Roseland, California
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Roseland 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 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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, United States
United States
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. It is located southwest of Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,325.

Located just south of Santa Rosa, the area served as an entry point for immigrants and refugees. The Roseland Elementary School District claims to serve one of the most diverse student populations in the county.

Geography

It covers an area of 0.94 sq mi (2.4 km²), all of which is land. At the 2000 census, it covered an area of 1.06 sq mi (2.7 km²), all of which was land.

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseland had a population of 6,325. The population density
Population density
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 was 6,726.5 people per square mile (2,597.1/km²). The racial makeup of Roseland was 3,235 (51.1%) White, 130 (2.1%) African American, 224 (3.5%) Native American, 276 (4.4%) Asian (1.0% Laotian, 1.0% Filipino, 0.7% Cambodian, 0.6% Vietnamese, 0.2% Chinese, 0.2% Indian, 0.1% Korean), 15 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,078 (32.9%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 367 (5.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3,773 persons (59.7%); 53.6% of Roseland is Mexican, 1.6% Salvadoran, 0.7% Guatemalan, 0.4% Puerto Rican, and 0.3% Nicaraguan.

The Census reported that 98.9% of the population lived in households and 1.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 1,724 households, out of which 853 (49.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 804 (46.6%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 276 (16.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 172 (10.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 188 (10.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
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, and 20 (1.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 309 households (17.9%) were made up of individuals and 103 (6.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.63. There were 1,252 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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 (72.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.97.

The population was spread out with 1,825 people (28.9%) under the age of 18, 758 people (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 1,895 people (30.0%) aged 25 to 44, 1,416 people (22.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 431 people (6.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.2 years. For every 100 females there were 111.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.8 males.

There were 1,824 housing units at an average density of 1,939.8 per square mile (749.0/km²), of which 50.8% were owner-occupied and 49.2% were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.0%. 44.6% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 54.3% lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 6,369 people, 1,847 households, and 1,348 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 6,033/sq mi (2,320/km²). There were 1,887 housing units at an average density of 1,787/sq mi (687/km²). As of 2000, the racial makeup of the CDP was 57.65% White, 43.22% Latino, 2.68% African American, 2.65% Native American, 5.29% Asian, 0.50% Pacific Islander, 25.15% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 6.06% from two or more races.

There were 1,847 households out of which 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 3.76.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 31.6% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,955, and the median income for a family was $46,799. Males had a median income of $31,000 versus $26,449 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $14,577. About 11.8% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

In the state legislature
California State Legislature
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 Roseland 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 7th Assembly
California State Assembly
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 District, represented by Democrat Michael Allen
Michael Allen (California politician)
Michael Allen is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 7th district, encompassing Napa County and parts of Solano and Sonoma counties...

. Federally, Roseland is located in California's 6th congressional district
California's 6th congressional district
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, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
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 of D +21 and is represented by Democrat Lynn Woolsey
Lynn Woolsey
Lynn C. Woolsey is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. She is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and its co-chair...

.

Crime

The crime rate in Roseland is relatively high. Roseland is known as an active gang territory by the Santa Rosa Police Department, Sonoma County Sheriff and California Highway Patrol, all of whom share Roseland as a jurisdiction. A special task force was created in order to help prevent gang-related crimes. Local authorities are hoping for a drop in crime rate with more patrols and quicker responses to calls by local law enforcements.
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