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Arroyo Grande, California
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Location of Arroyo Grande in San Luis Obispo County, California
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 Arroyo Grande, California
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States | ||
| State | California | ||
| County | San Luis Obispo | ||
| Incorporated | July 10, 1911 | ||
| Named for | Big Dry Creek | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council–manager | ||
| • Body | Arroyo Grande City Council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 5.94 sq mi (15.38 km2) | ||
| • Land | 5.94 sq mi (15.38 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) 0% | ||
| Elevation | 118 ft (36 m) | ||
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 18,441 | ||
| • Density | 3,105.07/sq mi (1,198.85/km2) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) | ||
| ZIP codes |
93420-93421
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| Area code | 805 Exchanges: 202,345,356,473, 474,481,489,679,743,755 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-02868 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660271, 2409734 | ||
Arroyo Grande (Spanish for "Big Creek") is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 17,252 as of the 2010 Census.
History
The earliest inhabitants of the Arroyo Grande valley were Chumash Indians, who conducted extensive trade with other Native American tribes at considerable distance.
The first Europeans to see this stretch of coast were the crew of Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, working in the service of Spain. The Spanish Portolà expedition was the first European visit by land, passing through the area on September 4, 1769. When Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was established nearby, the Portolà trail became part of the road connecting the 21 Spanish missions (today called El Camino Real). Later, agricultural activities expanded into the area. The Arroyo Grande valley was found to have particularly fertile ground, and was given the name meaning "wide riverbed" in Spanish.
Francis Ziba Branch, originally from New York, saw the area on a hunting expedition during the period when California was part of Mexico. Branch married María Manuela Carlón, and this marriage entitled Branch to file claim for a Mexican land grant. In 1836 he and his wife and baby son moved onto Rancho Santa Manuela. They were managing a successful cattle ranching operation when California became a U.S. territory, and then a U.S. State. But some years later they suffered financial difficulties during a drought when many cattle died. They sold off smaller parcels of land to settlers.
In 1862, the San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors established the township of Arroyo Grande. Businesses developed along a road called Branch Street to serve local agriculture. A railroad depot was built in 1882. The city of Arroyo Grande was incorporated on July 10, 1911.
Arroyo Grande experienced rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, partially due to the expansion of the wastewater treatment plant, under an EPA Clean Water Grant, that removed a growth constraint. This federal grant program required preparation of an Environmental Impact Report, which document provided much of the initial environmental database for Arroyo Grande. Arroyo Grande is located in a coastal ecosystem within the California floristic province, and the native habitats include coast live oak woodland, central coastal scrub, willow and mixed riparian along Arroyo Grande Creek and numerous tributaries, native bunch-grass grassland, coastal prairie, dunes and intertidal zone, and non-native and agricultural areas.
Geography
Arroyo Grande is a small coastal town with historic, suburban, and rural elements located at 35°7′15″N 120°35′12″W / 35.12083°N 120.58667°W (35.120878, -120.586799). It is one of the cities on the Central Coast known as the Five Cities. The "Five Cities" is actually only 3 cities; Grover Beach, Pismo Beach, and Arroyo Grande. Oceano is a Community Service District and Shell Beach is part of Pismo Beach. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.8 square miles (15 km2), all of it land.
Climate
Arroyo Grande has a Temperate-Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb).
