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People QuickFacts | Compton | California
Population, 2011 estimate | 97,156 | 37,683,933
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 96,455 | 37,253,956
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.7% | 1.2%
Population, 2010 | 96,455 | 37,253,956
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 9.2% | 6.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 33.1% | 25.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 7.5% | 11.4%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.3% | 50.3%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 25.9% | 57.6%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 32.9% | 6.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 13.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 3.4% | 4.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 65.0% | 37.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 0.8% | 40.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 88.0% | 84.2%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 30.6% | 27.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 62.1% | 43.2%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 57.7% | 80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 7.0% | 30.2%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 2,429 | 1,997,566
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 27.1 | 27
Housing units, 2010 | 24,523 | 13,680,081
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 54.6% | 56.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 20.3% | 30.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $288,000 | $421,600
Households, 2007-2011 | 23,353 | 12,433,172
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 4.09 | 2.91
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $13,595 | $29,634
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $43,311 | $61,632
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 24.9% | 14.4%
Business QuickFacts | Compton | California
Total number of firms, 2007 | 5,082 | 3,425,510
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 28.3% | 4.0%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 1.3%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.9% | 14.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.3%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 43.6% | 16.5%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.3%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,083,726 | 491,372,092
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,195,173 | 598,456,486
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 267,935 | 455,032,270
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $2,881 | $12,561
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 86,547 | 80,852,787
Geography QuickFacts | Compton | California
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 10.01 | 155,779.22
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 9,633.9 | 239.1
FIPS Code | 15044 | 6
Counties | Los Angeles County
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts