Bluewater is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 116 at the 2020 census, down from 172 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Bluewater is located at (34.180214, -114.250531). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of . of it is land and of it (22.0%) is water.

Climate

This area has a large amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air and high pressure. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system, Bluewater has a

desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

, abbreviated "Bwh" on climate maps.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Bluewater had a population of 116. The population density was . The racial makeup of Bluewater was 97 (83.6%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...

, 4 (3.4%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)

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, 6 (5.2%) from other races, and 9 (7.8%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 10 persons (8.6%) The whole population lived in households. There were 67 households, out of which 9 (13.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 28 (41.8%) were married-couple households, 3 (4.5%) were

cohabiting Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...

couple households, 18 (26.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 18 (26.9%) had a male householder with no partner present. 28 households (41.8%) were one person, and 14 (20.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.73. There were 32

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 ...

(47.8% of all households). The age distribution was 8 people (6.9%) under the age of 18, 0 people (0.0%) aged 18 to 24, 12 people (10.3%) aged 25 to 44, 42 people (36.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 54 people (46.6%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 62.3years. There were 49 males and 67 females. There were 424 housing units at an average density of , of which 67 (15.8%) were occupied. Of these, 62 (92.5%) were owner-occupied, and 5 (7.5%) were occupied by renters.

Government

In the

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, Bluewater is in , and in . In the

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, Bluewater is in .

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in San Bernardino County, California Communities in the Lower Colorado River Valley Census-designated places in California California populated places on the Colorado River