Editing Fountain Valley, California (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 2068
|1970= 31886
|1980= 55080
|1990= 53691
|2000= 54978
|2010= 55313
|2020= 57047
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1960/Population/Vol1/12533879v1p6ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|via=ipums.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604115002/https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1960/Population/Vol1/12533879v1p6ch02.pdf| archive-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
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Fountain Valley first appeared as a city in the [[1960 U.S. Census]] as part of the North Coast census county division.<ref name=1960CensusCA2/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Fountain Valley city, California – 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 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Fountain Valley city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0625380&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!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) – Fountain Valley city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0625380&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Fountain Valley city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0625380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|32,144
|27,234
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22,230
|58.47%
|49.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |38.97%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|584
|473
|style='background: #ffffe6; |526
|1.06%
|0.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.92%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|171
|127
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71
|0.31%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|14,100
|18,324
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22,532
|25.65%
|33.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39.50%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|202
|159
|style='background: #ffffe6; |126
|0.37%
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.22%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|129
|113
|style='background: #ffffe6; |234
|0.23%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.41%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,778
|1,633
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,491
|3.23%
|2.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.37%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|5,870
|7,250
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,837
|10.68%
|13.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.49%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''54,978'''
|'''55,313'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''57,047'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0625380|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715025014/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0625380|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Fountain Valley city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Fountain Valley had a population of 55,313. The population density was {{convert|6,124.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Fountain Valley was 31,225 (56.5%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (49.2% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0625380.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712180846/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0625380.html|archive-date=July 12, 2012|title=State & County QuickFacts}}</ref> 510 (0.9%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]],<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/> 229 (0.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 18,418 (33.3%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 171 (0.3%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2,445 (4.4%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 2,315 (4.2%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7,250 persons (13.1%).

The Census reported that 54,876 people (99.2% of the population) lived in households, 257 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 180 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

There were 18,648 households, out of which 6,341 (34.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 11,142 (59.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 2,102 (11.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 970 (5.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 646 (3.5%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 108 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 3,451 households (18.5%) were made up of individuals, and 1,772 (9.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94. There were 14,214 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (76.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.34.

The population was spread out, with 11,643 people (21.0%) under the age of 18, 4,624 people (8.4%) aged 18 to 24, 13,310 people (24.1%) aged 25 to 44, 16,020 people (29.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,716 people (17.6%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

There were 19,164 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,122.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 13,458 (72.2%) were owner-occupied, and 5,190 (27.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.8%. 40,718 people (73.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 14,158 people (25.6%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States census, Fountain Valley had a median household income of $81,212, with 6.7% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
According to the [[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> of 2000, there were 54,978 people, 18,162 households, and 14,220 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|6,167.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants}}. There were 18,473 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,072.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 64.02% [[White American|White]], 1.11% [[African American|Black or African American]], 0.46% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian or Alaskan Native]], 10.68% of the population were [[Ethnicity (United States census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race. 25.76% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.40% [[Pacific Islander American|Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander]], 3.95% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 4.3% from two or more races.

There were 18,162 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.35.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $78,729, and the median income for a family was $90,335.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US0617750&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0617750&_street=&_county=fountain+valley&_cityTown=fountain+valley&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210231652/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US0617750&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0617750&_street=&_county=fountain+valley&_cityTown=fountain+valley&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2020|work=[[US Census Bureau]]}}</ref> Males had a median income of $60,399 versus $43,089 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $48,521. About 1.6% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.