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Population Distribution

The City of Carlsbad is home to approximately 105,000 residents (104,652 as of 2009).

Carlsbad's median age is 41 years. Approximately 19.5 percent of the city's population is school-age children (5-19 years old). About 19 percent of the city's population is 60 years of older.

Carlsbad's population is broken into the following six age groups (2007):

20% <14 years
13% 15-24 years
9% 25-34 years
32% 35-54 years
13% 55-64 years
14% >65 years

Gender

51% Female
49% Male

As a percent of population in 2007:

78% White
13% Hispanic or Latino
5% Asian
1% Black or African American
3% Other

Of the residents age 15 years and older (2000 Census):

23% Never married
58% Married
12% Divorced
5% Widowed
1% Separated

18% Children enrolled in K-12
93% Have a high school diploma
46% Have a bachelor's degree
12% Have a master's degree or higher

In 2006, 61,163 residents registered to vote:

29% Democrats
44% Republicans
23% Nonpartisan/decline to state
4% Other