Waterloo, California
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Waterloo 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
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. Waterloo sits at an elevation of 62 feet (18.9 m). The 2010 United States census reported Waterloo's population was 572.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP covers an area of 5.4 square miles (14.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census reported that Waterloo had a population of 572. The population density
Population density
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 was 105.2 people per square mile (40.6/km²). The racial makeup of Waterloo was 450 (78.7%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 5 (0.9%) Native American, 21 (3.7%) Asian, 1 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 77 (13.5%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 18 (3.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 152 persons (26.6%).

The Census reported that 572 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 210 households, out of which 59 (28.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 137 (65.2%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 17 (8.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 10 (4.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 9 (4.3%) 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 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 38 households (18.1%) were made up of individuals and 21 (10.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72. There were 164 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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(78.1% of all households); the average family size was 3.07.

The population was spread out with 117 people (20.5%) under the age of 18, 46 people (8.0%) aged 18 to 24, 103 people (18.0%) aged 25 to 44, 205 people (35.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 101 people (17.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.1 years. For every 100 females there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

There were 224 housing units at an average density of 41.2 per square mile (15.9/km²), of which 160 (76.2%) were owner-occupied, and 50 (23.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.8%. 421 people (73.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 151 people (26.4%) lived in rental housing units.
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