Tranquillity is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It is located southeast of Mendota, at an elevation of . The population was 799 at the 2010 census, down from 813 at the 2000 census.

Tranquillity High School Tranquillity High School (founded in 1917) was formerly known as Tranquillity Union High School (TUHS) until THS and other satellite schools in the area combined and formed the Golden Plains Unified School District in the early 1990s. Prior to the ...

is the only high school in Tranquillity.

Geography

According to the

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

History

The first post office opened in Tranquillity in 1910. The town received recognition during a September 29, 1970 episode of the long-running television show Hee-Haw. It was part of the show's weekly "salute" feature, and co-host Buck Owens acknowledged the town's population, which at the time was 750. The episode had Ray Charles and Lynn Anderson as musical guests.

Demographics

2010

The

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reported that Tranquillity had a population of 799. The population density was . The racial makeup of Tranquillity was 504 (63.1%)

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, 9 (1.1%)

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, 13 (1.6%) Native American, 2 (0.3%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 251 (31.4%) from

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, and 20 (2.5%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 637 persons (79.7%). The Census reported that 799 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 229 households, out of which 120 (52.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 141 (61.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 21 (9.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 20 (8.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 15 (6.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 38 households (16.6%) were made up of individuals, and 13 (5.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.49. There were 182

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(79.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.98. The population was spread out, with 267 people (33.4%) under the age of 18, 55 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 206 people (25.8%) aged 25 to 44, 177 people (22.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 94 people (11.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.1 males. There were 255 housing units at an average density of , of which 229 were occupied, of which 145 (63.3%) were owner-occupied, and 84 (36.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 13.3%. 478 people (59.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 321 people (40.2%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the

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of 2000, there were 813 people, 236 households, and 193 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 249 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 48.83%

, 0.74%

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, 1.72% Native American, 3.69%

, 42.07% from

, and 2.95% from two or more races. 64.94% of the population were

of any race. There were 236 households, out of which 44.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were

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living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.8% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 3.82. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.6% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,857, and the median income for a family was $60,208. Males had a median income of $29,250 versus $17,222 for females. The

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for the CDP was $13,128. About 12.2% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the

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, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 17.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

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