Editing Westmont, California

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'''Westmont''' is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[Los Angeles County, California]], a part of the [[South Los Angeles]] area, just east of [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]. The population was 33,913 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Westmont CDP QuickFacts">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/westmontcdpcalifornia/IPE120219|title=Westmont CDP QuickFacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 18, 2021}}</ref> up from 31,853 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Westmont as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP).

==Geography==
Westmont has a total area of {{convert|1.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It adjoins the [[Vermont Vista, Los Angeles|Vermont Vista neighborhood]] of the city of Los Angeles.

==History==

In 2009, Westmont was the subject of a [[feature story]] by [[Hector Tobar]] in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' who wrote that the community was "officially (but rarely) called Westmont" but that it had "no "'mont,' not even a hill. It got its name, it seems, from being west of [[Vermont Avenue]]." Tobar noted that Westmont's [[unemployment rate]] was at the time "a staggering 23.6%, the highest in Los Angeles County."<ref name=HopeEndures>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/193433781/?terms=Westmont&match=1 "Hope Endures in Hard Times," ''Los Angeles Times,'' September 15, 2009, image 2]</ref>

Five years later, the strip of [[Vermont Avenue]] which is shared between Westmont and Vermont Vista was called "death alley" by the newspaper because during the past seven years sixty people had been killed by violence on that two-mile stretch. It remained at the highest rate of killings of any neighborhood in Los Angeles County.<ref name=TinyWestmont>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/203412855/ Nicole Santa Cruz and Ken Schwencke, "Tiny Westmont Has L.A. County's Top Homicide Rate," ''Los Angeles Times,'' January 19, 2014, image 1 (with map of the area)]</ref>

The 2014 article stated that "The area was long been controlled by a [[street gang|gang]] named the [[Gangs in the United States|Underground Crips]], whose members would, in more violent days, walk across [[Normandie Avenue]] to shoot at rivals."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/203413014/?terms=Westmont&match=1 "Westmont's Tide of Violence," ''Los Angeles Times,'' January 19, 2014, image 18]</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', fewer than six percent of residents held bachelor's degrees in 2000.  The neighborhood is fraught with gang and police-related violence, as well as structural racism and entrenched poverty.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=L.A. Times|title='A forgotten city': An L.A. community beset by police violence and crime hopes for change|date=5 September 2020|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-05/la-me-westmont-trauma-community-hopes-for-change-after-violent-summer|author1=Nicole Santa Cruz|author2=Ruben Vives}}</ref>

For statistical purposes, the [[United States Census Bureau]] has designated the unincorporated area as a [[census designated place]] (CDP). 
{{US Census population
|1970=29310
|1980=27916
|1990=31044
|2000=31623
|2010=31853
|2020=33913
|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=1960CensusCA>{{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/>
}}

Westmont first appeared as a [[unincorporated community]] in the [[1970 U.S. Census]];<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;"
|+'''Westmont 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 – Westmont CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0684592&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) – Westmont CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0684592&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</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) – Westmont CDP, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0684592&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|381
|324
|style='background: #ffffe6; |427
|1.20%
|1.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.26%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|18,095
|15,955
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,717
|57.22%
|50.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.45%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|81
|38
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59
|0.26%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|115
|99
|style='background: #ffffe6; |194
|0.36%
|0.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|27
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |59
|0.09%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|99
|148
|style='background: #ffffe6; |231
|0.31%
|0.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|326
|388
|style='background: #ffffe6; |831
|1.03%
|1.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.45%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|12,499
|14,871
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,395
|39.53%
|46.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.24%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''31,623'''
|'''31,853'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''33,913'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

Westmont lost its Black majority status in the [[2020 U.S. Census]] leaving only [[List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2020#California|two communities in the entire state]] delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau that have Black majority populations.

===2010===
In the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], Westmont had a population of 31,853. The population density was {{convert|17,239.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Westmont was 16,262 (51.1%) African American, 5,037 (15.8%) white (including 1.0% non-Hispanic white),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0684592.html|title=Census data|website=quickfacts.census.gov}}</ref> 188 (0.6%) Native American, 126 (0.4%) Asian, 31 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 9,180 (28.8%) from other races, and 1,029 (3.2%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14,871 persons (46.7%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0684592|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715033913/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0684592|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Westmont CDP|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 31,693 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 119 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 41 (0.1%) were institutionalized.

There were 9,695 households, 4,750 (49.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 2,995 (30.9%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 3,194 (32.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 904 (9.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 776 (8.0%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 52 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 2,141 households (22.1%) were one person and 669 (6.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.27. There were 7,093 families (73.2% of households); the average family size was 3.78.

The age distribution was 9,860 people (31.0%) under the age of 18, 3,759 people (11.8%) aged 18 to 24, 8,577 people (26.9%) aged 25 to 44, 6,979 people (21.9%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,678 people (8.4%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 29.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

There were 10,588 housing units at an average density of 5,730.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,012 (31.1%) were owner-occupied and 6,683 (68.9%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.8%. 10,864 people (34.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,829 people (65.4%) lived in rental housing units.

===2000===
In the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], there were 31,623 people, 9,255 households, and 7,089 families living in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|17,103.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,186 housing units at an average density of {{convert|5,509.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 11.8% White, 58.0% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 25.8% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39.5%.<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 the 9,255 households 47.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.9% were married couples living together, 34.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 19.2% of households were one person and 5.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.41 and the average family size was 3.85.

The age distribution was 37.8% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% 65 or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median household income was $23,323 and the median family income was $23,712. Males had a median income of $24,682 versus $25,775 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,765. About 35.3% of families and 36.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 46.7% of those under age 18 and 22.1% of those age 65 or over.

Mexican and Unspecified African were the most common ancestries according to [[Mapping L.A.]] Mexico and El Salvador were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/westmont/index.html|title=Westmont Profile - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], Westmont is in {{Representative|casd|30|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|62|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=December 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Westmont is in {{Representative|cacd|43|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|43}}</ref>

Law enforcement is provided by the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Santa Cruz|first1=Nicole|last2=Vives|first2=Ruben|date=2020-09-05|title='A forgotten city': An L.A. community beset by police violence and crime hopes for change|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-05/la-me-westmont-trauma-community-hopes-for-change-after-violent-summer|access-date=2020-09-06|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Woodcrest School 1151 109th Street Westmont Los Angeles County 01.jpg|thumb|Woodcrest School, 1151 109th Street]]
The area is within the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]].<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]]|access-date=2023-11-19|page=10 (PDF p. 11/19)}}</ref>

Areas considered to be in Westmont are generally zoned to:{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}<!--Specific attendance boundary maps are needed to cite this!-->
* Century Park Elementary School
* Woodcrest Elementary School
* [[Washington Preparatory High School]]
* Middle College High School 
* [[Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School]]

LAUSD schools in Westmont include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st06_ca/place/p0684592_westmont/DC20BLK_P0684592.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Westmont CDP, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-19}} - Compare with school addresses</ref>
* [[Boys Academic Leadership Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boysleadershipacad.lausd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Boys Academic Leadership Academy|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=1511 W 110th St Los Angeles, CA 90047}} - Compare to the census map<br>Note: [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html Note that the City of Houston had stated:] "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."</ref>
* [[George Washington Preparatory High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://washingtonprephs.lausd.org/|title=Home|publisher=[[George Washington Preparatory High School]]|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=10860 S Denker Ave Los Angeles, CA 90047}} - Compare address to the census map.</ref>
* [[Duke Ellington]] Continuation High School<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ellingtonchs.lausd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Duke Ellington Continuation High School|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=1541 W 110th St Los Angeles, CA 90047}} - Compare address to the census map.</ref>
* Woodcrest Elementary School<ref>{{cite web|url=https://woodcrestes.lausd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Woodcrest Elementary School|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=1151 W 109th St Los Angeles, CA 90044}} - Compare address to the census map.</ref>
* 95th Street Elementary School<ref>{{cite web|url=https://95thstes.lausd.org/|title=Home|publisher=95th Street Elementary School|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=1109 W 96th St Los Angeles, CA 90044}} - Compare address to the census map.</ref>

[[Charter schools]] in Westmont include:
* [[Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School]] of [[Green Dot Public Schools]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.greendot.org/southla/|title=Home|publisher=[[Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School]]|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=11130 S. Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90047}}</ref>

===Library Service===
* Woodcrest Community Library, [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lacountylibrary.org/location/woodcrest-library/|title=Woodcrest Library|publisher=[[County of Los Angeles Public Library]]|access-date=2023-11-19|quote=1340 W 106th St, Los Angeles, CA 90044}} - Compare to [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st06_ca/place/p0684592_westmont/DC20BLK_P0684592.pdf the census map]<br>Note: [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html Note that the City of Houston had stated:] "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Ice Cube]] (O'Shea Jackson), rapper, actor, writer, producer, and director grew up on Van Wick Street in Westmont.<ref>[https://kingged.com/ice-cube-net-worth Sunday William, "Ice Cube's Net Worth in 2020:Early Life," ''Kingged.com,'' January 9, 2020]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Killing of Dijon Kizzee]]
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==References==
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