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Los Angeles County (South)--South Gate & Lynwood Cities PUMA, CA

162,215 Population
12.5 square miles 12,980.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,775 ±$2,091 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$76,425 ±$6,995 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.1% ±3% (24,113  ±4,857) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

34.7 minutes ±1.7 (2,421,080  ±175,483) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

44,423 ±1,859 Number of households
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.6 ±0.2 (160,288  ±2,598) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±2.3% (2,329  ±1,016) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

45,361 ±1,851 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$663,500 ±$18,729 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

4.9% ±1.2% (7,776  ±1,970.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

60.5% ±3.5% (66,661  ±4,399.8) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
9.4% ±1.5% (10,361  ±1,723.6) 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)

80.6% ±1.2% (124,675  ±1,984.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • nearly double 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)

42.2% ±2.3% (68,370  ±3,910) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

0.9% ±0.5% (1,138  ±575) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,138 Total veterans ±575 1,091 Male ±566 47 Female ±76

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