Editing Mountain View, California (section)

===2020 census===
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|+'''Mountain View, 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 – Mountain View city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0649670&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</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) – Mountain View city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0649670&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</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) – Mountain View city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0649670&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|39,029
|34,052
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33,008
|55.20%
|45.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.07%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,674
|1,468
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,155
|2.37%
|1.98%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.40%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|164
|116
|style='background: #ffffe6; |101
|0.23%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|14,513
|19,064
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28,760
|20.53%
|25.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34.91%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|160
|372
|style='background: #ffffe6; |215
|0.23%
|0.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|221
|241
|style='background: #ffffe6; |557
|0.31%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,036
|2,682
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,374
|2.88%
|3.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.31%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|12,911
|16,071
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,206
|18.26%
|21.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.25%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''70,708'''
|'''74,066'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''82,376'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 82,376 people and 34,423 households, and 19,585 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Mountain%20View%20city,%20California%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=April 17, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|6888.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}} There were 37,295 housing units.

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mountain View had an unemployment rate of 5.0% in August 2013.<ref name="B">{{cite web|url=https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/about-mountain-view/city-demographics |title=City Demographics |publisher=City of Mountain View |access-date=April 17, 2024}}</ref> It had a female population of 47.8 percent and a male population of 52.2 percent. Persons under five were 6.4 percent, persons under 18 were 20.3 percent, and persons aged 65 and older were 11.1 percent in 2020. In 2022, 5.4 percent of people in Mountain View were living below the poverty line. Of the citizens over the age of sixteen, 72.9 percent were employed in the labor force, while 27.1 percent were not.