Lemon Cove, California

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Lemon Cove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California, United States. It is situated in the San Joaquin Valley near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The population was 298 at the 2020 census, down from 308 at the 2010 census.

Geography and ecology

Lemon Cove is located at Template:Coord (36.381425, -119.025917)<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> near the confluence of Lime Kiln Creek and the Kaweah River.

There are numerous flora and fauna species in the vicinity of Lemon Cove. The local Lime Kiln Creek watershed contains many wildflowers of numerous taxa; included in these are the yellow mariposa lily, Calochortus luteus.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Template:Webarchive</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/>

At the 2010 census, the CDP had a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.

Climate

Lemon Cove has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) typical of the foothills of California's Central Valley with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

Demographics

Lemon Cove first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.<ref name=2000CensusCA/>

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Lemon Cove had a population of 298. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Lemon Cove was 209 (70.1%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 5 (1.7%) Native American, 1 (0.3%) Asian, 1 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 29 (9.7%) from other races, and 53 (17.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 82 persons (27.5%).<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 117 households, out of which 49 (41.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 80 (68.4%) were married-couple households, 5 (4.3%) were cohabiting couple households, 28 (23.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 4 (3.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 13 households (11.1%) were one person, and 9 (7.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55.<ref name=DP1/> There were 102 families (87.2% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 70 people (23.5%) under the age of 18, 13 people (4.4%) aged 18 to 24, 73 people (24.5%) aged 25 to 44, 85 people (28.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 57 people (19.1%) who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 39.5Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 131 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 117 (89.3%) were occupied. Of these, 80 (68.4%) were owner-occupied, and 37 (31.6%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

2010

The 2010 United States census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> reported that Lemon Cove had a population of 308. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Lemon Cove was 261 (84.7%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 5 (1.6%) Native American, 3 (1.0%) Asian, 2 (0.6%) Pacific Islander, 12 (3.9%) from other races, and 25 (8.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 76 persons (24.7%).

The Census reported that 308 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 120 households, out of which 39 (32.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 53 (44.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 19 (15.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 7 (5.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 4 (3.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 37 households (30.8%) were made up of individuals, and 10 (8.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 79 families (65.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.16.

The population was spread out, with 82 people (26.6%) under the age of 18, 32 people (10.4%) aged 18 to 24, 58 people (18.8%) aged 25 to 44, 92 people (29.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 44 people (14.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.3 males.

There were 153 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 77 (64.2%) were owner-occupied, and 43 (35.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.0%. 202 people (65.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 106 people (34.4%) lived in rental housing units.

Government

In the California State Senate, Lemon Cove is in Template:Representative, and in the California State Assembly it is in Template:Representative.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the United States House of Representatives, Lemon Cove is in Template:Representative.<ref name=GT23>Template:Cite GovTrack</ref>

Notable people

• Willard Hershberger, baseball player.
• Susan Peters, Actress