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Los Angeles County Facts

Census Statistics

	Los Angeles County	California
Population, 2003 estimate	9,871,506	35,484,453
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.7%	4.8%
Population, 2000	9,519,338	33,871,648
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	7.4%	13.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.7%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	28.0%	27.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	9.7%	10.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.6%	50.2%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	48.7%	59.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.8%	6.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.8%	1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	11.9%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.3%	0.3%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	23.5%	16.8%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	4.9%	4.7%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	44.6%	32.4%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	31.1%	46.7%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	52.0%	50.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	36.2%	26.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	54.1%	39.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	69.9%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	24.9%	26.6%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	1,775,009	5,923,361
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	29.4	27.7?
Housing units, 2002	3,300,181	12,507,767
Homeownership rate, 2000	47.9%	56.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	42.2%	31.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$209,300	$211,500?
Households, 2000	3,133,774	11,502,870
Persons per household, 2000	2.98	2.87
Median household income, 1999	$42,189	$47,493
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,683	$22,711
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	17.9%	14.2%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	227,941	806,733
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,889,686	13,239,616
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.7%	2.8%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	653,523	2,103,178
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	106,706,380	379,612,443
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	69,534,164	263,118,346
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$7,619	$8,167
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	37.2%	28.8%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	25.8%	27.3%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	16,454	159,573
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	52,908,254	206,401,495
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	4,061	155,959
Persons per square mile, 2000	2,344.2	217.2
Metropolitan Area	Los Angeles-Long Bea	?
FIPS Code	037	06

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