Editing Oceanside, California (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900 = 330
| 1910 = 673
| 1920 = 1161
| 1930 = 3508
| 1940 = 4651
| 1950 = 12881
| 1960 = 24971
| 1970 = 40494
| 1980 = 76698
| 1990 = 128398
| 2000 = 161029
| 2010 = 167086
| 2020 = 174068
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 171483
| estref = <ref name="State">{{cite press release |website=dof.ca.gov |access-date=October 13, 2024 |title=Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State — January 1, 2023 and 2024 |url=https://dof.ca.gov/forecasting/demographics/estimates-e1}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/oceansidecitycalifornia,US/POP010220|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Oceanside city, California<br>Top 3 Regional Race Groups'''<br><small>''{{Nobold|From the 2020 Census DHC-A Detailed Race Data<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Oceanside%20city,%20California&t=-8000B:061:065:067:1113:1182:1211:1293:1337:1356:2562:2833:3452:3650:3676:3719:3749:3758:3759:3821:3829:3838:3850:3864:3920:3936:3952:3998:401:4015:4016:4035:4040:406:413:4024:6Q7&d=DEC%20Detailed%20Demographic%20and%20Housing%20Characteristics%20File%20A |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>}}''</small>
!Race Group
!Population
!Percent
|-
|European
|67,845
|39.0%
|-
|Mexican
|52,863
|30.4%
|-
|Other White (incl. not specified) 
|46,960
|27.0%
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Oceanside 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 – Oceanside city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0653322&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</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) – Oceanside city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0653322&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</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) – Oceanside city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0653322&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|86,310
|80,849
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78,444
|53.60%
|48.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45.07%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|9,504
|7,101
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,456
|5.90%
|4.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|682
|613
|style='background: #ffffe6; |503
|0.42%
|0.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|8,623
|10,638
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,759
|5.35%
|6.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.33%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1,917
|1,999
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,886
|1.19%
|1.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.08%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|206
|347
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,030
|0.13%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.59%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|5,096
|5,592
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,674
|3.16%
|3.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.56%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|48,691
|59,947
|style='background: #ffffe6; |63,316
|30.24%
|35.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.37%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''161,029'''
|'''167,086'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''174,068'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
[[File:San Luis Rey Mission.jpg|thumb|left|The church at [[Mission San Luis Rey de Francia]] is a parish of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego]].]]
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0653322|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032150/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0653322|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Oceanside city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Oceanside had a population of 167,086. The population density was {{convert|3,961.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Oceanside was 109,020 (65.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7,873 (4.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1,385 (0.8%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 11,081 (6.6%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (3.4% [[Filipino American|Filipino]], 0.7% [[Japanese American|Japanese]], 0.7% [[Vietnamese American|Vietnamese]], 0.6% [[Chinese American|Chinese]], 0.4% [[Korean American|Korean]], 0.2% [[Indian American|Indian]]), 2,144 (1.3%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 25,886 (15.5%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 9,697 (5.8%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 59,947 persons (35.9%).

The Census reported that 166,150 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 802 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 134 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 59,238 households, out of which 20,486 (34.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 30,201 (51.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 6,947 (11.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,111 (5.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,504 (5.9%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 472 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. Of the households 14,117 (23.8%) were made up of individuals, and 6,161 (10.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80. There were 40,259 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (68.0% of all households); the average family size was 3.32.

The population was spread out, with 39,817 people (23.8%) under the age of 18, 19,028 people (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 45,797 people (27.4%) aged 25 to 44, 40,943 people (24.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 21,501 people (12.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

There were 64,435 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,527.8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 34,986 (59.1%) were owner-occupied, and 24,252 (40.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%. Of the population 97,645 people (58.4%) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 68,505 people (41.0%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
[[File:Mt. Ecclesia-3 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Mount Ecclesia]] is the headquarters of the [[Rosicrucian Fellowship]].]] 
[[File:CA Surf Museum.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[California Surf Museum]]]]
As of 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 161,029 people, 56,488 households, and 39,259 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,967.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 59,581 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,467.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 66.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 5.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American or Alaskan Native]], 0.1% from another race alone, and 3.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 30.2%.

In 2000, there were 56,488 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. Of all households 22.7% were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.33.

The age distribution of Oceanside in 2000 was as follows: 27.6% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,301, and the median income for a family was $52,232. Males had a median income of $34,772 versus $27,962 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,329. About 8.2% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.