2020 census
East Richmond Heights CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000 [25] | Pop 2010 [26] | Pop 2020 [27] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 1,971 | 1,816 | 1,819 | 58.71% | 55.37% | 52.57% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 460 | 380 | 309 | 13.70% | 11.59% | 8.93% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0.45% | 0.03% | 0.17% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 358 | 394 | 459 | 10.66% | 12.01% | 13.27% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 15 | 8 | 13 | 0.45% | 0.24% | 0.38% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 15 | 16 | 38 | 0.45% | 0.49% | 1.10% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 165 | 200 | 305 | 4.92% | 6.10% | 8.82% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 358 | 465 | 511 | 10.66% | 14.18% | 14.77% |
| Total | 3,357 | 3,280 | 3,460 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
The 2020 United States census reported that East Richmond Heights had a population of 3,460. The population density was 5,965.5 inhabitants per square mile (2,303.3/km2). The racial makeup of East Richmond Heights was 55.2% White, 9.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 13.5% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 6.7% from other races, and 14.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.8% of the population.
The census reported that 99.4% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.3% were institutionalized.
There were 1,415 households, out of which 28.8% included children under the age of 18, 50.5% were married-couple households, 7.7% were cohabiting couple households, 26.1% had a female householder with no partner present, and 15.7% had a male householder with no partner present. 25.1% of households were one person, and 12.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.43. There were 941 families (66.5% of all households).
The age distribution was 17.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% aged 18 to 24, 25.1% aged 25 to 44, 28.6% aged 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males.
There were 1,468 housing units at an average density of 2,531.0 units per square mile (977.2 units/km2), of which 1,415 (96.4%) were occupied. Of these, 79.9% were owner-occupied, and 20.1% were occupied by renters. [28] [29]
The percentages of languages spoke by residents in East Richmond Heights are 87.80% English, 8.59% Spanish, 1.54% Vietnamese, 1.37 Cantonese, 0.68% Japanese. [30]
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