Atwater, California

City of Atwater City of Atwater is positioned in the US City of Atwater - City of Atwater Atwater is a town/city on State Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States.

Atwater is 8 miles (13 km) west-northwest of Merced, at an altitude of 151 feet (46 m). The populace as of the 2010 census was 28,168.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.1 square miles (16 km2).

The barns reached Atwater in the 1870s, and a town interval up. The first postal service opened in 1880. Atwater incorporated in 1922. The name honors Marshall D.

The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Atwater had a populace of 28,168.

The ethnic makeup of Atwater was 18,410 (65.4%) White, 14,808 (52.6%) Hispanic or Latino of any race, 1,225 (4.3%) African American, 364 (1.3%) Native American, 1,416 (5.0%) Asian, 76 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 5,300 (18.8%) from other competitions, and 1,377 (4.9%) from two or more competitions.

The Enumeration reported that 28,066 citizens (99.6% of the population) lived in homeholds, 31 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 71 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

There were 8,838 homeholds, out of which 4,255 (48.1%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 4,593 (52.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,558 (17.6%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 672 (7.6%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.

1,615 homeholds (18.3%) were made up of individuals and 738 (8.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The populace was spread out with 9,016 citizens (32.0%) under the age of 18, 2,968 citizens (10.5%) aged 18 to 24, 7,492 citizens (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 5,760 citizens (20.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,932 citizens (10.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.

14,920 citizens (53.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 13,146 citizens (46.7%) lived in rental housing units.

As of the census of 2000, there were 23,113 citizens , 7,247 homeholds, and 5,667 families residing in the city.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 57.34% White, 4.99% Black or African American, 1.27% Native American, 5.43% Asian, 0.36% Pacific Islander, 24.48% from other competitions, and 6.14% from two or more competitions.

There were 7,247 homeholds out of which 45.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families.

17.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 34.9% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in Atwater is $37,344, and the median income for a family was $39,789.

About 15.3% of families and 18.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.1% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

In the California State Legislature, Atwater is in the 12th Senate District, represented by Republican Anthony Cannella, and in the 21st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Adam Gray. In the United States House of Representatives, Atwater is in California's 16th congressional district, represented by Democrat Jim Costa. Most of the town/city is zoned to the Atwater Elementary School District.

Schools of AESD inside Atwater and serving Atwater include: Atwater Community Day School A small section of easterly Atwater is positioned in the Merced City School District; that section is zoned to Rivera Middle School. Franklin Elementary School is the closest elementary school to the section of Atwater.

Merced Union High School District operates Atwater High School and Buhach Colony High School, both of which serve and reside in Atwater.

Atwater presently does not have a daily newspaper, although many of its inhabitants use the daily paper, the Merced Sun-Star, which is presented in close-by Merced.

Atwater has two weekly newspapers called The Atwater Signal and The Atwater Times.

Atwater Aviators - collegiate baseball of the Golden State Collegiate Baseball League.

"California Cities by Incorporation Date".

"California's 16th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map".

Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atwater, California "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Atwater city".

"Proposed Middle School Boundaries 2008-2009[permanent dead link]." Merced City School District.

Compass Maps: Merced, Atwater, Merced County City of Atwater -- Approved Annexations Atwater, California Municipalities and communities of Merced County, California, United States

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