Editing Richardson, Texas (section)

==Demographics==
{{see also|History of Chinese Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth}}
{{US Census population
|1930= 629
|1940= 720
|1950= 1289
|1960= 16810
|1970= 48405
|1980= 72496
|1990= 74840
|2000= 91802
|2010= 99223
|2020= 119469
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/richardsoncitytexas/POP010220|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts|author=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref>}}

[[File:Race and ethnicity 2020 Richardson, TX.png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in Richardson, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(115, 178, 255)|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(159, 212, 0)|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(255, 0, 0)|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(255, 170, 0)|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(140, 81, 181)|Multiracial}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(153, 102, 51)|Native American/Other}}]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Richardson city, Texas – 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 – Richardson city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4861796&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[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) – Richardson city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4861796&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[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) – Richardson city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4861796&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|63,850
|57,600
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60,286
|69.55%
|58.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50.46%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5,586
|8,283
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,615
|6.08%
|8.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.56%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|311
|318
|style='background: #ffffe6; |318
|0.34%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|10,666
|14,929
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,412
|11.62%
|15.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.09%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|41
|42
|style='background: #ffffe6; |55
|0.04%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|120
|201
|style='background: #ffffe6; |535
|0.13%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.45%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,808
|2,001
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,720
|1.97%
|2.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.95%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|9,420
|15,849
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,528
|10.26%
|15.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.18%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''91,802'''
|'''99,223'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''119,469'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}


As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 119,469 people, 44,136 households, and 29,113 families residing in the city. As of the 2015 American Community Survey, there were 106,123 people, 40,020 households, and 27,327 families residing in the city.<ref name="Bureau">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|language=en|access-date=2017-06-20}}</ref> The population density was 3,213.9 people per square mile (1,241.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 36,530 housing units at an average density of 1,278.9 per square mile (493.8/km<sup>2</sup>).

There were 40,020 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the city, 21.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 10.5% was from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.7 males.

In the 2015 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates males had a median income of $60,709 versus $50,404 for females. The per capita income for the city was $29,551. About 5.7% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.7% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over. According to a 2015 estimate, the [[median income]] for a family in Richardson was $72,427 and a median home price of $198,900.

=== Race and ethnicity ===
By 1990, 10% of the Richardson population was not born in the United States, which increased to 18.1% by 2000. According to the 2015 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates, this figure was 24.3%. As of 2015, of those not born in the United States, almost 50% had arrived in the United States after 2000.<ref name="Bureau" />

Dallas County has an estimated 275,000 Arab Americans, many of whom have settled in Richardson. Many of them have come from Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Yemen, Morocco, etc.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://yallacountmein.org/states/texas | title=Texas | date=June 5, 2019 }}</ref> The DFW Chinatown is located in Richardson, in part because of the large Asian population.<ref name="LightNanette">Light, Nanette. "[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/richardson-lake-highlands/headlines/20140221-three-decades-later-dallas-chinese-community-center-still-heart-of-asian-culture.ece Three decades later, Dallas Chinese Community Center still heart of Asian culture]" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122106/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/richardson-lake-highlands/headlines/20140221-three-decades-later-dallas-chinese-community-center-still-heart-of-asian-culture.ece Archive]}}). ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. February 21, 2014. Retrieved on September 22, 2014.</ref> Esther Wu, a former editor of the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'', stated that Chinese immigration began in Richardson in 1975. Since then the Chinese community has expanded to the north.<ref name="Brenner">Brenner, Leslie. "[https://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/best-in-dfw/dining/20110309-best-in-dfw-chinese-restaurants.ece Best in DFW: Chinese restaurants]" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140924062340/http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/best-in-dfw/dining/20110309-best-in-dfw-chinese-restaurants.ece Archive]}}). ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. March 9, 2011. Updated February 10, 2013. Retrieved on September 22, 2014.</ref> In the mid-1980s the majority of ethnic Chinese K–12 students in the DFW area resided in Richardson.<ref name="Kripke">Kripke, Pamela Gwyn. "[http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2012/june/why-30000-chinese-people-call-plano-texas-home Why 30,000 Chinese People Call Plano Home]" ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150122020824/http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2012/june/why-30000-chinese-people-call-plano-texas-home Archive]}}). ''[[D Magazine]]''. June 2012. Retrieved on September 27, 2014.</ref>

By 2012 [[North Texas]] had over 60 Chinese cultural organizations and most of them were headquartered in Richardson and Plano.<ref name="Kripke" /> The Dallas Chinese Community Center (DCCC; {{zh|t=达拉斯华人活动中心|p=Dálāsī Huárén Huódòngzhōngxīn}}) is in the D-FW Chinatown. It includes [[English as a second language]] (ESL) classes and 20,000 books written in [[Simplified Chinese]]; the center imported some books from People's Republic of Mainland China.<ref name="LightNanette" /> As of 2011 the Chinese restaurants catering to ethnic Chinese in DFW are mainly in Richardson and [[Plano, Texas|Plano]].<ref name="Brenner" /> The [[University of Texas at Dallas]] in Richardson, as of 2012, has almost 1,000 Chinese students. The university has a program to recruit students of Chinese origin.<ref name="Kripke" />

Richardson's Indian immigrant community has been primarily driven by the international telecommunications industry that is so prevalent in the community. The Indian Association of North Texas headquarters are in Richardson.<ref name="Brettellp56">Brettell, Caroline B. '"Big D" Incorporating New Immigrants in a Sunbelt Suburban Metropolis' (Chapter 3). In: Singer, Audrey, Susan Wiley Hardwick, and Caroline Brettell. ''Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America'' (James A. Johnson metro series). [[Brookings Institution Press]], 2009. {{ISBN|0815779283}}, 9780815779285. Start p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bduAC5GaLScC&pg=PA53 53]. CITED: p.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bduAC5GaLScC&pg=PA56 56].</ref> Indo-Pak grocery store is located in an Indian-oriented strip shopping center east of [[Central Expressway (Dallas)|Central Expressway]].<ref name="Brettellp64">Brettell, Caroline B. '"Big D" Incorporating New Immigrants in a Sunbelt Suburban Metropolis' (Chapter 3). In: Singer, Audrey, Susan Wiley Hardwick, and Caroline Brettell. ''Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America'' (James A. Johnson metro series). [[Brookings Institution Press]], 2009. {{ISBN|0815779283}}, 9780815779285. Start p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bduAC5GaLScC&pg=PA53 53]. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bduAC5GaLScC&pg=PA64 64].</ref> Of the suburbs in the DFW area, Richardson had one of the earliest Indian settlements.<ref name="Brettellp56" />

Richardson is home to a large community of [[Vietnamese Americans]] and even has a significant amount of Vietnamese-catering retail stores, malls, markets, and plazas, especially near [[U.S. Route 75 in Texas|U.S. 75]], such as the Hong Kong Market, the Cali Saigon Shopping Mall, etc.