Biola is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 1,427 at the 2020 census, down from 1,623 at the 2010 census. Biola is located north-northeast of

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, at an elevation of 253 feet (77 m).

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

History

Biola was founded by William Kerchoff in 1912. The name was an acronym of the "Bible Institute of Los Angeles". A post office operated in Biola from 1912 to 1918, and from 1920 to the present.

Demographics

Biola first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census.

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Biola had a population of 1,427. The population density was . The racial makeup of Biola was 316 (22.1%)

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, 3 (0.2%)

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, 46 (3.2%) Native American, 120 (8.4%) Asian, 3 (0.2%)

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, 725 (50.8%) from other races, and 214 (15.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,243 persons (87.1%). The whole population lived in households. There were 333 households, out of which 181 (54.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 155 (46.5%) were married-couple households, 17 (5.1%) were

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couple households, 104 (31.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 57 (17.1%) had a male householder with no partner present. 53 households (15.9%) were one person, and 28 (8.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.29. There were 272

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(81.7% of all households). The age distribution was 519 people (36.4%) under the age of 18, 167 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 353 people (24.7%) aged 25 to 44, 273 people (19.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 115 people (8.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 26.2years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. There were 344 housing units at an average density of , of which 333 (96.8%) were occupied. Of these, 179 (53.8%) were owner-occupied, and 154 (46.2%) were occupied by renters.

Climate

Climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of the true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions. The

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subtype for this climate is "

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