Johannesburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, in a mining district of the Rand Mountains. Johannesburg is located east-northeast of Randsburg, at an elevation of .
Geography
Johannesburg is located at .<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)
|157
|146
|style='background: #ffffe6; |89
|89.20%
|84.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78.76%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|1.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|1.14%
|1.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.00%
|4.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.08%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|7
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|3.98%
|3.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.96%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|10
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|5.68%
|4.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.19%
|-
|Total
|176
|172
|style='background: #ffffe6; |113
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
The 2020 United States census reported that Johannesburg had a population of 113. The population density was . The racial makeup of Johannesburg was 91 (80.5%) White, 1 (0.9%) African American, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 8 (7.1%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 1 (0.9%) from other races, and 12 (10.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 persons (6.2%).
There were 61 households, out of which 11 (18.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 18 (29.5%) were married-couple households, 6 (9.8%) were cohabiting couple households, 15 (24.6%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 22 (36.1%) had a male householder with no partner present. 26 households (42.6%) were one person, and 12 (19.7%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.85.
The age distribution was 9 people (8.0%) under the age of 18, 2 people (1.8%) aged 18 to 24, 10 people (8.8%) aged 25 to 44, 51 people (45.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 41 people (36.3%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 60.7years. There were 61 males and 52 females.
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 95 households, 10 (10.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 32 (33.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2 (2.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3 (3.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 7 (7.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (1.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 47 households (49.5%) were one person and 21 (22.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.81. There were 37 families (38.9% of households); the average family size was 2.76.
The age distribution was 21 people (12.2%) under the age of 18, 4 people (2.3%) aged 18 to 24, 26 people (15.1%) aged 25 to 44, 75 people (43.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 46 people (26.7%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 55.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.7 males.
There were 139 housing units at an average density of 57.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 73 (76.8%) were owner-occupied and 22 (23.2%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 14.8%. 137 people (79.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 35 people (20.3%) lived in rental housing units.
References
- Nunn, Cynthia Ackley (2019). Abandoned California: King Solomon Mine. Arcadia Publishing.
- Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse (1963). Desert Bonanza. Glendale, CA., A. H. Clark Co.