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According to the 2010 Census estimates, the total population of San Marcos was <br />44,894, a 29.3 percent increase between 2000 and 2010. Table 1.1, below, shows <br />the distribution of population by race and ethnicity in the city. The White population <br />increased by 39.8 percent, and their percentage of the total population increased <br />from 72.6 percent to 78.5 percent between 2000 and 2010. African - Americans <br />increased by 544 persons, and made up 5.5 percent of total population in 2010. San <br />Marcos experienced a 33.9 percent increase in the Hispanic population between <br />2000 and 2010. The percentage of Hispanic population of the total population <br />increased from 36.5 percent in 2000 to 37.8 percent in 2010, a 1.3 percentage point <br />increase. The Census Bureau does not recognize Hispanic as a race, but rather as <br />an ethnicity. This may account for the higher percentages of "Other" category in <br />2000 and 2010. It is a common misidentification for ethnic Hispanics to choose the <br />`other' category on the Census for race rather than White or African - American. <br />Other populations decreased by 12.3 percent between 2000 and 2010. During the <br />period, there was a 62.1 percent increase in the American Indian and Eskimo <br />population and 68.7 percent increase in Asian and Pacific Islander population, but <br />numerically and as a percent of total population, these increases were actually much <br />less significant. <br />Table 1.1 <br />h.. 3r%A mthnit-i +v fnr Can Marnnc gnnn anri inin <br />Race <br />2000 <br />2010 <br />%Change <br />2000 -2010 <br /># <br />% <br /># <br />% <br />White <br />25,200 <br />72.6% <br />35,221 <br />78.5% <br />39.8% <br />African - American <br />1,921 <br />5.5% <br />2,465 <br />5.5% <br />28.3% <br />Asian or Pacific Islander <br />227 <br />0.7% <br />383 <br />0.9% <br />68.7% <br />American Indian and Eskimo <br />464 <br />1.3% <br />752 <br />1.7% <br />62.1% <br />Other race <br />6,921 <br />19.9% <br />6,073 <br />13.5% <br />-12.3% <br />Total <br />34,733 <br />100.0% <br />44,894 <br />100.0% <br />29.3% <br />Hispanic (ethnicity) <br />12,676 <br />36.5% <br />16,967 <br />37.8% <br />33.9% <br />Source: US Census 2000 and 2010 <br />The series of Maps 1.2 through 1.5 on the following pages show the spatial <br />concentrations of the various racial and ethnic groups within San Marcos. <br />KI <br />