Editing Inglewood, California (section)

====Rise of Latino population====
The 1990 census showed that Latinos in Inglewood had increased by 134% since 1980, the largest jump in the South Bay. Economic factors apparently played a role in where new arrivals settled, said David Heer, a USC professor of sociology and associate director of the university's Population Research Laboratory. "Housing is generally less expensive here than elsewhere . . . and I would say that they receive a warmer welcome here", said Norm Cravens, assistant city manager in Inglewood, where the white population dropped from nearly 21% in 1980 to 8.5% in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|281324756}}|author=Janet-Rae Dupree|title=Census Shows Influx of Asians on Peninsula|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 28, 1991|page=3}}</ref>

In the 2000 census, Black Americans made up 47% of the city's residents (53,060 people), and Latinos comprised 46% (51,829), but the Census Bureau estimated that in 2007, the percentage of Black Americans had declined to 41% (48,252) and that Latinos were at 52.5% (61,847). The white population declined from 19 (21,505) to 17.7% (20,853).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=Inglewood&_cityTown=Inglewood&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|title=American FactFinder – Community Facts|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212052428/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=Inglewood&_cityTown=Inglewood&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US0636546&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0636546&_street=&_county=Inglewood&_cityTown=Inglewood&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|title=American FactFinder – Community Facts|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210212624/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US0636546&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0636546&_street=&_county=Inglewood&_cityTown=Inglewood&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-date=February 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

That year, though, only one of the city's five city council members was Latino: Jose Fernandez. No Latinos were on the five-member board of education.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|421693560}}|author=Hugo Martin|title=Latino Revolution Leaves Some City Councils Untouched|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 9, 2000|page=1}}</ref>