Grangeville is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Kings County, California, United States. It is part of the
Hanford–
Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 508 at the
2020 Census. The community is located west-northwest of
Hanford,
at an elevation of .
A post office operated at Grangeville from 1874 to 1920.
Grangeville was founded in 1874 by James A. Hackett and Peter Kanawyer. It is the oldest existing community in Kings County. When the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper ...
bypassed Grangeville in 1876, the thriving new community dwindled in size and importance.
Demographics
The
2020 United States census reported that Grangeville had a population of 508. The population density was . The racial makeup of Grangeville was 318 (62.6%)
White
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, 7 (1.4%)
African American
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, 6 (1.2%)
Native American, 27 (5.3%)
Asian, 1 (0.2%)
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 80 (15.7%) from
other races, and 69 (13.6%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 171 persons (33.7%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 171 households, out of which 67 (39.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 112 (65.5%) were married-couple households, 8 (4.7%) were
cohabiting couple households, 20 (11.7%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 31 (18.1%) had a male householder with no partner present. 26 households (15.2%) were one person, and 7 (4.1%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.97.
[ There were 139 families (81.3% of all households).][
There were 178 housing units at an average density of , of which 171 (96.1%) were occupied. Of these, 119 (69.6%) were owner-occupied, and 52 (30.4%) were occupied by renters.][
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References
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Census-designated places in Kings County, California
Census-designated places in California