Lemon Hill is a
census-designated place
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in an unincorporated area of
Sacramento County
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Sacrament ...
,
California
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, south of the city of
Sacramento
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.
[ Lemon Hill sits at an elevation of .][ The 2020 United States census reported Lemon Hill's population was 14,496.
Prior to the 2010 United States census, Lemon Hill was grouped with ]Parkway
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Over the years, many different types of roads have been labeled p ...
and Fruitridge Pocket in the Parkway-South Sacramento, California CDP.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 1.6 square miles (4.2 km), all of it land.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Lemon Hill had a population of 14,496. The population density was . The racial makeup of Lemon Hill was 20.1% White
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, 10.4% African American
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, 2.4% Native American, 20.4% Asian, 4.4% Pacific Islander
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, 30.6% from other races, and 11.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino
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of any race were 46.4% of the population.[
There were 4,302 households, out of which 45.0% included children under the age of 18, 37.7% were married-couple households, 10.6% were ]cohabiting
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couple households, 30.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 20.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 18.7% of households were one person, and 6.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.36.[ There were 3,123 ]families
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(72.6% of all households).
The age distribution was 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% aged 18 to 24, 28.2% aged 25 to 44, 21.7% aged 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 31.2years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males.[
There were 4,502 housing units at an average density of , of which 4,302 (95.6%) were occupied. Of these, 40.1% were owner-occupied, and 59.9% were occupied by renters.][
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 29.8% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 45.8% spoke only English at home, 30.9% spoke ]Spanish
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, 4.3% spoke other Indo-European languages
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, 18.7% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 0.3% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 69.2% were high school graduates and 8.9% had a bachelor's degree.
The median household income in 2023 was $49,441, and the per capita income
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was $21,760. About 22.3% of families and 28.3% of the population were below the poverty line.
References
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Census-designated places in Sacramento County, California
Census-designated places in California