Contra Costa Centre is an

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and

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. Contra Costa Centre sits at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m). The 2010 United States census reported Contra Costa Centre's population was 5,364, while the 2020 census figure was 6,808. Contra Costa Centre is served by the Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre

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station. It is the successor to the Waldon CDP of the 2000 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of 0.642 square miles (1.662 km), all of it land.

Demographics

Contra Costa Centre first appeared as a

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in the 2000 U.S. Census under the name Waldon; The name was changed to Contra Costa Centre for the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Contra Costa Centre had a population of 6,808. The population density was . The racial makeup of Contra Costa Centre was 50.3%

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, 4.9%

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, 0.5% Native American, 27.0% Asian, 0.2%

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, 5.1% from other races, and 11.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.2% of the population. The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 3,507 households, out of which 18.6% included children under the age of 18, 36.7% were married-couple households, 10.6% were

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couple households, 28.4% had a female householder with no partner present, and 24.3% had a male householder with no partner present. 39.5% of households were one person, and 7.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.94. There were 1,650

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(47.0% of all households). The age distribution was 13.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% aged 18 to 24, 48.8% aged 25 to 44, 21.1% aged 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 34.6years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. There were 3,799 housing units at an average density of , of which 3,507 (92.3%) were occupied. Of these, 21.8% were owner-occupied, and 78.2% were occupied by renters.

Education

Much of Contra Costa Centre is in the

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and the

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. Other parts are in the K-12

Mount Diablo Unified School District Mount Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) is a public school district in Contra Costa County, California. It currently operates 29 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, and 5 high schools, with 7 alternative school An alternative schoo ...

References

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