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City of Los Angeles Population by Community & Race
1990 Census

Almanac Map of City of Los Angeles                                                                      Also see City of Los Angeles Population - 2000

 

Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Arleta	28,223	14,370	8,475	709	204	4,005	8,935	15,132
		50.92%	30.03%	2.51%	0.72%	14.19%	31.66%	53.62%
Atwater Village	8,540	4,720	2,747	246	34	1,608	1,932	4,030
		55.27%	32.17%	2.88%	0.40%	18.83%	22.62%	47.19%
Bel Air	7,411	6,767	6,522	119	11	413	101	350
		91.31%	88.00%	1.61%	0.15%	5.57%	1.36%	4.72%
Beverly Crest	12,117	11,190	10,743	207	24	558	138	600
		92.35%	88.66%	1.71%	0.20%	4.61%	1.14%	4.95%
Boyle Heights	90,778	49,263	1,617	1,030	388	3,021	37,076	85,447
		54.27%	1.78%	1.13%	0.43%	3.33%	40.84%	94.13%
Brentwood	42,529	38,321	36,386	610	85	2,740	773	2,828
		90.11%	85.56%	1.43%	0.20%	6.44%	1.82%	6.65%
Canoga Park	79,850	56,150	47,059	2,489	370	7,252	13,589	22,995
		70.32%	58.93%	3.12%	0.46%	9.08%	17.02%	28.80%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Central City	16,473	5,847	4,595	5,049	226	2,604	2,747	4,443
		35.49%	27.89%	30.65%	1.37%	15.81%	16.68%	26.97%
Central City East*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chatsworth	46,177	38,106	35,190	980	210	5,207	1,674	4,719
		82.52%	76.21%	2.12%	0.45%	11.28%	3.63%	10.22%
Chinatown	14,551	2,266	1,723	3,364	37	4,867	4,017	4,655
		15.57%	11.84%	23.12%	0.25%	33.45%	27.61%	31.99%
Crenshaw	30,013	2,182	1,343	23,696	82	1,185	2,868	4,383
		7.27%	4.47%	78.95%	0.27%	3.95%	9.56%	14.60%
Cypress Park	12,703	6,664	1,101	77	69	1,724	4,169	9,890
		52.46%	8.67%	0.61%	0.54%	13.57%	32.82%	77.86%
Eagle Rock	16,569	9,873	7,556	292	109	3,319	2,976	5,486
		59.59%	45.60%	1.76%	0.66%	20.03%	17.96%	33.11%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Echo Park	26,475	10,528	4,070	377	153	7,402	8,015	14,877
		39.77%	15.37%	1.42%	0.58%	27.96%	30.27%	56.19%
El Sereno	45,647	19,497	3,687	1,113	229	6,379	18,429	34,843
		42.71%	8.08%	2.44%	0.50%	13.97%	40.37%	76.33%
Elysian Park	13,301	5,133	3,691	175	48	6,522	1,423	3,030
		38.59%	27.75%	1.32%	0.36%	49.03%	10.70%	22.78%
Encino	39,500	36,254	34,706	529	67	1,522	1,128	2,713
		91.78%	87.86%	1.34%	0.17%	3.85%	2.86%	6.87%
Glassell Park	39,424	18,311	8,848	689	233	7,525	12,666	22,765
		46.45%	22.44%	1.75%	0.59%	19.09%	32.13%	57.74%
Granada Hills	57,822	42,583	36,946	1,583	326	6,427	6,903	12,747
		73.64%	63.90%	2.74%	0.56%	11.12%	11.94%	22.05%
Griffith Park/Los Feliz	41,402	30,393	25,842	1,688	198	5,948	3,175	8,080
		73.41%	62.42%	4.08%	0.48%	14.37%	7.67%	19.52%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Harbor City	20,411	11,346	8,209	1,738	129	2,791	4,407	7,733
		55.59%	40.22%	8.52%	0.63%	13.67%	21.59%	37.89%
Harbor Gateway	36,021	13,398	7,946	5,316	175	7,071	10,061	15,946
		37.19%	22.06%	14.76%	0.49%	19.63%	27.93%	44.27%
Highland Park	55,120	28,364	10,470	1,202	488	8,410	16,656	35,393
		51.46%	18.99%	2.18%	0.89%	15.26%	30.22%	64.21%
Hollywood	169,754	116,351	77,514	8,216	753	16,828	27,606	68,232
		68.54%	45.66%	4.84%	0.44%	9.91%	16.26%	40.19%
Hyde Park	35,925	2,640	1,163	28,114	114	357	4,700	7,064
