Calwa, California

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 0.6 sqmi, of which 98.01% is land and 1.99% is water. Calwa is an almost complete county island surrounded by the city of Fresno on all sides except the southeast corner.

History

In 1885, the land of what is now Calwa, was improved and cultivated by Hugh William La Rue to plant an orchard and vineyard. His first crop was ruined by a grasshopper pest in 1886 and he sought to plant elsewhere. Calwa became a railroad town when Santa Fe Railways invested one million dollars to build a switching yard and houses for railway employees. Southern Pacific Railroad also passed through Calwa. The Calwa City post office opened in 1913, and changed its name to Calwa in 1949.

Demographics

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Calwa first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census. and as a CDP in the 1980 United States census (pop. 6,640) which was annexed by the city of Fresno prior to the 1990 U.S. census.

2020 census

The 2020 United States census reported that Calwa had a population of 1,776. The population density was 3,126.8 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Calwa was 260 (14.6%) White, 36 (2.0%) African American, 42 (2.4%) Native American, 60 (3.4%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 1,114 (62.7%) from other races, and 263 (14.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,601 persons (90.1%).

The census reported that 1,768 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 8 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 448 households, out of which 217 (48.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 188 (42.0%) were married-couple households, 50 (11.2%) were cohabiting couple households, 117 (26.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 93 (20.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 65 households (14.5%) were one person, and 20 (4.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.95.

The age distribution was 551 people (31.0%) under the age of 18, 226 people (12.7%) aged 18 to 24, 523 people (29.4%) aged 25 to 44, 333 people (18.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 143 people (8.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 29.0years. For every 100 females, there were 108.9 males.

There were 474 housing units at an average density of 834.5 /mi2, of which 448 (94.5%) were occupied. Of these, 173 (38.6%) were owner-occupied, and 275 (61.4%) were occupied by renters.

Transportation

Calwa is served by Fresno Area Express buses.

References

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4. is an [[Unincorporated area#United States. unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Fresno County, California. Fresno County]], [[California]], United States. The population was 1,776 at the 2020 census, down from 2,052 at the 2010 census. Calwa is located {{convert. 4. mi. km south-southeast of downtown [[Fresno, California. 1011
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