Editing Tehachapi, California (section)

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0678092|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033513/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0678092|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Tehachapi city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Tehachapi had a population of 14,414. The population density was {{convert|1,445.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

The racial makeup of Tehachapi was 9,426 (65.4%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1,297 (9.0%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 206 (1.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 238 (1.7%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 21 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2,725 (18.9%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 501 (3.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5,466 persons (37.9%).

The Census reported that 8,487 people (58.9% of the population) lived in households, 6 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 5,921 (41.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 3,121 households, out of which 1,199 (38.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,504 (48.2%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 418 (13.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 181 (5.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 194 (6.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 18 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 879 households (28.2%) were made up of individuals, and 428 (13.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72. There were 2,103 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (67.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.34.

The population was spread out, with 2,599 people (18.0%) under the age of 18, 1,542 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 5,891 people (40.9%) aged 25 to 44, 3,115 people (21.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,267 people (8.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 234.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 283.0 males.

There were 3,539 housing units at an average density of {{convert|354.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 1,841 (59.0%) were owner-occupied, and 1,280 (41.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 12.2%. 4,913 people (34.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,574 people (24.8%) lived in rental housing units.