Editing Nipomo, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Nipomo had a population of 16,714. The population density was {{convert|1,125.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Nipomo was 12,281 (73.5%) White, 177 (1.1%) African American, 200 (1.2%) Native American, 421 (2.5%) Asian, 33 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,821 (16.9%) from other races, and 781 (4.7%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6,645 persons (39.8%).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0651476|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032012/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0651476|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Nipomo CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 16,703 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 11 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.

There were 5,474 households, 2,258 (41.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,353 (61.3%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 686 (12.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 326 (6.0%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 338 (6.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 49 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 807 households (14.7%) were one person and 346 (6.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.05.  There were 4,365 families (79.7% of households); the average family size was 3.35.

The age distribution was 4,422 people (26.5%) under the age of 18, 1,531 people (9.2%) aged 18 to 24, 4,058 people (24.3%) aged 25 to 44, 4,593 people (27.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,110 people (12.6%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 37.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.

There were 5,759 housing units at an average density of 387.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,898 (71.2%) were owner-occupied and 1,576 (28.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.1%.  11,583 people (69.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,120 people (30.6%) lived in rental housing units.