Mexican Colony ( or simply Colonia Mexicana)Kern County Public Works - 2021 CMAQ Grant Project Proposal / Propuesta de Proyecto de Subvención CMAQ 2021Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment - Los supervisores del condado de Kern aprueban nuevas inversiones en parques e infraestructura en comunidades que carecen de servicios suficientes is a census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is located south of Shafter, at an elevation of . The population was 283 at the 2020 census.
Demographics
Mexican Colony first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
+Mexican Colony CDP, California – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)401814.23%6.36%Black or African American alone (NH)010.00%0.35%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)1003.56%0.00%Asian alone (NH)000.00%0.00%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)000.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)010.00%0.35%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)421.42%0.71%Hispanic or Latino (any race)22726180.78%92.23%Total281283 100.00%100.00%
The 2020 United States census reported that Mexican Colony had a population of 283. The population density was . The racial makeup of Mexican Colony was 62 (21.9%) White, 1 (0.4%) African American, 16 (5.7%) Native American, 2 (0.7%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 152 (53.7%) from other races, and 50 (17.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 261 persons (92.2%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 72 households, out of which 37 (51.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 34 (47.2%) were married-couple households, 12 (16.7%) were cohabiting couple households, 6 (8.3%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 20 (27.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 15 households (20.8%) were one person, and 4 (5.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.93. There were 52 families (72.2% of all households).
The age distribution was 107 people (37.8%) under the age of 18, 38 people (13.4%) aged 18 to 24, 55 people (19.4%) aged 25 to 44, 62 people (21.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 21 people (7.4%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 23.6years. For every 100 females, there were 122.8 males.
There were 73 housing units at an average density of , of which 72 (98.6%) were occupied. Of these, 17 (23.6%) were owner-occupied, and 55 (76.4%) were occupied by renters.
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