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 ...
California
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area code 530
Area codes 530 and 837 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in northeastern and Northern California. 530 was created in 1997 in an area code split of 916 and 837 was added to the same numbering plan area as an ov ...
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 5.3 square miles (13.7 km), all of it land.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Meridian had a population of 304. The population density was . The racial makeup of Meridian was 221 (72.7%)
White
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, 0 (0.0%)
African American
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Pacific Islander
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, 44 (14.5%) from other races, and 29 (9.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 64 persons (21.1%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 128 households, out of which 37 (28.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 70 (54.7%) were married-couple households, 5 (3.9%) were cohabiting couple households, 28 (21.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 25 (19.5%) had a male householder with no partner present. 37 households (28.9%) were one person, and 20 (15.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.38. There were 85
families
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(66.4% of all households).
The age distribution was 62 people (20.4%) under the age of 18, 22 people (7.2%) aged 18 to 24, 55 people (18.1%) aged 25 to 44, 102 people (33.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 63 people (20.7%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 47.6years. For every 100 females, there were 87.7 males.
There were 144 housing units at an average density of , of which 128 (88.9%) were occupied. Of these, 84 (65.6%) were owner-occupied, and 44 (34.4%) were occupied by renters.
Senate
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