Editing Inyo County, California

{{short description|County in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
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 | official_name            = County of Inyo
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 | settlement_type          = [[County (United States)|County]]
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 | image_caption            = Wildflowers blooming in Death Valley after a wet winter
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 | map_caption1             = Location in the state of [[California]]
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 | subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
 | subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
 | subdivision_type2        = [[List of regions of California|Region]]
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Eastern California]]
<!-- History -------------->
 | established_title        = Established
 | established_date         = March 22, 1866<ref>{{Cite GNIS|1804637|Inyo County|access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref>
 | named_for                = ɨnnɨyun 'it's dangerous' in [[Timbisha language|Timbisha]]<ref name="William Bright 2000">William Bright & John McLaughlin, "Inyo Redux", ''Names'' 48:147-150 (2000)</ref>
<!-- Parts ---------------->
 | seat_type                = [[County seat]]
 | seat                     = [[Independence, California|Independence]]
 | parts_type               = Largest city
 | parts                    = [[Bishop, California|Bishop]]
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 | government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Council–CAO]]
 | governing_body           = Board of Supervisors
 | leader_title             = Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/government/board-supervisors/district-3 | title=District 3 &#124; Inyo County California }}</ref>
 | leader_name              = Scott Marcellin
 | leader_title1            = Vice Chair<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/government/board-supervisors/district-2 | title=District 4 &#124; Inyo County California }}</ref>
 | leader_name1             = Jeff Griffiths
 | leader_title2            = Board of Supervisors
 | leader_name2             = {{Collapsible list
  |title = Supervisors<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/government/board-supervisors | title=Board of Supervisors &#124; Inyo County California }}</ref>
|1  = Trina Orrill
|2  = Jeff Griffiths
|3  = Scott Marcellin
|4  = Jennifer Roeser
|5  = Will Wadelton
  }}
 | leader_title3            = County Administrator<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.inyocounty.us/services/county-administrators-office/county-administrative-officer | title=County Administrative Officer &#124; Inyo County California }}</ref>
 | leader_name3             = Leslie Chapman
<!-- Area ----------------->
 | unit_pref                = US
 | area_total_sq_mi         = 10227
 | area_land_sq_mi          = 10181
 | area_water_sq_mi         = 46
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 | elevation_max_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2829|title=Mount Whitney|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410084117/http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2829|archive-date=April 10, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 | elevation_min_ft         = -282
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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
 | population_total         = 19016
 | pop_est_as_of            = 2024
 | population_est           = 18485 {{loss}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
|demographics_type2        = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|title= Gross Domestic Product: All Industries in Inyo County, CA|url= https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPALL06027 |work=[[Federal Reserve Economic Data]] |publisher=[[Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis]]}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1     = Total
|demographics2_info1      = $1.355 billion (2022)
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 | area_code                = [[Area codes 442 and 760|442/760]]
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 | blank_info_sec1          = 06-027
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 | blank1_info_sec1         = {{GNIS 4|1804637}}
 | blank_name_sec2          = Congressional district
 | blank_info_sec2          = [[California's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
 | website                  = {{URL|www.inyocounty.us}}
}}

'''Inyo County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|j|oʊ|audio=En-us-inyo.ogg}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[Eastern California|eastern]] central part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]], located between the [[Sierra Nevada]] and the state of [[Nevada]]. In the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 19,016.<ref name=census2020>{{Cite web|title=Inyo County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US06027|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Independence, California|Independence]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011  }}</ref> Inyo County is on the east side of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and southeast of [[Yosemite National Park]] in [[Central California]]. It contains the [[Owens River Valley]]; it is flanked to the west by the Sierra Nevada and to the east by the [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]] and the [[Inyo Mountains]]. [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] is to the north. With an area of {{convert|10,192|mi2|km2}}, Inyo is the second-largest county by area in California, after [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]] which is directly south of Inyo County. Almost half of Inyo County's area is within [[Death Valley National Park]]. However, with a population density of 1.8 people per square mile, it also has the second-lowest population density in California, after [[Alpine County, California|Alpine County]].

==History==
{{category see also|Native American history of California}}
{{multiple image|align=right|direction=vertical|width=200|image1=Mount Whitney 2003-03-25.jpg|image2=Badwater elevation sign.jpg|footer=[[Mount Whitney]] (top) is less than {{convert|90|mi|km}} away from [[Badwater Basin]] in [[Death Valley]] (bottom).}}

Present-day Inyo county has been the [[:Category:Native American history of California|historic homeland]] for [[Population history of indigenous peoples of the Americas|thousands of years]] of the [[Mono people|Mono]], [[Timbisha]], [[Kawaiisu]], and [[Northern Paiute people|Northern Paiute]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. The descendants of these ancestors continue to live in their traditional homelands in the [[Owens River Valley]] and in [[Death Valley National Park]].

