Patterson Tract, California
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Patterson Tract 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...

 (CDP) in Tulare County
Tulare County, California
Tulare County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Fresno. Sequoia National Park is located in the county, as are part of Kings Canyon National Park, in its northeast corner , and part of Mount Whitney, on its eastern border...

, California
California
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. Patterson Tract sits at an elevation of 328 feet (100 m). The 2010 United States census reported Patterson Tract's population was 1,752.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Patterson Tract had a population of 1,752. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,211.5 people per square mile (467.8/km²). The racial makeup of Patterson Tract was 999 (57.0%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 33 (1.9%) Native American, 73 (4.2%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 577 (32.9%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 70 (4.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,133 persons (64.7%).

The Census reported that 1,752 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 487 households, out of which 239 (49.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 288 (59.1%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 65 (13.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 48 (9.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 46 (9.4%) 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 1 (0.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 64 households (13.1%) were made up of individuals and 19 (3.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.60. There were 401 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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(82.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.91.

The population was spread out with 559 people (31.9%) under the age of 18, 210 people (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 425 people (24.3%) aged 25 to 44, 375 people (21.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 183 people (10.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.4 years. For every 100 females there were 107.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

There were 521 housing units at an average density of 360.3 per square mile (139.1/km²), of which 299 (61.4%) were owner-occupied, and 188 (38.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.6%. 1,039 people (59.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 713 people (40.7%) lived in rental housing units.
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