[Paula Peterson, South Tahoe Now]
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – The 2020 Census shows El Dorado County grew by about 10,000 residents with the largest percentage of those new residents on the western slope, and that will be changing the supervisorial boundaries.
The population estimate in 2020 was 191,185, and since then another 2,036 people have moved into El Dorado County.
Every decade the census is completed and the boundaries of elected officials from supervisors up to congress members are adjusted if necessary to match the population at the time.
In El Dorado County, about 12,805 people will be changing their supervisor district due to populations shifts. District 5, where South Lake Tahoe and Meyers are located, is expanding further to the southwest.
District 1 – 37,579 residents. As much of the El Dorado Hills population as possible has been kept in a single district.
District 2 – 40,320 residents. Contains all […]