census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the California county of Riverside. Oasis sits at an elevation of below sea level. The 2020 United States census reported Oasis's population was 4,468, down from 6,890 in 2010.
Geography
One of several communities in the
Coachella Valley
The Coachella Valley ( ) is an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California in Riverside County. The valley has been referred to as Greater Palm Springs and occasionally the Palm Springs Area due to the historic promine ...
, Oasis lies along the eastern foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains. It also extends towards the south along the northwestern shores of the
Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly salinity, saline endorheic lake in Riverside County, California, Riverside and Imperial County, California, Imperial counties in Southern California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the S ...
. According to the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, the CDP covers an area of 19.6 square miles (50.8 km), all of it land.
Two California state highways pass through Oasis, SR 86 and SR 195.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Oasis had a population of 4,468. The population density was . The racial makeup of Oasis was 12.6%
White
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, 0.2%
African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 59.4% from other races, and 19.7% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino
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of any race were 95.8% of the population.
The census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 1,036 households, out of which 65.6% included children under the age of 18, 57.0% were married-couple households, 7.9% were
cohabiting
Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...
couple households, 20.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.1% had a male householder with no partner present. 10.2% of households were one person, and 3.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.3. There were 891
families
Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(86.0% of all households).
The age distribution was 36.9% under the age of 18, 12.1% aged 18 to 24, 25.8% aged 25 to 44, 19.5% aged 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 26.0years. For every 100 females, there were 102.6 males.
There were 1,077 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,036 (96.2%) were occupied. Of these, 45.3% were owner-occupied, and 54.7% were occupied by renters.