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Carson, CA

91,122 Population
18.7 square miles 4,864.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,720 ±$6,023 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,589 ±$379
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$100,041 ±$11,201 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $91,960 ±$779
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

12.1% ±5.4% (10,959  ±4,859) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,585,798 (±0.3% / ±38,842)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

27.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,130,930  ±50,923) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.1 163,912,580 (±0.1 / ±641,078)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

27,512 ±1,987 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,542,998 ±10,740
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.3 ±0.2 (90,214  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,545,130 (±0 / ±2,416)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±3.5% (1,236  ±802) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 130,398 (±0.2% / ±7,499)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

28,657 ±2,268 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,828,892 ±863
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$672,600 ±$31,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $867,200 ±$4,333
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

7.5% ±2.4% (6,739  ±2,186.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,173,921 (±0.3% / ±32,630.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

84.3% ±5.1% (54,969  ±4,324.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 7,495,534 (±0.5% / ±45,581.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
27.8% ±3.4% (18,092  ±2,425.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 3,487,205 (±0.3% / ±29,272.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

36.1% ±4.5% (32,922  ±4,132) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% † 4,207,484 (±1,426.9% / ±36,723)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

4% ±1.3% (2,952  ±918) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 287,466 (±0.1% / ±8,605)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
2,952 Total veterans ±918 2,495 Male ±760 457 Female ±496

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