Doyle is a

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. It is located southeast of Susanville, at an elevation of 4275 feet (1303 m). It is located northwest of

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. The ZIP Code is 96109. The community is inside

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. It is located within a

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named after the town, while the population of the town itself was not given. Its population is 536 as of the 2020 census, down from 678 from the 2010 census.

History

Oscar Doyle settled at the site in the 1870s and donated land for the town. The first post office at Doyle opened in 1908. The town lost 33 homes in the

Beckwourth Complex Fire The Beckwourth Complex was a wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Plumas and Lassen counties. The two major fires of the complex, the Dotta Fire and the Sugar Fire, started on June 30 and July 2 northeast of Beckwourth, ...

in July 2021.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 6.1 square miles (15.8 km), over 99% of which is land.

Climate

Doyle has a

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(Csb), according to the

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system. Due to its relative aridity, it nearly qualifies as having a steppe climate (BSk).

Demographics

The

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reported that Doyle had a population of 678. The population density was . The racial makeup of Doyle was 583 (86.0%)

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, 14 (2.1%)

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, 37 (5.5%) Native American, 3 (0.4%)

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, 2 (0.3%)

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, 12 (1.8%) from

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, and 27 (4.0%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 55 persons (8.1%). The Census reported that 678 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 261 households, out of which 81 (31.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 125 (47.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 36 (13.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 20 (7.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 28 (10.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (0.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships; 68 households (26.1%) were made up of individuals, and 20 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60. There were 181

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(69.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.02. The population age range was spread out, with 157 people (23.2%) under the age of 18, 49 people (7.2%) aged 18 to 24, 159 people (23.5%) aged 25 to 44, 227 people (33.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 86 people (12.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males. There were 318 housing units at an average density of , of which 178 (68.2%) were owner-occupied, and 83 (31.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 6.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.8%. 448 people (66.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 230 people (33.9%) lived in rental housing units.

Politics

In the state legislature, Doyle is in , and . Federally, Doyle is in .

References

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