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Community Profiles <br />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, in the <br />Community Profile, shows the distribution of population by race and ethnicity in <br />the city. The White population increased by 39.8 percent, and their percentage of <br />the total population increased from 72.6 percent to 78.5 percent between 2000 <br />and 2010. African - Americans increased by 544 persons, and made up 5.5 <br />percent of total population in 2010. San Marcos experienced a 33.9 percent <br />increase in the Hispanic population between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of <br />Hispanic population of the total population increased from 36.5 percent in 2000 to <br />37.8 percent in 2010, a 1.3 percentage point increase. The Census Bureau does <br />not recognize Hispanic as a race, but rather as an ethnicity. This may account for <br />the higher percentages of "Other" category in 2000 and 2010. It is a common <br />misidentification for ethnic Hispanics to choose the `other' category on the <br />Census forms for race rather than White or African - American. <br />Other populations decreased by 12.3 percent between 2000 and 2010. During <br />the 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, <br />but numerically and as a percent of total population, these increases were <br />actually much less significant. <br />Household compositions consisting of large families, families with children and <br />female headed households with children appear most likely to encounter issues <br />relative to fair housing choice. The percentage of female- headed households <br />with children among White households was 2.5 percent, compared to 13.9 <br />percent in Hispanic households, and 13.1 percent in African - American <br />households between 2006 and 2010. <br />When considering all family types with children present, the data show that 11.4 <br />percent of all White households, 36.2 percent of all Hispanic households, and <br />