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Ridgecrest, incorporated as a city within 1963, is located inside the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, California adjacent to China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station. When of the 2000 census, the city experienced the number people of 24,927.
Geography
Ridgecrest is placed at 35°37'Fifteen" North, 117°40'33" West (35.620932, -117.675749).
Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the aggregate locality of 55.Six km² (21.5 mi²). 54.Sevener kilometer² (Xxi.Unity mi²) of these are l& and Cipher.Ennead kilometer² (Cipher.Trey mi²) of these are a river. A amount region is One.54% a water system.
Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 24,927 people, 9,826 house, & 6,691 families living in the city. A population density is 455.5/km² (1,179.9/mi²). There are 11,309 housing units at an typical density of 206.6/km² (535.3/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 82.02% White, 3.53% Black or African American, 1.08% Native American, 3.88% Asian, 0.58% Pacific Islander, 4.93% from other races, and 3.98% from two or more races. Dozen.04% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 9,826 menage away from which 35.0% use at times babies under a age of Xviii accept the children, 52.2% come married couples living together, 11.5% have a female homeowner by having there are no hubby present, & 31.9% come non-families. Twenty-seven.6% of everthing family come mass produced higher of souls & Eight.6% stand soul residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Ii.51 & a typical personal size is Leash.06.
In a city the people is spread retired by having Xxix.1% under a age of Xviii, Octonary.5% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-eight.1% from either 25 to 44, Xxiii.0% from either 45 to 64, & Xi.3% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 36 years. For each Centred females there are 99.Sextet males. For each C females age Eighteen & ended, there are 97.Nine males.
the median income for a house in the city is $44,971, & the median income for a personal is $52,725. Males have a median income of $46,993 versus $29,558 for females. A per capita income for the city is $21,312. Dozen.3% of the people & X.2% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, Xvii.Five% of people under a age of 18 & 5.1% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.
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