Editing Bootjack, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}
{{Redirect|Bootjack|the tool used to assist taking off boots|Boot jack}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Bootjack
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]] 
|image_skyline            = 
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|image_map                = Mariposa_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bootjack_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250x200px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa County]] and the state of [[California]]
|pushpin_map              = USA
|pushpin_map_caption      = Location in the United States
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa]]
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|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|established_date         = 
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| unit_pref               = Imperial
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: California |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_06.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi        = 3.86
| area_land_sq_mi         = 3.83
| area_water_sq_mi        = 0.03
| area_total_km2          = 
| area_land_km2           =
| area_water_km2          = 
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0607525&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Bootjack CDP, California: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total         = 661
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 172.49
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|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific (PST)]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|coordinates              = {{coord|37|28|01|N|119|52|45|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft             = 2264
|elevation_footnotes    =  <ref name=gnis/>
|timezone_DST             = PDT
<!-- Area/postal codes and others -->
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 95338 ([[Mariposa, California|Mariposa]])
|area_code                = [[Area code 209|209]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = {{FIPS|06|07525}}
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2407885<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407885}}</ref>
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'''Bootjack''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] in [[Mariposa County, California|Mariposa County]], [[California]], United States.<ref name=gnis/> The population was 661 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 960 in 2010 and 1,588 in 2000, largely due to reductions in the area of the CDP.

==Geography==
Bootjack is located south of the center of Mariposa County at an elevation of {{convert|2264|ft}}<ref name=gnis/> in the foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada]]. [[California State Route 49]] passes through the community, leading west-northwest {{convert|4.5|mi}} to [[Mariposa, California|Mariposa]], the [[county seat]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|749}}</ref> and southeast {{convert|21|mi}} to [[Oakhurst, California|Oakhurst]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.86|sqmi|2}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqmi|2}}, or 0.80%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> In 2010 the CDP had an area of {{convert|7.1|sqmi|km2}}, and in 2000 the area was {{convert|18.0|sqmi|km2}}.

==History==
There are three current versions of how the town was named:<ref name=CGN /> firstly, that a fork in the road made a [[boot jack]] shape (basically, a "Y"); second, that a landmark tree at the place had a bootjack shape; and third, that after a horse thief's hanging at the place, a bootjack was used to remove his boots.<ref name=CGN />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 1588
|2010= 960
|2020= 661
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1850–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
}}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Bootjack had a population of 661. The population density was {{convert|172.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Bootjack was 528 (79.9%) [[White Americans|White]], 7 (1.1%) [[African Americans|African American]], 33 (5.0%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 23 (3.5%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0 (0.0%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 9 (1.4%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 61 (9.2%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 58 persons (8.8%).<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Bootjack CDP, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0607525 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 18, 2025}}</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 283 households, out of which 103 (36.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 165 (58.3%) were married-couple households, 17 (6.0%) were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 55 (19.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 46 (16.3%) had a male householder with no partner present. 34 households (12.0%) were one person, and 13 (4.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.34.<ref name=DP1/> There were 228 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (80.6% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bootjack CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0607525 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 18, 2025}}</ref>

The age distribution was 138 people (20.9%) under the age of 18, 33 people (5.0%) aged 18 to 24, 125 people (18.9%) aged 25 to 44, 165 people (25.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 200 people (30.3%) who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 50.5{{nbsp}}years.    For every 100 females, there were 118.2 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 315 housing units at an average density of {{convert|82.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 283 (89.8%) were occupied. Of these, 220 (77.7%) were owner-occupied, and 63 (22.3%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], Bootjack is in {{Representative|casd|8|fmt=sdistrict}}, and {{Representative|caad|5|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=[[Regents of the University of California]] |access-date=March 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Bootjack is in {{Representative|cacd|4|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|4|access-date=October 1, 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Mariposa County, California}}
{{Yosemite National Park}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Mariposa County, California]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in California]]