NSBN Projects - Lancaster

Community Profile

Jurisdiction

LA County Children’s Planning Council Service Planning Area 1

Los Angeles County Supervisor, 5th District – Michael Antonovich

State Assembly District 36: Sharon Runner

State Senate District 17: George Runner

Congressional District 25: Howard “Buck” McKeon

Basic Demographic Data

Ethnicity/Race: Whites represent 50% of the Zip Code population.  Latinos: 29%; Blacks: 16%; and Asians: 2%.

Income/Poverty: 31% of all households make less than $25,000 a year. 

Education/Language Spoken: 24% of all adults hold less than a high school education. 25% of the Zip Code population speaks a non-English language at home.i

Families with Children Ages 0-6

Presence of Families with Children Ages 0-6ii
The Zip Code has a slightly larger proportion of families with children ages 0-6 than countywide.

  • 26% - 3,625 out of 13,872 families in the Zip Code have children ages 0-6.
  • 25% - 543,233 out of 2,136,977 families in Los Angeles County have children aged 0-6.
Incidences of Low Birth Weight Babies

Moderate Incidence of Low-birth Weight Babies.iii
8% or 79 babies out of 945 live births in the Zip Code were born with low birth weights.
6.6% or 10,213 babies out of 153,523 live births in Los Angeles County were born with low birth weights.

The Zip Code is listed by the county as a high-risk area for child lead poisoning.iv

Incidence of Newborn Death

Low Incidence of Newborn Disability and Diseasev
The infant death rate in the Zip Code was lower than in LA County

  • The infant death rate in the Zip Code was 4.3 per 1,000 live births.
  • The infant death rate in SPA 1 was 7.0 per 1,000 live births.
  • The infant death rate in Los Angeles County was 5.9 per 1,000 live births