Editing South El Monte, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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|established_date3        = July 30, 1958<ref>{{Cite web
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Gloria Olmos<ref name=cc>{{Cite web
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|leader_title1            = Mayor [[Pro tempore|Pro Tem]]
|leader_name1             = Hector Delgado <ref name=cc/> 
|leader_title2            = [[Councilmember]]
|leader_name2             = Rudy Bojorquez<ref name=cc/> <br> Manuel Acosta <br> Larry Rodriguez
|leader_title3            = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name3             = Rene Salas
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|area_code                = [[Area code 626|626]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData&cityToNpaModel.stateAbbr=CA&cityToNpaModel.city=South%20El%20Monte | title = Number Administration System - NPA and City/Town Search Results | access-date = January 18, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091315/http://www.nanpa.com/nas/public/npa_city_query_step2.do?method=displayData&cityToNpaModel.stateAbbr=CA&cityToNpaModel.city=South%20El%20Monte | archive-date = September 29, 2007 }}</ref>
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'''South El Monte''' is a city in the [[San Gabriel Valley]], in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States.  At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the city had a population of 20,116, down from 21,144 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), virtually all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 4850
|1970= 13443
|1980= 16623
|1990= 20850
|2000= 21144
|2010= 20116
|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=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/>
}}

South El Monte first appeared as a city in the [[1960 U.S. Census]] as part of the Upper San Gabriel Valley census county division.

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''South El Monte 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 – South El Monte city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0672996&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) – South El Monte city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0672996&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) – South El Monte city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0672996&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,005
|683
|style='background: #ffffe6; |448
|4.75%
|3.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.29%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|29
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |51
|0.14%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|49
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23
|0.23%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,749
|2,179
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,348
|8.27%
|10.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.11%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|20
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.09%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|13
|36
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22
|0.06%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|89
|72
|style='background: #ffffe6; |90
|0.42%
|0.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|18,190
|17,079
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,585
|86.03%
|84.90%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |79.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''21,144'''
|'''20,116'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''19,567'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] South El Monte had a population of 20,116. The population density was {{convert|7,061.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of South El Monte was 10,136 (50.4%) White (3.4% Non-Hispanic White), 107 (0.5%) African American, 250 (1.2%) Native American, 2,211 (11.0%) Asian, 12 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 6,718 (33.4%) from other races, and 682 (3.4%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17,079 persons (84.9%).<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0672996.html|title=South el Monte (City) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|access-date=November 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106052741/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0672996.html|archive-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0672996|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033302/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0672996|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - South El Monte city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 20,059 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 47 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 10 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 4,569 households, 2,643 (57.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,554 (55.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 925 (20.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 524 (11.5%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 329 (7.2%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 21 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 397 households (8.7%) were one person and 208 (4.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.39.  There were 4,003 families (87.6% of households); the average family size was 4.45.

The age distribution was 6,041 people (30.0%) under the age of 18, 2,323 people (11.5%) aged 18 to 24, 5,894 people (29.3%) aged 25 to 44, 4,062 people (20.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,796 people (8.9%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 30.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

There were 4,711 housing units at an average density of 1,653.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 2,208 (48.3%) were owner-occupied and 2,361 (51.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.5%.  9,304 people (46.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 10,755 people (53.5%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, South El Monte had a median household income of $44,104, with 19.4% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov"/>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 21,144 people in 4,620 households, including 4,088 families, in the city.  The population density was {{convert|7,330.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 4,724 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,637.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 40.61% White, 0.38% African American, 1.57% Native American, 8.43% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 43.98% from other races, and 4.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 86.03%.<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 the 4,620 households 52.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.5% were non-families. 8.0% of households were one person and 3.9% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 4.57 and the average family size was 4.61.

The age distribution was 33.5% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 15.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% 65 or older.  The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.

The median household income was $24,656 and the median family income  was $34,349. Males had a median income of $21,075 versus $18,949 for females. The per capita income for the city was $10,130.  About 16.2% of families and 19.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.7% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Elementary school districts include:
*[[El Monte City School District]]
**Loma Elementary School
**Potrero Elementary School
*[[Mountain View School District (San Bernardino County)|Mountain View School District]]
**Miramonte Elementary School
**Monte Vista Elementary School
*Valle Lindo School District
**New Temple Elementary School
**Dean L. Shively Elementary School

The [[El Monte Union High School District]] operates [[South El Monte High School]].

Private Schools:
* Epiphany Catholic School

==Government==
The City of South El Monte has four Council members elected at large for a term of four years. The Mayor is elected at large for a term of four years.

The South El Monte City Council consists of:<ref name=cc/>

*Mayor Gloria Olmos
*Mayor Pro Tem Richard Angel
*Councilmember Hector Delgado
*Councilmember Richard Angel
*Councilmember Rudy Bojorquez

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] South El Monte is in {{Representative|casd|22|fmt=sdistrict}} and {{Representative|caad|56|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/final_maps
 | title = Final Maps
 | publisher = We Draw the Lines CA
 | access-date = January 23, 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221207002401/https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/final_maps
 | archive-date = December 7, 2022
| url-status = live
 }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], South El Monte is in {{Representative|cacd|31|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|31}}</ref>

==Media==
South El Monte community news is provided by the ''[[San Gabriel Valley Tribune]]''.

==Infrastructure==
===Public safety===
The [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] (LASD) operates the Temple Station in [[Temple City, California|Temple City]], serving South El Monte.<ref>"[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for1/temple/index.html Temple Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130081607/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for1/temple/index.html |date=2010-01-30 }}." [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.</ref>

====Fire====
The [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] provides fire protection services for the city of South El Monte.

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Greater Los Angeles}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070218130135/http://www.emsem.com/ El Monte/South El Monte Chamber of Commerce]

{{Cities of Los Angeles County, California}}
{{Greater Los Angeles Area}}
{{Geographic Location 
 | Centre =South El Monte
 | North =[[El Monte, California|El Monte]]
 | Northeast =[[El Monte, California|El Monte]]
 | East = Unincorporated Los Angeles County
 | Southeast = Unincorporated Los Angeles County
 | South = [[Whittier Narrows]] 
 | Southwest =[[Whittier Narrows]]
 | West = [[Rosemead, California|Rosemead]]<br>[[South San Gabriel, California|South San Gabriel]]
 | Northwest =[[Rosemead, California|Rosemead]]
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[[Category:1958 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Cities in Los Angeles County, California]]
[[Category:Communities in the San Gabriel Valley]]
[[Category:Incorporated cities and towns in California]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1958]]
[[Category:Chicano and Mexican neighborhoods in California]]