Editing Hawthorne, California (section)

===2000===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov/ |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=May 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512074548/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/08000.html |url-status=live }}</ref> of 2000, there were 84,112 people in 28,536 households, including 19,775 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|13,879.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 29,629 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,889.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 29.3% White, 39.0% Black or African American, 0.8% Native American, 7.7% Asian, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 24.2% from other races, and 5.2% from two or more races. 44.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 28,536 households, 43.7% included children under the age of 18, 38.6% were married couples living together, 23.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. Of all households 24.5% were one person and 4.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.50.

The age distribution was 31.7% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% 65 or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median household income was $31,887 and the median family income was $35,149. Males had a median income of $29,481 versus $27,427 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,022. About 18.4% of families and 20.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.6% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.

[[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] (27.1%) and [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]] (2.6%) are the most common ancestries in the city. [[Mexico]] (45.1%) and [[Guatemala]] (9.3%) are the most common foreign places of birth in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawthorne Profile – Mapping L.A. |url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/hawthorne/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202172015/https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/hawthorne/index.html |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>