{{further|History of California through 1899}}
Inyo County was formed in 1866 out of the territory of the unorganized [[Coso County, California|Coso County]], which had been created on April 4, 1864, from parts of [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] and [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99Y3AAAAIAAJ&q=unorganized+%22Coso+%22&pg=PA190 |title=California, Theodore Henry Hittell, '''The general laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864''', H.H. Bancroft, San Francisco, 1865. p.190 |access-date=November 5, 2011|year=1865 |author1=California |last2=Hittell |first2=Theodore Henry }}</ref>  It acquired more territory from Mono County in 1870 and [[Kern County]] and [[San Bernardino County]] in 1872.

For many years it has been commonly believed that the county derived its name from the Mono tribe's name for the mountains in its former homeland. Actually the name came to be thought of, mistakenly, as the name of the mountains to the east of the Owens Valley when the first whites there asked the local [[Mono people|Owens Valley Paiutes]] for the name of the mountains to the east. They responded that that was the land of Inyo. They meant by this that those lands belonged to the Timbisha tribe headed by a man whose name was Inyo.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Inyo was the name of the headman of one of the Timbisha bands at the time of contact when the first whites, the Bennett-Arcane Party of 1849, wandered, lost, into Death Valley on their expedition to the gold fields of western California. The Owens Valley whites misunderstood the reference and thought that Inyo was the name of the mountains when actually it was the name of the chief, or headman, of the tribe that had those mountains as part of their homeland.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} In Timbisha, ''ɨnnɨyun'' means "it's (or he's) dangerous".<ref name="William Bright 2000">William Bright & John McLaughlin, "Inyo Redux", ''Names'' 48:147-150 (2000)</ref>

To supply the growing [[Greater Los Angeles Area|City of Los Angeles]], water was diverted from the [[Owens River]] into the [[Los Angeles Aqueduct]] in 1913. The [[Owens River Valley]] cultures and environments changed substantially. From the 1910s to 1930s the [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]] purchased much of the valley for water rights and control. In 1941 the [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]] extended the Los Angeles [[Aqueduct (watercourse)|Aqueduct]] system farther upriver into the [[Mono Basin]].

==Natural history==
Inyo County is host to a number of natural superlatives. Among them are:
* [[Mount Whitney]], with an elevation of {{convert|14,505|ft|m}}, the highest point in the contiguous United States, the 12th highest peak in the U.S., and the 24th highest peak in North America.
* [[Badwater Basin]], in [[Death Valley]], the lowest point in North America
* [[Methuselah (pine tree)|Methuselah]], an ancient [[Bristlecone pine]] tree and one of the oldest living trees on Earth
* [[Owens Valley]], the deepest valley on the American continents
* Two mountain ranges exceeding {{convert|14000|ft|m}} in elevation: The [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and the [[White Mountains (California)|White Mountains]]
* Ten of California's twelve peaks which exceed 14,000 feet (a [[Fourteener]]) in elevation; the isolated [[Mount Shasta]] in northern California, and [[White Mountain Peak]] in neighboring Mono County, are the only California [[14er]]s not (at least partly) in Inyo County
* The largest [[escarpment]] in the United States, rising from the floor of Death Valley to the top of [[Telescope Peak]] in the [[Panamint Range]]

[[File:SierraEscarpmentCA.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Owens Valley and the Sierra Escarpment]]

==Geography==
[[Mount Whitney]], the highest peak in the [[contiguous United States]], is on Inyo County's western border (with [[Tulare County]]). The [[Badwater Basin]] in Death Valley National Park, the lowest place in North America, is in eastern Inyo County. The difference between the two points is about {{convert|14700|ft|m}}. They are not visible from each other, but both can be observed from the [[Panamint Range]] on the west side of Death Valley, above the [[Panamint Valley]]. Thus, Inyo County has the greatest elevation difference among all of the counties and county-equivalents in the contiguous United States.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|10227|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|10181|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|46|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144550/http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|archive-date=September 25, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the second-largest county by area in [[California]] and the [[List of the largest counties in the United States by area|ninth-largest in the United States]] (excluding [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|boroughs and census areas in Alaska]]).

===Lakes===
{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* [[Camp Lake (Inyo County, California)|Camp Lake]]
* [[Cottonwood Lakes]]
* [[Diaz Lake]]
* [[Dingleberry Lake]]
* [[Granite Lake (California)|Granite Lake]]
* [[Inconsolable Lake]]
* [[Loch Leven (California)|Loch Leven]]
* [[Mills Lake]]
* [[Pee Wee Lake]]
* [[Robinson Lake (California)|Robinson Lake]]
* [[Rock Creek (Owens River)|Rock Creek Lake]]
* [[Lake Sabrina]]
* [[Weir Lake (California)|Weir Lake]]
* [[Wishbone Lake]]
{{div col end}}

===National protected areas===
* [[Death Valley National Park]] (part)
* [[Inyo National Forest]] (part)
* [[Manzanar|Manzanar National Historic Site]]

There are 22 official [[wilderness area]]s in Inyo County that are part of the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]]. This is the second-largest number of any county, exceeded only by [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]]'s 35 wilderness areas. Most of these are managed solely by the [[Bureau of Land Management]], but four are integral components of Death Valley National Park or Inyo National Forest and are thus managed by either the [[National Park Service]] or the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]]. Some of these wilderness areas also extend into neighboring counties.

