Editing Buttonwillow, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Buttonwillow had a population of 1,508. The population density was {{convert|217.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Buttonwillow was 534 (35.4%) White, 36 (2.4%) African American, 11 (0.7%) Native American, 10 (0.7%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 890 (59.0%) from other races, and 27 (1.8%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,183 persons (78.4%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0609332|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715023821/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0609332|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Buttonwillow CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

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

There were 379 households, 225 (59.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 217 (57.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 64 (16.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 39 (10.3%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 36 (9.5%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 1 (0.3%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 46 households (12.1%) were one person and 29 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.98.  There were 320 families (84.4% of households); the average family size was 4.30.

The age distribution was 561 people (37.2%) under the age of 18, 162 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 428 people (28.4%) aged 25 to 44, 265 people (17.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 92 people (6.1%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 26.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.9 males.

There were 406 housing units at an average density of 58.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 184 (48.5%) were owner-occupied and 195 (51.5%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.4%.  699 people (46.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 809 people (53.6%) lived in rental housing units.