Cottonwood first appeared as an unincorporated place in the
1970 U.S. census; The whole population lived in households. There were 2,325 households, out of which 31.9% included children under the age of 18, 53.6% were married-couple households, 6.9% were
cohabiting couple households, 23.9% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.6% had a male householder with no partner present. 23.3% of households were one person, and 12.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.7. The age distribution was 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.8% aged 18 to 24, 25.0% aged 25 to 44, 25.8% aged 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 39.8years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males.
2010 The
2010 United States census reported that Cottonwood had a population of 3,316. The population density was . The racial makeup of Cottonwood was 2,844 (85.8%)
White, 4 (0.1%)
African American, 99 (3.0%)
Native American, 108 (3.3%)
Asian, 2 (0.1%)
Pacific Islander, 120 (3.6%) from
other races, and 139 (4.2%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 352 persons (10.6%). The Census reported that 3,316 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 1,200 households, out of which 500 (41.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 591 (49.3%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 200 (16.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 102 (8.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. 240 households (20.0%) were made up of individuals, and 80 (6.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76. There were 893
families (74.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.14. The population was spread out, with 950 people (28.6%) under the age of 18, 299 people (9.0%) aged 18 to 24, 805 people (24.3%) aged 25 to 44, 910 people (27.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 352 people (10.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. There were 1,306 housing units at an average density of , of which 759 (63.3%) were owner-occupied, and 441 (36.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.7%. 2,093 people (63.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,223 people (36.9%) lived in rental housing units. ==Politics==