Ford City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Ford City is located north of Taft, at an elevation of .<br> 1860–1870 1880-1890<br> 1900 1910 1920<br> 1930 1940 1950<br> 1960 1970 1980<br> 1990 2000 2010<br> 2020
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,546
|2,140
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,441
|72.49%
|50.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33.14%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|8
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19
|0.23%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.44%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|47
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|1.34%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|45
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13
|1.28%
|0.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|19
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.54%
|0.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|11
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24
|0.31%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.55%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|65
|68
|style='background: #ffffe6; |102
|1.85%
|1.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.35%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|771
|1,971
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,736
|21.95%
|46.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62.93%
|-
|Total
|3,512
|4,278
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,348
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Ford City had a population of 4,348 and a population density of . Of residents, 92.9% lived in urban areas and 7.1% lived in rural areas.
The whole population lived in households. There were 1,260 households, out of which 47.4% included children under the age of 18, 43.7% were married-couple households, 14.7% were cohabiting couple households, 24.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present, and 17.5% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. About 17.8% of households were one person, and 8.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.45. There were 943 families (74.8% of all households).
2010 census
At the 2010 census Ford City had a population of 4,278. The population density was . The racial makeup of Ford City was 2,735 (63.9%) White, 28 (0.7%) African American, 153 (3.6%) Native American, 36 (0.8%) Asian, 32 (0.7%) Pacific Islander, 1,113 (26.0%) from other races, and 181 (4.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,971 persons (46.1%).
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 1,260 households, 596 (47.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 607 (48.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 189 (15.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 148 (11.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 138 (11.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 242 households (19.2%) were one person and 94 (7.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.40. There were 944 families (74.9% of households); the average family size was 3.76.
The age distribution was 1,351 people (31.6%) under the age of 18, 622 people (14.5%) aged 18 to 24, 1,182 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 772 people (18.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 351 people (8.2%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 27.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.0 males.
There were 1,426 housing units at an average density of 929.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 620 (49.2%) were owner-occupied and 640 (50.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 1,843 people (43.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,435 people (56.9%) lived in rental housing units.