Friant, California

Geography

The CDP is located along the banks of the San Joaquin River and at the base of Friant Dam and Millerton Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.3 sqmi, of which 96.1% is land and 3.9% is water.

Climate

Friant has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) typical of California's Central Valley with hot, dry summers and cool, rainier winters.

|Jan record high F = 78 |Feb record high F = 81 |Mar record high F = 91 |Apr record high F = 99 |May record high F = 108 |Jun record high F = 117 |Jul record high F = 116 |Aug record high F = 115 |Sep record high F = 114 |Oct record high F = 105 |Nov record high F = 92 |Dec record high F = 79 |year record high F = 117 |Jan avg record high F = 69.3 |Feb avg record high F = 73.0 |Mar avg record high F = 80.0 |Apr avg record high F = 89.8 |May avg record high F = 99.2 |Jun avg record high F = 106.3 |Jul avg record high F = 108.4 |Aug avg record high F = 107.9 |Sep avg record high F = 103.8 |Oct avg record high F = 94.8 |Nov avg record high F = 81.0 |Dec avg record high F = 69.0 |year avg record high F = 110.0 |Jan avg record low F = 28.0 |Feb avg record low F = 31.5 |Mar avg record low F = 33.7 |Apr avg record low F = 34.5 |May avg record low F = 41.3 |Jun avg record low F = 46.2 |Jul avg record low F = 54.2 |Aug avg record low F = 53.5 |Sep avg record low F = 47.0 |Oct avg record low F = 40.3 |Nov avg record low F = 32.6 |Dec avg record low F = 28.3 |year avg record low F = 25.6 |Jan record low F = 17 |Feb record low F = 19 |Mar record low F = 24 |Apr record low F = 24 |May record low F = 30 |Jun record low F = 35 |Jul record low F = 45 |Aug record low F = 38 |Sep record low F = 36 |Oct record low F = 29 |Nov record low F = 21 |Dec record low F = 16 |year record low F = 16 |access-date = May 26, 2023

History

The place was first called Converse Ferry for Charles Converse, who established a ferry across the San Joaquin River in 1852. It was renamed Jones Ferry for J.R. Jones, a local merchant. The post office came in 1881 and named the place Hamptonville, after William R. Hampton, its first postmaster. The Southern Pacific Railroad arrived in 1891 and named the place Pollasky for Marcus Pollasky, a railroad official. In the 1920s the place was renamed for Thomas Friant, a lumber company executive.

• Unknown Date: Mugginsville
• 1852-≤1863: Converse Ferry or Converse
• ≤1863-1881: Jones Ferry or Jonesville
• 1881-1891: Hamptonville
• 1891-1907: Pollasky
• 1907–present: Friant

Demographics

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Friant first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Friant had a population of 446. The population density was 356.5 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Friant was 319 (71.5%) White, 5 (1.1%) African American, 14 (3.1%) Native American, 9 (2.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 19 (4.3%) from other races, and 80 (17.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 82 persons (18.4%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 216 households, out of which 32 (14.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 117 (54.2%) were married-couple households, 8 (3.7%) were cohabiting couple households, 42 (19.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 49 (22.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 57 households (26.4%) were one person, and 31 (14.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.06.

The age distribution was 45 people (10.1%) under the age of 18, 22 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 88 people (19.7%) aged 25 to 44, 129 people (28.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 162 people (36.3%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 58.6years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males.

There were 249 housing units at an average density of 199.0 /mi2, of which 216 (86.7%) were occupied. Of these, 170 (78.7%) were owner-occupied, and 46 (21.3%) were occupied by renters.

2010

At the 2010 census Friant had a population of 509. The population density was 383.9 PD/sqmi. The racial makeup of Friant was 433 (85.1%) White, 4 (0.8%) African American, 14 (2.8%) Native American, 7 (1.4%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 11 (2.2%) from other races, and 40 (7.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 63 people (12.4%).

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 224 households, 47 (21.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 111 (49.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 21 (9.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 9 (4.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 12 (5.4%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 5 (2.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 61 households (27.2%) were one person and 33 (14.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.27. There were 141 families (62.9% of households); the average family size was 2.75.

The age distribution was 83 people (16.3%) under the age of 18, 35 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 82 people (16.1%) aged 25 to 44, 169 people (33.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 140 people (27.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 51.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.9 males.

There were 252 housing units at an average density of 190.1 /sqmi, of which 224 were occupied, 171 (76.3%) by the owners and 53 (23.7%) by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.6%. 381 people (74.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 128 people (25.1%) lived in rental housing units.

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