Editing Redondo Beach, California (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 603
|1900= 855
|1910= 2935
|1920= 4913
|1930= 9347
|1940= 13092
|1950= 25226
|1960= 46986
|1970= 57451
|1980= 57102
|1990= 60167
|2000= 63261
|2010= 66748
|2020= 71576
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
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|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=1960CensusCA1>{{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><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.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/>
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Redondo Beach first appeared as a city in the [[1890 United States census]] as part of the now defunct Chataqua Township.<ref name=1890CensusCA/>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Redondo Beach city, 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 – Redondo Beach city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0660018&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) – Redondo Beach city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0660018&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Redondo Beach city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0660018&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|44,819
|43,531
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40,796
|70.85%
|65.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57.00%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|1,531
|1,772
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,103
|2.42%
|2.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.94%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|185
|163
|style='background: #ffffe6; |187
|0.29%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5,677
|7,858
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,085
|8.97%
|11.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.09%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|212
|177
|style='background: #ffffe6; |183
|0.34%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|198
|287
|style='background: #ffffe6; |532
|0.31%
|0.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.74%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Americans]] (NH)
|2,115
|2,818
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,193
|3.34%
|4.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.26%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|8,524
|10,142
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,497
|13.47%
|15.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.46%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''63,261'''
|'''66,748'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''71,576'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}


The city is affluent and predominantly white.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=City News |date=April 1, 2022 |title=4 Cities Sue to Stop New California Law Permitting More Homes in Single-Family Neighborhoods |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2022/03/31/4-cities-sue-to-stop-new-california-law-permitting-more-homes-in-single-family-neighborhoods/ |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US| quote=Four Southern California cities, led by wealthy Redondo Beach, }}</ref>{{r|:1}}

The 2020 census found that 57.0% of Redondo Beach’s residents are non-Hispanic white,<ref name=2020CensusP2/> similar to many of the coastal [[Los Angeles County]] communities ([[Malibu, California#Demographics|Malibu]], [[Marina del Rey, California#Demographics|Marina del Rey]], [[Santa Monica, California#Demographics|Santa Monica]], [[El Segundo, California#Demographics|El Segundo]], [[Manhattan Beach, California#Demographics|Manhattan Beach]], [[Hermosa Beach, California#Demographics|Hermosa Beach]], [[Palos Verdes Estates, California#Demographics|Palos Verdes Estates]]) despite the [[Greater Los Angeles#Demographics|greater Los Angeles area]] being only 23.0% non-Hispanic white.{{ r | LAT_2022-11-14 }}

Redondo Beach, like its neighboring beach towns, has become one of the most exclusionary cities in Los Angeles by limiting housing production, resulting in a median home costing $1.4 million, 60% higher than the regional average for Los Angeles.<ref name=LAT_2022-11-14 >{{ cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2022-11-14/crude-emails-reveal-nasty-side-of-a-california-beach-city-crusade-to-halt-growth | title=Crude emails reveal nasty side of a California beach city's crusade to halt growth | last1=Dillon | first1=Liam | last2=Campa | first2=Andrew | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=November 14, 2022 | quote=Nevertheless, like its neighboring coastal communities, Redondo Beach has become one of the most exclusionary cities in Los Angeles, according to a recent study by the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute, which found that Redondo Beach has had limited housing production despite intense demand to live there. Redondo Beach’s median home value of $1.4 million is nearly 60% higher than L.A.’s regional average and 44% more than it was five years ago, according to real estate firm Zillow. And more than half of Redondo Beach’s residents are white, nearly double the rate of the L.A. area, per U.S. census data. }}</ref>

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0660018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032704/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0660018|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Redondo Beach city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Redondo Beach had a population of 66,748. The population density was {{convert|10,751.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Redondo Beach was 49,805 (74.6%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (65.2% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov" /> 1,852 (2.8%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 291 (0.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8,004 (12.0%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 199 (0.3%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2,725 (4.1%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 3,872 (5.8%) from two or more races. There were 10,142 residents of [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] ancestry, of any race (15.2%).

The Census reported that 66,317 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 367 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 64 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 29,011 households, out of which 7,825 (27.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 12,507 (43.1%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 2,515 (8.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,207 (4.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,904 (6.6%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 179 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 9,252 households (31.9%) were made up of individuals, and 2,145 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29. There were 16,229 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (55.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.94.

Redondo Beach had 12,887 people (19.3%) under the age of 18, 4,198 people (6.3%) aged 18 to 24, 23,149 people (34.7%) aged 25 to 44, 19,532 people (29.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,982 people (10.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

There were 30,609 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,930.2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 14,917 (51.4%) were owner-occupied, and 14,094 (48.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.3%. 36,796 people (55.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,521 people (44.2%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States census, Redondo Beach had a median household income of $99,496, with 5.4% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
[[File:Shoreline of Redondo Beach.jpg|thumb|Shoreline of Redondo Beach, California]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 63,261 people, 28,566 households, and 15,254 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|10,065.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 29,543 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,700.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 78.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.4% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 4.6, % from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 13.5% of the population.

There were 28,566 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.6% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city, 18.8% of the population was under the age of 18; 6.1%, aged 18 to 24; 43.1%, aged 25 to 44; 23.6%, aged 45 to 64; and 8.5% aged 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $93,274, and the median income for a family was $108,753.<ref>[https://www.census.gov http://U.S. Census website.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml] ''factfinder.census.gov''</ref> Males had a median income of $56,796 versus $45,204 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $38,305. About 4.0% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.