Birds Landing, California
Encyclopedia
Birds Landing is an unincorporated community
in southern Solano County
, California
, United States
. It lies at the intersection of Collinsville and Montezuma Hills Roads, southeast of the city of Fairfield
, the county seat
of Solano County. Situated just north of the Sacramento River
, the community is located midway between Sacramento
and San Francisco
. Its elevation is 52 feet (16 m), and it is located at 38°7′58"N 121°52′15"W (38.1326950, -121.8707927). Birds Landing is unincorporated, and has its own Zip Code
(94512), but no post office
(it closed a few years ago).
47% spoke English as their primary language while 53% did not; of those 53%: 29% spoke Spanish and 24% spoke "Other Indic languages".
Unincorporated area
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in southern Solano County
Solano County, California
Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. The county's population was reported by the U.S. Census to be 413,344 in 2010...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It lies at the intersection of Collinsville and Montezuma Hills Roads, southeast of the city of Fairfield
Fairfield, California
Fairfield is a city located in Solano County in Northern California, USA. It is generally considered the midpoint between the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, approximately from the city center of both cities, approximately from the city center of Oakland, less than from Napa Valley, 18...
, the county seat
County seat
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of Solano County. Situated just north of the Sacramento River
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River is an important watercourse of Northern and Central California in the United States. The largest river in California, it rises on the eastern slopes of the Klamath Mountains, and after a journey south of over , empties into Suisun Bay, an arm of the San Francisco Bay, and...
, the community is located midway between Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
and San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. Its elevation is 52 feet (16 m), and it is located at 38°7′58"N 121°52′15"W (38.1326950, -121.8707927). Birds Landing is unincorporated, and has its own Zip Code
ZIP Code
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(94512), but no post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
(it closed a few years ago).
Demographics
The population was 130 in 2000; there were 66 men and 64 women. The generational makeup was 7 under five years, 8 five to nine years, 10 ten to fourteen, 11 fifteen to nineteen, 13 twenty to twenty-four, 10 twenty-five to thirty-four, 18 thirty-five to forty-four, 24 forty-five to fifty-four, 8 fifty-five to fifty-nine, 6 sixty to sixty-four, 11 sixty-four to seventy-four, 4 seventy-five to eighty-four, 0 over the age of eighty-five. The median age was 41.3. Of the 100 over the age of eighteen 53 were male and 47 were female. 92 were twenty-one and over. 15 were over the age of 65; 8 males and 7 females. The average owner-owned home had 2.45 people compared to 3.62 for renter-occupied homes.47% spoke English as their primary language while 53% did not; of those 53%: 29% spoke Spanish and 24% spoke "Other Indic languages".