East Blythe, California

Infobox Settlement
official_name = East Blythe, California
settlement_type = CDP


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map_caption = Location in Riverside County and the state of California


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_name2 = Riverside
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area_total_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 0.5
area_land_km2 = 1.3
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elevation_ft = 269
elevation_m = 82
population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3
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population_density_km2 = 2.3
population_density_sq_mi = 6
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postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 92225
area_code = 760
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blank_info = 06-20536
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East Blythe is a census-designated place (CDP) in Riverside County, California, United States. The 2000 census population was three. According to the United States Census Bureau, it is one of only nine places or townships in the United States with a population of three people. The others are
North Red River Township, Minnesota, Rulien Township, Minnesota, Hush Lake, Minnesota, Pfeiffer Lake, Minnesota, Livermore, New Hampshire, Hillsview, South Dakota, Point of Rocks, Wyoming, and Hobart Bay, Alaska.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), all of it land.

While residents of Blythe still make the distinction between East Blythe and Blythe, the larger City of Blythe annexed the smaller community of East Blythe in the early 1990s when Blythe grew from convert|5|sqmi|km2|0 to convert|26.8|sqmi|km2|1 in size. The new city limits of Blythe extend from Arizona border at the center of the Colorado River, approximately convert|20|mi|km|-1 west of town along Interstate 10 to Ironwood and Chuckawalla State Prison. In the 1990s, as the prisons were being built, the City of Blythe performed a "strip annexation", including in the City's limits a one-foot wide stip of land all the way to the State Prisons. The purpose of the annexation was to boost the city's income. The city's actual population figures are skewed by this fact, as the prisons house over 10,000 people that are counted as City of Blythe residents by the Census Bureau.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were three people, two households, and one family residing in the CDP. The population density was 5.8 people per square mile (2.3/km²). There were two housing units at an average density of 3.9/sq mi (1.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 100.00% White.

The two households consisted of a married couple living together (one forty-six and one twenty-five to forty-four) and a woman living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 1.5 and the average family size was two.

Politics

In the state legislature East Blythe is located in the 40th Senate District, represented by Democrat Denise Moreno Ducheny, and in the 80th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bonnie Garcia. Federally, East Blythe is located in California's 45th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +3 [cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2008-02-10] and is represented by Republican Mary Bono Mack.

ee also

*Blythe, California
*Blythe Intaglios
*Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
*Chuckawalla Valley
*Chuckwalla
*Chuckwalla Mountains
*Chocolate Mountains
*Desert Center
*Coachella Valley
*Big Maria Mountains
*McCoy Mountains
*list of places in the United States with an official population less than 10
*list of places with fewer than ten residents
*Cadiz, California
*Mule Mountains (California)
*Palo Verde, California

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