Compton, CA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0615044, place: Compton city, California)

Total Population: 93,493
Male: 45,857 (49.05%)
Female: 47,636 (50.95%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 9,736 (10.41%)
5 to 9 years: 11,162 (11.94%)
10 to 14 years: 9,957 (10.65%)
15 to 19 years: 8,285 (8.86%)
20 to 24 years: 7,610 (8.14%)
25 to 34 years: 14,036 (15.01%)
35 to 44 years: 12,787 (13.68%)
45 to 54 years: 8,251 (8.83%)
55 to 59 years: 2,700 (2.89%)
60 to 64 years: 2,532 (2.71%)
65 to 74 years: 3,957 (4.23%)
75 to 84 years: 2,039 (2.18%)
85 years and over: 441 (0.47%)

Median age: 25 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 57,500 (61.5%)
21 years and over: 52,719 (56.39%)
62 years and over: 7,924 (8.48%)
65 years and over: 6,437 (6.89%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 57,500 (61.5%)
--Male: 27,422 (29.33%)
--Female: 30,078 (32.17%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 6,437 (6.89%)
--Male: 2,639 (2.82%)
--Female: 3,798 (4.06%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 90,104 (96.38%)
--White: 954 (1.02%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 53,143 (56.84%)
--Black or African American: 37,690 (40.31%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 656 (0.7%)
--Asian: 237 (0.25%)
----Asian Indian: 24 (0.03%)
----Chinese: 26 (0.03%)
----Filipino: 113 (0.12%)
----Japanese: 14 (0.01%)
----Korean: 6 (0.01%)
----Vietnamese: 15 (0.02%)
----Other Asian: 39 (0.04%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 985 (1.05%)
----Native Hawaiian: 11 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 14 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 859 (0.92%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 101 (0.11%)
--Some other race: 34,911 (37.34%)
Two or more Races: 3,389 (3.62%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 53,143 (56.84%)
--Mexican: 43,839 (46.89%)
--Puerto Rican: 161 (0.17%)
--Cuban: 68 (0.07%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 9,075 (9.71%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 40,350 (43.16%)
--White Alone: 954 (1.02%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 92,843 (99.3%)
--Householder: 22,327 (23.88%)
--Spouse: 10,566 (11.3%)
--Child: 37,360 (39.96%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 27,191 (29.08%)
--Other relatives: 16,271 (17.4%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 7,179 (7.68%)
--Nonrelatives: 6,319 (6.76%)
----Unmarried partner: 1,433 (1.53%)
Living in group quarters: 650 (0.7%)
--Institutionalized Population: 93 (0.1%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 557 (0.6%)
Total households: 22,327
Family households (families): 18,613 (83.37%)
----With own children under 18 years: 11,320 (50.7%)
--Married-couple families: 10,566 (47.32%)
----With own children under 18 years: 6,933 (31.05%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 6,190 (27.72%)
----With own children under 18 years: 3,466 (15.52%)
Nonfamily households: 3,714 (16.63%)
--Householder living alone: 2,952 (13.22%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,223 (5.48%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 13,888 (62.2%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 5,006 (22.42%)
Average household size: 4.16 people
Average family size: 4.45 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 23,795
Occupied housing units: 22,327 (93.83%)
Vacant housing units: 1,468 (6.17%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 21 (0.09%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 5.1%
Occupied housing units: 22,327 (93.83%)
Owner occupied housing units: 12,580 (52.87%)
Renter occupied housing units: 9,747 (40.96%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 4.16 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 4.15 people

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