Dorrington, California

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., 99.88% of it land. The elevation is 4,800 feet ASL.

History

Originally known as Cold Springs Ranch, the town's name changed upon establishment of the post office in 1902. The name Dorrington comes from the maiden name of Rebecca (Dorrington) Gardner. Famed naturalist John Muir visited a large Sugar Pine Tree here on August 22, 1900 with C. Hart Merriam and Florence Merriam Bailey on a trip between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite.[1] The post office was discontinued in 1919, but re-established in 1921 and closed for good in 1934.[2]

Demographics

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Historical population
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Dorrington first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.[17]

2020 census

Dorrington CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[19] Pop 2010[20] Pop 2020[21] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 664 550 428 91.33% 90.31% 82.47%
Black or African American alone (NH) 3 0 3 0.41% 0.00% 0.58%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 1 2 4 0.14% 0.33% 0.77%
Asian alone (NH) 2 10 15 0.28% 1.64% 2.89%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 1 0 0.00% 0.16% 0.00%
Other race alone (NH) 3 0 2 0.41% 0.00% 0.39%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 15 13 22 2.06% 2.13% 4.24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 39 33 45 5.36% 5.42% 8.67%
Total 727 609 519 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

The 2020 United States census reported that Dorrington had a population of 519. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of Dorrington was 435 (83.8%) White, 3 (0.6%) African American, 4 (0.8%) Native American, 16 (3.1%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 11 (2.1%) from other races, and 50 (9.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 45 persons (8.7%).[22]

The whole population lived in households. There were 276 households, out of which 43 (15.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 130 (47.1%) were married-couple households, 9 (3.3%) were cohabiting couple households, 52 (18.8%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 85 (30.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 104 households (37.7%) were one person, and 51 (18.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.88.[22] There were 163 families (59.1% of all households).[23]

The age distribution was 43 people (8.3%) under the age of 18, 30 people (5.8%) aged 18 to 24, 68 people (13.1%) aged 25 to 44, 163 people (31.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 215 people (41.4%) who were 65Script error: No such module "String".years of age or older. The median age was 61.0Script error: No such module "String".years. For every 100 females, there were 143.7 males.[22]

There were 1,746 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which 276 (15.8%) were occupied. Of these, 233 (84.4%) were owner-occupied, and 43 (15.6%) were occupied by renters.[22]

Politics

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References

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