Editing Fortuna, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Fortuna had a population of 11,926. The population density was {{convert|2,461.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Fortuna was 9,686 (81.2%) White, 73 (0.6%) African American, 444 (3.7%) Native American, 106 (0.9%) Asian, 9 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 1,065 (8.9%) from other races, and 543 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,032 persons (17.0%).<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Fortuna city |url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0625296 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715025006/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0625296 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

The census reported that 11,665 people (97.8% of the population) lived in households, 189 (1.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 72 (0.6%) were institutionalized.

There were 4,688 households, 1,509 (32.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,135 (45.5%) were [[marriage|heterosexual married couples]] living together, 579 (12.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 279 (6.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 363 (7.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried heterosexual partnerships]], and 38 (0.8%) [[homosexual|homosexual married couples or partnerships]]. 1,368 households (29.2%) were one person and 683 (14.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.49. There were 2,993 families (63.8% of households); the average family size was 3.06.

The age distribution was 2,937 people (24.6%) under the age of 18, 1,192 people (10.0%) aged 18 to 24, 2,681 people (22.5%) aged 25 to 44, 3,050 people (25.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,066 people (17.3%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 38.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.

There were 4,991 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,030.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 4,688 were occupied, 2,747 (58.6%) by the owners and 1,941 (41.4%) by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%. 6,821 people (57.2% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,844 people (40.6%) lived in rental housing units.