Pike, formerly Pike City is a

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in Sierra County,

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, United States. Pike is west-southwest of Alleghany. The community was named after

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. The post office in Pike opened as Pike City Post Office in 1877, became Pike Post Office in 1895, and closed in 1954. The population was 134 at the 2010 census. Pike is the home of playwright and director

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Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 km), all of it land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Pike had a population of 159. The population density was . The racial makeup of Pike was 130 (81.8%)

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, 1 (0.6%)

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, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)

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, 2 (1.3%) from other races, and 26 (16.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11 persons (6.9%). The whole population lived in households. There were 75 households, out of which 14 (18.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 36 (48.0%) were married-couple households, 3 (4.0%) were

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couple households, 1 (1.3%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 35 (46.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 32 households (42.7%) were one person, and 15 (20.0%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.12. There were 42

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(56.0% of all households). The age distribution was 20 people (12.6%) under the age of 18, 2 people (1.3%) aged 18 to 24, 33 people (20.8%) aged 25 to 44, 40 people (25.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 64 people (40.3%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 56.9years. There were 87 males and 72 females. There were 87 housing units at an average density of , of which 75 (86.2%) were occupied. Of these, 57 (76.0%) were owner-occupied, and 18 (24.0%) were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Pike is in , and . Federally, Pike is in .

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Sierra County, California Census-designated places in California Populated places established in 1887 1887 establishments in California