Ballico is a

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in Merced County,

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, United States. It is located northwest of Atwater at an elevation of 151 feet (46 m). The population was 347 at the 2020 United States census, down from 406 in 2010. Ballico is located in the northern part of Merced County, just north of where the Santa Fe railroad (the original

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line) crosses the

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is to the west,

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to the northwest, and Cressey is across the river to the southeast. The ZIP Code is 95303. The community is inside

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. The name is a

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of Ballantine Company, owner of the ranch on which the town was built.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of , all of it land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Ballico had a population of 347. The population density was . The racial makeup of Ballico was 50.7%

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, 0.3%

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, 4.9% Native American, 4.3% Asian, 0.0%

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, 20.7% from other races, and 19.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 50.4% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 118 households, out of which 50.0% included children under the age of 18, 57.6% were married-couple households, 7.6% were

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couple households, 20.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 11.9% of households were one person, and 5.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.94. There were 100

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(84.7% of all households). The age distribution was 25.6% under the age of 18, 12.1% aged 18 to 24, 23.6% aged 25 to 44, 27.4% aged 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 32.9years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. There were 119 housing units at an average density of , of which 118 (99.2%) were occupied. Of these, 58.5% were owner-occupied, and 41.5% were occupied by renters.

Government

Local

The Turlock Irrigation District provides irrigation water and electrical service. Ballico and Cressey share an elementary school district.

State and federal

In the

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, Ballico is in , and in . In the

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, Ballico is in .

References

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