Keene, California

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Keene, California
settlement_type = CDP


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map_caption = Location in Kern County and the state of California


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = California
subdivision_name2 = Kern
government_type =
leader_title = N/A
leader_name =
leader_title1 = Senate
leader_name1 = Roy Ashburn (R)
leader_title2 = Assembly
leader_name2 = Jean Fuller (R)
leader_title3 = U. S. Congress
leader_name3 = Kevin McCarthy (R)
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area_total_km2 = 25.2
area_total_sq_mi = 9.7
area_land_km2 = 25.2
area_land_sq_mi = 9.7
area_water_km2 = 0
area_water_sq_mi = 0
elevation_ft = 2602
elevation_m = 793
population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 339
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population_density_km2 = 13.5
population_density_sq_mi = 34.9
timezone = PST
utc_offset = -8
latd = 35 |latm = 14 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 118 |longm = 34 |longs = 57 |longEW = W
timezone_DST = PDT
utc_offset_DST = -7
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 93531
area_code = 661
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blank_info = 06-37946
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blank1_info = 1660828
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Keene is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern extreme of the San Joaquin Valley. The population was 339 at the 2000 census.

The headquarters of a national farmworkers organization organized and led by Cesar Chavez is located in Keene, and is sometimes referred to as "'Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz.

Keene is located in the greater Tehachapi Area.

Geography

Keene is located at coor dms|35|14|21|N|118|34|57|W|city (35.239090, -118.582510)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.2 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 339 people, 136 households, and 99 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 34.8 people per square mile (13.4/km²). There were 177 housing units at an average density of 18.2/sq mi (7.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.71% White, 2.95% Native American, 7.08% from other races, and 5.60% from two or more races. 10.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 136 households out of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.6% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 38.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $49,500, and the median income for a family was $59,583. Males had a median income of $60,078 versus $27,813 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,986. About 22.5% of families and 24.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.3% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez spend his last days here in Keene. The walls of his office in Keene, California (United Farm Worker headquarters) were lined with hundreds of books ranging in subject from philosophy, economics, cooperatives, and unions, to biographies of Gandhi and the Kennedys.

He is buried at 29700 Woodford Tehachapi Rd, Keene, CA 93531 [2] [3]

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