Politics & Government
2010 Census: South Pasadena's Population Up 5.4 Percent
The numbers also show big increases in the city's Latino and Asian populations.
Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau today show that South Pasadena's population grew to 25,619, showing a 5.4 percent rise from 10 years ago. There was also a large rise among some of the city's various ethnic groups. The city's population checked in at 24,292 in 2000.
As far as ethnicities go, the city largest group remains whites, at 13,922, but that's 4.3 percent less than a decade ago, when there were 14,653 whites officially recorded in the city. Latinos witnessed a 22 percent rise in 2010, with 4,767 recorded compared to 3,903 in 2000. The city's Asian population also rose by 23.4 percent, with 7,973 recorded in 2010. The Asian count in 2000 was 6,456.
Los Angeles County stays as the state's largest county, with a population of 9,818,605. That signals a 3.1 percent increase from 2000, when an official 9,519,338 people inhabited the county's boundaries. For the state, the census recorded 37,253,956 people in 2010, which is a nearly 10 percent change from the roughly 34 million people about a decade ago.
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Here's the numeric picture of how the city looked in 2000:
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South Pasadena
Los Angeles County
California Total: 24,292 9,519,338 33,871,648 Population of one race: 23,207 9,049,557 32,264,002 White alone 14,653 4,637,062 20,170,059 Black or African American alone 738 930,957 2,263,882 American Indian and Alaska Native alone 83 76,988 333,346 Asian alone 6,456 1,137,500 3,697,513 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 20 27,053 116,961 Some other race alone 1,257 2,239,997 5,682,241 Population of two or more races: 1,085 469,781 1,607,646 Hispanic or Latino (cultural designation, may be any race) 3,903 4,242,213 10,966,556 Age 18 or older (eligible to vote) 18,804 6,851,362 24,621,819
And now, here are the latest numbers from the 2010 Census:
Los Angeles County
California Total 25,619 9,818,605 37,253,956 Population of one race 24,204 9,379,892 35,438,572 White alone 13,922 4,936,599 21,453,934 Black or African American alone 771 856,874 2,299,072 American Indian and Alaska Native alone 107 72,828 362,801 Asian alone 7,973 1,346,865 4,861,007 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 9 26,094 144,386 Some Other Race alone 1,422 2,140,632 6,317,372 Population of two or more races 1,415 438,713 1,815,384 Hispanic or Latino (cultural designation, may be any race) 4,767 4,687,889 14,013,719 Age 18 or older (eligible to vote) 19,621 7,416,397 27,958,916
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