Editing Westmont, California (section)

==Demographics==
According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', fewer than six percent of residents held bachelor's degrees in 2000.  The neighborhood is fraught with gang and police-related violence, as well as structural racism and entrenched poverty.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=L.A. Times|title='A forgotten city': An L.A. community beset by police violence and crime hopes for change|date=5 September 2020|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-05/la-me-westmont-trauma-community-hopes-for-change-after-violent-summer|author1=Nicole Santa Cruz|author2=Ruben Vives}}</ref>

For statistical purposes, the [[United States Census Bureau]] has designated the unincorporated area as a [[census designated place]] (CDP). 
{{US Census population
|1970=29310
|1980=27916
|1990=31044
|2000=31623
|2010=31853
|2020=33913
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880-1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Westmont first appeared as a [[unincorporated community]] in the [[1970 U.S. Census]];<ref name=1970CensusCA/> and as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1980 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1980CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Westmont CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Westmont CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0684592&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Westmont CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0684592&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Westmont CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0684592&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|381
|324
|style='background: #ffffe6; |427
|1.20%
|1.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.26%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|18,095
|15,955
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,717
|57.22%
|50.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.45%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|81
|38
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59
|0.26%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|115
|99
|style='background: #ffffe6; |194
|0.36%
|0.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|27
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59
|0.09%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|99
|148
|style='background: #ffffe6; |231
|0.31%
|0.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|326
|388
|style='background: #ffffe6; |831
|1.03%
|1.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.45%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|12,499
|14,871
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,395
|39.53%
|46.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.24%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''31,623'''
|'''31,853'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''33,913'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

Westmont lost its Black majority status in the [[2020 U.S. Census]] leaving only [[List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2020#California|two communities in the entire state]] delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau that have Black majority populations.

===2010===
In the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], Westmont had a population of 31,853. The population density was {{convert|17,239.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Westmont was 16,262 (51.1%) African American, 5,037 (15.8%) white (including 1.0% non-Hispanic white),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0684592.html|title=Census data|website=quickfacts.census.gov}}</ref> 188 (0.6%) Native American, 126 (0.4%) Asian, 31 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 9,180 (28.8%) from other races, and 1,029 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14,871 persons (46.7%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0684592|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033913/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0684592|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Westmont CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 31,693 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 119 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 41 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 9,695 households, 4,750 (49.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,995 (30.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 3,194 (32.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 904 (9.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 776 (8.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 52 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 2,141 households (22.1%) were one person and 669 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.27. There were 7,093 families (73.2% of households); the average family size was 3.78.

The age distribution was 9,860 people (31.0%) under the age of 18, 3,759 people (11.8%) aged 18 to 24, 8,577 people (26.9%) aged 25 to 44, 6,979 people (21.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,678 people (8.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 29.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

There were 10,588 housing units at an average density of 5,730.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,012 (31.1%) were owner-occupied and 6,683 (68.9%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.8%. 10,864 people (34.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,829 people (65.4%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
In the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], there were 31,623 people, 9,255 households, and 7,089 families living in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|17,103.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,186 housing units at an average density of {{convert|5,509.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 11.8% White, 58.0% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 25.8% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39.5%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 9,255 households 47.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.9% were married couples living together, 34.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 19.2% of households were one person and 5.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.41 and the average family size was 3.85.

The age distribution was 37.8% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% 65 or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median household income was $23,323 and the median family income was $23,712. Males had a median income of $24,682 versus $25,775 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,765. About 35.3% of families and 36.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 46.7% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those age 65 or over.

Mexican and Unspecified African were the most common ancestries according to [[Mapping L.A.]] Mexico and El Salvador were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/westmont/index.html|title=Westmont Profile - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>