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 ...
(CDP) in
Stanislaus County
Stanislaus County ( ; ) is a county located in the San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California. As of 2023, its estimated population is 564,404. The county seat is Modesto.
Stanislaus County makes up the Modesto metropolitan statistic ...
,
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. Cowan sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Cowan's population was 342.
Geography
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 0.14 square miles (0.4 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
The 2020 United States census reported that Cowan had a population of 342. The population density was . The racial makeup of Cowan was 139 (40.6%)
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
, 1 (0.3%)
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 ...
, 143 (41.8%) from other races, and 47 (13.7%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino
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of any race were 227 persons (66.4%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 84 households, out of which 38 (45.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 47 (56.0%) were married-couple households, 6 (7.1%) 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, 11 (13.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 20 (23.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 18 households (21.4%) were one person, and 8 (9.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.07. There were 66
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 ...
(78.6% of all households).
The age distribution was 108 people (31.6%) under the age of 18, 26 people (7.6%) aged 18 to 24, 94 people (27.5%) aged 25 to 44, 82 people (24.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 32 people (9.4%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 34.0years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males.
There were 97 housing units at an average density of , of which 84 (86.6%) were occupied. Of these, 50 (59.5%) were owner-occupied, and 34 (40.5%) were occupied by renters.