McSwain is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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, 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.

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forms the northern boundary of the community.

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, the

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, is to the east via State Route 140, which also leads west to Gustine. According to the

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, the McSwain CDP covers an area of , all of it land.

Demographics

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%

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, 1.2%

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, 1.9% Native American, 7.3% Asian, 0.1%

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, 12.1% from other races, and 15.0% from two or more races.

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of any race were 31.6% of the population. The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 9 people (0.2%) 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

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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

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(81.6% of all households). 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 (97.7%) were occupied. Of these, 88.2% were owner-occupied, and 11.8% were occupied by renters.

References

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