Editing Montebello, California (section)

===2000===
As of the 2000 [[Census]], there were 62,150 people, 18,844 households, and 14,867 families residing in the city.<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> The population density was {{convert|7,536.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 19,416 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,354.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 46.82% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.90% [[African-American (U.S. Census)|African-American]], 1.23% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 11.64% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 33.85% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 5.48% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 74.57% of the population, some of which are also included in the census of the white population.<ref name="epodunk1">{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/popInfo.php?locIndex=10538 |title=Montebello - Montebello - Population overview |website=Epodunk.com |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>

[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] and [[Armenian Americans|Armenian]] were the most common ancestries in Montebello. [[Mexico]] and [[El Salvador]] were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/montebello/index.html|title=Montebello Profile - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

There were 18,844 households, out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.1% had a female head of household and 21.1% were unrelated individuals. 17.1% of all households consisted of a single individual and 8.0% had persons who were 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 3.28 and the average family size was 3.67.

The 2000 census data counted persons as 28.6% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.32 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.

The median [[income]] for a household in the city was $38,805, and the median income for a family was $41,257. Males had a median income of $30,423 versus $26,590 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,125. 16.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher and 69% of residents have a high school degree. About 14.2% of families and 13.2% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]], including 24.3% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.