Editing Independence, California (section)

==Demographics==

[[File:Independence Post Office.jpg|thumbnail|Independence, California Post Office]]
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0636350|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715025729/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0636350|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Independence CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Independence had a population of 669. The population density was {{convert|137.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Independence was 493 (73.7%) [[White (U.S. Census)|Whites]], 6 (0.9%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African Americans]], 98 (14.6%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native Americans]], 8 (1.2%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asians]], 1 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islanders]], 28 (4.2%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 35 (5.2%) from two or more races.  [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 93 persons (13.9%).

The Census reported that 603 people (90.1% of the population) lived in households, 8 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 58 (8.7%) were institutionalized.

There were 301 households, out of which 57 (18.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 131 (43.5%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 20 (6.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 8 (2.7%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 13 (4.3%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 3 (1.0%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 122 households (40.5%) were made up of individuals, and 47 (15.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00.  There were 159 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (52.8% of all households); the average family size was 2.70.

The population was spread out, with 100 people (14.9%) under the age of 18, 54 people (8.1%) aged 18 to 24, 117 people (17.5%) aged 25 to 44, 259 people (38.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 139 people (20.8%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 51.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.2 males.

There were 389 housing units at an average density of {{convert|79.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 301 were occupied, of which 210 (69.8%) were owner-occupied, and 91 (30.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.1%.  410 people (61.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 193 people (28.8%) lived in rental housing units.