Santa Venetia, California

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Santa Venetia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 4,298 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Santa Venetia is located at 38°0′32″N, 122°31′6″W^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.8 km² (3.8 mi²). 9.7 km² (3.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.27% is water.

Santa Venetia was envisioned in the early 1900s as a little Venice so canals were built and houses and structures built along them. It was a vacation spot for the wealthy for a brief period of time in the 1920s. The plan of building a little Venice was abandoned. In the 1960s, houses were built along North San Pedro Road.

The main road of this unincorporated neighborhood is North San Pedro Road, which begins at the famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County Civic Center. The road goes through China Camp State Park, along the bay through Peacock Gap and ends in San Rafael. S.V. has an open space preserve for its marsh as it borders San Pablo Bay, the northern part of the San Francisco Bay estuary.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,298 people, 1,646 households, and 1,048 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 441.3/km² (1,143.0/mi²). There were 1,667 housing units at an average density of 171.2/km² (443.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.67% White, 2.16% African American, 0.70% Native American, 5.98% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 5.00% from other races, and 4.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.05% of the population.

There were 1,646 households out of which 25.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 18.1% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $75,600, and the median income for a family was $77,202. Males had a median income of $48,938 versus $42,500 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $34,732. About 4.3% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.