Editing Littlerock, California

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'''Littlerock''' is a [[census-designated place]] in California [[United States]]. The population was 1,377 at the 2010 census, down from 1,402 at the 2000 census. The Littlerock, and [[Sun Village, California|Sun Village]] community, which is typically referred to as Littlerock, has a population of around 15,000. According to the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance report of 2009, the ''[[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]] / [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]]'' [[urban area]] has a population of 483,998, which Littlerock is a part of.<ref>[http://www.aveconomy.org/files/2010_rtr_Low_Res.pdf Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304121237/http://www.aveconomy.org/files/2010_rtr_Low_Res.pdf |date=2012-03-04 }}</ref>

Littlerock is named after the Little Rock Wash that passes through the area and is known as "The Fruit Basket of the [[Antelope Valley]]."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.colapublib.org/history/antelopevalley/faq.html#q4 |title=Antelope Valley: Frequently Asked Questions &#124; County of Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=2007-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107061244/http://www.colapublib.org/history/antelopevalley/faq.html#q4 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  There were orchards of fruit trees such as almonds, apples, peaches, and pears, along the side of the roads around [[California State Route 138|Highway 138]].

==Geography==
Littlerock is located {{convert|11|mi|km}} southeast of Palmdale's Civic Center. It is surrounded by Palmdale to the northwest, [[Pearblossom, California|Pearblossom]] to the southeast, [[Sun Village, California|Sun Village]] to the north, and the [[San Gabriel Mountains]] to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-24-me-49834-story.html|title=Heaven and Hell : Communities: The tiny desert town of Littlerock is hot and quiet. Many locals love those qualities, but others hate them.|first=JULIE|last=TAMAKI|date=24 April 1994|access-date=22 September 2018|website=Articles.latimes.com}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Littlerock has a total area of {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}}, over 99% of it land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align= 
|1990= 1320
|2000= 1402
|2010= 1377
|2020= 1535
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|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=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1960/Population/Vol1/12533879v1p6ch02.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|via=ipums.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604115002/https://usa.ipums.org/usa/resources/voliii/pubdocs/1960/Population/Vol1/12533879v1p6ch02.pdf| archive-date=June 4, 2024}}</ref><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> 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/>
}}

Littlerock first appeared as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1990 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1990CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Littlerock 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 – Littlerock CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0641880&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) – Littlerock CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0641880&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) – Littlerock CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0641880&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|758
|489
|style='background: #ffffe6; |367
|54.07%
|35.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.91%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|59
|68
|style='background: #ffffe6; |76
|4.21%
|4.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.95%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|13
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.93%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24
|0.21%
|1.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.56%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|4
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.29%
|0.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.78%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|8
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43
|0.57%
|2.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.80%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|557
|745
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,013
|39.73%
|54.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.99%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,402'''
|'''1,377'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,535'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0641880|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715030740/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0641880|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Littlerock CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Littlerock had a population of 1,377. The population density was {{convert|747.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Littlerock was 808 (58.7%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (35.5% Non-Hispanic White),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> 75 (5.4%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 16 (1.2%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 24 (1.7%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 11 (0.8%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 373 (27.1%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 70 (5.1%) from two or more races.  [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 745 persons (54.1%).

The Census reported that 1,375 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 2 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 417 households, out of which 193 (46.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 224 (53.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 61 (14.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 34 (8.2%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 28 (6.7%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 4 (1.0%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 77 households (18.5%) were made up of individuals, and 24 (5.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.30.  There were 319 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (76.5% of all households); the average family size was 3.69.

The population was spread out, with 419 people (30.4%) under the age of 18, 160 people (11.6%) aged 18 to 24, 345 people (25.1%) aged 25 to 44, 344 people (25.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 109 people (7.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 32.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.

There were 461 housing units at an average density of {{convert|250.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 269 (64.5%) were owner-occupied, and 148 (35.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.3%.  867 people (63.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 508 people (36.9%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States census, Littlerock had a median household income of $42,617, with 9.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|date=10 December 2014|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<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 2000, there were 1,402 people, 426 households, and 331 families residing in the [[census-designated place]] (CDP).  The population density was {{convert|967.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 470 housing units at an average density of {{convert|324.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 71.68% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.78% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.07% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 19.76% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 2.50% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 39.73% of the population.

There were 426 households, out of which 49.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.71.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 38.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,000, and the median income for a family was $50,357. Males had a median income of $46,667 versus $45,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $15,557.  About 19.7% of families and 23.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.6% of those under age 18 and 18.3% of those age 65 or over.

===Mapping L.A.===
According to [[Mapping L.A.]], [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] and [[German Americans|German]] were the most common ancestries in 2000. [[Mexico]] and [[El Salvador]] were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/littlerock/index.html|title=Littlerock Profile - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Politics==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] Littlerock is located in the [[California's 17th State Senate district|17th State Senate district]] and the [[California's 36th State Assembly district|36th State Assembly district]].  Federally, Littlerock is located in [[California's 25th congressional district]], which has an Even [[Cook Partisan Voting Index|Cook PVI]] .<ref>{{cite web|title=Partisan Voting Index, Districts of the 111th Congress |publisher=[[Cook Political Report]] |url=http://www.cookpolitical.com/sites/default/files/pvistate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715041456/http://www.cookpolitical.com/sites/default/files/pvistate.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-15 |access-date=2009-07-10 }}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Antelope Valley Health Center in [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]], serving Littlerock.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/antelopevalley.pdf Antelope Valley Health Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2010.</ref>

==Transportation==
By road, the community is served by [[California State Route 138]]. Public transit service is provided by the [[Antelope Valley Transit Authority]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=System Map |url=https://www.avta.com/system-map.php |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.avta.com}}</ref>

Littlerock has motorcoach feeder service to [[Amtrak California]]'s [[San Joaquin (Amtrak)|San Joaquin trains]], available at the MB Grocery Discount.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/rail/go/amtrak/stations/l_p/littlerock/index.cfm |title=Amtrak California - Littlerock |access-date=2009-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629200355/http://www.dot.ca.gov/rail/go/amtrak/stations/l_p/littlerock/index.cfm |archive-date=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121013101931/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/littlerock-ca Recent articles about Littlerock] from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''

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