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

142,369 Population
8.6 square miles 16,492.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$16,934 ±$1,048 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$50,888 ±$5,008 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

27.6% ±4.1% (38,640  ±6,733) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

34 minutes ±1.4 (1,849,800  ±218,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 28.3 436,695,300 (±0.1 / ±2,279,997)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

38,031 ±2,664 Number of households
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
3.7 ±0.2 (140,374  ±13,043) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,154,104 (±41 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.6% ±2.1% (2,116  ±821) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

39,893 ±2,668 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$546,400 ±$27,258 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

6.3% ±1.8% (8,811  ±2,672.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

55.7% ±6.6% (48,151  ±3,736.1) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
6.6% ±1.4% (5,733  ±1,325.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

74.2% ±2.3% (111,209  ±4,440) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 43.9% 16,271,726 (±0.1% / ±49,121.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

37.6% ±3% (53,539  ±6,474) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 26.7% † 10,428,025 (±380.3% / ±57,193)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

0.7% ±0.5% (687  ±481) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
687 Total veterans ±481 650 Male ±473 37 Female ±62

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