Editing Pearland, Texas (section)

=== Race and ethnicity ===
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|+'''Pearland 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 – Pearland city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US4856348&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) – Pearland city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4856348&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) – Pearland city, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4856348&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|27,629
|44,522
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46,138
|73.40%
|48.79%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.67%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,968
|14,709
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,482
|5.23%
|16.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.46%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|111
|255
|style='background: #ffffe6; |246
|0.29%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,355
|11,206
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,669
|3.60%
|12.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.84%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|14
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64
|0.04%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|47
|194
|style='background: #ffffe6; |544
|0.12%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.43%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|409
|1,643
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,560
|1.09%
|1.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|6,107
|18,694
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31,125
|16.22%
|20.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.74%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''37,640'''
|'''91,252'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''125,828'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

The racial makeup of the city as of the 2010 census was 62.0% [[White Americans|White]], 16.4% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 12.4% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander]], 6.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 2.7% two or more races. The [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] population, including persons of any race, was 20.5% of the total population, and [[non-Hispanic whites]] made up 48.8%.<ref name="2010CensusTableDP1" /> In 2019, 39.0% of Pearland was non-Hispanic white, 14.7% Black or African American, 1.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 15.0% Asian, 0.9% [[Multiracial Americans|multiracial]], and 29.3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=2019 American Community Survey Demographic and Housing Estimates|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=PEarland%20city,%20Texas%20population&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=false|access-date=December 13, 2020|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The racial makeup of the city in 2000 was 82.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.1% "some other race", and 1.8% "two or more races". [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 16.2% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US4856348 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212093119/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US4856348 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Table DP-1, Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2000, Pearland city, Texas |access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> By 2010, the city became ethnically and racially [[majority minority]]. At least 62 languages are spoken in Pearland public schools.<ref name="GalehouseSmalltown">Galehouse, Maggie. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/7110486.html A small town with a lot of people]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2010.</ref>