Terra Bella is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population was 2,910 at the 2020 census, down from 3,310 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Terra Bella is located at (35.961292, -119.040914). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. The community is served by the Terra Bella Irrigation District.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Terra Bella had a population of 2,910. The population density was . The racial makeup of Terra Bella was 22.3%

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, 0.1%

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, 2.4% Native American, 2.3% Asian, 0.1%

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, 50.8% from other races, and 22.0% from two or more races.

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of any race were 90.7% 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 721 households, out of which 54.4% included children under the age of 18, 59.5% were married-couple households, 6.4% were

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couple households, 21.4% had a female householder with no partner present, and 12.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 12.1% of households were one person, and 4.9% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.03. There were 616

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(85.4% of all households). The age distribution was 32.4% under the age of 18, 12.1% aged 18 to 24, 25.1% aged 25 to 44, 20.4% aged 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 29.2years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males. There were 757 housing units at an average density of , of which 721 (95.2%) were occupied. Of these, 47.3% were owner-occupied, and 52.7% were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $62,073, and the

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was $27,456. About 19.0% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line.

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Terra Bella had a population of 3,310. The population density was . The racial makeup of Terra Bella was 1,426 (43.1%)

, 5 (0.2%)

, 20 (0.6%) Native American, 75 (2.3%) Asian, 2 (0.1%)

, 1,733 (52.4%) from other races, and 49 (1.5%) from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2,894 persons (87.4%). The Census reported that 3,301 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 9 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 787 households, out of which 510 (64.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 521 (66.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 93 (11.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 78 (9.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 73 (9.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 10 (1.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 65 households (8.3%) were made up of individuals, and 25 (3.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.19. There were 692

(87.9% of all households); the average family size was 4.41. The population age distribution is 1,256 people (37.9%) under the age of 18, 344 people (10.4%) aged 18 to 24, 926 people (28.0%) aged 25 to 44, 564 people (17.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 220 people (6.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.8 males. There were 824 housing units at an average density of , of which 381 (48.4%) were owner-occupied, and 406 (51.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.8%. 1,627 people (49.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,674 people (50.6%) lived in rental housing units.

Politics

In the

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Terra Bella is located in the 16th

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District, represented by

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Dean Florez, and in the 30th Assembly District, represented by Republican Danny Gilmore. In the

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, Terra Bella is in

References

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