Editing Eureka, California (section)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1860= 612
|1870= 2049
|1880= 2639
|1890= 4858
|1900= 7327
|1910= 11845
|1920= 12923
|1930= 15752
|1940= 17055
|1950= 23058
|1960= 28137
|1970= 24337
|1980= 24153
|1990= 27025
|2000= 26128
|2010= 27191
|2020= 26512
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|section-url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf?|section=Table III. Population of Civil Divisions Less Than Counties|title=The Statistics of the Population of the United States|date=1872|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-01.pdf|location=Washington DC|publisher=Department of the Interior|access-date=March 14, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301234225/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|archive-date=March 1, 2020 }}</ref><br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: Eureka city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/eurekacitycalifornia|access-date=September 16, 2021 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ Race and Ethnicity
! Racial and ethnic composition
! 2000<ref name=datacensus2000p2>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US0623042&y=2000&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2000.PL002|publisher=US Census Bureau|title=2000: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)}}</ref>
! 2010<ref name=datacensus2010p2>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US0623042&y=2010&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=US Census Bureau|title=2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)}}</ref>
! 2020<ref name=datacensus2020p2>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US0623042&y=2020&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=US Census Bureau|title=2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)}}</ref>
|-
! [[Non-Hispanic whites|White (non-Hispanic)]]
| 78.64%
| 73.85%
| 64.38%
|-
! [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino (of any race)]]
| 7.77%
| 11.56%
| 15.14%
|-
! [[Multiracial American|Two or more races (non-Hispanic)]]
| 4.19%
| 4.5%
| 8.0%
|-
! [[Asian American|Asian (non-Hispanic)]]
| 3.44%
| 4.13%
| 5.53%
|-
! [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American (non-Hispanic)]]
| 3.91%
| 3.32%
| 3.43%
|-
! [[African American|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)]]
| 1.53%
| 1.83%
| 1.91%
|-
! [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)]]
| 0.32%
| 0.62%
| 0.86%
|-
! Other (non-Hispanic)
| 0.2%
| 0.19%
| 0.75%
|}

[[File:Booklegger Eureka.jpg|thumb|250px|Bookstore in Eureka's Old Town]]
[[File:Eureka Theatre.JPG|thumb|250px|The Eureka Theatre (built in 1937) is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is listed as a Streamline Moderne Theater.]]

The population of the city was 27,191 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], up from 26,128 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], representing a 4.1% increase, and the population of Greater Eureka was 45,034<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=April 23, 2011 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> at the 2010 Census, up from 43,452<ref name="USPop">{{cite web   | title =Eureka, CA  | work =USA Urban Areas  | publisher =City Population | url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/usa-ua.php  | access-date = December 9, 2012 }}</ref> at the 2000 census, representing a 3.6% increase.

According to a report by the City of Eureka, the Greater Eureka area minimally includes the unincorporated adjacent or nearby neighborhoods and Census Defined Populated Areas of Bayview, Cutten, Elk River, Freshwater, Humboldt Hill, Indianola, Myrtletown, Pine Hill, Ridgewood Heights, and Rosewood,<ref name="HCFD">{{cite news  | title =HFD Home  | publisher =Humboldt #1 FPD  | url =http://www.hfd1.org/index.html  | access-date =August 21, 2013 | url-status =usurped  | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130916215704/http://hfd1.org/index.html  | archive-date =September 16, 2013 | df =mdy-all  }}</ref> all of which have Eureka addresses, postal zip codes and Eureka-specific telephone numbers. The Greater Eureka area makes up the largest urban settlement on the Pacific Coast between San Francisco and Portland.<ref name="EurekaWebs">{{cite web|title=Section 5 Population and Economic Growth |work=General Plan |publisher=City of Eureka |date=December 9, 1996 |url=http://www.eurekawebs.com/plan/5_1.htm |access-date=December 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821114706/http://www.eurekawebs.com/plan/5_1.htm |archive-date=August 21, 2012 }}</ref> This area is similar to what the U.S. Census officially defines as the Eureka [[List of United States urban areas|UC]] (urban cluster), which is a "densely settled core of census tracts and/or census blocks that meet minimum population density requirements, along with adjacent territory containing non-residential urban land uses as well as territory with low population density included to link outlying densely settled territory with the densely settled core" of up to 50,000 in population. The bayside communities of Manila, Samoa, and Fairhaven (all on the Samoa Peninsula), and King Salmon and Fields Landing (both located south of the city), and communities listed above, with the exception of Elk River and Freshwater, are shown to be part of the Eureka Urban Cluster.<ref name="City Population">{{cite news   | title =Eureka California Urban Map  | publisher =citypopulation.de  | url =http://www.citypopulation.de/php/usa-ua.php?cityid=28198  | access-date = August 21, 2013 }}</ref> Eureka is the largest city of the Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna [[United States micropolitan area|Micropolitan Area]], a construct of the U.S. Census Bureau, which is synonymous with the County of Humboldt.<ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0623042.html Eureka, California] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907193835/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0623042.html |date=September 7, 2012 }}, Quick Facts, U.S. Census Bureau, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2013</ref>

===2000 Census data===
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 26,128 people. The population density was {{convert|2,764.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 11,637 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,231.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.5% White, 1.2% Black or African American, 4.2% Native American, 2.6% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 2.7% from other races, and 5.10% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 10.8% of the population.

There were 10,957 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.93. In the city, the population dispersal was 22.4% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The [[median income]] for a household in the city was $25,849, and the median income for a family was $33,438. Males had a median income of $28,706 versus $22,038 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,174. About 15.8% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.6% of those under the age of 18 and 11.1% of those 65 and older.

===2010 Census data===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0623042|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715035356/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0623042|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Eureka city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Eureka had a population of 27,191. The population density was {{convert|1,881.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Eureka was 21,565 (79.3%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 514 (1.9%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1,011 (3.7%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1,153 (4.2%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 176 (0.6%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,181 (4.3%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1,591 (5.9%) from two or more races. There were 3,143 Hispanic or Latino people of any race (11.6%).

The census reported that 25,308 people (93.1% of the population) lived in households, 1,434 (5.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 449 (1.7%) were institutionalized.

There were 11,150 households, out of which 2,891 (25.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,554 (31.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,449 (13.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 710 (6.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,161 (10.4%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 146 (1.3%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 3,971 households (35.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,183 (10.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27. There were 5,713 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (51.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.93.

There were 5,431 residents (20.0%) under the age of 18, 3,102 (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 8,021 (29.5%) aged 25 to 44, 7,422 (27.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,215 (11.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.7 males. There were 11,891 housing units at an average density of {{convert|822.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 11,150 were occupied, of which 4,829 (43.3%) were owner-occupied, and 6,321 (56.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.7%. 11,251 people (41.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 14,057 people (51.7%) lived in rental housing units.