Editing Derby Acres, California

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|official_name            = Derby Acres
|settlement_type          = [[census-designated place]]
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Kern County, California|Kern County]] and the state of [[California]]
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|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|California}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Kern County, California|Kern]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = [[California State Senate|Senate]]
|leader_name1             = [[Jean Fuller]] ([[California Republican Party|R]])
|leader_title2            = [[California State Assembly|Assembly]]
|leader_name2             = [[Rudy Salas|Rudy Salas Jr.]] ([[California Democratic Party|D]])
|leader_title3            = [[California's 22nd congressional district|U. S. Congress]]
|leader_name3             = [[Kevin McCarthy]] (R)
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| area_total_sq_mi        = 3.58
| area_land_sq_mi         = 3.58
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| area_total_km2          = 9.27
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|elevation_ft             = 1375
|elevation_m              = 419
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 301
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|population_density_km2   = 32.45
|population_density_sq_mi = 84.05
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]]
|utc_offset               = -8
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|timezone_DST             = PDT
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 93224
|area_code                = [[Area code 661|661]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 06-18926
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|blank1_info              = 0241420
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[[Image:DerbyAcres.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Derby Acres, looking south along [[California State Route 33]].]]
'''Derby Acres''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Kern County, California|Kern County]], [[California]], United States. Derby Acres is located {{convert|5.5|mi|km|1}} north-northwest of [[Fellows, California|Fellows]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|1026}}</ref> at an elevation of {{Convert|1375|feet|}}.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 322 at the 2010 census, down from 376 at the 2000 census.  The town is on [[California State Route 33|State Route 33]] at the northern extremity of the [[Midway-Sunset Oil Field]], about {{Convert|5|mile||0|spell=in}}five miles southeast of [[McKittrick, California|McKittrick]].

==Geography==
Derby Acres is located at {{Coord|35|14|50|N|119|35|43|W|type:city}}.<ref name=gnis />

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|3.6|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==History==
Derby Acres was founded in the 1930s.<ref name=CGN />

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 376
|2010= 322
|2020= 301
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

===2020===
The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Derby Acres had a population of 301. The population density was {{convert|84.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Derby Acres was 230 (76.4%) [[White Americans|White]], 4 (1.3%) [[African Americans|African American]], 7 (2.3%) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 4 (1.3%) [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0 (0.0%) [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 27 (9.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 29 (9.6%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 52 persons (17.3%).<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Derby Acres 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=1600000US0618926 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 19, 2025}}</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 122 households, out of which 44 (36.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 55 (45.1%) were married-couple households, 12 (9.8%) were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 31 (25.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 24 (19.7%) had a male householder with no partner present. 30 households (24.6%) were one person, and 8 (6.6%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47.<ref name=DP1/> There were 82 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (67.2% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Derby Acres CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0618926 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 19, 2025}}</ref>

The age distribution was 74 people (24.6%) under the age of 18, 19 people (6.3%) aged 18 to 24, 77 people (25.6%) aged 25 to 44, 67 people (22.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 64 people (21.3%) who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 40.4{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 100.7 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 133 housing units at an average density of {{convert|37.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 122 (91.7%) were occupied. Of these, 86 (70.5%) were owner-occupied, and 36 (29.5%) were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Derby Acres had a population of 322. The population density was {{convert|89.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Derby Acres was 289 (89.8%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 1 (0.3%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 23 (7.1%) from other races, and 9 (2.8%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 36 people (11.2%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0618926|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715024418/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0618926|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Derby Acres CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.

There were 123 households, 35 (28.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 66 (53.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 10 (8.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 8 (6.5%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 8 (6.5%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 1 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 29 households (23.6%) were one person and 15 (12.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.62.  There were 84 families (68.3% of households); the average family size was 3.10.

The age distribution was 63 people (19.6%) under the age of 18, 40 people (12.4%) aged 18 to 24, 73 people (22.7%) aged 25 to 44, 99 people (30.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 47 people (14.6%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 41.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

There were 144 housing units at an average density of 40.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 98 (79.7%) were owner-occupied and 25 (20.3%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 6.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 19.4%.  249 people (77.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 73 people (22.7%) lived in rental housing units.

==References==
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{{Kern County, California}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Kern County, California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1930s]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]