Ford City, California

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Ford City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Ford City is located Template:Convert north of Taft,<ref name=CGN>Template:California's Geographic Names</ref> at an elevation of Template:Convert.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 4,348 at the 2020 census, up from 4,278 at the 2010 census. It is immediately north of Taft, between the huge Midway-Sunset Oil Field to the southwest, and the almost exhausted Buena Vista Oil Field to the northeast. State Route 119 passes east of town from its junction with SR 33 to the south.

Geography

Ford City is located at Template:Coord.<ref name=gnis />

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.

History

Originally an oil boom town, the place was named after Ford Motor Company due to the abundance of Ford Model T cars there.<ref name=CGN />

Demographics

Ford City first appeared as an unincorporated place in the 1950 U.S. census;<ref name=1950CensusCA/> and as a census designated place in the 1980 United States census.<ref name=1980CensusCA/>

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Ford City had a population of 4,348. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Ford City was 38.9% White, 0.7% African American, 5.5% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 41.4% from other races, and 13.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.9% of the population.<ref name=DP1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 1,260 households, out of which 47.4% included children under the age of 18, 43.7% were married-couple households, 14.7% were cohabiting couple households, 24.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 17.9% of households were one person, and 8.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.45.<ref name=DP1/> There were 943 families (74.8% of all households).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The age distribution was 32.6% under the age of 18, 12.2% aged 18 to 24, 27.9% aged 25 to 44, 18.7% aged 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65Template:Nbspyears of age or older. The median age was 28.3Template:Nbspyears. For every 100 females, there were 103.5 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 1,410 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert, of which 1,260 (89.4%) were occupied. Of these, 45.2% were owner-occupied, and 54.8% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $45,976, and the per capita income was $19,149. About 32.9% of families and 39.2% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2010

At the 2010 census Ford City had a population of 4,278. The population density was Template:Convert. The racial makeup of Ford City was 2,735 (63.9%) White, 28 (0.7%) African American, 153 (3.6%) Native American, 36 (0.8%) Asian, 32 (0.7%) Pacific Islander, 1,113 (26.0%) from other races, and 181 (4.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,971 persons (46.1%).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 1,260 households, 596 (47.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 607 (48.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 189 (15.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 148 (11.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 138 (11.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 242 households (19.2%) were one person and 94 (7.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.40. There were 944 families (74.9% of households); the average family size was 3.76.

The age distribution was 1,351 people (31.6%) under the age of 18, 622 people (14.5%) aged 18 to 24, 1,182 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 772 people (18.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 351 people (8.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 27.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.0 males.

There were 1,426 housing units at an average density of 929.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 620 (49.2%) were owner-occupied and 640 (50.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 1,843 people (43.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,435 people (56.9%) lived in rental housing units.