Area (square miles): Land 1 (100.0%)

Population

The total population is 15,451 as of the 2000 Census. The census's sample size was 2,010 (13% of the total population).

The size of the urban population is 15,451 (100.0%) with 15,451 (100.00%) living inside urbanized (densely populated) areas.

The racial makeup is: White ~ 7,828 (50.7%), Black or African American ~ 286 (1.9%), American Indian and Alaska Native ~ 66 (0.4%), Asian ~ 518 (3.4%), Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander ~ 45 (0.3%), some other race ~ 6,117 (39.6%), comprised of two or more races ~ 591 (3.8%). The number of people of Hispanic or Latino origins (heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth) is 10,782 (70%).

The population is 55% male and 45% female with 32% 18 years or younger and 7% 62 years or older.

Households

There are 15,229 members of households with 13,810 (91%) family and 1,419 (9%) nonfamily household members. There is a total of 4,036 households in this community, with 3,045 family and 262 nonfamily households. Out of all family household (total 3,045) the number with their own children under 18 years that are married-couples equals 1,380 (45.32%), Male only householder (no wife present) equals 225 (7.39%), and Female only householder (no husband present) equals 495 (16.26%). There are 729 single person households with 388 (53.22%) male householders and 341 (46.78%) female householders. The number of singles (15 years and over) that have never married or married but the spouse is absent (separation, divorce, widowed..) that are male are 3,480 (30%) or that are female are 2,077 (18%).

Household language(s) include: English ~ 1,541 (38.18%), Spanish ~ 2,093 (51.86%), other Indo-European languages ~ 218 (5.40%), Asian and Pacific Island languages ~ 169 (4.19%).

The place of birth for the people of this community (total 15,451) are comprised of 7,837 (50.72%) natives or born in the United States and 7,614 (49.28%) are non-native foreign born. Among those born inside the United States, the number born in state of residence equals 6,282 (40.66%) and the number born in another state in the United States equals 1,386 (8.97%). The part of the United States where the group born in another state includes: Northeast 368 (2.38%), Midwest 446 (2.89%), South 342 (2.21%), West 230 (1.49%). Natives born outside the United States (total 169 (1.09%)) include(s): Puerto Rico 31 (0.20%), U.S. island areas 28 (0.18%), born abroad of American parent(s) 110 (0.71%). Non-native foreign born (total 7,614 (49.28%)) include(s): naturalized citizens 1,505 (9.74%) and not a citizen 6,109 (39.54%).