Parksdale is a

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(CDP) in

Madera County Madera County (), officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California. It features a varied landscape, encompassing the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada, with Ma ...

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, United States. It is part of the Madera Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,234 at the 2020 census, up from 2,621 in 2010.

Geography

Parksdale is located in the Central Valley of California at . It is bordered to the northwest by the city of Madera, the

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. According to the

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

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Parksdale had a population of 3,234. The population density was . The racial makeup of Parksdale was 21.2%

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, 1.7%

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, 8.6% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1%

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, 49.9% from other races, and 17.9% from two or more races.

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of any race were 90.0% of the population. The census reported that 99.5% of the population lived in households, 0.5% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 759 households, out of which 58.6% included children under the age of 18, 52.4% were married-couple households, 11.1% were

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couple households, 23.5% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 9.5% of households were one person, and 3.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.24. There were 655

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(86.3% of all households). The age distribution was 35.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% aged 18 to 24, 26.7% aged 25 to 44, 19.2% aged 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 27.8years. For every 100 females, there were 100.5 males. There were 784 housing units at an average density of , of which 759 (96.8%) were occupied. Of these, 55.7% were owner-occupied, and 44.3% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $55,395, and the

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was $17,215. About 17.1% of families and 23.4% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Parksdale had a population of 2,621. The population density was . The racial makeup of Parksdale was 1,155 (44.1%)

, 56 (2.1%)

, 65 (2.5%) Native American, 18 (0.7%) Asian, 3 (0.1%)

, 1,231 (47.0%) from other races, and 93 (3.5%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2,278 persons (86.9%). The Census reported that 2,621 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 569 households, out of which 347 (61.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 345 (60.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 104 (18.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 51 (9.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 52 (9.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 48 households (8.4%) were made up of individuals, and 13 (2.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.61. There were 500

(87.9% of all households); the average family size was 4.76. The population was spread out, with 959 people (36.6%) under the age of 18, 335 people (12.8%) aged 18 to 24, 651 people (24.8%) aged 25 to 44, 502 people (19.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 174 people (6.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.9 males. There were 614 housing units at an average density of , of which 366 (64.3%) were owner-occupied, and 203 (35.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.8%. 1,596 people (60.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,025 people (39.1%) lived in rental housing units.

Government

In the

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, Parksdale is in , and . In the

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, Parksdale is in

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, represented by

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as of January 2025.

References

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