Everything about San Fernando California totally explained
San Fernando is a city located in northwestern
Los Angeles County, California,
United States. The population was 23,564 at the 2000 census. The city was named for the nearby
Mission San Fernando Rey de España, and is completely surrounded by the city of
Los Angeles, with the districts of
Sylmar to the north,
Lake View Terrace to the east,
Pacoima to the south, and
Mission Hills to the west. It is served by the
Golden State,
Foothill,
Ronald Reagan, and
San Diego freeways.
While most of the towns in the surrounding
San Fernando Valley agreed to annexation by Los Angeles in the 1910s, eager to tap the bountiful water supply provided by the newly opened
Los Angeles Aqueduct, San Fernando's abundant
groundwater supplies allowed it to remain a separate city. Even as the San Fernando Valley transformed itself from an agricultural area to a
suburban one in the decades after
World War II, San Fernando retained its independence.
As with much of the San Fernando Valley east of the
San Diego Freeway, the city of San Fernando has seen a significant demographic shift in recent years; declining birth-rates, an aging population of middle-class whites, who once dominated the area in the 1950s, has contributed to the movement into other parts of the San Fernando Valley. There has also been movement into the
Santa Clarita and
Antelope Valleys to the north. Income levels have declined as a result. Diversity is one of the modern features of San Fernando, with
Latinos now the major racial group in the city. Since late 2004, the city has been going through a series of planning development projects, that can be academically identified as
gentrification.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 23,564 people, 5,774 households, and 4,832 families residing in the city. The
population density was 3,822.7/km² (9,880.7/mi²). There were 5,932 housing units at an average density of 962.3/km² (2,487.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 42.76%
White, 0.98%
African American, 1.69%
Native American, 1.12%
Asian, 0.11%
Pacific Islander, 49.35% from
other races, and 3.98% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 89.28% of the population.
There were 5,774 households out of which 52.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were
married couples living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.3% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.07 and the average family size was 4.33.
In the city the population was spread out with 34.4% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 15.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $39,909, and the median income for a family was $40,138. Males had a median income of $26,068 versus $22,599 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $11,485. A major issue state and federal governments need to combat is that about 15.3% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 22.5% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.
Education
San Fernando is served by the
Los Angeles Unified School District.
San Fernando is served by:
Valley Region High School 5 will open in San Fernando in 2011
(External Link
).
The
County of Los Angeles Public Library system operates the San Fernando Library.
Politics
In the
state legislature San Fernando is located in the 20th
Senate District, represented by Democrat
Alex Padilla, and in the 39th
Assembly District, represented by Democrat
Felipe Fuentes. Federally, San Fernando is located in
California's 28th congressional district, which has a
Cook PVI of D +25 and is represented by Democrat
Howard Berman.
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