Nice, California
| Nice, California | |
|---|---|
| Census-designated place | |
 Location within Lake County and California |
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| Coordinates: 39°07′24″N 122°50′54″W / 39.12333°N 122.84833°WCoordinates: 39°07′24″N 122°50′54″W / 39.12333°N 122.84833°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Lake |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.728 sq mi (4.474 km2) |
| • Land | 1.728 sq mi (4.474 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
| Elevation | 1,362 ft (415 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,731 |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (610/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 95464 |
| Area code(s) | 707 |
| FIPS code | 06-51294 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1659227 |
Nice is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. Nice is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Upper Lake, at an elevation of 1362 feet (415 m). The population was 2,731 at the 2010 census, up from 2,509 at the 2000 census.
The town was originally called Clear Lake Villas, until Charles William Bayne renamed the place after his former hometown, Nice, France, around 1930. The Nice post office opened in 1930.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2), all of it land.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Nice had a population of 2,731. The population density was 1,580.9 people per square mile (610.4/km²). The racial makeup of Nice was 2,187 (80.1%) White, 65 (2.4%) African American, 159 (5.8%) Native American, 42 (1.5%) Asian, 7 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 123 (4.5%) from other races, and 148 (5.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 384 persons (14.1%).
The Census reported that 2,719 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 6 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0.2%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,234 households, out of which 291 (23.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 428 (34.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 160 (13.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 88 (7.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 147 (11.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 12 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 437 households (35.4%) were made up of individuals and 165 (13.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20. There were 676 families (54.8% of all households); the average family size was 2.79.
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