West Carson, California

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Back to West Carson, CA housing info, Los Angeles County, California, CA smaller cities, CA small cities, All Cities.   We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures! General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for West Carson, CA Los Angeles County Population in July 2007: 21,722. Males: 10,437   (48.1%) Females: 11,285   (51.9%) Median resident age:   38.5 years California median age:   33.3 years Zip codes: 90502. Estimated median household income in 2008: $64,614 (it was $49,118 in 2000) West Carson:   $64,614 California:   $61,021 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $28,110 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $457,051 (it was $175,300 in 2000) West Carson:   $457,051 California:   $467,000 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $390,656; Detached houses: $514,021; Townhouses or other attached units: $341,692; In 2-unit structures: $503,566; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $246,943; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $261,592; Mobile homes: $34,792 West Carson, CA residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in West Carson: Hispanic (29.4%) White Non-Hispanic (29.3%) Other race (13.9%) Black (11.7%) Filipino (11.1%) Two or more races (5.4%) Korean (4.4%) Japanese (4.3%) Chinese (2.4%) American Indian (1.5%) Other Asian (1.2%) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.2%) Vietnamese (1.1%) Asian Indian (0.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in West Carson: 144.5 (very high, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about West Carson, California on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. West Carson is mentioned 13 times on our forum: Los Angeles suburbs....  (51 replies) Lakewood/North LBC vs. Torrance  (9 replies) Northen Californian moving south LA or OC?  (16 replies) City Information - Torrance, Long Beach & Huntington Beach  (2 replies) Torrance Apartment Help!!!  (9 replies) Internet Providers in Carson  (1 reply) Ancestries: German (5.4%), English (4.7%), Irish (4.2%), Subsaharan African (2.7%), Italian (2.5%), United States (2.1%). Current Local Time: PST time zone Elevation: 40 feet Land area: 2.26 square miles. Population density: 9614 people per square mile   (high).

Average climate in West Carson, California

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West Carson-area historical tornado activity is significantly above California state average. It is 76% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/7/1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 2.7 miles away from the West Carson place center injured 10 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 11/7/1966, a category 2 tornado 5.1 miles away from the place center caused between $500 and $5000 in damages.

West Carson-area historical earthquake activity is above California state average. It is 2511% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/21/1952 at 11:52:14, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 90.7 miles away from West Carson center, causing $50,000,000 total damage
On 1/17/1994 at 12:30:55, a magnitude 6.8 (6.4 MB, 6.8 MS, 6.7 MW, Depth: 11.4 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 28.0 miles away from the city center, causing 60 deaths (60 shaking deaths) and 7000 injuries
On 4/21/1918 at 22:32:30, a magnitude 6.8 (6.8 UK) earthquake occurred 49.0 miles away from the city center
On 6/28/1992 at 15:05:30, a magnitude 6.9 (6.3 MB, 6.7 MS, 6.5 MW, 6.9 ME, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 90.4 miles away from West Carson center
On 2/9/1971 at 14:00:41, a magnitude 6.5 (6.5 UK) earthquake occurred 40.1 miles away from the city center, causing 65 deaths (65 shaking deaths), causing $535,000,000 total damage
On 2/28/1990 at 23:43:36, a magnitude 6.2 (5.5 MB, 5.5 MS, 6.2 ML, 5.7 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 38.0 miles away from West Carson center, causing $12,000,000 total damage
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Shopping Center: Alpine Village Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.9 people
California:	2.9 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	70.6%
Whole state:	68.9%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	4.8%
Whole state:	5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
• Gay men: 0.3% of all households

This place:	9.5%
Whole state:	14.2%

This place:	3.9%
Whole state:	6.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Carson, CA

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Here		58.1%
USA		50.2%

3.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,821 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.22%
California average:	5.75%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,038 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	0.14%
California average:	0.21%

from Orange County, CA	0.46% ($46,009 average AGI)
from San Bernardino County, CA	0.30% ($37,904)
from San Diego County, CA	0.15% ($41,486)

4.58% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($50,578 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.58%
California average:	6.27%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($782 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	0.06%
California average:	0.11%

to San Bernardino County, CA	0.64% ($39,463 average AGI)
to Orange County, CA	0.60% ($54,756)
to Riverside County, CA	0.35% ($50,596)

• #6 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Other Asian residents"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander residents"
• #9 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Filipino residents"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Two or more races residents"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Asian Indian residents"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Chinese residents"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Education, training, and library occupations: (population 5,000+)"
• #47 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Korean residents"
• #56 on the list of "Top 100 most racially diverse cities"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Vietnamese residents"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in nursing homes (population 5,000+)"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most American Indian residents (pop 5,000+)"
• #71 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Physicians and surgeons (population 5,000+)"
• #71 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Japanese residents"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the greatest tornado activity (pop 5,000+)"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides (population 5,000+)"
• #99 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Other race residents (pop 5,000+)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Book stores and news dealers (population 5,000+)"

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (8-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"