Editing Provincetown, Massachusetts (section)

===United States census information===
According to the [[2010 United States Census|U.S. census of 2010]],<ref name="2010 US Census">{{cite web | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US2500155500 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212103920/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US2500155500 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 12, 2020 | title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 | publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | work=2010 U.S. Census | access-date=December 21, 2012}}</ref> there were 2,942 people living in the town (down 14.3% since 2000).<ref name="2000 US Census">{{cite web | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US2500155500 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212084725/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US2500155500 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 12, 2020 | title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000   | publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | work=2000 U.S. Census | access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|304.2|PD/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 4,494 housing units (up 15.5%) at an average density of {{convert|464.7|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the town was 91.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.8% of the population.

The top reported ancestries were [[Irish people|Irish]] (26.7%, up 9.3% from 2000), [[English people|English]] (17.4%, up 2.6%), [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] (14.6%, down 8.2%), [[Italian people|Italian]] (13.5%, up 3.4%), and German (12.5%, up 3.6%).<ref name=2010-ACS-Ancestry>{{cite web|title=People Reporting Ancestry, 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/B04006/0600000US2500155500|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212085144/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/B04006/0600000US2500155500|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|work=American Factfinder|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name=2000-Census-Summary-File3>{{cite web|title=Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/DP2/0600000US2500155500|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212102433/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/DP2/0600000US2500155500|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|work=Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3)|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 22, 2012}}</ref>

{{Population pyramid
| year=2010
| m0=0.7 |m5=1.0 | m10=1.0 |m15=1.0 | m20=1.0 |m25=1.9 | m30=2.3 |m35=3.5 | m40=5.1 |m45=7.8 | m50=7.7 |m55=6.2 | m60=5.7 |m65=3.7 | m70=1.9 |m75=1.7 | m80=0.8 |m85=1.4
| f0=1.1 |f5=0.8 | f10=0.8 |f15=1.1 | f20=1.3 |f25=1.8 | f30=2.0 |f35=2.0 | f40=2.8 |f45=4.2 | f50=5.7 |f55=5.2 | f60=5.8 |f65=3.0 | f70=2.3 |f75=2.1 | f80=1.6 |f85=1.8
}}
There were 1,765 households (down 3.9%), out of which 416 (23.6%) had families, 115 (6.5%) had children under the age of 18 living within them, and 76.4% were non-families. The average household size was 1.64 persons/household, and the average family size was 2.55.

The distribution of the population, broken down by age and gender, is shown in the population pyramid. In 2010, 6.8% of the population was under the age of 18, and the median age was 52.3. There were 1,602 males and 1,340 females.

For 2011, the estimated median income for a year-round household in the town was $46,547, with a mean household income of $74,840. For families, the median income was $87,228, and the mean is $84,050. For nonfamily households, the median income was $42,375, and the mean, $71,008. Median earnings for male full-time, year-round workers was $49,688, versus $36,471 for females. The per capita income for the town was $41,488.<ref name=2011-ACS-Income>{{cite web|title=SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/0600000US2500155500|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212082948/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/DP03/0600000US2500155500|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|work=2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 22, 2012}}</ref> About 2.1% of families and 15.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.0% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=2011-ACS-Poverty>{{cite web|title=POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_5YR/S1701/0600000US2500155500|work=2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 22, 2012}} {{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Provincetown's [[ZIP code]] has the highest concentration of same-sex couple households of any ZIP code in the United States.<ref>[http://www.urban.org/publications/900695.html Facts and Findings from The Gay and Lesbian Atlas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805102121/http://www.urban.org/publications/900695.html |date=August 5, 2010 }}, Urban Institute, March 30, 2004.</ref>