Allendale, Solano County, California
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Allendale is an census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in 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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. Allendale is located along Interstate 505
Interstate 505
Interstate 505 is an Interstate Highway in California between Interstate 80 in Vacaville and Interstate 5 near Dunnigan. I-505 is primarily a rural interstate, but travels through Vacaville and the city of Winters. The interstate is the primary route connecting the San Francisco Bay Area and the...

 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Dixon
Dixon, California
Dixon is a city in northern Solano County, California, United States, located from the state capital, Sacramento. The population was 18,351 at the 2010 census. Other nearby cities include Vacaville, Winters and Davis....

. The population was 1,506 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km²), 98.98% of it land and 1.02% of it water.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that 1,506 people, 528 households, and 431 families resided in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 245.4 people per square mile (94.8/km²). There were 554 housing units at an average density of 89.4 per square mile (34.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.3% White (75.0% non-Hispanic), 3.3% African American, 1.5% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 5.2% from other races
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, and 4.8% from two or more races. 15.6% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The Census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households and 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 528 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 71.2% were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present. 4.2% of households were unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....

 and 0.8% were same-sex married couples or partnerships. 15.0% of households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.11.

The population was spread out with 21.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% aged 18 to 24, 16.9% aged 25 to 44, 38.9% aged 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.3 years. For every 100 females there were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.4 males.

There were 554 housing units of which 89.2% were owner-occupied and 10.8% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.0%. 89.2% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10.4% lived in rental housing units.
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