Editing Merced, California (section)

===2020===
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|+'''Merced city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Merced city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0646898&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Merced city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0646898&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Merced city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0646898&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|24,121
|23,702
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,386
|37.75%
|30.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.61%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,864
|4,483
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,191
|6.05%
|5.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.85%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|368
|399
|style='background: #ffffe6; |393
|0.58%
|0.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|7,182
|9,116
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,234
|11.24%
|11.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.70%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|77
|131
|style='background: #ffffe6; |158
|0.12%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|124
|129
|style='background: #ffffe6; |444
|0.19%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.51%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,732
|1,858
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,910
|2.71%
|2.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|26,425
|39,140
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48,617
|41.36%
|49.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.32%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''63,893'''
|'''78,958'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''86,333'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

The Decennial Census of Population and Housing reported that the population in 2021 was  89,308.<ref name="Census 2020"/> In 2021, the average income of an individual was $21,518, and for a household $49,973.<ref>{{Cite web|title=American Community Survey 5-Year Data (2009-2019)|url=https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html|access-date=January 20, 2022|website=Census.gov}}</ref>