Salton Sea Beach is a

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(CDP) in

Imperial County, California Imperial County is a county on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 179,702, making it the least populous county in Southern California. The county seat is El Centro. Imperial is th ...

, located southeast of Desert Shores. The population was 508 at the 2020 census, up from 422 at the 2010 census, up from 392 at the 2000 census. It is part of the

El Centro, California El Centro ( Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the largest city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the core urban ar ...

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. It was the location of the

Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea, was a United States Navy military facility located eight miles south of Salton City, California on the west shore of the Salton Sea. History It was an auxiliary field to Naval Air Station San Diego commissio ...

Geography

Salton Sea Beach is located along the western shore of the

Salton Sea The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline body of water in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough that stretches to the Gul ...

, to the north of Salton City and to the south of Desert Shores along

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. The

has an extremely high salt content and is surrounded by salt flats which can easily be broken using one's hand.

Demographics

2010

The

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reported that Salton Sea Beach had a population of 422. The population density was . The racial makeup of Salton Sea Beach was 309 (73.2%)

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, 6 (1.4%)

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, 4 (0.9%) Native American, 2 (0.5%) Asian, 2 (0.5%)

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, 82 (19.4%) from

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, and 17 (4.0%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 229 persons (54.3%). The census reported that 422 people (100% of the population) lived in households and none were institutionalized or in non-institutionalized group quarters. There were 177 households, of which 44 (24.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 67 (37.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 14 (7.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 13 (7.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 8 (4.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships and 3 (1.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 74 households (41.8%) were made up of individuals, and 46 (26.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38. There were 94 families (53.1% of all households); the average family size was 3.36. 109 people (25.8%) were under the age of 18, 41 (9.7%) aged 18 to 24, 71 (16.8%) aged 25 to 44, 93 (22.0%) aged 45 to 64 and 108 (25.6%) were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.0. For every 100 females, there were 128.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.9 males. There were 338 housing units at an average density of , of which 177 were occupied, of which 125 (70.6%) were owner-occupied and 52 (29.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 12.9%. 304 people (72.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 118 people (28.0%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

At the 2000

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, there were 392 people, 200 households and 111 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 384 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.2%

, 2.0%

, 3.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 17.9% from

, and 3.1% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 22.5% of the population. There were 200 households, of which 14.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were

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living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.5% were non-families. 41.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 28.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.0 and the average family size was 2.6. 16.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 14.5% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 40.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males. The

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was $13,664 and the median family income was $14,457. Males had a median income of $33,750 and females $17,031. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

was $17,252. About 31.2% of families and 33.4% of the population were below the

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, including 58.3% of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government

In the

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, Salton Sea Beach is in , and . Federally, Salton Sea Beach is in . Water service is provided by the

Coachella Valley Water District The Coachella Valley Water District is an independent special district formed in 1918, specifically to protect and conserve local water sources in the Coachella Valley. Since then, the district has grown into a multi-faceted agency that delivers ...

References

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