Quail Valley is a former

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(CDP) in

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. On October 1, 2008, the community along with the neighboring communities of Sun City and Menifee incorporated as the City of Menifee. The population when it was a CDP was 1,639 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Quail Valley is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,639 people, 484 households, and 369 families residing when it was a CDP. The population density was . There were 539 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 69.6%

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, 1.0%

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, 2.1% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.5%

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, 21.6% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 47.1% of the population. There were 484 households, out of which 49.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were

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living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.6% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.39 and the average family size was 3.86. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 37.3% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 108.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,344, and the median income for a family was $35,441. Males had a median income of $30,750 versus $16,548 for females. The

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for the CDP was $9,751. About 18.4% of families and 20.4% of the population were below the

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, including 23.8% of those under age 18 and 25.8% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the

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Quail Valley is located in the 37th

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District, represented by Republican

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, and in the 64th Assembly District, represented by Republican John J. Benoit. Federally, Quail Valley is located in

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, which is represented by Republican

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Neighborhoods in Menifee, California Communities in Riverside County, California Former census-designated places in Riverside County, California