Amesti, California

Amesti Watsonville
census-designated place
Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of California
Amesti Location in the United States
Coordinates: 36°57′33″N 121°46′56″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Santa Cruz
Area
• Total	3.00 sq mi (7.78 km2)
• Land	2.94 sq mi (7.61 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.17 km2)  2.10%
Elevation	148 ft (45 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,637
• Density	897.24/sq mi (346.42/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	95076
Area code	831
FIPS code	06-01651
GNIS feature ID	1853375

Amesti is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 2,637 as of the 2020 United States census.

Jose Amesti (1788-1855)

Amesti is named for José Amesti, a Basque who came to California in 1822, and who was the grantee of Rancho Los Corralitos.

Geography

Amesti is located at 36°57′33″N 121°46′56″W (36.959210, -121.782131).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km²), of which, 3.0 square miles (7.8 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) of it (2.10%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	2,436		—
2010	3,478		42.8%
2020	2,637		−24.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1850–1870 1880-1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

The 2020 United States census reported that Amesti had a population of 2,637. The population density was 897.2 inhabitants per square mile (346.4/km²). The racial makeup of Amesti was 42.2% White, 0.3% African American, 1.4% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 36.7% from other races, and 17.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 59.3% of the population.

The census reported that 99.1% of the population lived in households and 0.9% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.

There were 806 households, out of which 40.7% included children under the age of 18, 55.5% were married-couple households, 6.2% were cohabiting couple households, 25.8% had a female householder with no partner present, and 12.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 15.5% of households were one person, and 7.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.24. There were 634 families (78.7% of all households).

The age distribution was 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.9% aged 18 to 24, 25.7% aged 25 to 44, 24.4% aged 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.8 males.

There were 824 housing units at an average density of 280.4 units per square mile (108.3 units/km²), of which 806 (97.8%) were occupied. Of these, 71.6% were owner-occupied, and 28.4% were occupied by renters.

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $102,083, and the per capita income was $41,683. About 9.6% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line.

Government

In the California State Legislature, Amesti is in the 17th Senate District, represented by Democrat John Laird, and in the 30th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Dawn Addis.

In the United States House of Representatives, Amesti is in California's 19th congressional district represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta.