Editing Watsonville, California (section)

===2010===
[[File:USA-Watsonville-Saint Patrick Catholic Church-9 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|St. Patrick Church of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey]]]]
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Watsonville city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Watsonville had a population of 51,199. The population density was {{convert|7,547.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Watsonville was 22,399 (43.7%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 358 (0.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 629 (1.2%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1,664 (3.3%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 40 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 23,844 (46.6%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2,265 (4.4%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 41,656 persons (81.4%).

The Census reported that 50,671 people (99.0% of the population) lived in households, 322 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 206 (0.4%) were institutionalized.

There were 13,528 households, out of which 7,130 (52.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 7,231 (53.5%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 2,375 (17.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 903 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 890 (6.6%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 107 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 2,466 households (18.2%) were made up of individuals, and 1,213 (9.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.75.  There were 10,509 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (77.7% of all households); the average family size was 4.17.

The population was spread out, with 16,111 people (31.5%) under the age of 18, 6,001 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 14,834 people (29.0%) aged 25 to 44, 10,014 people (19.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 4,239 people (8.3%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 29.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.

There were 14,089 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,077.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 5,957 (44.0%) were owner-occupied, and 7,571 (56.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.5%.  21,365 people (41.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,306 people (57.2%) lived in rental housing units.
[[File:Watsonville Warehouse at Beach and Walker in Watsonville (7298909690) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Warehouse in Watsonville]]
As reported by the 2007–2011 American Community Survey, the median income for a household in the city was $46,073, and the median income for a family was $49,550. Male full-time year-round workers had a median income of $31,758 versus $31,155 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,407. About 18.6% of families and 20.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.6% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over. Therefore, although the median household income did rise significantly between 2000 and 2010 (unadjusted for inflation), the percentage of city residents experiencing poverty rose at a faster rate.