The Virtual Office of Congresswoman Jane Harman - 36th District

Census Statistics

General Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Total population	639,087
Male	318,810	49.9	49.1%
Female	320,277	50.1	50.9%
Median age (years)	34.7	(X)	35.3
Under 5 years	42,692	6.7	6.8%
18 years and over	491,043	76.8	74.3%
65 years and over	65,730	10.3	12.4%
One race	607,173	95.0	97.6%
White	391,711	61.3	75.1%
Black or African American	27,077	4.2	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	4,419	0.7	0.9%
Asian	86,743	13.6	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,932	0.5	0.1%
Some other race	94,291	14.8	5.5%
Two or more races	31,914	5.0	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	193,356	30.3	12.5%
Household population	634,168	99.2	97.2%
Group quarters population	4,919	0.8	2.8%
Average household size	2.49	(X)	2.59
Average family size	3.21	(X)	3.14
Total housing units	265,718
Occupied housing units	255,157	96.0	91.0%
Owner-occupied housing units	114,419	44.8	66.2%
Renter-occupied housing units	140,738	55.2	33.8%
Vacant housing units	10,561	4.0	9.0%
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Social Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Population 25 years and over	438,339
High school graduate or higher	(X)	81.9	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	(X)	36.9	24.4%
Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over)	43,476	8.9	12.7%
Disability status (population 5 years and over)	99,310	16.7	19.3%
Foreign born	181,150	28.3	11.1%
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	124,769	49.2	56.7%
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over)	122,361	47.2	52.1%
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over)	237,487	39.8	17.9%
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Economic Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
In labor force (population 16 years and over)	338,350	67.0	63.9%
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over)	26.4	(X)	25.5
Median household income in 1999 (dollars)	51,633	(X)	41,994
Median family income in 1999 (dollars)	60,049	(X)	50,046
Per capita income in 1999 (dollars)	28,962	(X)	21,587
Families below poverty level	14,516	9.7	9.2%
Individuals below poverty level	80,576	12.7	12.4%
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Housing Characteristics	Number	Percent	U.S.
Single-family owner-occupied homes	95,170
Median value (dollars)	320,200	(X)	119,600
Median of selected monthly owner costs	(X)	(X)
With a mortgage (dollars)	1,824	(X)	1,088
Not mortgaged (dollars)	285	(X)	295
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(X) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, 109th Congressional District Summary File (100-Percent and Sample)