Cold Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California. Cold Springs sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Cold Springs's population was 123.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km<sup>2</sup>), all of it land.
Cold Springs first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The 2020 United States census reported that Cold Springs had a population of 123. The population density was . The racial makeup of Cold Springs was 110 (89.4%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 0 (0.0%) Native American, 2 (1.6%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 1 (0.8%) from other races, and 10 (8.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 persons (5.7%).
The whole population lived in households. There were 68 households, out of which 7 (10.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 28 (41.2%) were married-couple households, 7 (10.3%) were cohabiting couple households, 12 (17.6%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 21 (30.9%) had a male householder with no partner present. 29 households (42.6%) were one person, and 19 (27.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.81. There were 33 families (48.5% of all households).
The age distribution was 10 people (8.1%) under the age of 18, 2 people (1.6%) aged 18 to 24, 20 people (16.3%) aged 25 to 44, 41 people (33.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 50 people (40.7%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 62.7years. There were 69 males and 54 females.
There were 426 housing units at an average density of , of which 68 (16.0%) were occupied. Of these, 53 (77.9%) were owner-occupied, and 15 (22.1%) were occupied by renters.
Jenness Park, a Christian summer camp, is located outside of Cold Springs.