Rio Oso (

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: ''Río Oso'', meaning "Bear River") is a

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(CDP) in

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. Rio Oso sits at an elevation of . The ZIP Code is 95674. The community is inside

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. The 2010 United States census reported Rio Oso's population was 356.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP covers an area of 6.5 square miles (16.9 km), all of it land.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Rio Oso had a population of 372. The population density was . The racial makeup of Rio Oso was 274 (73.7%)

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, 8 (2.2%)

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, 4 (1.1%) Native American, 8 (2.2%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)

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, 36 (9.7%) from other races, and 42 (11.3%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 61 persons (16.4%). The whole population lived in households. There were 127 households, out of which 42 (33.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 88 (69.3%) were married-couple households, 5 (3.9%) were

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couple households, 13 (10.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 21 (16.5%) had a male householder with no partner present. 19 households (15.0%) were one person, and 10 (7.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.93. There were 104

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(81.9% of all households). The age distribution was 96 people (25.8%) under the age of 18, 40 people (10.8%) aged 18 to 24, 66 people (17.7%) aged 25 to 44, 110 people (29.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 60 people (16.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 40.4years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. There were 144 housing units at an average density of , of which 127 (88.2%) were occupied. Of these, 100 (78.7%) were owner-occupied, and 27 (21.3%) were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the

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, Rio Oso is located in the 6th Senate District, represented by Republican Roger Niello, and in the 3rd Assembly District, represented by Republican James Gallagher. Federally, Rio Oso is in .

Notable person

Wally Herger Walter William Herger Jr. (born May 20, 1945) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, his district was the state's largest c ...

, former member of the

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References

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