West Mojave Plan FEIR/S - Desert Managers Group

The San Bernardino subarea accounts for 64.0 percent of the West Mojave’s land area,nearly 49.0 percent of the 2000 resident population, and nearly 48.0 percent of populationgrowth between 1990 and 2000. By comparison, the Los Angeles subarea only accounts for 7.0percent of the West Mojave’s land area, but 41.0 percent of the 2000 resident population, andover 50.0 percent of corresponding population growth. The Kern subarea accounted for 11.0percent of the 2000 population base but less than 2.0 percent of total corresponding growth.The Inyo subarea with roughly 600 residents accounts for less than 0.1 percent of the WestMojave population base and has experienced an overall decline in population since 1990. On acombined basis, the Los Angeles and San Bernardino subareas accounted for over 98.0 percentof total population growth between 1990 and 2000.Census data strongly suggest that population and housing growth throughout the WestMojave over the past 12 years area has been substantially concentrated within cities andunincorporated enclaves located closest to the major employment centers of Southern California.Chapter 3 3-202