East Sonora is a

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(CDP) in

Tuolumne County Tuolumne County (), officially the County of Tuolumne, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,620. The county seat and only incorporated city is Sonora. Tuolumne County comprises the ...

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, United States. The

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was 2,431 at the 2020 census, up from 2,266 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , 99.79% of it land and 0.21% of it water.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that East Sonora had a population of 2,431. The population density was . The racial makeup of East Sonora was 85.0%

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, 0.7%

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, 1.0% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.0%

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, 2.2% from other races, and 8.6% from two or more races.

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of any race were 9.5% of the population. The census reported that 93.5% of the population lived in households, 0.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6.0% were institutionalized. There were 1,200 households, out of which 14.3% included children under the age of 18, 34.4% were married-couple households, 5.8% were

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couple households, 40.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 19.3% had a male householder with no partner present. 46.4% of households were one person, and 35.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.89. There were 555

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(46.2% of all households). The age distribution was 12.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% aged 18 to 24, 15.4% aged 25 to 44, 21.6% aged 45 to 64, and 45.6% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 62.3years. For every 100 females, there were 76.5 males. There were 1,287 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,200 (93.2%) were occupied. Of these, 59.3% were owner-occupied, and 40.7% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $85,461, and the

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was $53,859. About 6.2% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

At the 2010 census East Sonora had a population of 2,266. The population density was . The racial makeup of East Sonora was 2,129 (94.0%) White, 7 (0.3%) African American, 16 (0.7%) Native American, 32 (1.4%) Asian, 1 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 35 (1.5%) from other races, and 46 (2.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 152 people (6.7%). The census reported that 2,151 people (94.9% of the population) lived in households, 1 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 114 (5.0%) were institutionalized. There were 1,150 households, 167 (14.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 422 (36.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 80 (7.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 26 (2.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 63 (5.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 9 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 544 households (47.3%) were one person and 393 (34.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.87. There were 528 families (45.9% of households); the average family size was 2.62. The age distribution was 288 people (12.7%) under the age of 18, 128 people (5.6%) aged 18 to 24, 314 people (13.9%) aged 25 to 44, 557 people (24.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 979 people (43.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 60.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 74.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.9 males. There were 1,279 housing units at an average density of 515.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 694 (60.3%) were owner-occupied and 456 (39.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 11.1%. 1,338 people (59.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 813 people (35.9%) lived in rental housing units.

References

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