Volta, California
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Volta, California

Volta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Merced County, California, United States. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Los Banos at an elevation of 105 feet (32 m). The population was 366 at the 2020 census, up from 246 at the 2010 census.

From 1858 to 1861, Lone Willow Station a swing station for the Butterfield Overland Mail, was located east of here on the west bank of Mud Slough, 18 miles east of the St. Louis Ranch Station and 13 miles northwest of Temple's Ranch station.

A post office operated at Volta from 1890 to 1972. The name was from the Volta Improvement Company.

Volta is in southwestern Merced County, between Los Banos to the southeast and Santa Nella to the west. It is on the western side of California's Central Valley.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 4.4 square miles (11 km2), 98.56% of it land, and 1.44% of it water.

Volta first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

The 2020 United States census reported that Volta had a population of 366. The population density was 83.8 inhabitants per square mile (32.4/km2). The racial makeup of Volta was 157 (42.9%) White, 2 (0.5%) African American, 3 (0.8%) Native American, 1 (0.3%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 138 (37.7%) from other races, and 65 (17.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 252 persons (68.9%).

The whole population lived in households. There were 98 households, out of which 48 (49.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 64 (65.3%) were married-couple households, 5 (5.1%) were cohabiting couple households, 19 (19.4%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 10 (10.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 13 households (13.3%) were one person, and 10 (10.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.73. There were 80 families (81.6% of all households).

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