Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, California
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Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley is the birthplace of the California wine industry and often called The Valley of the Moon. Sonoma Valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and the impact of Prohibition...

, Sonoma County
Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....

, California
California
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, in the United States
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. As of the 2010 census
United States Census, 2010
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, the CDP population was 4,144.

Agua Caliente originated as a land grant 10 miles (16 km) long on the east side of Sonoma Creek
Sonoma Creek
Sonoma Creek is a stream in northern California. It is one of two principal drainages of southern Sonoma County, California, with headwaters rising in the rugged hills of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and discharging to San Pablo Bay, the northern arm of San Francisco Bay. The watershed drained by...

. George and Emma Fetters opened the Fetters Hot Springs resort in 1908. The two communities are generally thought of as separate from one another, though they are adjacent. Fetters Hot Springs is immediately to the north of Boyes Hot Springs
Boyes Hot Springs, California
Boyes Hot Springs is a census-designated place in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 6,656 people at the 2010 census...

, and the three communities are often grouped together as the "Springs" area of Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley is the birthplace of the California wine industry and often called The Valley of the Moon. Sonoma Valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and the impact of Prohibition...

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Geography

Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is located on State Route 12, approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Sonoma, California
Sonoma, California
Sonoma is a historically significant city in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA, surrounding its historic town plaza, a remnant of the town's Mexican colonial past. It was the capital of the short-lived California Republic...

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As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total area of 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km²), all land.

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente had a population of 4,144. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,815.6 people per square mile (1,087.1/km²). The racial makeup of Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente was 2,926 (70.6%) White, 25 (0.6%) African American, 39 (0.9%) Native American, 68 (1.6%) Asian, 8 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 895 (21.6%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 183 (4.4%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,925 persons (46.5%).

The Census reported that 99.6% of the population lived in households and 0.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 1,419 households, out of which 570 (40.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 709 (50.0%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 175 (12.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 86 (6.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 90 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
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, and 30 (2.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 327 households (23.0%) were made up of individuals and 108 (7.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91. There were 970 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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 (68.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.46.

The population was spread out with 1,137 people (27.4%) under the age of 18, 409 people (9.9%) aged 18 to 24, 1,070 people (25.8%) aged 25 to 44, 1,148 people (27.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 380 people (9.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.8 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

There were 1,585 housing units at an average density of 1,076.9 per square mile (415.8/km²), of which 58.1% were owner-occupied and 41.9% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.0%. 51.4% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 48.2% lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 2,505 people, 885 households, and 584 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 6,546.8 people per square mile (2,545.2/km²). There were 929 housing units at an average density of 2,427.9 per square mile (943.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.55% White, 0.96% African American, 1.12% Native American, 1.20% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 8.70% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 5.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.90% of the population.

There were 885 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.32.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,097, and the median income for a family was $48,641. Males had a median income of $37,143 versus $28,304 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $20,269. About 5.5% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the state legislature
California State Legislature
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 Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is located in the 2nd Senate
California State Senate
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 District, represented by Democrat
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 Noreen Evans
Noreen Evans
Noreen Evans is an American politician in the California State Senate. She is a Democrat representing the 2nd district, encompassing Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, and Napa counties, as well as parts of Sonoma and Solano counties....

, and in the 6th Assembly
California State Assembly
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 District, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman
Jared Huffman
Jared Huffman is the assemblyman for California's 6th State Assembly district, which includes all of Marin and southern Sonoma counties...

. Federally, Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente is located in California's 6th congressional district
California's 6th congressional district
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