Maxwell, California
Maxwell is a census-designated place and farm community in Colusa County, California. It lies at an elevation of. Located off Interstate 5, it is home to Maxwell High School. The main crop grown is rice, though a variety of others such as grapes, almonds, olives, squash, and sunflowers are grown as well. Its ZIP code is 95955 and its area code is 530. Maxwell's population was 1,067 at the 2020 census.
History
The community bears the name of its founder. Swifts Stone Corral is listed as a California Historical Landmark No. 238. The original owner and builder of this stone corral was Granville P. Swift, a native of Kentucky. In 1847 Swift began ranching in Stone Creek Valley in Colusa County. In 1850 he and his partner Frank Sears needed a corral and, as there was no timber in the surrounding country, they built one from the flat stones that were scattered over the area.Demographics
Maxwell first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.The 2020 [United States census] reported that Maxwell had a population of 1,067. The population density was. The racial makeup of Maxwell was 449 White, 4 African American, 24 Native Americans in [the United States|Native American], 5 Asian, 3 Pacific Islander, 446 from other races, and 136 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 654 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 360 households, out of which 126 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 202 were married-couple households, 16 were cohabiting couple households, 86 had a female householder with no partner present, and 56 had a male householder with no partner present. 70 households were one person, and 32 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.96. There were 274 families.
The age distribution was 295 people under the age of 18, 104 people aged 18 to 24, 274 people aged 25 to 44, 238 people aged 45 to 64, and 156 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 34.5years. For every 100 females, there were 116.0 males.
There were 380 housing units at an average density of, of which 360 were occupied. Of these, 193 were owner-occupied, and 167 were occupied by renters.