		7.35%	3.24%	78.26%	0.32%	0.99%	13.08%	19.66%
Jefferson Park	5,266	350	116	2,731	16	1,239	930	1,298
		6.65%	2.20%	51.86%	0.30%	23.53%	17.66%	24.65%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Koreatown	39,093	9,456	2,296	2,244	230	11,407	15,756	25,026
		24.19%	5.87%	5.74%	0.59%	29.18%	40.30%	64.02%
Lake Balboa	53,876	39,901	30,954	2,488	273	3,537	7,677	16,959
		74.06%	57.45%	4.62%	0.51%	6.57%	14.25%	31.48%
Lakeview Terrace	26,541	11,365	7,305	5,982	162	1,465	7,567	12,058
		42.82%	27.52%	22.54%	0.61%	5.52%	28.51%	45.43%
Leimert Park	11,621	422	267	9,774	36	915	474	777
		3.63%	2.30%	84.11%	0.31%	7.87%	4.08%	6.69%
Lincoln Heights	37,986	14,684	1,846	427	288	8,047	14,540	27,887
		38.66%	4.86%	1.12%	0.76%	21.18%	38.28%	73.41%
Mar Vista	38,025	28,948	23,964	1,128	193	4,533	3,223	8,454
		76.13%	63.02%	2.97%	0.51%	11.92%	8.48%	22.23%
Mid-City	52,003	5,956	1,598	29,156	247	2,973	13,671	20,267
		11.45%	3.07%	56.07%	0.47%	5.72%	26.29%	38.97%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Mid-City West	44,589	39,238	37,424	2,167	115	2,332	737	2,652
		88.00%	83.93%	4.86%	0.26%	5.23%	1.65%	5.95%
Mid-Wilshire	80,555	32,282	24,737	15,719	357	19,948	12,249	21,443
		40.07%	30.71%	19.51%	0.44%	24.76%	15.21%	26.62%
Mission Hills	16,378	10,315	7,935	448	114	1,918	3,583	6,049
		62.98%	48.45%	2.74%	0.70%	11.71%	21.88%	36.93%
Montecito Heights	8,191	2,796	367	191	24	1,846	3,334	5,895
		34.14%	4.48%	2.33%	0.29%	22.54%	40.70%	71.97%
Mt. Washington	5,804	3,766	2,185	185	31	856	966	2,613
		64.89%	37.65%	3.19%	0.53%	14.75%	16.64%	45.02%
North Hills	23,859	16,127	11,235	1,143	139	2,022	4,428	9,524
		67.59%	47.09%	4.79%	0.58%	8.47%	18.56%	39.92%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
North Hollywood	141,960	83,999	58,655	6,217	742	11,120	39,882	66,557
		59.17%	41.32%	4.38%	0.52%	7.83%	28.09%	46.88%
Northridge	58,985	45,915	40,444	1,842	200	6,145	4,883	10,534
		77.84%	68.57%	3.12%	0.34%	10.42%	8.28%	17.86%
Pacific Palisades	23,562	22,095	21,379	133	31	1,075	228	947
		93.77%	90.74%	0.56%	0.13%	4.56%	0.97%	4.02%
Pacoima	55,596	15,015	3,008	4,807	346	1,074	34,354	47,009
		27.01%	5.41%	8.65%	0.62%	1.93%	61.79%	84.55%
Palms	35,678	23,465	20,712	3,483	199	5,623	2,908	5,879
		65.77%	58.05%	9.76%	0.56%	15.76%	8.15%	16.48%
Panorama City	54,940	27,381	18,374	5,766	307	7,103	14,383	24,071
		49.84%	33.44%	10.50%	0.56%	12.93%	26.18%	43.81%
Pico Union	49,465	13,867	2,753	1,571	387	6,110	27,530	40,176
		28.03%	5.57%	3.18%	0.78%	12.35%	55.66%	81.22%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Playa del Rey	13,903	12,245	11,622	457	54	851	296	954
		88.07%	83.59%	3.29%	0.39%	6.12%	2.13%	6.86%
Playa Vista	30,262	15,643	11,555	1,741	152	4,997	7,729	12,122
		51.69%	38.18%	5.75%	0.50%	16.51%	25.54%	40.06%
Porter Ranch	14,364	10,613	9,985	157	38	3,352	204	876
		73.89%	69.51%	1.09%	0.26%	23.34%	1.42%	6.10%
Reseda	63,297	45,386	39,487	1,656	330	5,981	9,944	16,094
		71.70%	62.38%	2.62%	0.52%	9.45%	15.71%	25.43%
San Pedro	68,235	51,036	37,699	3,673	472	3,462	9,592	23,564
		74.79%	55.25%	5.38%	0.69%	5.07%	14.06%	34.53%
Sawtelle	17,078	10,918	8,383	487	80	3,775	1,818	4,464
		63.93%	49.09%	2.85%	0.47%	22.10%	10.65%	26.14%
Shadow Hills	3,881	3,518	3,229	27	37	124	175	476
