Stevinson is an

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and

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Merced County Merced County ( ) is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 281,202. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after ...

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. It is located west of

Merced Merced (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 86,333, up ...

at an elevation of . The population was 275 at the 2020 census, down from 313 at the 2010 census. The Stevinson post office opened in 1907. The name honors James J. Stevinson, who bought land nearby in 1852. The town is noted for its bullring, where Portuguese bullfighting is staged regularly. It is one of several bullrings maintained by the Portuguese-American community throughout California's Central Valley. The US Army built the Howard Auxiliary Field (1942-1944) to train

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pilots in Stevinson.

Geography

Stevinson is in northwestern Merced County, north of the intersection of State Routes 140 and

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. SR 140 leads east to Merced, the

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, and southwest to Gustine, while SR 165 leads north to

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and south to Los Banos. According to the

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, the Stevinson CDP covers an area of , all of it land.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the

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system, Stevinson has a

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, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

The 2020 United States census reported that Stevinson had a population of 275. The population density was . The racial makeup of Stevinson was 171 (62.2%)

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, 0 (0.0%)

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, 1 (0.4%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 1 (0.4%)

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, 79 (28.7%) from other races, and 23 (8.4%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 133 persons (48.4%). The whole population lived in households. There were 81 households, out of which 39 (48.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 46 (56.8%) were married-couple households, 6 (7.4%) were

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couple households, 13 (16.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 16 (19.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 5 households (6.2%) were one person, and 1 (1.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.4. There were 70

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(86.4% of all households). The age distribution was 79 people (28.7%) under the age of 18, 21 people (7.6%) aged 18 to 24, 64 people (23.3%) aged 25 to 44, 71 people (25.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 40 people (14.5%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 37.3years. For every 100 females, there were 111.5 males. There were 85 housing units at an average density of , of which 81 (95.3%) were occupied. Of these, 47 (58.0%) were owner-occupied, and 34 (42.0%) were occupied by renters.

References

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