Editing Valinda, California

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Valinda, California
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|population_total         = 22437
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|postal_code              = 91744
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'''Valinda''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[San Gabriel Valley]], in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]], in the United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 22,437, down from 22,822 at the 2010 census.<ref name="QF"/>

==Geography==
Valinda is located at {{Coord|34|2|16|N|117|55|44|W|type:city}} (34.037760, -117.928939).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=April 23, 2011 |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align= 
|1970=18837
|1980=18700
|1990=18735
|2000=21776
|2010=22822
|2020= 22437
|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/>
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Valinda first appeared as an unincorporated place in the [[1970 U.S. Census]] as part of the East San Gabriel Valley census county division;<ref name=1970CensusCA/> and as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1980 U.S. Census]].<ref name=1980CensusCA/>

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Valinda 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 – Valinda CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0681638&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) – Valinda CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0681638&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) – Valinda CDP, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0681638&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|2,522
|1,597
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,117
|11.58%
|7.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.98%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|508
|356
|style='background: #ffffe6; |281
|2.33%
|1.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.25%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|62
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.28%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.21%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,999
|2,627
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,815
|9.18%
|11.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.00%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|35
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44
|0.16%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|50
|39
|style='background: #ffffe6; |85
|0.23%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|329
|151
|style='background: #ffffe6; |201
|1.51%
|0.66%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.90%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|16,271
|17,977
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,847
|74.72%
|78.77%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |75.09%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''21,776'''
|'''22,822'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''22,437'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Valinda had a population of 22,822. The population density was {{convert|11,330.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Valinda was 11,058 (48.5%) White (7.0% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0681638.html |title=QuickFacts: Valinda CDP, California |work=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> 439 (1.9%) African American, 240 (1.1%) Native American, 2,718 (11.9%) Asian, 42 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 7,530 (33.0%) from other races, and 795 (3.5%) from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17,977 persons (78.8%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0681638|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033648/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0681638|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - Valinda CDP |work=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 22,733 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 83 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 6 (0%) were institutionalized.

There were 4,927 households, 2,852 (57.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,100 (62.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 814 (16.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 479 (9.7%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 243 (4.9%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 31 (0.6%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 375 households (7.6%) were one person and 183 (3.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.61.  There were 4,393 families (89.2% of households); the average family size was 4.63.

The age distribution was 6,672 people (29.2%) under the age of 18, 2,651 people (11.6%) aged 18 to 24, 6,320 people (27.7%) aged 25 to 44, 5,191 people (22.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,988 people (8.7%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 31.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.

There were 5,071 housing units at an average density of 2,517.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,755 (76.2%) were owner-occupied and 1,172 (23.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.3%.  17,054 people (74.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,679 people (24.9%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Valinda had a median household income of $66,727, with 11.1% 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 21,776 people, 4,753 households, and 4,258 families in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|10,830.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 4,851 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,412.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 40.47% White, 2.46% African American, 1.18% Native American, 9.42% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 41.08% from other races, and 5.19% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 74.72%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

Of the 4,753 households 52.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.3% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.4% were non-families. 7.1% of households were one person and 3.3% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 4.57 and the average family size was 4.64.

The age distribution was 34.3% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% 65 or older.  The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.

The median household income was $49,578 and the median family income  was $49,653. Males had a median income of $28,388 versus $25,330 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $12,949.  About 10.5% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Government and infrastructure==
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]], Valinda is located in {{Representative|casd|30|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|48|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find Your California Representatives |url=https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ |access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref> Federally, Valinda is located in {{Representative|cacd|31|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|31}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] operates the Industry Station in the [[Industry, California|City of Industry]], serving Valinda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/industry/index.html |title=Industry Station |work=[[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] |access-date=January 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121052027/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/industry/index.html |archive-date=January 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Pomona Health Center in [[Pomona, California|Pomona]], serving Valinda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/pomona.pdf |title=Pomona Health Center |work=[[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] |access-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref>

==Education==
The majority of the CDP is served by the [[Hacienda La Puente Unified School District]]<!--UNI 16325--> while a portion of Northern Valinda is served by the [[West Covina Unified School District]].<!--UNI
42000--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=11 (PDF p. 12/19)|accessdate=2023-11-25}}</ref>

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.regionalchambersgv.org/ Regional Chamber of Commerce - San Gabriel Valley]

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