Pine Grove is a

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Amador County Amador County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson, California, Jackson. Ama ...

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. It lies at an elevation of 2513 feet (766 m). The population was 2,891 at the 2020 census. The current boundaries of Pine Grove include the former mining towns of Clinton and Irishtown. The town also is home to Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park. A post office opened in Pine Grove in 1856.

Demographics

Pine Grove first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Pine Grove had a population of 2,891. The population density was . The racial makeup of Pine Grove was 84.1%

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, 0.6%

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, 1.7% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.4%

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, 2.8% from other races, and 9.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.9% of the population. The Census reported that 99.6% of the population lived in households, 0.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and none were institutionalized. There were 1,274 households, out of which 16.8% included children under the age of 18, 53.7% were married-couple households, 5.3% were

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couple households, 20.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 20.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 29.4% of households were one person, and 18.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.26. There were 825

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(64.8% of all households). The age distribution was 15.6% under the age of 18, 4.7% aged 18 to 24, 18.3% aged 25 to 44, 30.3% aged 45 to 64, and 31.2% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 55.7years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. There were 1,432 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,274 (89.0%) were occupied. Of these, 83.9% were owner-occupied, and 16.1% were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Pine Grove is in , and . Federally, Pine Grove is in .

References

External links

Pine Grove web site
{{authority control Census-designated places in Amador County, California Census-designated places in California