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Walnut Grove, California

Walnut Grove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, United States. Founded in 1851 by Japanese immigrants, it served as an important port between Sacramento and San Francisco. It is part of the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville Statistical Area. The population was 1,452 at the 2020 census, down from 1,542 at the 2010 census.

As one of the only remaining Japanese-American built cities in the United States, Walnut Grove is considered a historical district and National Historic Landmark. About 40 of the original buildings still stand.

Later, Japanese immigrants settled here to work on asparagus farms. The first known Japanese owned business was a noodle shop, which opened in 1896.

Walnut Grove is located at 38°14′37″N 121°30′44″W / 38.24361°N 121.51222°W / 38.24361; -121.51222 (38.243490, −121.512100).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.9 square miles (28 km2), of which, 10.2 square miles (26 km2) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) of it (6.65%) is water.

Walnut Grove first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.

As of the 2020 census, Walnut Grove had a population of 1,452, with a population density of 142.3 inhabitants per square mile (54.9/km2). The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males age 18 and over.

The census reported that 1,447 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 5 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 549 households, of which 188 (34.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 273 (49.7%) were married-couple households, 42 (7.7%) were cohabiting couple households, 125 (22.8%) had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 109 (19.9%) had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 128 households (23.3%) were one person, and 59 (10.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.64, and there were 385 families (70.1% of all households).

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