Editing Pacifica, California (section)

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Pacifica had a population of 37,234. The population density was {{convert|2,941.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Pacifica was 55.6% white, 16.8% (6,243) Hispanic or Latino of any race, 976 (2.6%) African American, 206 (0.6%) Native American, 7,230 (19.4%) Asian, 315 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 1,703 (4.6%) from other races, and 2,638 (7.1%) from two or more races.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0654806|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032225/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0654806|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Pacifica city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 37,052 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 64 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 118 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

There were 13,967 households, 4,511 (32.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 7,385 (52.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,592 (11.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 709 (5.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 869 (6.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 237 (1.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 3,126 households (22.4%) were one person and 1,098 (7.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.65. There were 9,686 families (69.3% of households); the average family size was 3.12.

The age distribution was 7,707 people (20.7%) under the age of 18, 2,842 people (7.6%) aged 18 to 24, 10,011 people (26.9%) aged 25 to 44, 12,155 people (32.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,519 people (12.1%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 41.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

There were 14,523 housing units at an average density of 1,147.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 9,545 (68.3%) were owner-occupied and 4,422 (31.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.8%. 26,567 people (71.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,485 people (28.2%) lived in rental housing units.
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|align="left" | Total Population || 37,234 - 100.0%
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|align="left" | One Race || 34,596 - 92.9
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|align="left" | Not Hispanic or Latino || 30,991 - 83.2
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|align="left" | White alone || 20,703 - 55.6%
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|align="left" | Black or African American alone || 902 - 2.4%
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|align="left" | American Indian and Alaska Native alone || 123 - 0.3
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|align="left" | Asian alone || 7,045 - 18.9%
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|align="left" | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone || 285 - 0.8%
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|align="left" | Some other race alone || 155 - 0.4%
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|align="left" | Two or more races alone || 1,778 - 4.8%
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|align="left" | Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 6,243 - 16.8%
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