Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California
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Green Valley is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...

, California
California
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. It lies at an elevation of 2936 feet (895 m). The population was 1,027 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 12.8 square miles (33.2 km²), all of which is land.

History

A station of the Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail
The Butterfield Overland Mail Trail was a stagecoach route in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. It was a conduit for the U.S. mail from two eastern termini, Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, meeting Fort Smith, Arkansas, and continuing through Indian Territory, New Mexico,...

 was located about a mile south on the San Francisquito Road into the 1960's at 38839 San Francisquito Canyon Road. It was torn down by 1966, building is believed to a have been in use at the time the Butterfield stage line used this route from 1858 to 1861. This would have been Widow Smith's Station 24 miles southeast from French John's Station (that was located just west of Neenach
Neenach, California
Neenach is an agricultural settlement in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, with a population of about 800. It is facing a massive change with the proposed construction of a 23,000-home planned community to its north called Centennial....

) and 10 miles north of King's Station located in the lower San Francisquito Canyon.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Green Valley had a population of 1,027. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 was 80.2 people per square mile (31.0/km²). The racial makeup of Green Valley was 901 (87.7%) White, 8 (0.8%) African American, 11 (1.1%) Native American, 12 (1.2%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 35 (3.4%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

, and 59 (5.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 123 persons (12.0%).

The Census reported that 1,027 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 443 households, out of which 116 (26.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 214 (48.3%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 living together, 31 (7.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 39 (8.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 32 (7.2%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....

, and 3 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 129 households (29.1%) were made up of individuals and 29 (6.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32. There were 284 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...

(64.1% of all households); the average family size was 2.81.

The population was spread out with 195 people (19.0%) under the age of 18, 71 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 199 people (19.4%) aged 25 to 44, 429 people (41.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 133 people (13.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.0 years. For every 100 females there were 113.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.7 males.

There were 515 housing units at an average density of 40.2 per square mile (15.5/km²), of which 359 (81.0%) were owner-occupied, and 84 (19.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.3%. 862 people (83.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 165 people (16.1%) lived in rental housing units.
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