Editing Wheaton, Maryland (section)

===2020 census===
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|+'''Wheaton CDP, Maryland – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – 'Wheaton CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48323&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – 'Wheaton CDP, Maryland|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4801420&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|12,414
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,972
|25.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.04%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|8,499
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,458
|17.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18.14%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|89
|style='background: #ffffe6; |79
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5,782
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,934
|11.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.38%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|32
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|249
|style='background: #ffffe6; |461
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.88%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,064
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,737
|2.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|20,155
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23,488
|41.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45.04%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''48,284'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''52,150'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of 2010–2020, Wheaton is 23.8% [[White Americans|White]], 40.5% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]], 18.5% [[African American]] (4.1% [[Ethiopian Americans|Ethiopian]], 1.3% [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]]), and 13.9% [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (4.42% [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], 3.72% [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]], 1.67% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], 1.59% [[Indian Americans|Indian]]). 2.4% of the population identified as [[Multiracial Americans|mixed-race]]. The largest immigrant groups were from El Salvador, Ethiopia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Honduras.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas |url=https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Maryland/Wheaton/Ancestry |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=statisticalatlas.com}}</ref>

Between 2000 and 2010, Wheaton's Hispanic population has increased from 29% to 42%. Wheaton's Hispanic population is highly ethnically diverse - as of the 2010 Census, Wheaton is 18.5% [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]], 3.2% [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], 2.8% [[Guatemalan Americans|Guatemalan]], 2.3% [[Peruvian Americans|Peruvian]], 2.3% [[Honduran Americans|Honduran]], 1.3% [[Dominican Americans|Dominican]], 1.2% [[Nicaraguan Americans|Nicaraguan]], 1% [[Bolivian Americans|Bolivian]], 0.9% [[Colombian Americans|Colombian]], 0.8% [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]], 0.7% [[Ecuadorian Americans|Ecuadorians]], 0.3% [[Cuban Americans|Cuban]], 0.3% [[Chilean Americans|Chilean]], and 0.3% [[Argentine Americans|Argentine]], all numbering over 100 residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2017-07-19}}</ref> 16.5% of Wheaton's residents were [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics/Latinos]], 1% were [[Black Hispanic and Latino Americans|Afro-Hispanics/Afro-Latinos]], 0.6% were [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Hispanics/Latinos]], 0.2% were [[Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans|Asian-American Hispanics/Latinos]], 3% were Hispanics/Latinos of [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]], and 20.5% were Hispanics/Latinos from some other race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=Community Facts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref>

In 2020, local prosecutors said in a 28-page indictment that 21 [[MS-13|MS-13 Gang]] members had committed crimes against 18 victims, including 9 in Wheaton. The crimes against Wheaton residents includes murder, attempted murder with a gun, assault and racketeering.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-05|title=Federal Prosecutors Charge MS-13 Gang Members Suspected in Wheaton Regional Park Death|url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/courts/federal-prosecutors-charge-ms-13-gang-members-suspected-in-wheaton-regional-park-death/|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Bethesda Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>