Editing Watsonville, California (section)

===2000===
[[File:Watsonville Plaza.jpg|thumb|left|Watsonville Plaza, located downtown, was laid out in the 1850s.]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 44,265 people, 11,381 households, and 8,865 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|6,969.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 11,695 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,841.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 43.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.75% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.74% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.29% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.12% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 45.92% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 75.12% of the population, with the majority of these being of Mexican origin.

Watsonville also has an [[Asian Americans|Asian-American]] presence consisting of [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], [[Japanese Americans|Japanese]] and [[Filipino Americans|Filipinos]] despite the fact that the percentage of city residents of Asian descent has dropped since 1960. The Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos had residential sections and opened many businesses to serve their customer base in town during the mid 20th century. The history of East Asians in Watsonville dates back to the late 19th century and are involved in the local agricultural industry. It is presumed that as a result of [[Japanese American Internment|Japanese-American internment]] during WWII, local farm companies began to attract Mexican migrant labor to the area in higher numbers and the town's racial-ethnic composition became more Hispanic in the 1980s and 1990s. {{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} There was also medium-sized Sikh population in Watsonville during the late 1990s to early 2000s that were involved mostly in the trucking industry, but most have moved away to the [[Central Valley (California)|Central Valley]] for cheaper housing.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
[[File:Madison House.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mission Revival]] Madison House, built by [[W. H. Weeks]] in 1926]]
There were 11,381 households, out of which 49.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.84 and the average family size was 4.26.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 34.0% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 15.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.

The median [[income]] for a household in the city was $37,617, and the median income for a family was $40,293. Males had a median income of $26,701 versus $22,225 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,205. About 15.4% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.8% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.