Editing Turlock, California (section)

===2000===
As of the [[United States 2000 Census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website  }}</ref> there were 55,810 people, 18,408 households, and 13,434 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|4,194.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 19,095 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,435.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.9% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.4% from two or more races. 29.4% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

4.9% of Turlock's population reported ancestry in the category [[Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Americans|Assyrian.]] This was the fourth highest percentage in the United States for this category, the highest for a community outside of [[Oakland County, Michigan]] and the only one of the top seven places in this category that was not one of [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit's]] northern suburbs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac.html |title=Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac |website=Epodunk.com |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>

There were 18,408 households, out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.42. In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males. The median [[income]] for a household in the city was $39,050, and the median income for a family was $44,501. Males had a median income of $35,801 versus $27,181 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,844. 16.2% of the population and 12.4% of families were below the [[poverty line]]. Out of the total population, 18.8% of those under the age of 18 and 9.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Culturally, the area is home to large concentrations of Americans of [[South Asian]] descent (particularly [[Sikh]]s), [[Mexican-American]]s, and people of varied [[European-American|European]] descent. [[Swedish people|Swedes]] and [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] were early settlers to the area. Continued immigration from the [[Azores]] Islands ([[Portugal]]) in recent decades has established a large [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]-speaking community within the city. Turlock is a major center for the [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] community in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nineveh.com/The%20Assyrians%20of%20the%20San%20Joaquin%20Valley,%20California.html|title=The Assyrians of the San Joaquin Valley, California: From Early Settlements to the Present|website=Nineveh.com|access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> who began to arrive in the 1910s seeking opportunities in farming. By 1924 the Assyrian Evangelical Church was established and by the 1950s, 8% of the population of Turlock was [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nineveh.com/ASSYRIAN-AMERICANS.html|title=Assyrian-Americans|website=Nineveh.com|date=September 2, 2001|access-date=July 7, 2012}}</ref> There was an increased influx into Turlock in the 1970s following political strife in [[Iraq]] and in the 1980s following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in [[Iran]]. {{citation needed|date=February 2014}}