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People QuickFacts |
Carson |
California |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
93,805 | 36,457,549 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
4.5% | 7.6% |
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Population, 2000 |
89,730 | 33,871,648 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.9% | 7.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
28.4% | 27.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
10.7% | 10.6% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.7% | 50.2% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
25.7% | 59.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
25.4% | 6.7% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
22.3% | 10.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
3.0% | 0.3% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
5.1% | 4.7% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
34.9% | 32.4% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
62.0% | 50.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
32.9% | 26.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
49.9% | 39.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
70.6% | 76.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.1% | 26.6% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
26.6 | 27.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
25,337 | 12,214,549 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
77.9% | 56.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$183,200 | $211,500 |
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Households, 2000 |
24,648 | 11,502,870 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
3.59 | 2.87 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$52,284 | $47,493 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$17,107 | $22,711 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
9.3% | 14.2% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Carson |
California |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
5,338,112 | 655,954,708 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,505,764 | 359,120,365 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$16,375 | $10,264 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
86,531 | 55,559,669 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
6,319 | 2,908,758 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
20.9% | 3.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 1.3% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
25.8% | 12.8% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
23.5% | 14.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
30.9% | 29.9% |
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