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Los Angeles County (South Central)--LA City (South Central/Watts) PUMA, CA

169,156 Population
8.6 square miles 19,758.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$12,397 ±$676 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $35,046 ±$168
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$36,282 ±$2,860 Median household income
  • about half the amount in California: $71,805 ±$294
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

31.1% ±3% (52,197  ±6,088) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in California: 13.3% 5,160,208 (±0.2% / ±71,947)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

34.4 minutes ±1.3 (2,197,835  ±187,096) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.8 512,692,140 (±0.1 / ±2,043,214)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

40,065 ±2,001 Number of households
  • California: 13,005,097 ±17,539
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
4.2 ±0.2 (168,672  ±11,365) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 3 38,718,791
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.1% ±1.4% (2,534  ±733) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 468,957 (±0.1% / ±11,405)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

41,931 ±1,932 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,177,270 ±934
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$349,600 ±$8,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $509,400 ±$2,199
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

8.7% ±1.7% (14,408  ±2,940.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 13% 5,076,653 (±0.2% / ±65,525)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

50.9% ±1.8% (48,878  ±3,874.9) High school grad or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 83.3% 22,229,971 (±0.3% / ±72,665.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
6.6% ±1.2% (6,325  ±1,257.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 33.7% 8,976,247 (±0.2% / ±45,115.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

71.1% ±1.6% (101,384  ±2,814.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 44% 15,910,680 (±0.1% / ±40,904.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.2% 63,172,059 (±0.1% / ±154,450.8)

34.5% ±2.9% (58,377  ±6,291) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27% 10,653,414 (±0.1% / ±47,294)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

1.3% ±0.5% (1,550  ±534) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 5.2% 1,564,913 (±0.1% / ±17,321)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
1,550 Total veterans ±534 1,482 Male ±538 68 Female ±81

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