| Official Name: | Cedar Ridge |
| Settlement Type: | census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tuolumne |
| Population Total: | 1235 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.798 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 7.789 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.009 |
| Area Total Km2: | 20.195 |
| Area Land Km2: | 20.172 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.022 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.11 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3760 |
| Pushpin Map: | California |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Position in California. |
| Coordinates: | 38.0658°N -120.2739°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2582970 |
Cedar Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California. Cedar Ridge sits at an elevation of 3760feet. The 2010 United States census reported Cedar Ridge's population was 1,132.
Cedar Ridge was created a CDP for the 2010 census, previously it was part of the Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge CDP.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 7.8 square miles (20.2 km2), 99.89% of it land and 0.11% of it water.
The 2010 United States Census[3] reported that Cedar Ridge had a population of 1,132. The population density was 145.2sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of Cedar Ridge was 1,066 (94.2%) White, 3 (0.3%) African American, 6 (0.5%) Native American, 5 (0.4%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 5 (0.4%) from other races, and 46 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 71 persons (6.3%).
The Census reported that 1,073 people (94.8% of the population) lived in households, 59 (5.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 456 households, out of which 105 (23.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 281 (61.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 27 (5.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 28 (6.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 18 (3.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 2 (0.4%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 95 households (20.8%) were made up of individuals, and 34 (7.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35. There were 336 families (73.7% of all households); the average family size was 2.67.
The population was spread out, with 197 people (17.4%) under the age of 18, 77 people (6.8%) aged 18 to 24, 150 people (13.3%) aged 25 to 44, 471 people (41.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 237 people (20.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.3 males.
There were 774 housing units at an average density of 99.3sp=usNaNsp=us, of which 386 (84.6%) were owner-occupied, and 70 (15.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.1%. 886 people (78.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 187 people (16.5%) lived in rental housing units.