2020 census As of the
2020 census, Calipatria had a population of 6,515 and a population density of . The median age was 32.0 years. The age distribution was 18.7% under the age of 18, 10.2% aged 18 to 24, 46.8% aged 25 to 44, 18.0% aged 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 250.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 319.8 males age 18 and over. The census reported that 55.4% of the population lived in households and 44.6% were institutionalized. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas. There were 1,034 households in Calipatria, of which 50.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 46.0% were married-couple households, 8.2% were
cohabiting-couple households, 15.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 13.7% of households were made up of one person, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.49, and there were 839
families (81.1% of all households). There were 1,116 housing units at an average density of , of which 92.7% were occupied. Of occupied units, 51.5% were owner-occupied and 48.5% were occupied by renters. The remaining 7.3% of housing units were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%, and the rental vacancy rate was 5.4%.
2010 census At the
2010 census Calipatria had a population of 7,800. The population density was . The racial makeup of Calipatria was 3,212 (41.7%) White, 1,612 (22.4%) African American, 80 (1.0%) Native American, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4,940 persons (64.1%), 95 (1.2%) Asian, 25 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 2,455 (31.9%) from
other races, and 227 (2.9%) from two or more races. The census reported that 3,541 people (46.0% of the population) lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 4,164 (54.0%) were institutionalized. There were 1,008 households, 541 (53.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 515 (51.0%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 213 (21.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 92 (9.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 53 (5.3%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (1.5%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 162 households (16.1%) were one person and 70 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.51. There were 819 families (81.3% of households); the average family size was 3.92. The age distribution was 1,246 people (16.2%) under the age of 18, 932 people (12.1%) aged 18 to 24, 3,738 people (48.5%) aged 25 to 44, 1,431 people (18.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 358 people (4.6%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 32.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 330.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 427.3 males. There were 1,121 housing units at an average density of , of which 1,008 were occupied, 536 (53.2%) by the owners and 472 (46.8%) by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.6%. 1,867 people (24.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,674 people (21.7%) lived in rental housing units. ==Politics==