| Climate data for Arroyo Grande, California | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 85 (29) |
90 (32) |
90 (32) |
101 (38) |
100 (38) |
99 (37) |
104 (40) |
108 (42) |
100 (38) |
99 (37) |
91 (33) |
92 (33) |
108 (42) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 60 (16) |
61 (16) |
62 (17) |
64 (18) |
65 (18) |
66 (19) |
66 (19) |
67 (19) |
68 (20) |
67 (19) |
65 (18) |
60 (16) |
64 (18) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 45 (7) |
46 (8) |
47 (8) |
48 (9) |
50 (10) |
52 (11) |
54 (12) |
55 (13) |
54 (12) |
52 (11) |
48 (9) |
44 (7) |
50 (10) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 24 (−4) |
28 (−2) |
23 (−5) |
31 (−1) |
30 (−1) |
37 (3) |
38 (3) |
39 (4) |
35 (2) |
32 (0) |
29 (−2) |
24 (−4) |
23 (−5) |
| Average rainfall inches (mm) | 3.04 (77) |
3.96 (101) |
3.04 (77) |
1.14 (29) |
0.41 (10) |
0.07 (1.8) |
0.03 (0.76) |
0.07 (1.8) |
0.14 (3.6) |
0.87 (22) |
1.52 (39) |
2.73 (69) |
17.02 (432) |
| Source: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USCA0045 | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1890 | 466 | — | |
| 1920 | 760 | — | |
| 1930 | 892 | 17.4% | |
| 1940 | 1,090 | 22.2% | |
| 1950 | 1,723 | 58.1% | |
| 1960 | 3,291 | 91.0% | |
| 1970 | 7,454 | 126.5% | |
| 1980 | 11,290 | 51.5% | |
| 1990 | 14,378 | 27.4% | |
| 2000 | 15,851 | 10.2% | |
| 2010 | 17,252 | 8.8% | |
| 2020 | 18,441 | 6.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
2010
At the 2010 census Arroyo Grande had a population of 17,252. The population density was 2,956.5 people per square mile (1,141.5/km2). The racial makeup of Arroyo Grande was 14,710 (85.3%) White, 156 (0.9%) African American, 125 (0.7%) Native American, 595 (3.4%) Asian, 14 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 856 (5.0%) from other races, and 796 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,707 persons (15.7%).
The census reported that 17,078 people (99.0% of the population) lived in households, 62 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 112 (0.6%) were institutionalized.
There were 7,087 households, 2,027 (28.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,741 (52.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 653 (9.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 275 (3.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 346 (4.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 42 (0.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,968 households (27.8%) were one person and 1,017 (14.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41. There were 4,669 families (65.9% of households); the average family size was 2.93.
The age distribution was 3,633 people (21.1%) under the age of 18, 1,193 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 3,704 people (21.5%) aged 25 to 44, 5,229 people (30.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,493 people (20.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 45.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males.
There were 7,628 housing units at an average density of 1,307.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 4,686 (66.1%) were owner-occupied and 2,401 (33.9%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%. 11,345 people (65.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,733 people (33.2%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
At the 2000 census, there were 15,851 people in 6,478 households, including 4,353 families, in the city. The population density was 2,795.3 people per square mile (1,079.4/km2). There were 6,750 housing units at an average density of 1,190.3 per square mile (459.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 88.45% White, 0.62% African American, 0.45% Native American, 3.08% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 3.77% from other races, and 3.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.17% of the population.
Of the 6,478 households 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 27.3% of households were one person and 14.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.94.
The age distribution was 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% 65 or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $48,236, and the median family income was $55,494. Males had a median income of $41,304 versus $30,688 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,311. About 4.3% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
- Sally Jane Bruce - actress in The Night of the Hunter
- Zac Efron - actor
- Lou Ferrigno - TV and movie actor, best known for the title role in The Incredible Hulk
- Paul Flores - last man who saw Kristin Smart alive
- Horace Grant - former professional basketball player
- Jordan Hasay - middle-distance runner
- Robert Hunter - lyricist and singer-songwriter
- Ken Napzok - broadcaster, comedian, author of Why We Love Star Wars: The Great Moments That Built a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- Rita Quigley - film actress
- Harry Shum Jr. - actor, dancer and choreographer
- Sheila Varian - breeder of Arabian horses
- Robin Ventura - former professional baseball player and manager of Chicago White Sox
- Jimy Williams - former baseball manager
Images for kids
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The historic IOOF Building.
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See also
In Spanish: Arroyo Grande (California) para niños
