People QuickFacts	Santa Monica	California
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	88,050	36,457,549
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	4.7%	7.6%
  	Population, 2000    	84,084	33,871,648
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	4.1%	7.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	14.6%	27.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	14.4%	10.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	51.8%	50.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	78.3%	59.5%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.8%	6.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	1.0%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	7.3%	10.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	4.1%	4.7%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	13.4%	32.4% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	52.6%	50.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	24.8%	26.2%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	29.2%	39.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	91.0%	76.8%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	54.8%	26.6%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	25.0	27.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	47,863	12,214,549
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	29.8%	56.9%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$625,900	$211,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	44,497	11,502,870
  	Persons per household, 2000    	1.83	2.87
  	Median household income, 1999    	$50,714	$47,493
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$42,874	$22,711
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	10.4%	14.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Santa Monica	California
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	4,810,469	655,954,708
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	3,081,902	359,120,365
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$35,614	$10,264
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	591,059	55,559,669
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	20,965	2,908,758
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	1.6%	3.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	7.4%	12.8%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.2%	14.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	28.4%	29.9% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Santa Monica	California
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	8	155,959
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	10,179.7	217.2
  	FIPS Code    	70000	06
 	Counties    	Los Angeles County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts