Editing Hollywood, Los Angeles (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Gateway to Hollywood 2018.jpg|thumb|The ''Four Ladies of Hollywood'' sculpture on [[Hollywood Boulevard]] in 2018]]
The [[2000 United States Census|2000 U.S. census]] counted 77,818 residents in the {{convert|3.51|mi2|km2|adj=on}} Hollywood neighborhood—an average of {{convert|22,193|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}, the seventh-[[population density|densest]] neighborhood in all of [[Los Angeles County]]. In 2008 the city estimated that the population had increased to 85,489. The median age for residents was 31, about the city's average.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

Hollywood was said to be "highly diverse" when compared to the city at large. The ethnic breakdown in 2000 was 42.2% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino or Hispanic]], 41% [[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White]], 7.1% [[Asian American|Asian]], 5.2% [[African American|Black]], and 4.5% other.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/> Mexico (21.3%) and Guatemala (13%) were the most common places of birth for the 53.8% of the residents who were born abroad, a figure that was considered high for the city as a whole.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

The median household income in 2008 was $33,694, considered low for Los Angeles. The average household size of 2.1 people was also lower than the city norm. Renters occupied 92.4% of the housing units, and home- or apartment owners the rest.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

The percentages of never-married men (55.1%), never-married women (39.8%) and widows (9.6%) were among the county's highest. There were 2,640 families headed by single parents, about average for Los Angeles.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

In 2000, there were 2,828 military veterans, or 4.5%, a low rate for the city as a whole.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

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===Homelessness===
In 2022, there were 1,374 homeless individuals in Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homeless Count by City/Community |url=https://www.lahsa.org/data?id=54-homeless-count-by-city-community |access-date=April 14, 2023 |publisher=[[Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority]]}}</ref>