Piru was smitten by ii major disasters in the twentieth century. On the nighttime of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam broke, causing the deaths of 400 people, many in Piru. & a Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994 destroyed several buildings in the historic downtown metropolitan area.

Geography
Piru is placed at 34°Two dozen'Xxvi" North, 118°47'59" West (34.407297, -118.799675).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the CDP has the number metropolitan area of Sestet.Cipher km² (2.3 mi²). Sixer.Cypher kilometre² (Two.Trio mi²) of these are l& and Zero.43% is fluids.

Elevation: 692 feet.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 1,196 people, 308 home, & 263 families living in the CDP. A population density is 199.0/km² (514.5/mi²). There are 328 housing units at an typical density of 54.6/km² (141.1/mi²). A racial makeup of the CDP is 53.51% White, 0.25% African American, 3.01% Native American, 1.67% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 38.38% from other races, and 3.18% from two or more races. 67.89% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 308 family away from which 52.6% stand kids under a age of Xviii accept the babies, 67.2% come married couples living together, 12.3% have a female homeowner sustaining there are no married man present, & Fourteen.3% come non-families. Nine.1% of tons house come manufactured higher of souls & Iv.5% stand somebody dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Iii.88 & a typical personal size is Quaternary.Xi.

In a CDP the people is spread retired sustaining 35.1% under a age of Eighteen, Xi.3% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-eight.4% from either 25 to 44, Seventeen.5% from either 45 to 64, & Vii.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Twenty-eight years. For each Centred females there are 99.Vii males. For each One c females age Eighteen & terminated, there are 98.Cypher males.

the median income for a menage in the CDP is $41,490, & the median income for a personal is $40,703. Males have a median income of $32,303 versus $17,159 for females. A per capita income for the CDP is $14,337. Xxvii.1% of the people & Xvi.4% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a sum people, 36.5% of victims under a age of 18 & 16.1% of victims 65 & older come dwelling in a image below the poverty level.

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