Editing Hawthorne, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Hawthorne had a population of 84,293. The population density was {{convert|13,835.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Hawthorne was 27,678 (32.8%) White (10.3% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name=quif/> 23,385 (27.7%) African American, 565 (0.7%) Native American, 5,642 (6.7%) Asian, 974 (1.2%) Pacific Islander, 22,127 (26.3%) from other races, and 3,922 (4.7%) from two or more races. There were 44,572 people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (52.9%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Hawthorne city |url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0632548 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715114814/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0632548 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

The census reported that 83,754 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 208 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 331 (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 28,486 households, 12,330 (43.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,833 (38.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 6,369 (22.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,357 (8.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,309 (8.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 191 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. Of the households, 7,125 (25.0%) were one person and 1,430 (5.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.94. There were 19,559 families (68.7% of households); the average family size was 3.54.

The age distribution was 23,157 people (27.5%) under the age of 18, 9,487 people (11.3%) aged 18 to 24, 27,035 people (32.1%) aged 25 to 44, 18,395 people (21.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,219 people (7.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 31.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.

There were 29,869 housing units at an average density of 4,902.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 7,623 (26.8%) were owner-occupied and 20,863 (73.2%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.6%. 25,869 people (30.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 57,885 people (68.7%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009–2013, Hawthorne had a median household income of $44,649, with 19.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name=quif/>