Editing Calwa, California

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Calwa
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]] and the state of [[California]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
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|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Fresno County, California|Fresno]]
|leader_title2            = [[California's 14th State Senate district|State Senator]]
|leader_name2             = {{Representative|casd|14|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web
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 |title=Senators 
 |access-date=April 6, 2013
 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>
|leader_title3            = [[California's 31st State Assembly district|State&nbsp;Assembly]]
|leader_name3             = {{Representative|caad|31|fmt=sleader}}<ref>{{Cite web
 |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 |title=Members Assembly
 |access-date=April 6, 2013
 |publisher=State of California}}</ref>
|leader_title4            = [[California's 16th congressional district|U. S. Congress]]
|leader_name4             = {{Representative|cacd|16|fmt=usleader}}<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|16|accessdate=April 6, 2013}}</ref>
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.58
|area_total_km2           = 1.50
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.57
|area_land_km2            = 1.47
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|area_water_km2           = 0.03
|area_water_percent       = 0
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|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis>{{Cite GNIS|1655859|Calwa}}</ref>
|elevation_ft             = 292
|elevation_m              = 89
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 1776
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 3126.76
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|timezone_DST             = PDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 93725, 93745
|area_code                = [[Area code 559|559]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
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|population_est = 
|population_density_km2 = 1208.12
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'''Calwa''' (formerly, '''Calwa City''')<ref name=CGN /> is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]], [[California]], United States. The population was 2,052 at the 2010 census, up from 762 in 2000. Calwa is located {{convert|4|mi|km}} south-southeast of downtown [[Fresno, California|Fresno]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|1011}}</ref> at an elevation of 292 feet (89 m).<ref name=gnis /> The name was taken from the acronym for "California Wine Association" (CalWA).<ref name=CGN /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/01/us/how-immigrants-changed-california-politics/index.html | title=Blue state, red valley: In this part of California, a new generation is more woke than ever | publisher=CNN | date=1 June 2018 | access-date=2 June 2018 | author=Basu, Moni}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the community has a total area of {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land. Calwa is an almost complete [[county island]] surrounded by the city of Fresno on all sides except the southeast corner.

==History==
In 1885, the land of what is now Calwa, was improved and cultivated by Hugh William La Rue to plant an orchard and vineyard. His first crop was ruined by a grasshopper pest in 1886 and he sought to plant elsewhere.  Calwa became a railroad town when [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railways]] invested one million dollars to build a switching yard and houses for railway employees.  [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] also passed through Calwa.<ref>{{Cite book|title = History of Fresno County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present|url = https://archive.org/details/historyoffresnoc01vand|publisher = Historic Record Company|date = 1919-01-01|language = en|first = Paul E.|last = Vandor}}</ref>  The Calwa City post office opened in 1913, and changed its name to Calwa in 1949.<ref name=CGN />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2010=2052
|2020=1776
|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> 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> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Calwa first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[2010 U.S. Census]].<ref name=2010CensusCA/> An existing CDP using the same name was renamed [[Malaga, California|Malaga]] after the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] determined that it had been incorrectly named.<ref name=2010CensusCA/> There previously was a CDP named '''Calwa''' first listed as an unincorporated community in the [[1970 U.S. Census]] (pop 5,191)<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> and as a CDP in the [[1980 U.S. Census]] (pop. 6,640)<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> which was annexed by the city of [[Fresno]] prior to the [[1990 U.S. Census]].<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>
 
===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Calwa CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Calwa CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0610032&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Calwa CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0610032&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|92
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67
|4.48%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.77%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35
|1.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.97%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|26
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|1.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.90%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|37
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50
|1.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.82%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.34%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,848
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,601
|90.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90.15%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,052'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,776'''
|'''0.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''0.00%'''
|}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0610031|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715023900/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0610031|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Calwa CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Calwa had a population of 2,052. The population density was {{convert|3,286.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Calwa was 995 (48.5%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 24 (1.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 67 (3.3%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 43 (2.1%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 9 (0.4%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 846 (41.2%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 68 (3.3%) from two or more races.  [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1,848 persons (90.1%).

The Census reported that 2,052 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 480 households, out of which 298 (62.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 221 (46.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 108 (22.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 83 (17.3%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 74 (15.4%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 1 (0.2%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 41 households (8.5%) were made up of individuals, and 8 (1.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.28.  There were 412 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (85.8% of all households); the average family size was 4.33.

The population was spread out, with 735 people (35.8%) under the age of 18, 268 people (13.1%) aged 18 to 24, 567 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 359 people (17.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 123 people (6.0%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 25.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.6 males.

There were 531 housing units at an average density of {{convert|850.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 480 were occupied, of which 196 (40.8%) were owner-occupied, and 284 (59.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.8%.  817 people (39.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,235 people (60.2%) lived in rental housing units.

==Transportation==
Calwa is served by [[Fresno Area Express]] buses.

==References==
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{{Fresno County, California}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Fresno County, California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1913]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]
[[Category:1913 establishments in California]]