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Compton

Population

Ethnicity

Ethnicity

Income

Household income in thousands of 2000 dollars

Education

Education level

Age

Age

Housing

Occupied housing units

Families

Males
Females

Military

Military era

Ancestry and immigration

  • Mexican (47.8%) and Unspecified African (1.8%) are the most common ancestries.
  • 29,409 (31.2%) of residents are foreign born, about average for Southeast and about average for the county. Mexico (86.1%) and El Salvador (5.1%) are the most common foreign places of birth.

Compton

is a city in the Southeast region of Los Angeles County.
This neighborhood includes Unincorporated Compton in its area and statistics.
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Compton is one of the 272 neighborhoods in Mapping L.A., The Times’ resource for crime, neighborhoods, demographics and schools.
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Source: Census 2000, SCAG, Los Angeles Department of City Planning