Camino (

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El Dorado County, California El Dorado County (; ''El Dorado'', Spanish for "The Golden ne), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. Th ...

, and, per the 2010 census, has a population of 1,750. According to the

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, it lies at an elevation of 3133 feet (955 m.), but the elevation actually ranges between 3,000 and 3,500 feet. Being well more than half a mile above sea level, it snows several times per year in the community. Nearby cities and towns include Pollock Pines, Placerville, Diamond Springs,

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, Grizzly Flats,

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, Coloma, Garden Valley, Cameron Park,

Shingle Springs Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census, up from 2,643 at the 2000 census. ...

, and Lotus. Camino is a popular area in the fall for apple picking. As a result, Camino is often incorrectly mistaken as Apple Hill. It is also known for its many Christmas tree farm ranches and the annual Apple Hill Run. Camino is located about halfway between

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and

South Lake Tahoe South Lake Tahoe is the most populous incorporated city in El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The city's population was 21,330 at the 2020 census, down from 21,403 at the 2010 census. The city, along the ...

U.S. Route 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...

. Its first post office opened in 1904. The ZIP code is 95709. The Camino community is inside

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Demographics

Camino first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Camino had a population of 1,871. The population density was . The racial makeup of Camino was 1,545 (82.6%)

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, 5 (0.3%)

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, 10 (0.5%) Native American, 14 (0.7%) Asian, 4 (0.2%)

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, 81 (4.3%) from other races, and 212 (11.3%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 154 persons (8.2%). The whole population lived in households. There were 782 households, out of which 190 (24.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 435 (55.6%) were married-couple households, 55 (7.0%) were

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couple households, 152 (19.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 140 (17.9%) had a male householder with no partner present. 180 households (23.0%) were one person, and 116 (14.8%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.39. There were 563

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(72.0% of all households). The age distribution was 331 people (17.7%) under the age of 18, 84 people (4.5%) aged 18 to 24, 340 people (18.2%) aged 25 to 44, 519 people (27.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 597 people (31.9%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 55.3years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. There were 847 housing units at an average density of , of which 782 (92.3%) were occupied. Of these, 570 (72.9%) were owner-occupied, and 212 (27.1%) were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Camino is in , and . Federally, Camino is in .

Climate

The

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subtype for this climate is " Csa"(Mediterranean Climate).Climate Summary for Camino, CA
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References

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