Editing Palo Alto, California (section)

===2020 census===
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|+'''Palo Alto 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 – Palo Alto city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0655282&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Palo Alto city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0655282&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Palo Alto city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0655282&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|42,682
|39,052
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33,243
|72.84%
|60.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48.48%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,166
|1,131
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,170
|1.99%
|1.76%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|88
|65
|style='background: #ffffe6; |37
|0.15%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|10,056
|17,404
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,246
|17.16%
|27.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.36%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|81
|135
|style='background: #ffffe6; |146
|0.14%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|183
|254
|style='background: #ffffe6; |503
|0.31%
|0.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.73%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,620
|2,388
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,136
|2.76%
|3.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.03%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2,722
|3,974
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,091
|4.65%
|6.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.42%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''58,598'''
|'''64,403'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''68,572'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}