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Inyo County

county in California, United States
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Summary

Inyo County is a county of California[1]. It draws 1,631 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #19 of 58).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Independence[5]
  • Shares border with: Tulare County[6], Mono County[7], Esmeralda County[8], Nye County[9], Clark County[10], San Bernardino County[11], Kern County[12], Fresno County[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Independence[14]
  • Commons category: Inyo County, California[15]
  • Inception: 1866[16]
  • Coordinate location: 36.583333333333, -117.41666666667[17]
  • Authority: County of Inyo[18]
  • Official website: https://www.inyocounty.us/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Inyo County, California[20]
  • Population: 18,546[21], 18,535[22], 18,423[23], 18,441[24], 18,467[25], 18,260[26], 18,593[27], 18,039[28], 19,016[29]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Inyo County, California[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Inyo County, California[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Inyo County, California[32]
  • Number of households: 7954[33]
  • Native label: Inyo County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107887[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Inyo County, California[36]
  • Area: 26,488[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.24[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Inyo County, California[39]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Bishop micropolitan area[40], Central Sierra[41]
  • Per capita income: 33,404[42]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Inyo County include Tulainyo Lake[43], a lake[44], in United States[45] and inyoite[46], a mineral species[47].

Why It Matters

Inyo County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Tulainyo Lake[43], a lake[44], in United States[45] and inyoite[46], a mineral species[47].

Related Entities

California Mount Whitney United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Inyo County, Califo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Inyo County, California.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009010
    Taxonomicon id → 1804324
    Umls cui → C3829506
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  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → National Register of Historic Places listings in Inyo County, California
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 36.583333333333, 'longitude': -117.41666666667}
    Number of households → {'amount': '+7954'}
    Population → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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