Dogtown, San Joaquin County, California
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Dogtown is a 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...

 in San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 685,306. The county seat is Stockton.-History:...

, California
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. Dogtown sits at an elevation of 115 feet (35.1 m). The 2010 United States census reported Dogtown's population was 2,506.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 13.0 square miles (33.6 km²), 99.83% of it land and 0.17% of it water.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Dogtown had a population of 2,506. The population density
Population density
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 was 192.9 people per square mile (74.5/km²). The racial makeup of Dogtown was 2,040 (81.4%) White, 15 (0.6%) African American, 23 (0.9%) Native American, 57 (2.3%) Asian, 2 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 253 (10.1%) from other races
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, and 116 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 638 persons (25.5%).

The Census reported that 2,506 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 849 households, out of which 307 (36.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 587 (69.1%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 54 (6.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 48 (5.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 46 (5.4%) 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 4 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 130 households (15.3%) were made up of individuals and 55 (6.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95. There were 689 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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(81.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.24.

The population was spread out with 620 people (24.7%) under the age of 18, 205 people (8.2%) aged 18 to 24, 515 people (20.6%) aged 25 to 44, 811 people (32.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 355 people (14.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.9 years. For every 100 females there were 102.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males.

There were 924 housing units at an average density of 71.1 per square mile (27.5/km²), of which 681 (80.2%) were owner-occupied, and 168 (19.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%. 1,953 people (77.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 553 people (22.1%) lived in rental housing units.
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