Auberry () is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 3,238 at the 2020 census. Auberry is located on Little Sandy Creek west of Shaver Lake Heights, at an elevation of .

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.85%) is water.

Climate

Auberry has a

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(

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''Csa'') with cool, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. Its average annual

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is . Its

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is 8a.

History

The Auberry post office was established in 1884, and following moves in 1887 and 1888, it was located at its present site in 1906. The place is named for Al Yarborough and is spelled phonetically as his name was pronounced. The Auberry Band of the

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was called unaħpaahtyħ, (that which is on the other side f the San Joaquin River in the Mono language. Auberry was also a stop on the

San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad The San Joaquin & Eastern Railroad (SJ&E) was a standard gauge common carrier railroad that operated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Fresno County in the U.S. state of California. The line was abandoned in 1933. The railroa ...

, which was built to facilitate the construction of the

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Demographics

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Auberry had a population of 3,238. The population density was . The racial makeup of Auberry was 76.1%

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, 0.5%

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, 8.4% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.2%

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, 2.6% from other races, and 11.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.1% of the population. The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 1,267 households, out of which 24.0% included children under the age of 18, 55.3% were married-couple households, 6.2% were

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couple households, 19.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 18.9% had a male householder with no partner present. 23.8% of households were one person, and 13.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55. There were 900

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(71.0% of all households). The age distribution was 22.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% aged 18 to 24, 21.5% aged 25 to 44, 27.0% aged 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 45.8years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. There were 1,702 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,267 (74.4%) were occupied. Of these, 80.7% were owner-occupied, and 19.3% were occupied by renters. The median household income was $75,000, and the

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was $36,622. About 8.8% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Fresno County, California Populated places established in 1884 Census-designated places in California 1884 establishments in California