Garey, California
Garey | |
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 Location of Garey in Santa Barbara County, California. | |
  Garey Position in California. | |
| Coordinates: 34°53′09″N 120°18′50″W / 34.88583°N 120.31389°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Santa Barbara |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.269 sq mi (3.286 km2) |
| • Land | 1.265 sq mi (3.276 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.010 km2) 0.30% |
| Elevation | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 72 |
| • Density | 57/sq mi (22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 93454 |
| Area code | 805 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2583023 |
| U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garey, California | |
Garey is a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California located east of U.S. Route 101 about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Santa Maria and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Sisquoc. The ZIP Code is 93454, and the community is inside area code 805. The population was 68 at the 2010 census.
History
[edit]Garey was founded in 1889, named after horticulturalist Thomas Garey.[4]
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), 99.70% of it land, and 0.30% of it water.
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
At the 2010 census Garey had a population of 68. The population density was 53.6 inhabitants per square mile (20.7/km2). The racial makeup of Garey was 53 (77.9%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 1 (1.5%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 5 (7.4%) from other races, and 9 (13.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21 people (30.9%).[6]
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 28 households, 6 (21.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 15 (53.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3 (10.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 0 (0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 0 (0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 10 households (35.7%) were one person and 3 (10.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43. There were 18 families (64.3% of households); the average family size was 3.17.
The age distribution was 13 people (19.1%) under the age of 18, 4 people (5.9%) aged 18 to 24, 17 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 25 people (36.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 9 people (13.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 45.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.5 males.
There were 29 housing units at an average density of 22.9 per square mile, of the occupied units 20 (71.4%) were owner-occupied and 8 (28.6%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 0%. 42 people (61.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 26 people (38.2%) lived in rental housing units.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Census Archived 2012-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garey, California
- ^ "US Census Bureau". www.census.gov. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ David W. Kean, Wide Places in the California Roads: The encyclopedia of California's small towns and the roads that lead to them (Volume 1 of 4: Southern California Counties), p. 68
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Garey CDP". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
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