Minkler is a

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in eastern

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, United States. The place is located on Highway 180, east-southeast of Centerville and 7.6 miles north of

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at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m). It has a population of 867 people, as of the 2020 census. The town is named for Charles O. Minkler, a local farmer. Minkler made headlines in February 2010 for a police shootout that took the lives of Fresno County Sheriff's

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Joel Whalenmair and

Police Department officer Javier Bejar, as well as the shooter, Rick Liles.

Demographics

Minkler first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Minkler had a population of 867. The population density was . The racial makeup of Minkler was 652 (75.2%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 12 (1.4%) Native American, 25 (2.9%) Asian, 1 (0.1%)

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, 59 (6.8%) from other races, and 118 (13.6%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 235 persons (27.1%). The whole population lived in households. There were 336 households, out of which 82 (24.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 186 (55.4%) were married-couple households, 27 (8.0%) were

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couple households, 64 (19.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 59 (17.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 87 households (25.9%) were one person, and 63 (18.8%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.58. There were 222

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(66.1% of all households). The age distribution was 159 people (18.3%) under the age of 18, 63 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 153 people (17.6%) aged 25 to 44, 268 people (30.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 224 people (25.8%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 51.8years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. There were 373 housing units at an average density of , of which 336 (90.1%) were occupied. Of these, 259 (77.1%) were owner-occupied, and 77 (22.9%) were occupied by renters.

References

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