Editing White Oak, Maryland (section)

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|census]] of 2010, there were {{formatnum:17403}} people, {{formatnum:6520}} households, and {{formatnum:4227}} families residing in the White Oak area.<ref name="QkFacts" /><ref name="FF2010">{{Cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US2484375|title=White CDP, Maryland — Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 — 2010 — Demographic Profile Data — Table Viewer — American FactFinder|work=[[United States Census Bureau]]|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213112327/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US2484375|archive-date=2020-02-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{formatnum:4605.2}} people per square mile ({{formatnum:11927.4}}/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name="QkFacts" /> There were {{formatnum:6865}} housing units at an average density of {{formatnum:1816.1}} per square mile ({{formatnum:701.2}}/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name="FF2010" /> The racial makeup of the area was 27.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 49.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.5% from two or more races.<ref name="FF2010" /> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.4% of the population.<ref name="FF2010" /> 6% of White Oak's residents were [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics/Latinos]], 21.6% were Hispanics/Latinos from some other race, and 1.5% were [[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|Afro-Latinos]].<ref name="FF2010" /> 21.6% of the population were [[non-Hispanic whites]], 47.8% were non-Hispanic blacks, and 8.9% were non-Hispanic Asians.<ref name="FF2010" />

The largest ancestry groups by race, according to current estimates, were:<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Maryland/White-Oak/Ancestry|access-date=2021-06-04|website=statisticalatlas.com}}</ref>

* 53.2% African, Afro-Caribbean, or African American (12.5% other [[African immigration to the United States|Sub-Saharan African]], 4.1% [[Ethiopian Americans|Ethiopian]], 1.8% [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]], 1.4% [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]], 0.7% [[Kenyan Americans|Kenyan]])
* 17.6% White (3.2% [[German Americans|German]], 2.9% [[Americans|American]], 2.4% [[English Americans|English]], 2.3% [[Irish Americans|Irish]], 1.6% [[Italian Americans|Italian]], 0.9% [[Polish Americans|Polish]])
* 19.1% Hispanic or Latino (9.4% [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]], 2.69% [[Dominican Americans|Dominican]], 1.38% [[Guatemalan Americans|Guatemalan]], 1.27% [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], 1.26% [[Stateside Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]])
* 7.1% Asian (2.49% [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], 1.66% [[Korean Americans|Korean]], 1.11% [[Indian Americans|Indian]], 0.83% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]])

White Oak is home to a large population [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] and [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative Jews]]. The Silver Spring Eruv Association includes parts of White Oak and the nearby neighborhoods of [[Kemp Mill, Maryland|Kemp Mill]] and [[Colesville, Maryland|Colesville]]. An earlier [[eruv]] existed around the White Oak Apartments, until the larger eruv was constructed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/01/14/an-imaginary-wall-encloses-community-of-orthodox-jews/d2fa6735-3c36-4317-9e3f-99ae6d3dbb3b/ |title=An Imaginary Wall Encloses Community of Orthodox Jews |work=The Washington Post |access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref> White Oak is home to an Orthodox synagogue, the Southeast Hebrew Congregation. Southeast Hebrew was originally founded by Orthodox [[Eastern Europe]]an immigrants in 1909 on [[Capitol Hill]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Many Jews began to move out of [[Southeast (Washington, D.C.)|Southeast Washington]] beginning in the 1930s and Southeast Hebrew was relocated to White Oak in 1971. Between 1965 and 2011, White Oak was home to Shaare Tefila Congregation, a Conservative synagogue. Shaare Tefila was originally founded in [[Riggs Park]], a historically Jewish neighborhood in Washington, D.C., once known as DC's "Little Tel Aviv." Founded in 1951, Shaare Tefila was relocated to White Oak in 1965. In 2011, Shaare Tefila was relocated again, moving to [[Olney, Maryland|Olney]] where many young members now reside.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/online/goldberg/photographs/southeast-hebrew-congregation |title=SOUTHEAST HEBREW CONGREGATION |publisher=[[Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington]] |access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/online/goldberg/photographs/shaare-tefila |title=SHAARE TEFILA CONGREGATION |publisher=[[Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington]] |access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ou.org/life/inspiration/making_the_rounds/ |title=Making the Rounds |publisher=[[Orthodox Union]] |access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref>