Editing La Palma, California (section)

===2010===
The 2010 US Census<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau"/> reported that La Palma had a population of 15,568. The population density was {{convert|8,499.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of La Palma was 5,762 (37.0%) White (27.8% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">
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</ref> 802 (5.2%) African American, 56 (0.4%) Native American, 7,483 (48.1%) Asian, 41 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 760 (4.9%) from other races, and 664 (4.3%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,487 persons (16.0%).

The census reported that 15,548 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 14 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 5,080 households, 1,949 (38.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,331 (65.6%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 641 (12.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 240 (4.7%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 134 (2.6%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 26 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 716 households (14.1%) were one person and 389 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.06.  There were 4,212 families (82.9% of households); the average family size was 3.37.

The age distribution was 3,423 people (22.0%) under the age of 18, 1,418 people (9.1%) aged 18 to 24, 3,805 people (24.4%) aged 25 to 44, 4,445 people (28.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,477 people (15.9%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 41.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

There were 5,224 housing units at an average density of 2,852.0 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,648 (71.8%) were owner-occupied and 1,432 (28.2%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.0%.  11,315 people (72.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 4,233 people (27.2%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, La Palma had a median household income of $87,289, with 7.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>