Anchor Bay (formerly Anchor Bay Settlement) is a

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Mendocino County Mendocino County (; ''Mendocino'', Spanish language, Spanish for "of Antonio de Mendoza, Mendoza") is a County (United States), county located on the North Coast (California), North Coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United S ...

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. It is located northwest of Gualala, at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m). The population was 473 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of , all of it land.

Climate

The climate of Anchor Bay is

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, characterized by warm, dry summers, at times exceeding , and mild, rainy winters, with lows at night falling below freezing at times.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Anchor Bay had a population of 473. The population density was . The racial makeup of Anchor Bay was 83.5%

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, 0.0%

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, 0.8% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.0%

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, 5.1% from other races, and 9.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.6% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 246 households, out of which 7.7% included children under the age of 18, 42.3% were married-couple households, 8.1% were

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couple households, 28.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 21.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 39.4% of households were one person, and 22.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.92. There were 129

families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...

(52.4% of all households). The age distribution was 7.8% under the age of 18, 4.0% aged 18 to 24, 17.3% aged 25 to 44, 38.1% aged 45 to 64, and 32.8% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 60.4years. For every 100 females, there were 81.2 males. There were 372 housing units at an average density of , of which 246 (66.1%) were occupied. Of these, 80.1% were owner-occupied, and 19.9% were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Anchor Bay is in , and . Federally, Anchor Bay is in .

Personalities

References

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