Editing Watervliet, New York (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Watervliet Historical Populations
|type= USA
|align= right
|width= 11em
|1840|4572
|1850|6900
|1860|8952
|1870|10693
|1880|8820
|1890|12967
|1900|14321
|1910|15074
|1920|16073
|1930|16083
|1940|16114
|1950|15197
|1960|13917
|1970|12404
|1980|11354
|1990|11061
|2000|10207
|2010|10254
|2020|10375
|source={{center|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, 2016}}</ref>}}
|footnote='''Notes''': Census numbers for 1840 to 1890 are for the village of West Troy (incorporated 1836), which became the city of Watervliet in 1896.<br/>*[[1880 US Census|1880 census]] was not considered accurate and estimates put population at roughly 11,000*<ref name=Vicinity>{{Cite book|title=The city of Troy and its vicinity|last=Weise|first=Arthur James|publisher=Edward Green|year=1886|location=Troy, New York|url=https://archive.org/details/citytroyanditsv00weisgoog|oclc=8989214|page=[https://archive.org/details/citytroyanditsv00weisgoog/page/n355 341]}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2020, there were 10,375 people and 5,070 households residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 76.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 4.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 8.0% of the population.

There were 5,070 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.9% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.4% were non-families. 38.3% of all households were made up of individuals. 
The median income for a household in the city was $46,345. 21.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 21.7% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.