		90.65%	83.20%	0.70%	0.95%	3.20%	4.51%	12.26%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Sherman Oaks	27,720	25,364	24,192	633	70	1,054	599	1,780
		91.50%	87.27%	2.28%	0.25%	3.80%	2.16%	6.42%
Silver Lake	45,651	19,603	9,615	1,321	246	9,656	14,825	25,708
		42.94%	21.06%	2.89%	0.54%	21.15%	32.47%	56.31%
South LA	370,984	49,617	9,589	173,359	1,368	9,084	137,556	192,160
		13.37%	2.58%	46.73%	0.37%	2.45%	37.08%	51.80%
Southeast LA	100,107	15,283	3,738	40,943	327	1,203	42,351	56,572
		15.27%	3.73%	40.90%	0.33%	1.20%	42.31%	56.51%
Studio City	36,866	33,125	31,331	1,077	117	1,410	1,137	2,981
		89.85%	84.99%	2.92%	0.32%	3.82%	3.08%	8.09%
Sun Valley	38,309	20,569	13,502	1,122	226	3,606	12,786	20,361
		53.69%	35.24%	2.93%	0.59%	9.41%	33.38%	53.15%
Sunland	16,267	14,391	12,933	145	114	866	751	2,264
		88.47%	79.50%	0.89%	0.70%	5.32%	4.62%	13.92%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Sylmar	55,546	33,770	25,270	2,526	482	2,681	16,087	25,076
		60.80%	45.49%	4.55%	0.87%	4.83%	28.96%	45.14%
Tarzana	22,268	19,675	18,521	563	54	909	1,067	2,261
		88.36%	83.17%	2.53%	0.24%	4.08%	4.79%	10.15%
Terminal Island	1,158	624	421	298	43	52	141	393
		53.89%	36.36%	25.73%	3.71%	4.49%	12.18%	33.94%
Toluca Lake	3,052	2,841	2,726	67	12	75	57	177
		93.09%	89.32%	2.20%	0.39%	2.46%	1.87%	5.80%
Tujunga	19,347	16,643	14,278	235	133	1,002	1,334	3,798
		86.02%	73.80%	1.21%	0.69%	5.18%	6.90%	19.63%
Valley Glen	25,872	20,331	16,490	1,112	125	1,407	2,897	6,874
		78.58%	63.74%	4.30%	0.48%	5.44%	11.20%	26.57%
Valley Village	14,833	12,791	11,799	600	62	628	752	1,795
		86.23%	79.55%	4.05%	0.42%	4.23%	5.07%	12.10%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Van Nuys	97,487	65,956	47,903	5,106	377	6,502	19,546	38,342
		67.66%	49.14%	5.24%	0.39%	6.67%	20.05%	39.33%
Venice	40,040	30,044	25,792	3,370	246	1,352	5,028	9,559
		75.03%	64.42%	8.42%	0.61%	3.38%	12.56%	23.87%
Watts	32,089	2,480	155	18,707	79	82	10,741	13,916
		7.73%	0.48%	58.30%	0.25%	0.26%	33.47%	43.37%
West Adams	25,360	3,800	591	10,533	138	1,204	9,685	13,816
		14.98%	2.33%	41.53%	0.54%	4.75%	38.19%	54.48%
West Hills	29,296	25,366	23,920	482	105	2,650	693	2,162
		86.59%	81.65%	1.65%	0.36%	9.05%	2.37%	7.38%
West LA	82,426	56,933	51,731	14,286	231	5,723	5,253	11,053
		69.07%	62.76%	17.33%	0.28%	6.94%	6.37%	13.41%
Westchester	34,100	25,702	23,081	3,182	114	2,942	2,160	4,958
		75.37%	67.69%	9.33%	0.33%	8.63%	6.33%	14.54%
Community	Total	White	White, Not of Hispanic Origin	Black	American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut	Asian or Pacific Islander	Other race	Hispanic Origin
Westlake	78,675	25,161	6,426	3,350	349	14,320	35,495	55,925
		31.98%	8.17%	4.26%	0.44%	18.20%	45.12%	71.08%
Westwood	39,772	31,485	29,970	1,074	120	5,823	1,270	2,885
		79.16%	75.35%	2.70%	0.30%	14.64%	3.19%	7.25%
Wilmington	55,981	32,801	10,986	2,455	390	3,529	16,806	39,299
		58.59%	19.62%	4.39%	0.70%	6.30%	30.02%	70.20%
Wilshire Center	64,364	23,971	8,016	4,363	253	19,565	16,212	33,553
		37.24%	12.45%	6.78%	0.39%	30.40%	25.19%	52.13%
Winnetka	15,908	11,377	9,624	534	80	2,412	1,505	3,282
		71.52%	60.50%	3.36%	0.50%	15.16%	9.46%	20.63%
Woodland Hills	44,570	40,839	38,958	792	113	2,167	659	2,590
		91.63%	87.41%	1.78%	0.25%	4.86%	1.48%	5.81%

