Editing Desert View Highlands, California

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'''Desert View Highlands''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census designated place]] (CDP) in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]], [[United States]]. The population was 2,360 at the 2010 census, up from 2,337 at the 2000 census. It is surrounded by the [[Palmdale, California|City of Palmdale]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 2172
|1980= 2175
|1990= 2154
|2000= 2337
|2010= 2360
|2020= 2676
|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=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1960/Population/Vol1/12533879v1p6ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|via=ipums.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604115002/https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1960/Population/Vol1/12533879v1p6ch02.pdf| archive-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref><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> 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/>
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Desert View Highland first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1970 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1970CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Desert View Highlands 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 – Desert View Highlands CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0619052&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) – Desert View Highlands CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0619052&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) – Desert View Highlands CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0619052&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,207
|787
|style='background: #ffffe6; |630
|51.65%
|33.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.54%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|130
|175
|style='background: #ffffe6; |163
|5.56%
|7.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.09%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|12
|19
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10
|0.51%
|0.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.37%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|50
|48
|style='background: #ffffe6; |115
|2.14%
|2.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.30%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|2
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.09%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|2
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.09%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|74
|62
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71
|3.17%
|2.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.65%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|860
|1,253
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,675
|36.80%
|53.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62.59%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,337'''
|'''2,360'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,676'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

The [[2020 United States census]] reported that Desert View Highlands had a population of 2,676. The population density was {{convert|6,068.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Desert View Highlands was 33.4% [[White Americans|White]], 6.3% [[African Americans|African American]], 2.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 4.6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 37.4% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 16.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 62.6% of the population.<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=Desert View Highlands 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=1600000US0619052 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 19, 2025}}</ref>

The whole population lived in households. There were 809 households, out of which 43.5% included children under the age of 18, 47.0% were married-couple households, 7.9% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 27.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 18.0% had a male householder with no partner present. 16.4% of households were one person, and 7.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.31.<ref name=DP1/> There were 633 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (78.2% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=Desert View Highlands CDP, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0619052 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=May 19, 2025}}</ref>

The age distribution was 25.3% under the age of 18, 10.2% aged 18 to 24, 26.7% aged 25 to 44, 25.2% aged 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 34.5{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males.<ref name=DP1/>

There were 832 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,886.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 809 (97.2%) were occupied. Of these, 67.0% were owner-occupied, and 33.0% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Desert View Highlands had a population of 2,360. The population density was {{convert|5,364.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Desert View Highlands was 1,286 (54.5%) White (33.3% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="U.S. Census website">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 182 (7.7%) African American, 29 (1.2%) Native American, 50 (2.1%) Asian, 1 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 669 (28.3%) from other races, and 143 (6.1%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,253 persons (53.1%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0619052|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715024421/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0619052|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Desert View Highlands CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 2,353 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 7 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 678 households, 350 (51.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 342 (50.4%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 135 (19.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 57 (8.4%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 55 (8.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 5 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 109 households (16.1%) were one person and 37 (5.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.47.  There were 534 families (78.8% of households); the average family size was 3.82.

The age distribution was 746 people (31.6%) under the age of 18, 271 people (11.5%) aged 18 to 24, 590 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 548 people (23.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 205 people (8.7%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 31.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

There were 764 housing units at an average density of 1,736.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 443 (65.3%) were owner-occupied and 235 (34.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.3%.  1,417 people (60.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 936 people (39.7%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Desert View Highlands had a median household income of $63,717, with 22.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="U.S. Census website"/>

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], Desert View Highlands is in {{Representative|casd|21|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|36|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html
 | title = Statewide Database
 | publisher = UC Regents
 | access-date = December 10, 2014
 }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Desert View Highlands is in {{Representative|cacd|25|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|25}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:Geography of Palmdale, California]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Los Angeles County, California]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in California]]