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Granite Bay, California
Granite Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 21,247 at the 2020 census, up from 20,402 at the 2010 census. The ZIP codes are 95746 and 95661. Granite Bay is a primarily residential suburb of Sacramento and is located just east of Roseville and west of Folsom Lake.
Granite Bay is located at 38°44′55″N 121°10′47″W / 38.74861°N 121.17972°W (38.748504, -121.179793). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 square kilometers), of which, 21.5 square miles (56 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.20 percent) is water. The place name, Granite Bay, is derived from a bay in Folsom Lake, a reservoir on the east side of the town created in 1955. The entire town is underlain by granodiorite of the Penryn Pluton of Cretaceous age, hence the geological basis for the place name.
Granite Bay has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) that is characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers (Köppen climate classification Csa).
The history of Granite Bay started with the Maidu tribe of Native Americans, and it continued when miners, farmers, and others seeking to do business came during the Gold Rush to strike a fortune. The Granite Bay area was officially recognized on July 28, 1987 by the Board of Supervisors.[citation needed]
The Nisenan, also known as the Southern Maidu, were one of three Maiduan-speaking tribes in the northern half of the Sacramento Valley. The Granite Bay area is located in the ethnographic territory of the Nisenan. The Nisenan lived along the American, Yuba, and Bear Rivers, as well as the Feather River, to which their territory extended.[citation needed]
The 2020 United States census reported that Granite Bay had a population of 21,247. The population density was 986.0 inhabitants per square mile (380.7/km2). The racial makeup of Granite Bay was 77.4% White, 0.9% African American, 0.5% Native American, 8.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.7% from other races, and 10.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.9% of the population.
The census reported that 99.0% of the population lived in households, 0.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.4% were institutionalized.
There were 7,456 households, out of which 33.1% included children under the age of 18, 72.6% were married-couple households, 3.2% were cohabiting couple households, 14.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 9.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 13.6% of households were one person, and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.82. There were 6,198 families (83.1% of all households).
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Granite Bay, California
Granite Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 21,247 at the 2020 census, up from 20,402 at the 2010 census. The ZIP codes are 95746 and 95661. Granite Bay is a primarily residential suburb of Sacramento and is located just east of Roseville and west of Folsom Lake.
Granite Bay is located at 38°44′55″N 121°10′47″W / 38.74861°N 121.17972°W (38.748504, -121.179793). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 square kilometers), of which, 21.5 square miles (56 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.20 percent) is water. The place name, Granite Bay, is derived from a bay in Folsom Lake, a reservoir on the east side of the town created in 1955. The entire town is underlain by granodiorite of the Penryn Pluton of Cretaceous age, hence the geological basis for the place name.
Granite Bay has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) that is characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers (Köppen climate classification Csa).
The history of Granite Bay started with the Maidu tribe of Native Americans, and it continued when miners, farmers, and others seeking to do business came during the Gold Rush to strike a fortune. The Granite Bay area was officially recognized on July 28, 1987 by the Board of Supervisors.[citation needed]
The Nisenan, also known as the Southern Maidu, were one of three Maiduan-speaking tribes in the northern half of the Sacramento Valley. The Granite Bay area is located in the ethnographic territory of the Nisenan. The Nisenan lived along the American, Yuba, and Bear Rivers, as well as the Feather River, to which their territory extended.[citation needed]
The 2020 United States census reported that Granite Bay had a population of 21,247. The population density was 986.0 inhabitants per square mile (380.7/km2). The racial makeup of Granite Bay was 77.4% White, 0.9% African American, 0.5% Native American, 8.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.7% from other races, and 10.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.9% of the population.
The census reported that 99.0% of the population lived in households, 0.6% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.4% were institutionalized.
There were 7,456 households, out of which 33.1% included children under the age of 18, 72.6% were married-couple households, 3.2% were cohabiting couple households, 14.6% had a female householder with no partner present, and 9.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 13.6% of households were one person, and 7.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.82. There were 6,198 families (83.1% of all households).