Richgrove is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 2,358 at the 2020 United States census, down from 2,882 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Richgrove is located at (35.796677, -119.106654).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
Richgrove first appeared as a census designated place in the 1970 U.S. census;
The Census reported that 2,358 people (100% of the population) lived in households. There were 568 households, of which 54.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 57.6% were married-couple households, 7.4% were cohabiting couple households, 12.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 6.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.15. There were 517 families (91.0% of all households).
There were 583 housing units at an average density of , of which 2.6% were vacant and 568 (97.4%) were occupied. Of occupied units, 42.3% were owner-occupied and 57.7% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 2.4%. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
2010 census
The 2010 United States census reported that Richgrove had a population of 2,882. The population density was . The racial makeup of Richgrove was 1,068 (37.1%) White, 20 (0.7%) African American, 38 (1.3%) Native American, 140 (4.9%) Asian, 7 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 1,521 (52.8%) from other races, and 88 (3.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,705 persons (93.9%).
The Census reported that 2,882 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 598 households, out of which 441 (73.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 410 (68.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 95 (15.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 64 (10.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 54 (9.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (0.3%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 20 households (3.3%) were made up of individuals, and 12 (2.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.82. There were 569 families (95.2% of all households); the average family size was 4.78.
The population age distribution is 1,157 people (40.1%) under the age of 18, 387 people (13.4%) aged 18 to 24, 757 people (26.3%) aged 25 to 44, 451 people (15.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 130 people (4.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.8 males.
There were 610 housing units at an average density of , of which 271 (45.3%) were owner-occupied, and 327 (54.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0%; the rental vacancy rate was 0.3%. 1,247 people (43.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,635 people (56.7%) lived in rental housing units.
Politics
In the state legislature Richgrove is located in , and in .
In the United States House of Representatives, Richgrove is in
Education
It is in the Richgrove Elementary School District<!--ELM 32430--> and the Delano Joint Union High School District<!--SEC 10860-->.