Except as noted, the wilderness areas are managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management and lie entirely within Inyo County:

{{div col|colwidth=33em}}
* [[Argus Range Wilderness]]
* [[Coso Range Wilderness]]
* [[Darwin Falls Wilderness]]
* [[Death Valley Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Funeral Mountains Wilderness]]
* [[Golden Trout Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Ibex Wilderness]]
* [[Inyo Mountains Wilderness]] (part)
* [[John Muir Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Malpais Mesa Wilderness]]
* [[Manly Peak Wilderness]]
* [[Nopah Range Wilderness]]
* [[Owens Peak Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Pahrump Valley Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Piper Mountain Wilderness]]
* [[Resting Spring Range Wilderness]]
* [[Sacatar Trail Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness]] (part)
* [[South Nopah Range Wilderness]]
* [[South Sierra Wilderness]] (part)
* [[Surprise Canyon Wilderness]]
* [[Sylvania Mountains Wilderness]]
{{div col end}}

===Death Valley National Park===
{{Main|Death Valley National Park}}

'''Death Valley National Park''' is a mostly [[arid]] [[United States National Park]] east of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] mountain range in southern Inyo County and northern [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]] in [[California]], with a small extension into southwestern [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]] and extreme southern [[Esmeralda County, Nevada|Esmeralda County]] in [[Nevada]]. In addition, there is an [[exclave]] ([[Devil's Hole]]) in southern Nye County. The park covers {{convert|5262|sqmi|km2}}, encompassing [[Saline Valley, California|Saline Valley]], a large part of [[Panamint Valley]], almost all of [[Death Valley]], and parts of several [[mountain range]]s.<ref name="NPSindex">[[#NPSindex|National Park Index (2001–2003)]], p. 26</ref> Death Valley National Monument was proclaimed in 1933, placing the area under federal protection. In 1994, the [[U.S. National Monument|monument]] was redesignated a national park, as well as being substantially expanded to include [[Saline Valley, California|Saline]] and [[Eureka Valley, Inyo County|Eureka]] Valleys.<ref name="NPSindex"/>

It is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. It also features the second-lowest point in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and the lowest point in North America at the [[Badwater Basin]], which is {{convert|282|ft|m}} below [[sea level]].<ref name=USGSHighLow/> It is home to many species of plants and animals that have adapted to this harsh [[desert]] environment. Some examples include [[Creosote Bush]], [[Bighorn Sheep]], [[Coyote]], and the [[Death Valley Pupfish]], a survivor of much wetter times. Approximately 95% of the park is designated as [[U.S. Wilderness Area|wilderness]].<ref>[[#NPSwebsite|NPS website]], "Backcountry Roads"</ref> Death Valley National Park is visited annually by more than 770,000 visitors who come to enjoy its diverse geologic features, desert wildlife, historic sites, scenery, clear night skies, and the solitude of the extreme desert environment.

===Other parks===
* [[Alabama Hills#Alabama Hills National Scenic Area|Alabama Hills Recreation Area]]
* [[Last Chance Meadow Research Natural Area]]
* [[John Muir Wilderness#Ecology|California Bighorn Sheep Zoological Area]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1956
|1880= 2928
|1890= 3544
|1900= 4377
|1910= 6974
|1920= 7031
|1930= 6555
|1940= 7625
|1950= 11658
|1960= 11684
|1970= 15571
|1980= 17895
|1990= 18281
|2000= 17945
|2010= 18546
|2020= 19016
|estyear=2024
|estimate=18485
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790-2000|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530033223/https://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115745/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ca190090.txt|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Inyo County, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''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.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Inyo County, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US06027&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Inyo County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06027&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Inyo County, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US06027&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|13,352
|12,296
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,035
|74.41%
|66.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58.03%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|20
|102
|style='background: #ffffe6; |85
|0.11%
|0.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|1,678
|1,895
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,189
|9.35%
|10.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.51%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|158
|229
|style='background: #ffffe6; |273
|0.88%
|1.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.44%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|15
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|0.08%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.07%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|23
|21
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87
|0.13%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|442
|391
|style='background: #ffffe6; |935
|2.46%
|2.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.92%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,257
|3,597
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,399
|12.58%
|19.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.13%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''17,945'''
|'''18,546'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''19,016'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

