Editing Santa Maria, California (section)

===2010===
[[File:San Ramon 01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Chapel of San Ramon]]]]
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0669196|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033046/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0669196|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Santa Maria city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Santa Maria had a population of 99,553. The population density was {{convert|4,255.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Santa Maria was 55,983 (56.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1,656 (1.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1,818 (1.8%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5,054 (5.1%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 161 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 29,841 (30.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5,040 (5.1%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 70,114 persons (70.4%).

The Census reported that 98,546 people (99.0% of the population) lived in households, 588 (0.6%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 419 (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 26,908 households, out of which 13,223 (49.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 14,616 (54.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 3,962 (14.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,901 (7.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,754 (6.5%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 190 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 5,079 households (18.9%) were made up of individuals, and 2,431 (9.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.66. There were 20,479 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (76.1% of all households); the average family size was 4.06.

The population was spread out, with 31,302 people (31.4%) under the age of 18, 12,170 people (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 28,486 people (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 18,204 people (18.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,391 people (9.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.7 males.

There were 28,294 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,209.4|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 13,893 (51.6%) were owner-occupied, and 13,015 (48.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.8%. 46,463 people (46.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 52,083 people (52.3%) lived in rental housing units.