua Hills schools.
- The
Westside Union School District
covers the schools on the far west-side of Palmdale and its western suburbs. This school district has over 8,250 students and 11 schools for K?8 education.
- The
Keppel Union School District
covers the schools on the far east-side of Palmdale and its eastern suburbs. This school district has six schools and nearly 3,000 students for K?8 education.
- The
Antelope Valley Union High School District
covers nearly all of the 9th?12th grade education for the entire metropolitan area, with the exception of private high schools. It has 12 schools with over 25,000 students.
- The Palmdale Aerospace Academy
is a joint venture between the city of Palmdale, the AERO Institute, and the Palmdale School District.
[74]
It is a new independent charter school which opened in August 2012.
- Paraclete High School
is a private high school that serves the greater Antelope Valley, including Palmdale.
Colleges and universities
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]
- The
Antelope Valley Community College District
currently has a satellite campus in Palmdale with a student population of about 470. This temporary campus was set up until a permanent community college campus could be established within the city, which is being planned for the southside of the city on 25th Street East, south of Avenue S.
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The district has one full service campus in nearby
Lancaster
with about 14,000 students.
- The
California State University
system also has a satellite campus from its
Bakersfield
facility in nearby Lancaster at the Antelope Valley College main campus.
- DeVry University
has a campus in Palmdale that includes its
Keller Graduate School of Management
.
- Brandman University
has a satellite campus in Palmdale.
- University of Antelope Valley (private 4yr college)
- University of La Verne
has a satellite campus in Palmdale.
- University of Phoenix
has a satellite campus in nearby Lancaster.
- The AERO Institute at the Palmdale Institute of Technology is a facility in Palmdale at the Civic Center. It is operated by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), and the City of Palmdale, and distance learning through a number of universities is available including
Purdue
,
USC
,
University of San Diego
,
Pepperdine University
,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
,
Caltech
and
Cal Poly Pomona
. This specialized school offers
graduate
and
undergraduate
education in aerospace science, engineering, and technical skills.
Media
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]
Newspapers
[
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]
Online newszine
[
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]
Antelope Valley New Press
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www.thepalmdalejournal.com
Radio stations
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]
- KAVL
610
AM Sports
- KTPI
1340
AM Adult Standards
- KOSS
1380
AM News/Talk
- KUTY
1470
AM Spanish Oldies
- KCRY
88.1
FM NPR (KCRW Santa Monica)
- KTLW
88.9
FM Religious/Christian
- KLXP
89.7
FM Religious/Christian (simulcast of
Hollister
KHRI
90.7)
- K211EY
90.1
FM Religious/Christian (simulcast of
Victorville
KHMS
88.5)
- K216FA
91.1
FM Religious/Christian (simulcast of
Twin Falls
KAWZ
89.9)
- KWTD
91.9
FM Religious/Christian (simulcast of
Bishop
KWTW
88.5)
- KQAV
93.5
FM Classic Rock
- KTPI-FM
97.7
FM Country
- KKZQ
100.1
FM Modern Rock
- KSRY
103.1
FM Modern Rock (simulcast of Los Angeles
KYSR
98.7)
- KGBB
103.9
FM Adult Hits
- KEPD
104.9
FM Country
- KVVS
105.5
FM Top 40 (simulcast of Los Angeles
KIIS
102.7)
- KGMX
106.3
FM Adult Contemporary
- KMVE
106.9
FM Regional Spanish
Internet radio
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Television stations
[
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]
- TW Cable
3
Local Events / News
- Palmdale
27
City's cable information channel
- KPAL-LP
38
Home Shopping / Local Events
Transportation
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]
According to the latest U.S. Census report released in September 2009, Palmdale has the longest average commute time in the United States at 41.5 minutes. This commute time exceeds that of even New York City. this is due to the majority of citizens commuting to nearby
Santa Clarita
and farther south to
Los Angeles
.
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Airport
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]
The
LA/Palmdale Regional Airport
/
Air Force Plant 42
(PMD) has two runways, each over 2.25 miles (3.62 km) in length, although there is currently no commercial airline service at the airport. PMD's commercial terminal is owned and operated by
Los Angeles World Airports
(LAWA), a municipal department of the City of
Los Angeles
, on leased land from the U.S. Air Force. Airline service has been sporadic since commercial flights were first offered in 1971. Most recently,
United Express
/
SkyWest Airlines
flew between PMD and
San Francisco
from June 7, 2007, to December 6, 2008. The city of Palmdale formed the Palmdale Airport Authority to move forward to control the facilities and the lease with the USAF, to better develop regional air service in the
High Desert
.
LAWA also owns 17,500 acres (71 km
2
) of land adjacent to the existing airport. The land was acquired between 1970 and 1983 to be developed into "Palmdale Intercontinental Airport", intended to surpass the air traffic of
LAX
. The land remains undeveloped. LAWA is currently developing a Master Plan for Palmdale that will guide airport land use and development decisions through 2030.
The
FAA
's
Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center
is located adjacent to the airport.
[80]
NASA has consolidated its research, environmental and training aircraft, support services and facilities at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale. From the oversized runway and the massive hangar located at Air Force Plant 42 Site 9, NASA conducts worldwide environmental research with its
ER-2
(a U-2 variant) and cutting edge deep space imaging with the 747-based
SOFIA
infrared telescope.
Highways
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The
Antelope Valley Freeway
(SR 14) is the major north?south highway connecting Palmdale to Los Angeles and Mojave.
