McSwain, California
McSwain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States. McSwain sits at an elevation of. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,480, up from 4,171 in 2010.
Geography
McSwain is in central Merced County and is bordered to the north by the city of Atwater. California State Route 99 forms the northern boundary of the community. Merced, the county seat, is to the east via State Route 140, which also leads west to Gustine.According to the United States Census Bureau, the McSwain CDP covers an area of, all of it land.
Demographics
McSwain first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.The 2020 United States census reported that McSwain had a population of 4,480. The population density was. The racial makeup of McSwain was 62.4% White, 1.2% African American, 1.9% Native American, 7.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 12.1% from other races, and 15.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.6% of the population.
The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 9 people lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 1,465 households, out of which 36.0% included children under the age of 18, 67.8% were married-couple households, 3.7% were cohabiting couple households, 15.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.3% had a male householder with no partner present. 14.5% of households were one person, and 7.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.05. There were 1,196 families.
The age distribution was 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% aged 18 to 24, 21.0% aged 25 to 44, 29.2% aged 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 42.2years. For every 100 females, there were 101.7 males.
There were 1,500 housing units at an average density of, of which 1,465 were occupied. Of these, 88.2% were owner-occupied, and 11.8% were occupied by renters.