Understanding the Riots Part 4 : Seeing Ourselves : Who We Are: Los Angeles by the Numbers : TAKEOUT
Libraries: 230
Video stores: 843
Gas stations: 2,680
Bookstores: 725
Liquor stores or groceries licensed to sell beer, wine, spirits: 3,563
CHARITY WORK
Average amount contributed to charity per year (not including church donations):
L.A. County: $292
Nation: $297
FUN AND FITNESS
Percentage of L.A. County residents who:
Attended a movie in last 3 months: 63%
Belong to a health or fitness club: 15.7%
Purchased athletic shoes in the last 12 months: 54%
(median amount spent on shoes: $78)
GANGSTERS
Gangs in L.A. County: 1,000
Estimated membership: 100,000
Gang-related killings in 1991: 700
Gang-related killings in 1985: 328
Number of city and county youth facilities: 214
POLICE PRESENCE
Ratio of residents to police officers:
L.A.: 432-1
London: 377-1
Cairo: 220-1
Moscow: 132-1
MURDER RATES
Murders per 100,000 people:
L.A.: 12
London: 2
Cairo: 56
Moscow: 7
FUN IN THE SUN
Daily attendance at beaches in height of summer: 700,000
Annual number of surf rescues: 6,008
Annual number of resuscitations: 586
FUN ON THE FREEWAYS
Mean commute for workers 16 and over, in L.A. County: 26 minutes
Average distance: 15.5 miles
Miles of freeways in L.A. County: 510
ODD JOBS
Number of professional:
Hypnotists: 150
Square dance callers: 35
Elvis impersonators: 7
TALKING IN CLASS
Languages spoken in Los Angeles Unified School District: 90
AIDS CASES
Total number of AIDS cases reported to county officials as of:
March 31, 1987: 2,965
March 31, 1992: 14,887
THROUGH THE ROOF
Median home value:
1990: $226,400
1980: $101,000
L.A. County residents who own their home or condo: 53%
AIR QUALITY
Number of days in which ozone levels in L.A. Basin exceeded U.S. standards:
1982: 149
1991: 130
Tons of pollutants added daily (average):
1979: 11,315
1987: 10,554
WHAT WE DO
Pediatricians in county: 2,061
Lawyers: 22,000 (L.A. County Bar Assn.)
Plastic surgeons: 220
Actors: 62,181
WHERE WE GO
Busiest intersection: East L.A. interchange (Junction of the Golden State, Santa Ana, Santa Monica and Pomona freeways)
Daily usage: 563,000 vehicles
On-ramps in L.A. County: 1,050
MEDIAN AGE
L.A. County: 30.8
Females: 32.0
Males: 29.8
PLANE FACTS
Takeoffs and landings at LAX in:
1980: 534,414
1990: 668,816
MEDIAN ANNUAL FAMILY INCOME
$34,965
Percent living below the poverty line:
Anglos: 11%
Asians: 13%
Blacks: 21%
Latinos: 23%
NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS
Number of county residents born in:
California: 3,608,528
Midwest: 761,096
South: 681, 068
Northeast: 510,828
West: 304,924
Foreign countries: 2,895,066
SINGLE FILE
Number of single men in L.A. County: 976,169 (35%)
Number of single women in L.A. County: 785,270 (26%)
Annual number of marriages: 66,000
Annual number of divorces: 38,000
WHEELING AND DEALING
Percentage of adults in L.A. County who live in a household that has bought a new car in the last five years: 55%
Cellular phones in L.A.: 400,000
OTHER ROUTES
Use of car pools or public transportation nationwide in last 10 years:
Nationwide: Down 33%
Southern California: Up 30%
Average number of trips per day per person in L.A. County: 3
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