page_title: Lynwood, California
section_title: 2000
hierarchical_section_title: Lynwood, California / Demographics / 2000
caption_attribution_description: English: The Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot (southeast side elevation) — a Pacific Electric Railway depot in Lynwood, California. The 1917 depot is on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California. In a "Bernard Maybeck style" − though it was not designed by him. Image (1980): HABS−Historic American Buildings Survey in Los Angeles, California.
context_page_description: Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 69,772, down from 69,845 at the 2000 census. Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the southern portion of the Los Angeles Basin. Incorporated in 1921, the city is named for Lynn Wood Sessions, wife of a local dairyman, Charles Sessions. The local railroad siding and later Pacific Electric Railway station were named after the dairy.
context_section_description: At the 2000 census, there were 69,845 people in 14,395 households, including 12,941 families, in the city.  The population density was 5,560.3/km² (14,389.2/mi²).  There were 14,987 housing units at an average density of 1,193.1/km² (3,087.6/mi²).  The racial makeup of the city was 33.62% white, 13.53% African American, 1.20% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 0.39% Pacific Islander, 46.14% from other races, and 4.36% from two or more races.  82.33% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
  There were 14,395 households, 63.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were married couples living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.1% were non-families. 7.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.  The average household size was 4.70 and the average family size was 4.76.
  The age distribution was 38.0% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 13.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 or older.  The median age was 24 years.  For every 100 females, there were 104.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.
  The median household income was $35,888 and the median family income was $35,808. Males had a median income of $23,241 versus $19,149 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,542.  23.5% of the population and 21.0% of families were below the poverty line.  Out of the total people living in poverty, 28.3% were under the age of 18 and 14.3% were 65 or older.
  As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as their first language accounted for 77.43% of residents, while English was spoken by 22.13%, Thai was spoken by 0.16%, Samoan was spoken by 0.09%, Gujarati was spoken by 0.07%, Tagalog was spoken by 0.07%, Vietnamese by 0.05% of the population.
  Lynwood went through five phases of demographic change in the 20th century. First, a colonial settlement. Second, a farming small town. Third, a mostly working-class white suburb from 1940 to 1970. Fourth, a majority African-American city between 1970 and 1990, and today, predominantly Latino.
caption: Lynwood Pacific Electric Railway Depot, designed by Bernard Maybeck in 1917.
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