=== 2011 ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="6" | Population, race, and income
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B02001. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | 18,457
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 14,339
| 77.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Black or African American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 204
| 1.1%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;American Indian or Alaska Native<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 1,846
| 10.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 271
| 1.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 66
| 0.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Some other race<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 1,374
| 7.4%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Two or more races<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| 357
| 1.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;Hispanic or Latino (of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B03003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 26, 2013.</ref>
| 3,445
| 18.7%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19301. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $27,532
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19013. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $49,571
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B19113. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
| colspan="2" | $68,204
|}

==== Places by population, race, and income ====

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Places by population and race
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | White<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/><br /><ref name="other" group=note>Other = Some other race + Two or more races</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Asian<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Black or African<br />American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Native American<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/><br /><ref name="na" group=note>Native American = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander + American Indian or Alaska Native</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Hispanic or Latino<br />(of any race)<ref name="US-CB-B03003"/>
|-
| [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,563 || 77.4% || 7.8% || 1.5% || 1.0% || 12.3% || 11.5%
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 3,839 || 78.5% || 17.6% || 2.6% || 0.1% || 1.2% || 31.2%
|-
| [[Cartago, California|Cartago]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 84 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Darwin, California|Darwin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 32 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,800 || 86.1% || 11.3% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 2.5% || 23.0%
|-
| [[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 115 || 79.1% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 20.9% || 8.7%
|-
| [[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 79 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Independence, California|Independence]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 520 || 73.8% || 7.1% || 0.6% || 2.1% || 16.3% || 7.9%
|-
| [[Keeler, California|Keeler]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 88 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,076 || 79.1% || 5.3% || 3.0% || 1.3% || 11.2% || 18.3%
|-
| [[Mesa, California|Mesa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 442 || 77.4% || 17.0% || 5.7% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 16.1%
|-
| [[Olancha, California|Olancha]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 245 || 52.2% || 47.8% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 38.8%
|-
| [[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 396 || 87.4% || 4.5% || 0.5% || 0.0% || 7.6% || 14.6%
|-
| [[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 36 || 94.4% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 5.6% || 8.3%
|-
| [[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 98 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 5.1%
|-
| [[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|-
| [[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,019 || 89.7% || 4.1% || 1.5% || 4.3% || 0.4% || 15.8%
|-
| [[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 484 || 100.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0% || 0.0%
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="6" | Places by population and income
|-
! Place
! Type<ref name="US-CB"/>
! Population<ref name="US-CB-B01003">U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003. [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] . Retrieved October 21, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Per capita income<ref name="US-CB-B19301"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median household income<ref name="US-CB-B19013"/>
! data-sort-type="currency" | Median family income<ref name="US-CB-B19113"/>
|-
| [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 1,563 || $28,276 || $63,269 || $75,500
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || [[List of cities and towns in California|City]] || 3,839 || $27,205 || $34,258 || $61,574
|-
| [[Cartago, California|Cartago]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 84 || $37,211 || $44,293 || <ref name="ND">Data unavailable</ref>
|-
| [[Darwin, California|Darwin]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 32 || $18,525 || $33,929 || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,800 || $26,640 || $56,620 || $68,385
|-
| [[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 115 || $30,670 || $31,000 || $92,813
|-
| [[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 79 || $5,525 || $15,347 || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Independence, California|Independence]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 520 || $26,418 || $43,750 || $64,044
|-
| [[Keeler, California|Keeler]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 88 || $20,125 || $14,821 || $14,565
|-
| [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 2,076 || $20,995 || $35,938 || $48,214
|-
| [[Mesa, California|Mesa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 442 || $31,341 || $62,014 || $64,063
|-
| [[Olancha, California|Olancha]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 245 || $20,648 || $37,250 || $102,802
|-
| [[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 6 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 396 || $34,338 || $75,341 || $83,125
|-
| [[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 36 || $22,358 || $41,250 || $41,250
|-
| [[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 98 || $17,664 || $22,188 || $21,875
|-
| [[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 0 || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/> || <ref name="ND"/>
|-
| [[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 3,019 || $33,802 || $79,219 || $95,208
|-
| [[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]] || [[Census-designated place|CDP]] || 484 || $34,174 || $49,167 || $71,875
|}

