People QuickFacts	Monterey Park	California
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	62,183	36,457,549
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	3.6%	7.6%
  	Population, 2000    	60,051	33,871,648
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	5.6%	7.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	21.3%	27.3%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	17.9%	10.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.0%	50.2% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	21.3%	59.5%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.4%	6.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.7%	1.0%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	61.8%	10.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.3%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	3.4%	4.7%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	28.9%	32.4% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	61.0%	50.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	53.6%	26.2%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	75.9%	39.5%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	71.6%	76.8%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	25.1%	26.6%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	27.3	27.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	20,209	12,214,549
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	54.0%	56.9%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$216,500	$211,500 			
  	Households, 2000    	19,564	11,502,870
  	Persons per household, 2000    	3.06	2.87
  	Median household income, 1999    	$40,724	$47,493
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$17,661	$22,711
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	15.6%	14.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Monterey Park	California
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	454,627	655,954,708
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	391,124	359,120,365
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$6,367	$10,264
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	82,212	55,559,669
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	5,862	2,908,758
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	3.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	1.3%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	64.3%	12.8%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	10.1%	14.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	29.9% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Monterey Park	California
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	7	155,959
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	7,870.4	217.2
  	FIPS Code    	48914	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