Friday, October 2, 2009

LA at a glance...

Friday, October 2, 2009
If there were only 100 people in Los Angeles County:
69 would be non-white
45 would be Latino
12 would be Asian or Pacific Islander
9 would be African-American
28 would be children
36 would have been born outside the U.S.
31 would have no health insurance
17 would live in overcrowded housing
18 would live below the official poverty line
7 would be children living below the poverty line
30 would live in households making less than $25,000

If there were only 100 people in the City of Los Angeles:
70 would be non-white
46 would be Latino
10 would be Asian or Pacific Islander
11 would be African-American
27 would be children
41 would have been born outside the U.S.
22 would live below the official poverty line
8 would be children living below the poverty line
35 would live in households making less than $25,000

*Information provided by http://www.libertyhill.org/donor/economics101.html

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