Editing La Puente, California (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 24723
|1970= 31092
|1980= 30882
|1990= 36955
|2000= 41063
|2010= 39816
|2020= 38062
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

[[File:The Donut Hole drive-through stand in La Puente in Los Angeles County, California 15467u.jpg|left|thumb|[[The Donut Hole]]]]

La Puente first appeared as a city in the [[1960 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1960CensusCA1/> as part of the East San Gabriel Valley census county division.<ref name=1960CensusCA2/> Prior to 1960, the area was part of the unincorporated portion of the now-defunct El Monte Township.<ref name=1950CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''La Puente 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 – La Puente city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0640340&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[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) – La Puente city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0640340&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[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) – La Puente city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0640340&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,749
|1,835
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,257
|6.69%
|4.61%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.30%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|688
|451
|style='background: #ffffe6; |386
|1.68%
|1.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.01%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|139
|75
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44
|0.34%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,865
|3,270
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,846
|6.98%
|8.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.73%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|40
|31
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46
|0.10%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|48
|47
|style='background: #ffffe6; |133
|0.12%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|412
|211
|style='background: #ffffe6; |270
|1.00%
|0.53%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.71%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|34,122
|33,896
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31,080
|83.10%
|85.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81.66%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''41,063'''
|'''39,816'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''38,062'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640340|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030242/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0640340|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - La Puente city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that La Puente had a population of 39,816. The population density was {{convert|11,443.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. La Puente is 49.4% White (4.6% Non-Hispanic White), 1.4% Black or African American, 1.1% Native American, 8.4% Asian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 33,896 persons (85.1%).<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0640340.html|title=Census data|website=quickfacts.census.gov|access-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106053549/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0640340.html|archive-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Census reported that 39,773 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 43 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 9,451 households, out of which 5,186 (54.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 5,367 (56.8%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,824 (19.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 930 (9.8%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 584 (6.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 65 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 989 households (10.5%) were made up of individuals, and 472 (5.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.21.  There were 8,121 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (85.9% of all households); the average family size was 4.34.

The population was spread out, with 11,423 people (28.7%) under the age of 18, 4,640 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 11,468 people (28.8%) aged 25 to 44, 8,619 people (21.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,666 people (9.2%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 31.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

There were 9,761 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,805.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 5,693 (60.2%) were owner-occupied, and 3,758 (39.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.9%.  24,961 people (62.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 14,812 people (37.2%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States census, La Puente had a median household income of $53,794, with 14.3% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 41,063 people, 9,461 households, and 8,183 families living in the city.  The [[population density]] is 4,542.8/km<sup>2</sup> (11,757.3/mi<sup>2</sup>).  There were 9,660 housing units at an average density of 1,068.7/km<sup>2</sup> (2,765.9/mi<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the city was 39.11% [[White American|White]], 1.96% [[African American]], 1.28% [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], 7.16% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.17% Pacific Islander, 45.14% from other races, and 5.19% from two or more races.  83.10% of the population were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race.

There were 9,461 households, out of which 50.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.5% were non-families.  10.1% of all households were someone living alone and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 4.34 and the average family size was 4.48.

The population age distribution was 33.8% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 28 years.  For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,222, and the median income for a family was $41,079.  Males had a median income of $26,381 versus $22,018 for females.  The per capita income for the city was $11,336.  18.9% of the population and 16.3% of families were below the poverty line.  Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.6% were under the age of 18 and 9.3% were 65 or older.