===2010 Census===
The [[2010 United States census]] reported that Inyo County had a population of 18,546. The racial makeup of Inyo County was 13,741 (74.1%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 109 (0.6%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2,121 (11.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 243 (1.3%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 16 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,676 (9.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 640 (3.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3,597 persons (19.4%).<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!colspan="10"|Population reported at [[2010 United States Census]]
|-
|{{center|'''The County'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|''' Inyo County'''
|align="right"|18,546||align="right"|13,741||align="right"|109||align="right"|2,121||align="right"|243||align="right"|16||align="right"|1,676||align="right"|640||align="right"|3,597
|-
|{{center|'''[[Incorporated city|Incorporated<br />city]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Bishop, California|Bishop]]'''
|align="right"|3,879||align="right"|2,867||align="right"|22||align="right"|91||align="right"|61||align="right"|1||align="right"|723||align="right"|114||align="right"|1,200
|-
|{{center|'''[[Census-designated place|Census-designated<br />place]]'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|'''[[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]]'''
|align="right"|1,756||align="right"|1,192||align="right"|3||align="right"|438||align="right"|13||align="right"|1||align="right"|52||align="right"|57||align="right"|182
|-
|'''[[Cartago, California|Cartago]]'''
|align="right"|92||align="right"|63||align="right"|0||align="right"|7||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|11||align="right"|11||align="right"|16
|-
|'''[[Darwin, California|Darwin]]'''
|align="right"|43||align="right"|38||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|2
|-
|'''[[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]]'''
|align="right"|2,645||align="right"|2,287||align="right"|6||align="right"|32||align="right"|47||align="right"|3||align="right"|215||align="right"|55||align="right"|493
|-
|'''[[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]]'''
|align="right"|24||align="right"|6||align="right"|0||align="right"|16||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]]'''
|align="right"|44||align="right"|37||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|5||align="right"|2||align="right"|6
|-
|'''[[Independence, California|Independence]]'''
|align="right"|669||align="right"|493||align="right"|6||align="right"|98||align="right"|8||align="right"|1||align="right"|28||align="right"|35||align="right"|93
|-
|'''[[Keeler, California|Keeler]]'''
|align="right"|66||align="right"|63||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|6
|-
|'''[[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]]'''
|align="right"|2,035||align="right"|1,334||align="right"|6||align="right"|205||align="right"|17||align="right"|1||align="right"|376||align="right"|96||align="right"|694
|-
|'''[[Mesa, California|Mesa]]'''
|align="right"|251||align="right"|220||align="right"|0||align="right"|10||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|14||align="right"|4||align="right"|26
|-
|'''[[Olancha, California|Olancha]]'''
|align="right"|192||align="right"|133||align="right"|0||align="right"|4||align="right"|8||align="right"|0||align="right"|38||align="right"|9||align="right"|47
|-
|'''[[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]]'''
|align="right"|17||align="right"|16||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|1
|-
|'''[[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]]'''
|align="right"|435||align="right"|333||align="right"|38||align="right"|21||align="right"|3||align="right"|0||align="right"|27||align="right"|13||align="right"|69
|-
|'''[[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]]'''
|align="right"|31||align="right"|28||align="right"|1||align="right"|1||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]]'''
|align="right"|150||align="right"|119||align="right"|1||align="right"|8||align="right"|2||align="right"|0||align="right"|1||align="right"|19||align="right"|8
|-
|'''[[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]]'''
|align="right"|18||align="right"|18||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]]'''
|align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0||align="right"|0
|-
|'''[[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]]'''
|align="right"|2,607||align="right"|2,373||align="right"|10||align="right"|28||align="right"|45||align="right"|1||align="right"|72||align="right"|78||align="right"|261
|-
|'''[[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]]'''
|align="right"|563||align="right"|524||align="right"|0||align="right"|13||align="right"|5||align="right"|1||align="right"|5||align="right"|15||align="right"|53
|-
|{{center|'''Other<br>[[unincorporated area]]s'''}} ||{{center|'''Total<br />Population'''}}||{{center|'''[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]'''}} ||{{center|'''[[African American (U.S. Census)|African<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native<br />American]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific<br />Islander]]'''}} || {{center|'''[[Race (United States Census)|other<br />races]]'''}} || {{center|'''two or<br />more races'''}} ||{{center|'''[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]<br />or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]<br />(of any race)'''}}
|-
|All others not CDPs (combined)
|align="right"|3,029||align="right"|1,597||align="right"|16||align="right"|1,147||align="right"|28||align="right"|6||align="right"|108||align="right"|127||align="right"|440
|}

===2000===
At the 2000 [[United States Census|census]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 17,945 people, 7,703 households and 4,937 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2|/mi2|/km2}}. There were 9,042 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 80.1% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 10.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.2% from two or more races. 12.6% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 16.4% were of [[German people|German]], 12.2% [[English people|English]], 10.6% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 5.0% [[United States|American]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 89.2% spoke [[English language|English]] and 9.3% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

There were 7,703 households, of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.88.

24.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The [[median household income]] was $35,006 and the median family income was $44,970. Males had a median income of $37,270 versus $25,549 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $19,639. About 9.3% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==

===Voter registration===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and registered voters
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Total population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 18,457
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS">California Secretary of State. [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf February 10, 2013 – Report of Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727173649/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/ror-odd-year-2013/political-sub.pdf |date=July 27, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 31, 2013.</ref><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note>Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.</ref>
| 9,922
| 53.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 3,066
| 30.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 4,271
| 43.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic–Republican spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-1,205'''</span>
| <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-12.1%'''</span>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American Independent<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 414
| 4.2%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Green<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 88
| 0.9%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Libertarian<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 79
| 0.8%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peace and Freedom<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 29
| 0.3%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americans Elect<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 0
| 0.0%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 46
| 0.5%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
| 1,929
| 19.4%
|}

