Parker Strip 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 La Paz County,

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, United States. The population was 662 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Parker Strip is located in the northwest corner of La Paz County. It lies along the

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and includes

Parker Dam Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is high, of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in ...

, which forms

Lake Havasu Lake Havasu () is a large reservoir formed by Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the Arizonan side of the lake with its Californian coun ...

. To the northwest, across the Colorado River, is

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, and to the north, across an arm of Lake Havasu formed by the

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, is Mohave County. Arizona State Route 95 runs through the length of Parker Strip, leading north to Lake Havasu City and southwest to Parker. According to the

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, the Parker Strip CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 24.86%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,302 people, 1,589 households, and 953 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,925 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.6%

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, 0.6%

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, 2.0% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 2.2% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 9.1% of the population. There were 1,589 households, out of which 16.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were

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living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.57. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 16.0% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 34.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,675, and the median income for a family was $38,139. Males had a median income of $34,924 versus $23,614 for females. The

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for the CDP was $21,675. About 10.9% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the

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, including 25.5% of those under age 18 and 14.8% of those age 65 or over.

Infrastructure

Utilities

Parker Strip is served by the Buckskin Sanitary District.

Public safety

Parker Strip is served by the Buckskin Fire District.https://www.buckskinfd.com/?page_id=389

References

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