Butte Creek Canyon is an

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and

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(CDP) in Butte County,

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. Butte Creek Canyon sits at an elevation of 1024 feet (312 m) in the

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foothills. The 2020 United States census reported Butte Creek Canyon's population was 780, down from 1,086 at the 2010 census. In November 2018, the Camp Fire destroyed a large portion of the town.

Demographics

Butte Creek Canyon first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Butte Creek Canyon had a population of 780. The population density was . The racial makeup of Butte Creek Canyon was 87.1%

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, 0.0%

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, 1.3% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.5%

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, 2.3% from other races, and 7.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.5% of the population. There were 323 households, out of which 23.8% included children under the age of 18, 57.0% were married-couple households, 8.0% were

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couple households, 12.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 22.9% had a male householder with no partner present. 18.3% of households were one person, and 10.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41. There were 234

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(72.4% of all households). The age distribution was 15.6% under the age of 18, 3.7% aged 18 to 24, 14.6% aged 25 to 44, 30.5% aged 45 to 64, and 35.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 58.4years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. There were 392 housing units at an average density of , of which 323 (82.4%) were occupied. Of these, 84.2% were owner-occupied, and 15.8% were occupied by renters.

Education

Almost all of it is in the

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. A small part of the CDP extends into the Paradise Unified School District.
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References

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