Buena Vista, Amador County, California
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Buena Vista (
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for "Good View") is a
census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in
Amador County Amador County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson. Amador County, located within California's Gold Country, is known as "The ...
,
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. It lies at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m). It is located south-southeast of Ione, at . The community is in ZIP code 95640 and
area code 209 Area codes 209 and 350 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of California. Their service area includes Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Merced, Winton, Atwater, Livingston, Manteca, Ripon, Tr ...
. The population was 429 at the 2010 census.


History

A post office operated at Buena Vista from 1866 to 1878. It was briefly known as The Corners.


Current situation

Buena Vista is located near 67-acre
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called the
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''Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians.'' Retrieved 29 May 2012.
The rancheria is administered by the
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok in Amador County, California. The Buena Vista Miwok are Sierra Miwok, an indigenous people of California.federally recognized tribe This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...
, whose tribal chairperson is Pope Rhonda Morningstar.


Demographics

The
2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...
reported that Buena Vista had a population of 429. The population density was . The racial makeup of Buena Vista was 365 (85.1%)
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, 1 (0.2%)
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, 23 (5.4%) Native American, 0 (0.0%)
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, 0 (0.0%)
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, 12 (2.8%) from
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, and 28 (6.5%) from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 35 persons (8.2%). The Census reported that 429 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 180 households, out of which 61 (33.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 58 (32.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 37 (20.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 17 (9.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 19 (10.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (1.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 58 households (32.2%) were made up of individuals, and 21 (11.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38. There were 112
families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...
(62.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.93. The population was spread out, with 109 people (25.4%) under the age of 18, 21 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 91 people (21.2%) aged 25 to 44, 139 people (32.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 69 people (16.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males. There were 218 housing units at an average density of , of which 180 were occupied, of which 133 (73.9%) were owner-occupied, and 47 (26.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 8.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 25.8%. 289 people (67.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 140 people (32.6%) lived in rental housing units.


Politics

In the state legislature, Buena Vista is in , and . Federally, Buena Vista is in .


References


External links

* {{authority control Census-designated places in Amador County, California Census-designated places in California