==== Cities by population and voter registration ====

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="8" | Cities by population and voter registration
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Registered voters<ref name="CA-SS"/><br /><ref name="PCT-RV" group=note/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Democratic<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Republican<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | D–R spread<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Other<ref name="CA-SS"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | No party preference<ref name="CA-SS"/>
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || 3,839 || 42.9% || 31.4% || 40.3% || <span style="color: #800080;">'''-8.9%'''</span> || 10.4% || 21.7%
|}

=== Overview ===
[[File:2022 California Gubernatorial General Election in Inyo County.svg|thumb|212x212px|2022 California Gubernatorial General Election in Inyo County by Consolidated Precinct]]
Inyo has historically been a strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|congressional]] elections. From [[1944 United States presidential election in California|1944]] to [[2016 United States presidential election in California|2016]], the only Democrat to win the county (and the last to win a majority of its vote) was [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]] in [[United States presidential election in California, 1964|1964]].

However, the county shifted significantly leftward in [[2020 United States presidential election in California|2020]], narrowly supporting [[Joe Biden]] over [[Donald Trump]]. As a result, it became one of only two counties that previously voted for Trump by double digits in 2016 to flip to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], the other being [[Talbot County, Maryland]].

Inyo still leans Republican. It voted Republican in all statewide races held in [[2022 California elections|2022]]. It flipped back to voting for Donald Trump in [[2024 United States presidential election in California|2024]], though by a much smaller margin than Trump had won the county in 2016.

{{PresHead|place=Inyo County, California|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709214827/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|archive-date=July 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|4,620|4,634|230|California}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,248|3,155|776|California}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,340|3,422|274|California}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,523|3,743|288|California}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,091|3,350|175|California}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,713|2,652|450|California}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|3,924|2,601|1,044|California}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,689|2,695|2,080|California}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,042|2,653|142|California}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,863|2,360|115|California}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,201|2,080|746|California}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,905|2,635|166|California}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,873|2,006|280|California}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,641|2,314|732|California}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,751|3,161|3|California}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,962|2,443|15|California}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,524|1,782|18|California}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,819|1,698|28|California}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,135|1,539|153|California}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,699|1,647|9|California}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,483|1,820|27|California}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|912|1,560|29|California}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|698|1,459|101|California}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,206|861|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|950|256|793|California}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,195|682|212|California}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|846|966|204|California}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|8|806|813|California}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|583|618|223|California}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|452|231|128|California}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|396|505|34|California}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|286|532|23|California}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|409|266|125|California}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|437|273|35|California}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|345|283|18|California}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|321|274|0|California}}

In the [[California State Legislature]], Inyo County is in {{Representative|casd|4|fmt=sdistrict}},<ref name=sd_splits>
{{Cite web
 | url = http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
 | title = Communities of Interest — County
 | publisher = California Citizens Redistricting Commission
 | access-date = April 8, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151023054153/http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/downloads/meeting_handouts_072011/handouts_20110729_q2_sd_finaldraft_splits.zip
 | archive-date = October 23, 2015
| url-status = dead
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</ref> and {{Representative|caad|8|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=April 11, 2013 |publisher=State of California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424192545/http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The county is in {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|8|access-date=March 9, 2013}}</ref>

On November 4, 2008, Inyo County voted 60.6% for [[2008 California Proposition 8|Proposition 8]] which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|publisher=California Secretary of State|title = Statement of Vote, November 4, 2008, General election|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506165548/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008-general/sov_complete.pdf|access-date=May 6, 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>

The county was home to Manzanar Internment Camp, where Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. Although the county was typically Democratic before World War II, in the decades since Japanese internment the county has been solidly Republican, only voting for Lyndon Johnson (who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964) and Joe Biden (who ran on a ticket with Kamala Harris, the first Asian American to be part of a major party ticket).

== Crime ==

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 18,457
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes – 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
| 80 || 4.33
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 2 || 0.11
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 11 || 0.60
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 7 || 0.38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 60 || 3.25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 154 || 8.34
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 75 || 4.06
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 177 || 9.59
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 18 || 0.98
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1 || 0.05
|}

=== Cities by population and crime rates ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628123757/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls |date=June 28, 2016 }}. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Bishop, California|Bishop]] || 3,900 || 16 || 4.10 || 137 || 35.13
|}

