| Area Statistics |
Ethnicity/Race: Latinos represent 86% of the project area population, Blacks 6%, Asians 2%, and Whites 5%.
Income/Poverty: 35% of all households make less than $25,000 a year. 31% of persons are in poverty.
Education/Language Spoken: 66% of all adults have less than a 12th grade education. A majority (77%) of residents speak a non-English language at home.i
Substantial Presence of Families With Children Ages 0-6ii
The project area and city have a greater proportion of families with children ages 0-6 as countywide.
- 31.5% -- 52 out of 165 – of families in the project CT have children aged 0-6.
- 33% -- 3,254 out of 9,701 – of families in the area ZIP have children aged 0-6.
- 26.7% -- 212,981 of 798,719 – of families in the city of Los Angeles have children aged 0-6.
- 25% -- 543,233 of 2,136,977 – of families in Los Angeles County have children aged 0-6.
- County cities with the highest rates of families with children aged 0-6 were Hawthorne (17.71%) and Burbank (15.94%).
- County cities with the lowest rates of families with children aged 0-6 were Cerritos (6.5%) and Beverly Hills (6.72%).
Very Low Average 3rd Grade Test Scoresiii
The mean scaled STAR score for students in the project area was significantly lower than for students in Los Angeles County in 2003 (275.3 vs. 340.6)
- 74% of third graders in the area tested at the below basic or far below basic level in English and Language Arts (compared to 41% of students in LA County)
- 53% of third graders in the area tested at the basic or below basic level in Math (compared to 33% of students in LA County)
- In 2002, 26% of 3rd graders in the project area scored at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading (compared to 41% of 3rd graders in Los Angeles County).
- The districts with the highest percentage of 3rd graders scoring at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading were La Canada (91%) and Manhattan Beach (93%)
- The districts with the lowest percentage of 3rd graders scoring at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading were Lennox (16%) and Compton (22%).
High Incidence of Low-birth Weight Babiesiv
- 65.3 babies per 1,000 live births in the project zip were born with low birth weights.
- 71 babies per 1,000 live births in Los Angeles County were born with low birth weights.
Low Incidence of Newborn Disability and Diseasev
- The infant death rate in the project zip is lower than in LA County. However, the infant death rate in the project area is comparable.
- The infant death rate in the project zip was 2.4 per 1,000 live births.
- The infant death rate in SPA 4 was 5.6 per 1,000 live births.
- The infant death rate in Los Angeles County was 5.9 per 1,000 live births.
The project zip code is listed by the county as a high-risk area for child lead poisoning.vi
High Incidence of Crime, Domestic Violence and Assaultvii
- The City of Los Angeles had higher rates of violent crime, domestic violence and assault than other county areas.
- In the city of Los Angeles, there were 34,760 domestic violence-related calls for assistance in 2002 – 5,461 of these involved weapons. Los Angeles accounted for 58% of all domestic violence-related calls in Los Angeles County.
- There were 13,196 aggravated assault/domestic violence crimes in the city of Los Angeles (up 4.6% since 2001).
- In East Los Angeles there were 1,234 violent crimes committed in the year 2000 (1.4% of crimes in LA County).
- In the city of Los Angeles there were 51,695 violent crimes committed in the year 2002 (over 57% of crimes in LA County).
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