Editing Citrus, California

{{for|the community in Inyo County formerly with this name|Kearsarge, California}}
{{Other uses|Citrus}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name            = Citrus, California
|settlement_type          = [[Unincorporated community]]<br> [[Census designated place]]
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| area_total_sq_mi        = 0.88
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 10243
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|postal_code              = 91702, 91722
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|area_code                = [[Area code 626|626]]
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'''Citrus''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census designated place]] (CDP) in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]],  [[United States]]. It is located in the [[San Gabriel Valley]] between [[Azusa, California|Azusa]] to the north and west, [[Glendora, California|Glendora]] to the east, and [[Covina, California|Covina]] to the south. It is often referred to as "unincorporated Azusa" or "unincorporated Covina" as many street postal addresses that fall under here end in one of those two cities.

==Geography==
Citrus is located at {{coord|34|6|54|N|117|53|30|W|type:city}} (34.114891, -117.891786).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}}, over 99% of which is land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 12450
|1990= 9481
|2000= 10581
|2010= 10866
|2020= 10243
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|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>1860–1870<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=1960CensusCA1>{{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><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.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><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Citrus first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1980 U.S. Census]] as part of the East San Gabriel Valley census county division.<ref name=1980CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Citrus 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 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Citrus CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0613560&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!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) – Citrus CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0613560&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Citrus CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0613560&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,515
|1,748
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,183
|23.77%
|16.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.55%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|305
|198
|style='background: #ffffe6; |169
|2.88%
|1.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.65%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|41
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36
|0.39%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|678
|837
|style='background: #ffffe6; |818
|6.41%
|7.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.99%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.01%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.06%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|10
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65
|0.09%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.63%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|170
|126
|style='background: #ffffe6; |160
|1.61%
|1.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.56%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|6,861
|7,911
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,806
|64.84%
|72.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76.21%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''10,581'''
|'''10,866'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''10,243'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Citrus had a population of 10,866. The population density was {{convert|12,231.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Citrus was 5,898 (54.3%) White (16.1% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0613560.html|title=Citrus CDP QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|access-date=2013-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702003059/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0613560.html|archive-date=2012-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> 240 (2.2%) African American, 120 (1.1%) Native American, 860 (7.9%) Asian, 4 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 3,302 (30.4%) from other races, and 442 (4.1%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7,911 persons (72.8%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0613560|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715031821/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0613560|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Citrus CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 10,841 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 25 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 2,615 households, 1,364 (52.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,524 (58.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 442 (16.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 229 (8.8%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 152 (5.8%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 24 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 278 households (10.6%) were one person and 94 (3.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.15.  There were 2,195 families (83.9% of households); the average family size was 4.33.

The age distribution was 3,083 people (28.4%) under the age of 18, 1,322 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 3,208 people (29.5%) aged 25 to 44, 2,402 people (22.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 851 people (7.8%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 30.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.

There were 2,701 housing units at an average density of 3,040.3 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,854 (70.9%) were owner-occupied and 761 (29.1%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.5%.  7,841 people (72.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 3,000 people (27.6%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, the median household income was $59,919, with 10.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 10,581 people, 2,614 households, and 2,174 families in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|11,784.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 2,659 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,961.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 52.38% White, 3.24% Black or African American, 1.54% Native American, 6.73% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 31.12% from other races, and 4.94% from two or more races. 64.84% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or Latino of any race.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
Of the 2,614 households 47.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.8% were non-families. 11.1% of households were one person and 3.2% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 4.03 and the average family size was 4.29.

The age distribution was 33.0% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% 65 or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

The median household income was $55,110 and the median family income was $53,668. Males had a median income of $32,289 versus $27,459 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $15,848. About 8.5% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.

[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] and [[German Americans|German]] were the most common ancestries. [[Mexico]] and the [[Philippines]] were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citrus |url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/citrus/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Mapping L.A.}}</ref>

==Government==
Citrus, being an unincorporated community, has no municipal government.

In the [[California State Legislature]], Citrus is in {{Representative|casd|22|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|48|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 = April 9, 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]], Citrus is in {{Representative|cacd|28|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|28}}</ref>

==Education==
Most of Citrus is in [[Azusa Unified School District]],<!--UNI 03600--> while parts are in [[Glendora Unified School District]]<!--UNI 15270--> and other parts are in [[Covina-Valley Unified School District]].<!--UNI 10050--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=11 (PDF p. 12/19)|accessdate=2023-11-25}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Los Angeles County, California}}
{{Greater Los Angeles Area}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Los Angeles County, California]]