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El Rancho
Location of El Rancho in Tulare County, California.
Location of El Rancho in Tulare County, California.
El Rancho, California is located in California
El Rancho, California
El Rancho, California
Location in California
Country  United States
State  California
County Tulare
Area
 • Total 0.072 sq mi (0.187 km2)
 • Land 0.072 sq mi (0.187 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
390 ft (120 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 124
 • Density 1,722/sq mi (663/km2)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID 2585422

El Rancho is a small community located in Tulare County, California. It's not a city, but a special kind of area called a "census-designated place" (CDP). This means it's a place the government counts for population, but it doesn't have its own city government. El Rancho is about 390 feet (119 meters) above sea level. In 2010, about 124 people lived there.

Geography of El Rancho

El Rancho is quite small! It covers an area of about 0.1 square miles (0.2 square kilometers). All of this area is land, with no lakes or large rivers inside its borders.

People of El Rancho

Historical population
Census Pop.
U.S. Decennial Census

In 2010, the census showed that 124 people lived in El Rancho. This meant there were about 1,722 people for every square mile.

Most of the people in El Rancho were White (57.3%). About 39.5% were from other races. A large number of the residents, 94.4%, identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Everyone counted in the census lived in homes, not in group housing or institutions.

There were 29 households in El Rancho.

  • About 41% of these homes had children under 18 living there.
  • Most households (58.6%) were married couples.
  • Some homes (24.1%) had a female head of household with no husband present.
  • A few homes (6.9%) had a male head of household with no wife present.
  • About 10% of households were single people living alone.
  • Only one home had someone living alone who was 65 or older.

The average household in El Rancho had about 4.28 people. For families, the average size was about 4.35 people.

Age Groups

The people in El Rancho had a mix of ages:

  • 35 people (28.2%) were under 18 years old.
  • 12 people (9.7%) were between 18 and 24 years old.
  • 31 people (25.0%) were between 25 and 44 years old.
  • 25 people (20.2%) were between 45 and 64 years old.
  • 21 people (16.9%) were 65 years old or older.

The average age in El Rancho was 32.5 years.

Homes in El Rancho

There were 30 housing units in El Rancho. About 62% of these homes were owned by the people living in them, and about 38% were rented. This means that 74 people lived in homes they owned, and 50 people lived in rented homes.

See also

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