| Tara Hills | |
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| Census-designated place | |
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 Location in Contra Costa County and the state of California  | 
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| Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°59′37″N 122°18′59″W / 37.99361°N 122.31639°W | |
| Country | 
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| State | 
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| County | Contra Costa | 
| Government | |
| • County Supervisor | John Gioia | 
| • State Senate | Nancy Skinner (D) | 
| • State Assembly | Tony Thurmond (D) | 
| • U. S. Congress | Mike Thompson (D) | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.639 sq mi (1.654 km2) | 
| • Land | 0.639 sq mi (1.654 km2) | 
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% | 
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) | 
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,126 | 
| • Density | 8,000/sq mi (3,100/km2) | 
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | 
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | 
| ZIP code | 94806 | 
| Area code(s) | 510 | 
| FIPS code | 06-77924 | 
| GNIS feature IDs | 1701652, 2410059 | 
Tara Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 5,126 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all of it land. Tara Hills is located in the San Francisco Bay Area region of Northern California.
Although this is a census area, outside of the City of San Pablo, the mailing addresses are San Pablo, California.
The 2010 United States Census reported that Tara Hills had a population of 5,126. The population density was 8,028.2 people per square mile (3,099.7/km²). The racial makeup of Tara Hills was 2,212 (43.2%) White, 682 (13.3%) African American, 31 (0.6%) Native American, 869 (17.0%) Asian, 18 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 1,018 (19.9%) from other races, and 296 (5.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1,947 persons (38.0%).
The Census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households and 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.
There were 1,662 households, out of which 674 (40.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 874 (52.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 251 (15.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 127 (7.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 82 (4.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 13 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 326 households (19.6%) were made up of individuals and 147 (8.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08. There were 1,252 families (75.3% of all households); the average family size was 3.55.