Editing Compton, California (section)

===2020 census===
The U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP), updated annually, reported that the City of Compton has a population of 91,988 as of its 2022 estimate. The following household information is based on 5-year census estimates between 2018 and 2022:<ref name=":0" />
* The owner-occupied housing unit rate was 57.4%
* The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $489,400
* The number of households and persons per household were 24,617 and 3.83, respectively
* The median household income was $69,728

No Compton households reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multilingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household. 83.1% of the residents of Compton are U.S. citizens.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Compton 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 1980<ref>{{cite web |title=1980 Census of Population|url=https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1980/1980a_caCs1-01.pdf|access-date=December 6, 2023|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{cite web |title=1990 Census of Population|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-6-1.pdf|access-date=December 20, 2023|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref>{{cite web |title=P004Hispanic or Latino, and not Hispanic or Latino by race [73]– Compton, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?q=p004&g=050XX00US24033_160XX00US0615044|access-date=November 19, 2023|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and not Hispanic or Latino by race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Compton, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0615044&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119211303/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0615044&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |url-status=live}}</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) – Compton, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0615044&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=January 19, 2022 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119211304/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0615044&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
!% 1980
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|2,191
|1,321
|954
|782
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |856
|{{Percentage|2191|81350|2}}
|{{Percentage|1321|90454|2}}
|{{Percentage|954|93493|2}}
|0.81%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |0.89%
|-
|[[African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|60,096
|47,680
|37,263
|30,992
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |24,342
|{{Percentage|60096|81350|2}}
|{{Percentage|47680|90454|2}}
|{{Percentage|37263|93493|2}}
|32.13%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |25.43%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|162
|116
|170
|175
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |132
|{{Percentage|162|81350|2}}
|{{Percentage|116|90454|2}}
|{{Percentage|170|93493|2}}
|0.18%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |0.14%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|1,382
|1,525
|189
|222
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |365
|{{Percentage|1382|81350|2}}
|{{Percentage|1525|90454|2}}
|{{Percentage|189|93493|2}}
|0.23%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |0.38%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|&ndash;{{efn|Under Asian.}}
|&ndash;
|953
|684
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |544
|&ndash;
|&ndash;
|{{Percentage|953|93493|2}}
|0.71%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |0.57%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|293
|302
|100
|140
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |440
|{{Percentage|293|81350|2}}
|{{Percentage|302|90454|2}}
|{{Percentage|100|93493|2}}
|0.15%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |0.46%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|&ndash;{{efn|Not included as census option until 2000.}}
|&ndash;
|721
|791
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |1,270
|&ndash;
|&ndash;
|{{Percentage|721|93493|2}}
|0.82%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |1.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|17,162
|39,510
|53,143
|62,669
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |67,791
|{{Percentage|17162|81350|2}}
|{{Percentage|39510|90454|2}}
|{{Percentage|53143|93493|2}}
|64.97%
|style="background: #ffffe6;" |70.81%
|-
!Total
!81,350
!90,454
!93,493
!96,455
!style="background: #ffffe6;" |95,740
!100.00%
!100.00%
!100.00%
!100.00%
!style="background: #ffffe6;" |100.00%
|}