Birds Landing, California
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Birds Landing is an unincorporated community
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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
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, United States
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. 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
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 of Solano County. Situated just north of the Sacramento River
Sacramento River
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, the community is located midway between Sacramento
Sacramento, California
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 and San Francisco
San Francisco, California
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. 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
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 (94512), but no post office
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(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".
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