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Los Angeles County (South Central)--Compton City & West Rancho Dominquez PUMA, CA

149,843 Population
18.5 square miles 8,081 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,090 ±$1,564 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$82,484 ±$9,051 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±3.4% (22,905  ±5,215) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.1 minutes ±1.2 (2,064,755  ±213,233) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

38,982 ±2,510 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.8 ±0.3 (148,514  ±8,180) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1.6% (1,691  ±636) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

40,717 ±2,606 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$603,600 ±$11,530 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

4.1% ±0.7% (6,083  ±984) Moved since previous year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

64.5% ±6.6% (64,199  ±4,481.3) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
10.3% ±1.7% (10,231  ±1,826.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

63.5% ±2.2% (90,284  ±3,603.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 44.4% 16,478,818 (±0.2% / ±54,452.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

32.8% ±3.1% (49,172  ±5,351) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.8% ±0.6% (2,004  ±750) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,004 Total veterans ±750 1,863 Male ±687 141 Female ±173

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