El Rancho is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tulare County, California.

[2] The 2010 United States census reported El Rancho's population was 124.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), all of it land.

The racial makeup of El Rancho was 71 (57.3%) White, 1 (0.8%) African American, 1 (0.8%) Native American, 0 (0.0%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 49 (39.5%) from other races, and 2 (1.6%) from two or more races.

74 people (59.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 50 people (40.3%) lived in rental housing units.