State Route 138
(SR 138) is the major east?west highway connecting Palmdale to the
Inland Empire
and
Frazier Park
.
State Route 18
(SR 18) heads eastward out of the Antelope Valley connecting it to
Victorville
and via
I-15
the
Barstow
area. This road is commonly used as a route to
Las Vegas, Nevada
.
Street system
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]
The street system in the Antelope Valley is set out in a grid. Unless otherwise named or curved around due to terrain, east?west roads are called avenues and north?south roads are called streets. The city is essentially on a perfect grid, and the traffic signals are coordinated by a central processing facility at the Civic Center.
East?west avenues
are lettered mile-by-mile from north to south, starting with Avenue A on the Los Angeles-Kern County line. One mile south of Avenue A is Avenue B, and so on. Smaller roads between major avenues carry suffixes "-1" (nearest to the lettered avenue) through "-15" (nearest to the next lettered avenue). Some "-8" avenues can be major thoroughfares, for example, Avenue R-8 is halfway between Avenue R and Avenue S.
North?south streets
are numbered with an "east" or "west" suffix with respect to their distances from Division Street. The number increases by 10 for each mile, so a mile east and west of Division Street lie "10th Street East" and "10th Street West" respectively. Some streets like 5th or 15th can also be major thoroughfares.
House addresses
on east?west "avenues" are numbered according to the "streets". For example, "2001 East Palmdale Boulevard" is just east of 20th Street East, and "6066 West Avenue M-2" is just west of 60th Street West on Avenue M-2, which is 2/16 of a mile south of Avenue M.
On north?south streets, numbers are counted from downtown Los Angeles (thus increase from south to north), and while in the Antelope Valley, the difference is 800 per mile. For example, Palmdale Boulevard (geographically "Avenue Q-8") is 38400, Avenue Q is 38800, Avenue P is 39600, and so on. "37200 25th Street East" would be at the corner of Avenue S.
In accordance with Los Angeles County standards, odd numbers are on west and north sides of the road, and even numbers are on east and south sides of the road.
Avenue M is the general border of the connected population between Palmdale and Lancaster. Avenue L is actually the longer border between the two cities, east of Challenger Way, but is not as heavily populated. Avenue M has recently been named Columbia Way out of respect for the astronauts on board the
Space Shuttle Columbia
that disintegrated on re-entry in 2003. 10th Street East north of Columbia Way was renamed Challenger Way in 1987, in honor of those lost in the
Challenger Disaster
. (All of the shuttles were built in Palmdale.)
Public transportation
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]
The
Palmdale Transportation Center
, completed in March 2005, is the central mass transit center for the
Antelope Valley
. It serves as the transit hub for the
Antelope Valley Transit Authority
, the city's public bus system, as well as an
Amtrak
,
Greyhound Bus
, and commuter rail
Metrolink
station. The station is also designated a stop on the proposed
California High-Speed Rail
system and the proposed Orange Line Maglev rail from
Irvine
.
Sites of interest
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]
- Best Of The West Softball Complex
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- Dry Town Water Park
on Avenue S, open each summer from May to September
- Joshua Ranch Trail
[82]
a natural preservation area, temporarily closed due to a housing development under construction.
- Palmdale Amphitheater
[83]
is a 10,000 seat outdoor amphitheater hosting the Starlight Concert Series with world-famous performers on evenings in the summer
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
at
Palmdale Plant 42
[84]
and next-door the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum's Blackbird Airpark Annex show off displays of various aircraft built or tested at Palmdale Air Force Plant 42
- Palmdale Playhouse and Art Gallery
[85]
- Barrel Springs Equestrian Center
[86]
- Palmdale Schoolhouse
[87]
at McAdam Park, the only remaining building of the original village of Palmenthal in the late 19th century
- Rancho Vista Golf Course
[88]
Palmdale's only PGA class golf course
- Thursday Night on the Square
[89]
features an outside market, live entertainment, various arts and crafts, refreshments, and children's activities on Thursday Nights in the summer
- Antelope Valley Mall
More than a million square feet of shopping space with chain stores.
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ZIP Codes
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]
The Palmdale vicinity currently has a total of ten ZIP Codes:
- 93536
: Most of
Quartz Hill
(district and adjacent town). Shared with cities and towns of
Lancaster
(westside),
Neenach
,
Del Sur
, and
Antelope Acres
.
- 93543
: Parts of Sun Village. Shared with town of
Littlerock
.
- 93550
: Downtown Palmdale Civic Center, Harold, Vincent-Grade, and Barrel Springs.
- 93551
: Palmdale Central City, Anaverde, Rancho Vista, Desert-View Highlands, Portal Ridge, Leona Valley (district and adjacent town), and parts of Quartz Hill (district). Some P.O. boxes.
- 93552
: Pearland, parts of Palmdale East, and parts of Sun Village.
- 93553
: Parts of Sun Village. Shared with town of
Pearblossom
. Some P.O. boxes.
- 93590
:
Palmdale Regional Airport
, USAF
Plant 42
, and some of Palmdale's P.O. boxes.
- 93591
:
Lake Los Angeles
(district and adjacent town), parts of Palmdale East, and some P.O. boxes.
- 93592
: Only P.O. Boxes
- 93599
: Only P.O. Boxes
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Books
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Movies and TV
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Sister cities
[
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]
Palmdale has one
sister city
:
See also
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]
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