Artesia first appeared as a city in the
1960 U.S. census as part of the Downey-Norwalk census county division. The census reported that 96.3% of the population lived in households, 0.7% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 3.0% were institutionalized. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas. There were 4,600 households in Artesia, of which 38.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.0% were married-couple households, 4.3% were
cohabiting couple households, 16.2% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 24.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 14.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.43, and there were 3,715
families (80.8% of households). There were 4,745 housing units at an average density of , of which 4,600 (96.9%) were occupied. Of the occupied units, 52.4% were owner-occupied and 47.6% were occupied by renters. 3.1% of housing units were vacant; the homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 2.3%. The median household income in 2023 was $97,712, and the
per capita income was $31,357. About 6.0% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line.
2010 census At the
2010 census Artesia had a population of 16,522. The population density was . The racial makeup of Artesia was 6,446 (39.0%) White (21.3% Non-Hispanic White), 589 (3.6%) African American, 94 (0.6%) Native American, 6,131 (37.1%) Asian, 40 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,630 (15.9%) from
other races, and 592 (3.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5,910 persons (35.8%). The census reported that 15,909 people (96.3% of the population) lived in households, 69 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 544 (3.3%) were institutionalized. There were 4,535 households, 1,933 (42.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,673 (58.9%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 670 (14.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 334 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 150 (3.3%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 30 (0.7%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 661 households (14.6%) were one person and 306 (6.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.51. There were 3,677 families (81.1% of households); the average family size was 3.80. The age distribution was 3,719 people (22.5%) under the age of 18, 1,680 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 4,421 people (26.8%) aged 25 to 44, 4,454 people (27.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,248 people (13.6%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 38.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males. There were 4,697 housing units at an average density of 2,898.2 per square mile, of the occupied units 2,523 (55.6%) were owner-occupied and 2,012 (44.4%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.7%. 8,930 people (54.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 6,979 people (42.2%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Artesia had a median household income of $59,845, with 13.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line. 27.4% of Artesia is of Asian ancestry. The most commonly reported ancestries are Filipino 10.4%, Chinese 5.1%, Indian 4.6%, and Korean 4.5%. 3.6% of Artesia is Black or African American. ==Government==