Dunnigan, California

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dunnigan is a unincorporated community in Yolo County, California on Interstate 5. The population was 897 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Dunnigan is located at 38°53′37″N, 121°59′48″W (38.893671, -121.996577)^GR1. That is 11 miles (18 km) from Arbuckle and nearly 40 miles (64 km) from Vacaville and Sacramento.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community is approximately 50 mi² (130 km²; estimated from population density).

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 897 people, 189 households, and 169 families residing in the city. The population density was 18/mi² (7/km²). There were 205 housing units at an average density of 4.1/mi² (1.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 42.6% White, 0.9% African American, 1.9% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 50.5% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 79.2% of the population.

There were 189 households out of which 65.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.5% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.0% were non-families. Individual households account for 9.5% of the total. The population included 5.1% of people over 65 years of age. The average household size was 4.02 and the average family size was 4.24.

Minors numbered 35.1%; 12.5% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 127.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 135.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,833, and the median income for a family was $24,250. The per capita income for the city was $7,879. About 32.5% of families and 56.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 65.8% of those under age 18 and 18.2% of those age 65 or over.