Editing Vandenberg Space Force Base (section)

==Demographics==
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The [[United States Census Bureau]] has designated Vandenberg Space Force Base as a separate [[census-designated place]] (CDP) for statistical purposes, covering the base's residential population. Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 3,559.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vandenberg SFB CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0682072|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref> The CDP was formerly known as Vandenberg Air Force Base, reflecting the base's former name.

{{US Census population
|1970= 13193
|1980= 8136
|1990= 9846
|2000= 6151
|2010= 3338
|2020= 3559
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|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]]}}</ref><br>1850–1870<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=1960CensusCA>{{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> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Vandenberg SFB 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
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Vandenberg AFB CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US0682072&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[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) – Vandenberg AFB CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0682072&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</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) – Vandenberg SFB CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0682072&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone
|4,198
|2,005
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,851
|68.25%
|60.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52.01%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone
|686
|285
|style='background: #ffffe6; |314
|11.15%
|8.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.82%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone
|25
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.41%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.39%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone
|233
|197
|style='background: #ffffe6; |215
|3.79%
|5.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.04%
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|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone
|40
|20
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36
|0.65%
|0.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone
|23
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20
|0.37%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.56%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]]
|263
|198
|style='background: #ffffe6; |309
|4.28%
|5.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.68%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|683
|616
|style='background: #ffffe6; |800
|11.10%
|18.45%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22.48%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,151'''
|'''3,338'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''3,559'''
|'''100%'''
|'''100%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100%'''
|}