Maxwell (formerly, Occident) is a census-designated place and farm community in Colusa County, California, 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 Area code 530, 530. Maxwell's population was 1,103 at the 2010 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 (42.1%) White Americans, White, 4 (0.4%) African Americans, African American, 24 (2.2%) Native Americans in the United States, Native American, 5 (0.5%) Asian Americans, Asian, 3 (0.3%) Pacific Islander Americans, Pacific Islander, 446 (41.8%) from Race (United States Census), other races, and 136 (12.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 654 persons (61.3%). The whole population lived in households. There were 360 households, out of which 126 (35.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 202 (56.1%) were married-couple households, 16 (4.4%) were cohabitation, cohabiting couple households, 86 (23.9%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 56 (15.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 70 households (19.4%) were one person, and 32 (8.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.96. There were 274 family (U.S. Census), families (76.1% of all households). The age distribution was 295 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 104 people (9.7%) aged 18 to 24, 274 people (25.7%) aged 25 to 44, 238 people (22.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 156 people (14.6%) 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 (94.7%) were occupied. Of these, 193 (53.6%) were owner-occupied, and 167 (46.4%) were occupied by renters.

Politics

In the California State Legislature, state legislature, Maxwell is in , and . Federally, Maxwell is in .

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Colusa County, California Census-designated places in California