Editing McFarland, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] McFarland had a population of 12,707. The population density was {{convert|4,762.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of McFarland was 5,433 (42.8%) White, 236 (1.9%) African American, 171 (1.3%) Native American, 84 (0.7%) Asian, 6 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 6,330 (49.8%) from other races, and 447 (3.5%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11,625 people (91.5%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0644826|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715031329/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0644826|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - McFarland city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 11,486 people (90.4% of the population) lived in households, 27 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,194 (9.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 2,599 households, 1,818 (69.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,663 (64.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 456 (17.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 246 (9.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 189 (7.3%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 14 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 170 households (6.5%) were one person and 71 (2.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.42. There were 2,365 families (91.0% of households); the average family size was 4.51.

The age distribution was 4,468 people (35.2%) under the age of 18, 1,700 people (13.4%) aged 18 to 24, 4,030 people (31.7%) aged 25 to 44, 1,925 people (15.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 584 people (4.6%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 25.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 128.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 142.4 males.

There were 2,683 housing units at an average density of 1,005.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,488 (57.3%) were owner-occupied and 1,111 (42.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.6%. 6,519 people (51.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,967 people (39.1%) lived in rental housing units.