* 1990 Census figures for this area were included in Boyle Heights.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau & Almanac Research

Notes:  "Hispanic Origin" is not considered a "race" by the Census. Rather, it is a cultural/ethnic classification that overlaps with race. Persons who identify themselves as "Hispanic Origin" also identified themselves by a racial category. In fact, a large number of these persons identified themselves with the racial classification "white."

* WHERE DO OUR NUMBERS FOR EACH COMMUNITY COME FROM? Because the U.S. Census does not calculate statistics for individual communities within incorporated cities (the Census hierarchy descending from nation, states, counties, cities/places, and census tracts), statistics above for each listed community within the City of Los Angeles are derived from accumulated data for all census tracts determined by the Los Angeles Almanac to lie within each geographic community (see our list of 2000 census tracts assigned to each LA City community).  We made use of zip code, city planning and neighbor council maps to make these determinations.  These are not official numbers offered by the City of Los Angeles nor by the U.S. Census Bureau for communities listed above.  A number of census tracts straddle more than one community or zip code and some even straddled city boundaries.  Nonetheless, our boundaries strictly follow census tract boundaries.  Because a few census tracts within the City of Los Angeles do straddle city boundaries and include numbers from outside the city, the accumulated total for all communities will be slightly different than official U.S. Census totals for the City of Los Angeles.

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