Editing Murrieta, California (section)

===2010===
[[File:Palomar Mountain from Falcons View Park.jpg|thumb|left|[[Palomar Mountain]] from Falcon's View Park, Murrieta]]
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0650076|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715031941/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0650076|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Murrieta city|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Murrieta had a population of 103,466. The population density was {{convert|3,078.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Murrieta was 72,137 (69.7%) White (55.7% non-Hispanic White),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0650076.html|title=Murrieta Non-Hispanic White population in 2010|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226082207/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0650076.html|archive-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> 5,601 (5.4%) African American, 741 (0.7%) Native American, 9,556 (9.2%) Asian, 391 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 8,695 (8.4%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 6,345 (6.1%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 26,792 persons (25.9%). The census reported 103,037 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 291 people (0.3%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 138 people (0.1%) were institutionalized.

Of the 32,749 households, 48.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 62.8% were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 3,814 (11.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 1,642 (5.0%) had a male householder with no wife present, with 1,626 (5.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]] and 192 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. About 5,208 households (15.9%) were made up of individuals, and 2,248 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.15. There were 26,033 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (79.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.51.

The population was distributed as 31,471 people (30.4%) under the age of 18, 9,891 people (9.6%) aged 18 to 24, 28,144 people (27.2%) aged 25 to 44, 23,555 people (22.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,405 people (10.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The 35,294 housing units averaged 1,050.0 per square mile (405.4/km{{sup|2}}), of which 23,110 (70.6%) were owner-occupied and 9,639 (29.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.8%; 73,518 people (71.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,519 people (28.5%) lived in rental housing units.