Editing Santa Clara, California (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 2416
|1890= 2891
|1900= 3650
|1910= 4348
|1920= 5220
|1930= 6302
|1940= 6650
|1950= 11702
|1960= 58880
|1970= 86118
|1980= 87700
|1990= 93613
|2000= 102361
|2010= 116468
|2020= 127647
|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>
}}

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Santa Clara, 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 – Santa Clara city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0669084&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) – Santa Clara city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0669084&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) – Santa Clara city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0669084&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)
|49,392
|42,026
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35,930
|48.25%
|36.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.15%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,237
|2,929
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,713
|2.19%
|2.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.13%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|275
|240
|style='background: #ffffe6; |186
|0.27%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|29,791
|43,531
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59,678
|29.10%
|37.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46.75%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|416
|604
|style='background: #ffffe6; |390
|0.41%
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|275
|321
|style='background: #ffffe6; |797
|0.27%
|0.28%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.62%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|3,611
|4,228
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,403
|3.63%
|3.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.23%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|16,364
|22,589
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22,550
|15.99%
|19.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.67%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''102,361'''
|'''116,468'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''127,647'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
[[File:Mission Santa Clara.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Mission Santa Clara de Asís]]]]
[[File:Santa Clara Mission Cemetery (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1|Mausoleums at Mission Cemetery]]
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Santa Clara city |url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0669084 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033038/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0669084 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2014 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> reported that Santa Clara had a population of 116,468. The population density was {{convert|6,327.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The ethnic makeup of Santa Clara was 52,359 (45.0%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3,154 (2.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 579 (0.5%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 43,889 (37.7%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (13.6% Indian, 6.9% Chinese, 6.2% Filipino, 3.9% Vietnamese, 3.0% Korean, 1.5% Japanese), 651 (0.6%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9,624 (8.3%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 6,212 (5.3%) from two or more races. There were 22,598 people (19.4%) who identified as [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]; 14.6% of Santa Clara's population was of Mexican ancestry.

The Census reported that 113,272 people (97.3% of the population) lived in households, 2,860 (2.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 336 (0.3%) were institutionalized.

There were 43,021 households, out of which 14,477 (33.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21,817 (50.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 4,081 (9.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,038 (4.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,146 (5.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 312 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 10,906 households (25.4%) were made up of individuals, and 2,945 (6.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63. There were 27,936 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (64.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.18.

The age distribution of the population was as follows: 24,774 people (21.3%) were under the age of 18, 12,511 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 41,876 people (36.0%) aged 25 to 44, 25,628 people (22.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,679 people (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

There were 45,147 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,452.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 19,747 (45.9%) were owner-occupied, and 23,274 (54.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.6%. 53,694 people (46.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 59,578 people (51.2%) lived in rental housing units.