Editing Paramount, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Paramount had a population of 54,098. The population density was {{convert|11,177.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Paramount was 22,988 (42.5%) White (5.6% Non-Hispanic White), 6,334 (11.7%) African American, 440 (0.8%) Native American, 1,629 (3.0%) Asian, 419 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 20,023 (37.0%) from other races, and 2,265 (4.2%) from two or more races. There were 42,547 residents of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race (78.6%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655618|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032313/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655618|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Paramount city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 53,788 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 27 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 283 (0.5%) were institutionalized.

There were 13,881 households, 7,999 (57.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,919 (49.8%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 3,104 (22.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,328 (9.6%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 1,153 (8.3%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 105 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 1,904 households (13.7%) were one person and 558 (4.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.87.  There were 11,351 families (81.8% of households); the average family size was 4.22.

The age distribution was 17,630 people (32.6%) under the age of 18, 6,360 people (11.8%) aged 18 to 24, 16,271 people (30.1%) aged 25 to 44, 10,421 people (19.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,416 people (6.3%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 28.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.

There were 14,571 housing units at an average density of 3,010.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 6,024 (43.4%) were owner-occupied and 7,857 (56.6%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.8%.  23,759 people (43.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 30,029 people (55.5%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Paramount had a median household income of $44,934, with 22.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paramount (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0655618.html|access-date=November 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115063221/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0655618.html|archive-date=November 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>