Delhi ( ) is a

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(CDP) in Merced County in the

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. Delhi is west-northwest of

Merced Merced (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 86,333, up ...

, at an elevation of . According to the 2020 census, the population was 10,656.

Geography

Delhi is located in northern Merced County at . It lies northwest across the

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from Livingston. Hilmar is to the west, Turlock is to the north, and Ballico is to the east. According to the

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, the Delhi CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Government

Delhi is the largest unincorporated town in Merced County. Th
Delhi Municipal Advisory Council
advises the Merced County Board of Supervisors concerning any services which are or may be provided within the boundaries of the Delhi School District by the County or other local governmental agencies. It has its own unified school district with three K-through-8th schools, (El Capitan Elementary, Schendel Elementary, and Harmony School), one high school, ( Delhi Educational Park), and one continuation high school, (Shattuck Educational Park). Delhi's Harmony School opened in 2005. Delhi is in the Turlock Irrigation District, which provides

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and electrical service. The Delhi County Water District provides drinking water and sewer service.

State and federal representation

In the

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, Delhi is in , and in . In the

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, Delhi is in .

Education and Government

Delhi High School, part of the Delhi Unified School District, offers the DMAS (Delhi Medical Academy of Science) program. The DMAS program provides students with insights into the medical field, helping them become more prepared for potential careers in healthcare. California State University, Stanislaus works with the program to provide college level learning experiences. In the

, Delhi is in

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, represented by

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as of January 2025. Jim Costa with Delhi Middle School students

History

The Delhi post office opened in 1912, closed in 1918, and reopened in 1920. The building housing the New Beginnings Christian Center, a Delhi church, was built for display at the World's Fair in San Francisco, in 1939. The building was to be torn down after the fair, but Enoch Christoffersen, who was a mayor of Turlock, California, said it was too nice a church so it was bought and the structure was disassembled and shipped by train to Delhi, where it was re-assembled at its current location at 9711 N. Stephens Street.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Delhi had a population of 10,656. The population density was . The racial makeup of Delhi was 27.6%

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, 0.5%

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, 2.8% Native American, 3.6% Asian, 0.2%

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, 46.3% from other races, and 19.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 79.7% of the population. The whole population lived in households. There were 2,757 households, out of which 52.2% included children under the age of 18, 61.3% were married-couple households, 5.9% were

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couple households, 18.2% had a female householder with no partner present, and 14.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 10.6% of households were one person, and 4.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.87. There were 2,354

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(85.4% of all households). The age distribution was 30.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% aged 18 to 24, 27.3% aged 25 to 44, 22.5% aged 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 30.8years. For every 100 females, there were 103.6 males. There were 2,840 housing units at an average density of , of which 2,757 (97.1%) were occupied. Of these, 70.4% were owner-occupied, and 29.6% were occupied by renters.

2023 estimates

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 37.7% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 21.3% spoke only English at home, 70.5% spoke

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, 5.8% spoke other

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, 1.0% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 1.3% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 63.8% were high school graduates and 14.1% had a bachelor's degree. The median household income was $66,306, and the

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was $24,906. About 12.9% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line.

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200147/http://www.co.merced.ca.us/planning/pdf/delhi/draftcomplan/ch8.pdf
(

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) Chapter 8.0 of the Delhi Community Plan: Public Review Draft. Retrieved March 14, 2007. *http://www.delhi.k12.ca.us Delhi's school districts website

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