===County Sheriffs===
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2018}}
*W. A. Greenly (Mar 22, 1866– November 7, 1867)
*William A. Moore (Nov 7, 1867– November 7, 1875)
*Thomas Passmore (Nov 7, 1875– February 10, 1878)- Killed On Duty
*William A. Moore (Feb 10, 1878– July 4, 1879) - Killed On Duty
*Stephen G. Gregg (Jul 4, 1879– November 7, 1888)
*Fred Charles Scott (Nov 7, 1888– November 7, 1896)
*Charles Albert Collins ( Nov 7, 1896– November 7, 1916)
*Boone Newett (Nov 7, 1916– November 7, 1918)
*Frank Logan (Nov 7, 1918– November 7, 1924)
*Charles Albert Collins (7 Nov 1924–7 Nov 1926)
*Tom Hutchinson (Nov 7, 1926– November 7, 1934)
*Emmett L. Shay (Nov 7, 1934– November 7, 1942)
*Charles P. Cline (Nov 7, 1942– November 7, 1954)
*Merrill Howard (Nov 7, 1954– November 7, 1960)
*Merrill Franklin Culbertson (Nov 7, 1960– November 7, 1962)
*Merrill L. Curtis (Nov 7, 1962– November 7, 1970)
*Floyd Barton (Nov 7, 1970– November 7, 1982)
*Floyd Tidwell (Nov 7, 1982– November 7, 1984)
*Don Dorsey (Nov 7, 1984– November 7, 1996)
*Dan Lucas ( Nov 7, 1996– November 7, 2006)
* William R. "Bill " Lutze (7 Nov 2006–2018)
Stephanie J. Rennie (Jan 3, 2023 – Current)

==Education==
School districts in Inyo County are:
* [[Big Pine Unified School District]]
* [[Bishop Unified School District]]
* [[Bishop Union High School District]]
* [[Bishop Union Elementary School District]]
* [[Death Valley Unified School District]]
* [[Lone Pine Unified School District]]
* [[Owens Valley Unified School District]]
* [[Round Valley School District]]

[[Deep Springs College]] is a two-year alternative education college in [[Deep Springs Valley]].

Higher education in Inyo County is provided by the [[Kern Community College District]].

==Notable locations==
* [[Mushroom Rock]]
*[[Mount Whitney]]
*[[Death Valley National Park]]
*[[Badwater Basin]]
*[[Lake Manly]]
*[[Furnace Creek, California]] (Hottest air temperature ever recorded here in 1913 at {{convert|134.6|°F}}. In July 1972, a ground temperature of {{convert|201|°F}} was measured in Furnace Creek. This may be the highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded.)

==Transportation==
[[File:Road sign welcome to Inyo County California United States 01.jpg|thumb|"Welcome to Inyo County" sign along [[U.S. Route 395 (California)|U.S. Route 395]] ]]

In the 1920s, automobile clubs and nearby towns started to lobby for trans-Sierra highways over [[Piute Pass]]<ref name=usfsRoad>{{cite web|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd499744.pdf|title=The High Sierra Piute Highway|first=Steve|last=Marsh|publisher=US Forest Service|year=2015}}</ref> and other locations. However, by end of the 1920s, the [[United States Forest Service|Forest Service]] and the [[Sierra Club]] decided that roadless wilderness in the Sierra was valuable, and fought the proposal. The Piute Pass proposal faded out by the early 1930s, with the Forest Service proposing a route over [[Minaret Summit]] in 1933.<ref name=usfsRoad/> The Minaret Summit route was lobbied against by California's Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1972. The expansion of the [[John Muir Wilderness|John Muir]] and [[Ansel Adams Wilderness]]es in the 1980s sealed off the Minaret Summit route.<ref name=usfsRoad/>

A trans-Sierra route between [[Porterville, California|Porterville]] and [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]] was proposed by local businessmen in 1923.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|title=Trail Over Mountains Supported|date=June 15, 1923|page=II10}}</ref> Eventually, a circuitous route across the Sierra was built across the only trans-Sierra route south of Yosemite: [[Sherman Pass (California)|Sherman Pass]] by 1976.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|title=See It All in the Sierra|date=October 24, 1976}}</ref> That route is Forest Route 22S05 to the west, and Kennedy Meadow Road ([[County Route J41 (California)|County Route J41]]) and 9-Mile Canyon Road to the east.

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 6 (1961 cutout).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 6 (California)|U.S. Route 6]]
* [[File:US 395 (1961 cutout).svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 395 (California)|U.S. Route 395]]
* [[File:California 127.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 127|State Route 127]]
* [[File:California 136.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 136|State Route 136]]
* [[File:California 168.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 168|State Route 168]]
* [[File:California 178.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 178|State Route 178]]
* [[File:California 190.svg|25px]] [[California State Route 190|State Route 190]]

===Public transportation===
[[Eastern Sierra Transit Authority]] operates intercity bus service along US 395, as well as local services in Bishop. Service extends south to [[Lancaster station (California)|Lancaster]] (Los Angeles County) and north to [[Reno, Nevada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.estransit.com/routes-schedule/395-routes/|title = Reno| work=Eastern Sierra Transit Authority }}</ref>

===Airports===
[[Eastern Sierra Regional Airport|Bishop Airport]], [[Independence Airport]], [[Lone Pine Airport]] and [[Shoshone Airport]] are general aviation airports located near their respective cities. [[Stovepipe Wells Airport]] and [[Furnace Creek Airport]] are located in [[Death Valley National Park]].

