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Pismo Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 8,551 at the 2000 census. Image File history File links San_Luis_Obispo_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Pismo_Beach_Highlighted. ...
San Luis Obispo County is a county located on the central Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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San Luis Obispo County is a county located on the central Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. ...
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San Luis Obispo County is a county located on the central Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Geography
Pismo Beach is located at 35°8′54″N, 120°38′53″W (35.148336, -120.648054)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.8 km² (13.4 mi²). 9.3 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and (9.8 mi²) 25.5 km² of it (73.09%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 8,551 people, 4,230 households, and 2,322 families residing in the city. The population density was 914.6/km² (2,366.0/mi²). There were 5,496 housing units at an average density of 587.8/km² (1,520.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.35% White, 0.60% African American, 0.71% Native American, 2.92% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.65% from other races, and 2.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.89% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 4,230 households out of which 17.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.58. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 15.3% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 24.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $46,396, and the median income for a family was $61,036. Males had a median income of $48,606 versus $30,189 for females. The per capita income for the city was $30,835. About 6.3% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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The population had a wave of expansion starting in the 1980s, after completion of waste water treatment facilities expansion designed by Kennedy Jenks Engineers; this lack of infrastructure had previously limited population growth.
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 258 KB) Shell Beach Elementary School, Pismo Beach, CA. Taken May 2005 by J. Perreault I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 258 KB) Shell Beach Elementary School, Pismo Beach, CA. Taken May 2005 by J. Perreault I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Schools Public Schools - Shell Beach Elementary School, 2100 Shell Beach Rd., Pismo Beach, CA 93449 (Grades K-6)
- Judkins Middle School, 680 Wadsworth, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 (Grades 7-8)
- High school students attend Arroyo Grande High School, 495 Valley Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
Colleges and Universities: Arroyo Grande High School (AGHS) is an American public high school located in Arroyo Grande, California. ...
Arroyo Grande is a city located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
San Luis Obispo, San Luis, or SLO (Spanish for ) is a city in California. ...
This article is about the university in San Luis Obispo, California. ...
Other facts - Pismo Beach is the Clam Capital of the World. The city holds the "Clam Festival" every October, complete with clam chowder competitions and a clam-themed parade. At the southern end of Price Street upon first entering Pismo Beach, a gigantic concrete clam statue greets visitors. Clamming is restricted, due to over harvesting by humans and the protected sea otters.
- Pismo means "tar" in the language of the native Chumash Indians.
- Pismo Beach hosts one of the largest gatherings of custom and classic cars every June, on Father's Day weekend.
- Quads and dirt bikes for recreational use are run at the Pismo OHV dunes.
- Pismo Beach is well known for being the place Bugs Bunny was headed to when he took that wrong left turn at Albuquerque.
- The codename for the last revision of Apple Computer's PowerBook G3 is "Pismo", named after Pismo Beach. (The previous PowerBook, "Lombard", takes its name from San Francisco's Lombard Street.)
- In the film Clueless, relief supplies were sent to Pismo Beach due to the fictitious Pismo Beach disaster.
- Mentioned at the end of The Big Lebowski.
- In the cartoon Futurama episode "Raging Bender", Bender's final opponent is referred to as "The Gizmo Of Pismo...Beach."
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Clam digging is a common means by which to harvest clams from below the surface of the tidal mud flats where they live. ...
Binomial name Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka west across the Aleutian Islands south to California. ...
Rafael, a Chumash in the 1800s Pre-contact distribution of the Chumash The Chumash are a Native American tribe who historically inhabit mainly the southern coastal regions of California, in the vicinity of what is now Santa Barbara and Ventura, extending as far south as Malibu. ...
Fathers Day is a secular holiday inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mothers Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. ...
The term All-Terrain Vehicle or ATV is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorized buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use. ...
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The PowerBook G3 was a professional line of laptop Macintosh computers made by Apple between 1997 to 2000. ...
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Images Taken from the Sea Crest Resort Motel ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2448x1632, 770 KB) Taken in the August of 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
| Taken of the coast at sunset in the August of 2004 ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2448x1632, 494 KB) Taken from the Sea Crest Resort Motel in the August of 2004 at sunset. ...
| Taken of the pier at night in June of 2005. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3150x845, 403 KB) Summary Taken of the pier at night in June of 2005. ...
| Pismo Beach Pier Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 131 KB) Summary Photo taken of Pismo Beach Pier, December, 2005. ...
| Pomeroy Avenue, downtown Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 510 KB) Pomeroy Avenue, Pismo Beach, CA. Taken May 2005 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
| View from hill overlooking Pismo Beach Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 317 KB) View of Pismo Beach taken from Judkins Middle School in June 2004 by JT Perreault. ...
| Pismo Beach car show Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 292 KB) Pismo Beach Car Show, taken by JT Perreault, June 2006. ...
| Pismo Beach Wave Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1060 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
| Houses in Pismo Beach, built up the hillside. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (4048x3040, 4530 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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| Coastline of Pismo Beach Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 229 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Coastline of Pismo Beach, taken from my apartment while on holiday. ...
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San Luis Obispo County is a county located on the central Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
San Luis Obispo, San Luis, or SLO (Spanish for ) is a city in California. ...
There are 478 incorporated cities in California, 22 of which are styled Town of (Name) instead of City of (Name). ...
Arroyo Grande is a city located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Atascadero is a city located in San Luis Obispo County, California, half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. ...
Grover Beach is a city located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Morro Bay is a waterfront city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. ...
Paso Robles (full name: El Paso de Robles) is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. ...
San Luis Obispo, San Luis, or SLO (Spanish for ) is a city in California. ...
| | CDPs | Baywood-Los Osos | Cambria | Cayucos | Lake Nacimiento | Nipomo | Oceano | San Miguel | Shandon | Templeton A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ...
Baywood-Los Osos is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Burton Drive, a typical street scene in Cambria. ...
Cayucos is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Lake Nacimiento is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
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Oceano is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
San Miguel is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Shandon is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Templeton is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. ...
| | Communities | Avila Beach | California Valley | Cholame | Halcyon | Harmony | Los Osos | Pozo | San Simeon | Santa Margarita This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Avila Beach is a town in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA with a population of 797. ...
California Valley is an unincorporated community located in the eastern part of San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Cholame, California is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. It sits at an elevation of 1,157 feet (351 m) above sea level and is located at 35. ...
Halcyon, California is an unincorporated community of approximately 125 acres (0. ...
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Los Osos is an unincorporated community located in western San Luis Obispo County, California. ...
Pozo is a location along the Butterfield Stage route. ...
San Simeon (ZIP Code: 93452) is a settlement on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California notable in two respects: Its position along Cabrillo Hwy is almost precisely halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those towns being roughly 230 mi (370 km) away. ...
Santa Margarita is a city in California. ...
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