| Vermont-Slauson | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood of Los Angeles | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Time zone | PST |
The Vermont-Slauson district of Los Angeles is a 1.44-square-mile neighborhood within the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California.
South Los Angeles is a region in southern Los Angeles County, California, and mostly lies within the city limits of Los Angeles, just south of downtown.
The Vermont-Slauson neighborhood touches Vermont Square on the north, Florence on the east, Vermont Knolls on the south and Harvard Park on the west. [1] It is bounded by 54th Street on the north, the Interstate 110 Freeway on the east, Florence Avenue on the south and Western Avenue on the west. [2]
Vermont Square is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles region. The Vermont Square Branch library, a designated Historic-Cultural Monument, is located in the community.
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Vermont Knolls is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, within the South Los Angeles region.
It is notable within the city for its high density of population, its relatively mid to low household income, its youthful population, its high average household size and the percentage of its families headed by single parents. [2]
A total of 26,797 residents lived in Vermont-Slauson's 1,44 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census — averaging 18,577 people per square mile, among the highest population densities in both the city and the county. [2]
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans. It is a key geographical term. In simple terms population density refers to the number of people living in an area per kilometer square.
The median age was 25, young for the city and the county, and the percentages of residents younger than age 18 were among the county's highest. There were 1,370 families headed by single parents; the rate of 24.8% was considered high for both the city and the county. [2]
Within the neighborhood, Latino made up 60.5% of the population, while African American were 36.8%. Other ethnicities are White 2.3%; Asian, 0.3%; and other, 1%. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common places of birth for the 39.2% of the residents who were born abroad, about an average percentage for the city as a whole. [2]
Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans are Americans who are descendants of people from Spain and Latin America. More generally, it includes all Americans who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, whether of full or partial ancestry. For the 2010 United States Census, people counted as "Hispanic" or "Latino" were those who identified as one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the census questionnaire as well as those who indicated that they were "other Spanish, Hispanic or Latino." The national origins classified as Hispanic or Latino by the United States Census Bureau are the following: Argentine, Cuban, Colombian, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran, Bolivian, Spanish American, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Uruguayan and Venezuelan. Brazilian Americans and other Portuguese-speaking Latino groups in the United States are solely defined as "Latino" by some U.S. government agencies. The Census Bureau uses the terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably.
White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly and often exclusively for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view. The term has at times been expanded to encompass persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts. The usage of "white people" or a "white race" as nomenclature for European populations - indicated by their light skin, among other physical characteristics, and contrasting with "black people", Amerindians, and other "colored" people or "persons of color" - originated in the 17th century. It was only during the 19th century that the category of white people was transformed in a quasi-scientific system of race and skin color relations. The term "Caucasian" is sometimes used as a synonym for "white" in its racial sense and sometimes to refer to a larger racial category that includes white people among other groups.
The median household income in 2008 dollars was $31,236, considered low for both the city and county. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less was high, compared to the county at large. The average household size of 3.5 people was also considered high. Renters occupied 61.5% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest. [2]
Only 3.7% of Vermont-Slauson residents 25 and older held a four-year degree, a low percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of residents age 25 and older with less than a high school diploma was high for the county. [2]
Schools within the boundaries of Vermont-Slauson are: [4]
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Coordinates: 33°59′20″N118°17′29″W / 33.988995°N 118.291492°W
