By The Numbers
CITY BUSINESS
Date founded: Jan. 6, 1888
Area in square miles: 23
Number of parks: 22
Number of city employees: 995
1995-96 budget: $181 million
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PEOPLE
Population: 131,723
Households: 36,566
Average household size: 3.51
Median age: 26.8
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MONEY AND WORK
Median household income: $32,132
Median household income/L.A. County: $34,965
Median home value: $133,700
Employed workers (16 and older): 55,700
Percentage of women employed: 54%
Percentage of men employed: 79%
Self-employed: 2,869
Car-poolers: 11,743
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RETAIL STORES
Number of stores: 829
Number of employees: 6,722
Annual sales: $844 million
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NUMBER OF CARS PER HOUSEHOLD
None: 9%
One: 32%
Two: 36%
Three or more: 23%
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ETHNIC BREAKDOWN
Latino: 51%
White: 28%
Black: 14%
Asian: 6%
Other: 1%
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AGES
17 and younger: 33%
18 - 34: 34%
35 - 49: 18%
50 - 64: 8%
65 and older: 7%
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AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
Cola drinks: $167
Cereal: $113
Pet food: $96
Baby-sitting: $148
Opera, ballet, other entertainment: $98
Furniture: $493
Health insurance: $605
Gasoline: $1,277
Eating out: $2,469
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SHOPPING (please see newspaper for bar chart)
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FAMILIES
Married couples with children: 36%
Married couples with no children: 20%
Other types of families: 20%
Nonfamily households: 24%
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AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
(Please see newspaper for bar chart)
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Source: Claritas Inc. Household expenses are averages for 1995. All other figures are for 1990. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.
