Auberry () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 3,238 at the 2020 census. Auberry is located on Little Sandy Creek west of Shaver Lake Heights, at an elevation of .

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (0.85%) is water.

Climate Auberry has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) with cool, rainy winters and hot, dry summers. Its average annual precipitation is . Its hardiness zone is 8a.PlantMaps hardiness zone for Auberry

History The Auberry post office was established in 1884, and following moves in 1887 and 1888, it was located at its present site in 1906. The place is named for Al Yarborough and is spelled phonetically as his name was pronounced.

The Auberry Band of the Mono people was called unaħpaahtyħ, (that which is on the other side [of the San Joaquin River]) in the Mono language.Sydney M. Lamb. 1957. Mono Grammar. University of California. Berkeley PhD dissertation. .pdf

Auberry was also a stop on the San Joaquin and Eastern Railroad, which was built to facilitate the construction of the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project.

Demographics

Auberry first appeared as a census-designated place in the 1990 United States census.

Racial and ethnic composition +Auberry CDP, California – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2000% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)1,7201,8572,34783.78%78.39%72.48%Black or African American alone (NH)88140.39%0.34%0.43%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)88742494.29%3.12%7.69%Asian alone (NH)1524310.73%1.01%0.96%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)2260.10%0.08%0.19%Other race alone (NH)05150.00%0.21%0.46%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)45902162.19%3.80%6.67%Hispanic or Latino (any race)1753093608.52%13.04%11.12%Total2,0532,3693,238 100.00%100.00%100.00%

2020 census As of the 2020 census, Auberry had a population of 3,238. The population density was . The median age was 45.8 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.8 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas. The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 1,267 households in Auberry, of which 24.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.3% were married-couple households, 6.2% were cohabiting couple households, 18.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55. There were 900 families (71.0% of all households).

There were 1,702 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,267 (74.4%) were occupied. Of occupied units, 80.7% were owner-occupied and 19.3% were occupied by renters. Of all housing units, 25.6% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5% and the rental vacancy rate was 0.3%.

Income and poverty The median household income was $75,000, and the per capita income was $36,622. About 8.8% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line.

Education Most of it is in the Sierra Unified School District for grades PreK-12. Parts of it are in the Pine Ridge Elementary School District and Sierra USD for grades 9-12 only. - Text list

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