Mexican Colony, California

Mexican Colony is a census-designated place in Kern County, California. It is located south of Shafter, at an elevation of. The population was 283 at the 2020 census.

Demographics

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2010	Pop 2020	% 2010	% 2020
White alone	40	18	14.23%	6.36%
Black or African American alone	0	1	0.00%	0.35%
Native American or Alaska Native alone	10	0	3.56%	0.00%
Asian alone	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone	0	1	0.00%	0.35%
Mixed race or Multiracial	4	2	1.42%	0.71%
Hispanic or Latino	227	261	80.78%	92.23%
Total	281	283	100.00%	100.00%

The 2020 United States census reported that Mexican Colony had a population of 283. The population density was. The racial makeup of Mexican Colony was 62 White, 1 African American, 16 Native American, 2 Asian, 0 Pacific Islander, 152 from other races, and 50 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 261 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 72 households, out of which 37 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 34 were married-couple households, 12 were cohabiting couple households, 6 had a female householder with no partner present, and 20 had a male householder with no partner present. 15 households were one person, and 4 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.93. There were 52 families.
The age distribution was 107 people under the age of 18, 38 people aged 18 to 24, 55 people aged 25 to 44, 62 people aged 45 to 64, and 21 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 23.6years. For every 100 females, there were 122.8 males.
There were 73 housing units at an average density of, of which 72 were occupied. Of these, 17 were owner-occupied, and 55 were occupied by renters.