Big River is a

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(CDP) in

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, California, United States. The population was 1,084 at the 2020 census, down from 1,327 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Big River is located on the west bank of the Colorado River at (34.134021, -114.369782). Since the river is mostly flowing west at this point, Big River is mostly north of the Arizona side. Immediately across the current flow of the river is Deer Island, shared between California and Arizona based on a previous course of the river as is much of the California/Arizona border. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land and of it (4.60%) is water.

Parks and Recreation

Parks in Big River are administered by the Big River Community Service District

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Big River had a population of 1,084. The population density was . The racial makeup of Big River was 76.6%

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, 0.9%

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, 7.1% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1%

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, 3.6% from other races, and 10.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.4% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 550 households, out of which 14.4% included children under the age of 18, 34.7% were married-couple households, 8.7% were

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couple households, 30.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 25.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 40.4% of households were one person, and 23.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.97. There were 272

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(49.5% of all households). The age distribution was 11.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% aged 18 to 24, 14.5% aged 25 to 44, 31.1% aged 45 to 64, and 38.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.8years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. There were 1,014 housing units at an average density of , of which 550 (54.2%) were occupied. Of these, 80.0% were owner-occupied, and 20.0% were occupied by renters.

Government

In the

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, Big River is in , and in . In the

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, Big River is in .

References

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