Dustin Acres is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. Dustin Acres is located north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of . The population was 652 at the 2010 census, up from 585 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Dustin Acres is located at . According to the

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

Demographics

Dustin Acres first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census.

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Dustin Acres had a population of 677. The population density was . The racial makeup of Dustin Acres was 469 (69.3%)

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, 1 (0.1%)

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, 26 (3.8%) Native American, 4 (0.6%) Asian, 1 (0.1%)

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, 98 (14.5%) from other races, and 78 (11.5%) from two or more races.

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of any race were 160 persons (23.6%). The whole population lived in households. There were 247 households, out of which 98 (39.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 129 (52.2%) were married-couple households, 19 (7.7%) were

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couple households, 51 (20.6%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 48 (19.4%) had a male householder with no partner present. 54 households (21.9%) were one person, and 22 (8.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.74. There were 182

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(73.7% of all households). The age distribution was 139 people (20.5%) under the age of 18, 26 people (3.8%) aged 18 to 24, 176 people (26.0%) aged 25 to 44, 206 people (30.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 130 people (19.2%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 44.7years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. There were 268 housing units at an average density of , of which 247 (92.2%) were occupied. Of these, 198 (80.2%) were owner-occupied, and 49 (19.8%) were occupied by renters.

2010

At the 2010 census Dustin Acres had a population of 652. The population density was . The racial makeup of Dustin Acres was 539 (82.7%) White, 4 (0.6%) African American, 9 (1.4%) Native American, 1 (0.2%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 71 (10.9%) from other races, and 28 (4.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 129 people (19.8%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 224 households, 83 (37.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 139 (62.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 22 (9.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 10 (4.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 15 (6.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 (1.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 38 households (17.0%) were one person and 11 (4.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.91. There were 171 families (76.3% of households); the average family size was 3.26. The age distribution was 175 people (26.8%) under the age of 18, 56 people (8.6%) aged 18 to 24, 169 people (25.9%) aged 25 to 44, 170 people (26.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 82 people (12.6%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 37.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.8 males. There were 252 housing units at an average density of 68.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 187 (83.5%) were owner-occupied and 37 (16.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%. 549 people (84.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 103 people (15.8%) lived in rental housing units.

References

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