Official Name: | Buckshot, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | CDP |
Pushpin Map: | USA Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Buckshot |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Arizona |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Name2: | Yuma |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.83 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.32 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.78 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.30 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.05 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Elevation Ft: | 157 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 70 |
Population Density Km2: | 89.29 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 231.02 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 32.7403°N -114.4828°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 85365[2] |
Area Code: | 928 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 04-08020 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2582742 |
Buckshot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population was 153 at the 2010 census.
Redondo Lake, a reservoir holding seepage from the GilaGravity Main Canal, is located to the north of Buckshot.[3]
Buckshot is located in the Gila River Valley.
Buckshot first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).[4]
As of the 2010 census, there were 153 people living in the CDP: 85 male and 68 female. 29 were 19 years old or younger, 10 were ages 20–34, 13 were between the ages of 35 and 49, 28 were between 50 and 64, and the remaining 73 were aged 65 and above. The median age was 63.8 years.
The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.2% White, 3.3% American Indian 0.7% Black or African American, 2.0% Other, and 2% two or more races. 29.4% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 66 households in the CDP, 51 family households (77.3%) and 15 non-family households (22.7%), with an average household size of 2.32. Of the family households, 44 were married couples living together, 1 single father and 6 single mothers; while the non-family households included 14 adults living alone: 10 male and 4 female.
The CDP contained 75 housing units, of which 66 were occupied and 9 were vacant.[5]