Editing Merced, California (section)

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0646898|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715040035/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0646898|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Merced city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Merced had a population of 78,959. The [[population density]] was 3,386.4 people per square mile. (1,307.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of Merced was 41,177 (52.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4,958 (6.3%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1,153 (1.5%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 9,342 (11.8%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 174 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 17,804 (22.5%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4,350 (5.5%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 39,140 persons (49.6%).

The Census reported that 77,878 people (98.6% of the population) lived in households, 492 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 588 (0.7%) were institutionalized.

There were 24,899 households, out of which 11,484 (46.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,958 (44.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 4,921 (19.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,941 (7.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,156 (8.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 167 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 5,356 households (21.5%) were made up of individuals, and 1,823 (7.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.13. There were 17,820 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (71.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.65.

The population was spread out, with 25,091 people (31.8%) under the age of 18, 10,475 people (13.3%) aged 18 to 24, 20,986 people (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 15,484 people (19.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,922 people (8.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.

There were 27,446 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,177.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 10,637 (42.7%) were owner-occupied, and 14,262 (57.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.5%. 31,690 people (40.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 46,188 people (58.5%) lived in rental housing units.