Vineyard, California
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Vineyard is a census-designated place
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 (CDP) in Sacramento County
Sacramento County, California
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, California
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, United States
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. It is part of the Sacramento
Sacramento, California
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Arden-Arcade
Arden-Arcade, California
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Roseville
Roseville, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sacramento metropolitan area
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. The population was 24,836 at the 2010 census, up from 10,109 at the 2000 census. Along with more than doubling its population in just one decade, Vineyard also grew to become one of Greater Sacramento's most racially diverse suburbs.

Geography

Vineyard is located at 38°27′52"N 121°20′49"W (38.464488, -121.346917).

It is bordered roughly by Jackson Road on the north, Roughly a line 1/4 a mile to the east of Grant Line Road, Calvine Road on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west. ://www.communities.saccounty.net/vineyard/index.html

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 17.2 square miles (44.5 km²), all of it land.

2010

The 2010 United States Census reported that Vineyard had a population of 24,836. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,443.4 people per square mile (557.3/km²). The racial makeup of Vineyard was 11,306 (45.5%) White, 2,426 (9.8%) African American, 163 (0.7%) Native American, 7,293 (29.4%) Asian, 256 (1.0%) Pacific Islander, 1,682 (6.8%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1,710 (6.9%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,414 persons (17.8%).

The Census reported that 24,712 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 107 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 17 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 7,371 households, out of which 3,832 (52.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 4,681 (63.5%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 1,071 (14.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 443 (6.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 387 (5.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
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, and 65 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 886 households (12.0%) were made up of individuals and 247 (3.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.35. There were 6,195 families
Family (U.S. Census)
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 (84.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.63.

The population was spread out with 7,549 people (30.4%) under the age of 18, 2,352 people (9.5%) aged 18 to 24, 6,765 people (27.2%) aged 25 to 44, 6,386 people (25.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,784 people (7.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.8 years. For every 100 females there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

There were 7,744 housing units at an average density of 450.1 per square mile (173.8/km²), of which 5,740 (77.9%) were owner-occupied, and 1,631 (22.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.9%. 18,798 people (75.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,914 people (23.8%) lived in rental housing units.

2000

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 10,109 people, 3,267 households, and 2,731 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,242.9 people per square mile (480.1/km²). There were 3,349 housing units at an average density of 411.7 per square mile (159.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.05% White, 6.64% African American, 0.67% Native American, 16.00% Asian, 0.52% Pacific Islander, 4.19% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 5.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.30% of the population.

There were 3,267 households out of which 50.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.4% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 32.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 36.8% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $65,192, and the median income for a family was $66,929. Males had a median income of $43,877 versus $37,195 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the CDP was $24,178. About 2.1% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.

Expansion plans

Recently, plans have been announced to add as many as 20,000 new homes to Vineyard. This could add as many as 60,000 new people to the CDP. Along with the houses would come new shopping centers, parks, and schools. However, some have been critical of the expansion and one California State University, Sacramento
California State University, Sacramento
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 professor referred to it as "car-oriented sprawl development." However, there are plans to extend some sort of public transportation to Vineyard and to build around the train tracks that go through the town.

Politics

In the state legislature
California State Legislature
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 Vineyard is located in the 1st Senate
California State Senate
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 District, represented by Republican
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 Dave Cox
Dave Cox
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, and in the 10th and 15th Assembly
California State Assembly
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 Districts, represented by Democrat
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 Alyson Huber
Alyson Huber
Alyson Huber is a representative in the California State Legislature from the 10th Assembly District in Northern California. Assemblywoman Huber has served since 2008...

 and Joan Buchanan
Joan Buchanan
Joan T. Buchanan is a Democratic public official and former school board member from Alamo, California. She has been a member of the California State Assembly since December 2008...

 respectively. Federally, Vineyard is located in California's 3rd congressional district
California's 3rd congressional district
California's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California. It covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine, Amador and Calaveras counties...

, which has a Cook PVI
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 of R +7 and is represented by Republican Dan Lungren
Dan Lungren
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.

Adjacent areas

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