Editing Palo Alto, California (section)

===2010===
[[File:Stanford Theatre (9065375294).jpg|thumb|left|[[Stanford Theatre]], built 1924–25]]
The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that Palo Alto had a population of 64,403.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655282|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904054640/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655282|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2015|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Palo Alto city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|2,497.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Palo Alto was 41,359 (64.2%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 17,461 (27.1%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1,197 (1.9%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 121 (0.2%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 142 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,426 (2.2%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2,697 (4.2%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3,974 persons (6.2%).

The Census reported that 63,820 people (99.1% of the population) lived in households, 205 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 378 (0.6%) were institutionalized.

There were 26,493 households, out of which 8,624 (32.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 13,975 (52.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 1,843 (7.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 659 (2.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 979 (3.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 188 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 7,982 households (30.1%) were made up of individuals, and 3,285 (12.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41. There were 16,477 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (62.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.04.

The population was spread out, with 15,079 people (23.4%) under the age of 18, 3,141 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 17,159 people (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 18,018 people (28.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,006 people (17.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.

There were 28,216 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,094.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 14,766 (55.7%) were owner-occupied, and 11,727 (44.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.6%. 39,176 people (60.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 24,644 people (38.3%) lived in rental housing units.