Santa Paula occurs as city located in Ventura County, California. When of the 2000 census, the city got the sum people of 28,598. It has been dubbed a "Citrus Capital of the World." When a initial headquarters of the company that became Unocal, it was one of the early centers of California's tremendous petroleum industry.

On the television drama The West Wing, Santa Paula is the hometown of fictional Presidential candidate Arnold Vinick. Within early 2005, Santa Paula mayor Mary Ann Krause began a lobbying campaign to keep around Santa Paula stated Vinick's hometown. Within the publicity move for the town, city officials officially "claim[ed] Senator Arnold Vinick as a resident of Santa Paula," in April 2005, and opened an official campaign headquarters for the fabricated Republican Senator in the town's train depot. ([http://www.ci.santa-paula.ca.us/vinick/ Santa Paula for Vinick]) Inside October of 2005, NBC released Vinick's official biography and revealed Santa Paula as a town where he was raised. [http://www.nbc.com/The_West_Wing/Campaign/Vinick_Sullivan/]

Geography
Santa Paula is placed at 34°21'Twenty-one" North, 119°4'6" West (34.355792, -119.068425).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum vicinity of Xi.Ennead km² (4.6 mi²). Eleven.Ennead kilometer² (Quartet.Half a dozen mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by a body of water.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 28,598 people, 8,136 menage, & 6,435 families living in the city. A population density is 2,400.4/km² (6,214.6/mi²). There are 8,341 housing units at an typical density of 700.1/km² (1,812.6/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 55.23% White, 0.41% African American, 1.41% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 37.37% from other races, and 4.68% from two or more races. 71.19% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 8,136 menage away from which 44.1% keep around kids under a age of Eighteen swallow the children, 59.1% come married couples living together, 13.4% have a female homeowner sustaining there is no hubby present, & Twenty.9% come non-families. Seventeen.2% of 100% house come mass produced higher of souls & Nina from carolina.4% use at times mortal dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Deuce-ace.49 & a typical personal size is Trinity.86.

In a city the people is spread retired sustaining 31.4% under a age of Eighteen, Decade.9% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-nine.7% from either 25 to 44, Xvii.3% from either 45 to 64, & Ten.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Xxx years. For each Centred females there are 103.Sevener males. For each Centred females age Eighteen & ended, there are 102.Tierce males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $41,651, & the median income for a personal is $45,419. Males have a median income of $32,165 versus $25,818 for females. A per capita income for the city is $15,736. Xiv.7% of the people & Xii.2% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, Eighteen.4% of people under a age of 18 & 9.1% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.