==Communities==
[[File:Inyo County Court House.JPG|thumb|alt=photo of Inyo County Court House|right|The Inyo County Court House in Independence]]

===Cities===
* [[Bishop, California|Bishop]]

===Census-designated places===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]]
* [[Cartago, California|Cartago]]
*[[Charleston View, California|Charleston View]]
* [[Darwin, California|Darwin]]
* [[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]]
* [[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]]
* [[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]]
* [[Independence, California|Independence]] (county seat)
* [[Keeler, California|Keeler]]
* [[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]]
* [[Mesa, California|Mesa]]
* [[Olancha, California|Olancha]]
* [[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]]
* [[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]]
* [[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]]
* [[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]]
* [[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]]
* [[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]]
* [[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]]
* [[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]]
{{div col end}}

===Other unincorporated communities===

Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=General Plan = Goals and Policy Report 2001 |url=https://www.inyocounty.us/sites/default/files/2020-02/GP%20Goals%20and%20Policy%20Report%2012.2001.pdf |website=Inyo county general plan |publisher=Inyo county |access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref>

* [[Alabama Hills, California|Alabama Hills]]
* Chicago Valley
* [[Coso Junction, California|Coso Junction]]
* [[Death Valley Junction, California|Death Valley Junction]]
* [[Deep Springs, California|Deep Springs]]
* [[Dunmovin, California|Dunmovin]]
* [[Haiwee, California|Haiwee]]
* [[Laws, California|Laws]]
*[[Panamint Springs]]
* [[Sandy Valley, Inyo County, California|Sandy Valley]]
* Stewart Valley

===Population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Inyo County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census |first=Center for New Media and |last=Promotions |work=census.gov |access-date=January 18, 2017  }}</ref>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2010 Census)

|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 1
|'''[[Bishop, California|Bishop]]''' 
| City
| 3,879
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 2
|'''[[Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California|Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek]]''' 
| CDP
| 2,645
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 3
|'''[[West Bishop, California|West Bishop]]''' 
| CDP
| 2,607
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 4
|'''[[Lone Pine, California|Lone Pine]]''' 
| CDP
| 2,035
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 5
|'''[[Big Pine, California|Big Pine]]''' 
| CDP
| 1,756
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 6
|'''[[Bishop Paiute Tribe|Bishop Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=0290|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[AIAN (U.S. Census)|AIAN]]
| 1,588
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 7
|'''†''' '''[[Independence, California|Independence]]''' 
| CDP
| 669
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 8
|'''[[Wilkerson, California|Wilkerson]]''' 
| CDP
| 563
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 9
|'''[[Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley|Big Pine Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=0250|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| AIAN
| 499
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 10
|'''[[Round Valley, California|Round Valley]]''' 
| CDP
| 435
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 11
|'''[[Mesa, California|Mesa]]''' 
| CDP
| 251
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 12
|'''[[Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe|Lone Pine Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1970|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207012958/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1970|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| AIAN
| 212
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 13
|'''[[Olancha, California|Olancha]]''' 
| CDP
| 192
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 14
|'''[[Tecopa, California|Tecopa]]''' 
| CDP
| 150
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 15
|'''[[Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians|Fort Independence Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1195|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| AIAN
| 93
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 16
|'''[[Cartago, California|Cartago]]''' 
| CDP
| 92
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 17
|'''[[Keeler, California|Keeler]]''' 
| CDP
| 66
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 18
|'''[[Homewood Canyon, California|Homewood Canyon]]''' 
| CDP
| 44
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 19
|'''[[Darwin, California|Darwin]]''' 
| CDP
| 43
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 20
|'''[[Shoshone, California|Shoshone]]''' 
| CDP
| 31
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| t-21
|'''[[Furnace Creek, California|Furnace Creek]]''' 
| CDP
| 24
|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| t-21
|'''[[Timbisha|Timbi-Sha Shoshone Reservation]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=4180|title=US Census Bureau 2010 Census Interactive Population Map|first=Website Services & Coordination|last=Staff|work=census.gov|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207013004/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=4180|archive-date=February 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| AIAN
| 24
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 22
|'''[[Trona, Inyo County, California|Trona]]''' 
| CDP
| 18
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 23
|'''[[Pearsonville, California|Pearsonville]]''' 
| CDP
| 17
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 24
|'''[[Valley Wells, California|Valley Wells]]''' 
| CDP
| 0 (permanent)
|}

==See also==
{{portal|California}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Inyo County, California]]

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
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==External links==
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|North     = [[Mono County, California|Mono County]]
|Northeast = [[Esmeralda County, Nevada]]
|East      = [[Nye County, Nevada]]
|Southeast = [[Clark County, Nevada]]
|South     = [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino County]]
|Southwest = [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]
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