As of the census of 2000, there were 41,155 people, 19,184 households, and 11,414 families residing in the city. The population density was 652.0/km sq (1,689.1/mi sq). There were 28,021 housing units at an average density of 443.9/km sq (1,150.0/mi sq). The racial makeup of the city was 86.84% White, 1.20% African American, 0.45% Native American, 2.57% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 6.48% from Race (United States Census)other races, and 2.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.08% of the population. The global appeal of Palm Desert as the "place to be" for tourists has made it home to thousands of retired Canadian peopleCanadians, European peopleEuropeans, and Australians, but Palm Desert isn't entirely homogeneous: affluent African-Americans, Latinos and Asian Americans moved to this formerly "all-white" city. There are many persons of Armenian peopleArmenian, German peopleGerman, Italian peopleItalian, Polish peoplePolish, Swedish peopleSwedish and Jewish ancestry from Europe or the US. Other ethnic groups that represent a sizable portion of residents are Arab AmericansArabs, Cuban AmericansCubans, former Yugoslavians, Iranian AmericansIranians, Japanese AmericansJapanese, Mexican AmericansMexicans, Puerto Ricans in the United StatesPuerto Ricans and South Americans. There were 19,184 households out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were Marriagemarried couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.5% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.67. The demographics of Palm Desert shows otherwise a rising population of children and young adults. In the city the population was spread out with 17.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males. Palm Desert with the rest of the Coachella Valley has a large senior citizen (over age of 55) community, most of them have annual personal incomes exceeding well over $100,000. The median income for a household in the city was $48,316, and the median income for a family was $58,183. Males had a median income of $42,257 versus $32,202 for females. The per capita income for the city was $33,463. About 5.9% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over. Palm Desert is considered an upper-class community in terms of above average incomes for both California and the nation. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Desert%2C_California