Editing Colfax, California (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align= left
|1880= 591
|1890= 670
|1910= 621
|1920= 573
|1930= 912
|1940= 794
|1950= 820
|1960= 915
|1970= 798
|1980= 981
|1990= 1306
|2000= 1496
|2010= 1963
|2020= 1995
|estimate= 2050
|estyear=2023
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0614498|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715024201/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0614498|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Colfax city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Colfax had a population of 1,963. The population density was {{convert|1,394.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Colfax was 1,759 (89.6%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4 (0.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 26 (1.3%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 29 (1.5%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 54 (2.8%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 89 (4.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 178 persons (9.1%).

The Census reported that 1,958 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 5 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 823 households, out of which 286 (34.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 334 (40.6%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 131 (15.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 40 (4.9%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 67 (8.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 3 (0.4%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]], while 259 households (31.5%) were made up of individuals, and 90 (10.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38.  There were 505 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (61.4% of all households); the average family size was 2.98.

The population was spread out, with 499 people (25.4%) under the age of 18, 159 people (8.1%) aged 18 to 24, 501 people (25.5%) aged 25 to 44, 580 people (29.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 224 people (11.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.

There were 929 housing units at an average density of {{convert|660.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 386 (46.9%) were owner-occupied, and 437 (53.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 12.5%; 895 people (45.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,063 people (54.2%) lived in rental housing units.