Cold Springs (formerly, Cold Spring) is a

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. It is located west of Placerville, at an elevation of 1207 feet (368 m). It has a population of 556, as of the 2020 census. A post office operated at Cold Spring (as it was then called) from in or before 1852 to 1874.

Demographics

Cold Springs first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Cold Springs had a population of 556. The population density was . The racial makeup of Cold Springs was 477 (85.8%)

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, 6 (1.1%)

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, 3 (0.5%)

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, 5 (0.9%) Asian, 1 (0.2%)

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, 19 (3.4%) from

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, and 45 (8.1%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 52 persons (9.4%). The whole population lived in households. There were 253 households, out of which 44 (17.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 140 (55.3%) were married-couple households, 14 (5.5%) were

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couple households, 87 (34.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 12 (4.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 64 households (25.3%) were one person, and 43 (17.0%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.2. There were 177

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(70.0% of all households). The age distribution was 83 people (14.9%) under the age of 18, 26 people (4.7%) aged 18 to 24, 94 people (16.9%) aged 25 to 44, 147 people (26.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 206 people (37.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 59.5years. For every 100 females, there were 103.7 males. There were 270 housing units at an average density of , of which 253 (93.7%) were occupied. Of these, 203 (80.2%) were owner-occupied, and 50 (19.8%) were occupied by renters.

References

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