Adams-Normandie, Los Angeles

The Adams-Normandie neighborhood of Los Angeles is a neighborhood within the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California. It is notable within the city for its high density of population, its relatively low household income, its youthful population, its high average household size, the high percentage of its families headed by single parents and the high percentage of residents born outside the United States.[1]

Adams-Normandie neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, as drawn by the Los Angeles Times
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building,
1999 West Adams Boulevard

Geography

Description

The Adams-Normandie neighborhood touches Pico-Union on the north, University Park on the east, the Exposition Park neighborhood on the south and Jefferson Park on the west .[2] It is bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway on the north, Western Avenue on the west, Vermont Avenue on the east and Jefferson Boulevard on the south.[1]

Population

A total of 17,596 residents lived in Adams-Normandie's 0.81 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 21,948 people per square mile, among the highest population densities in both the city and the county.[1]

The median age was 26, young for the city and the county, and the percentages of residents aged 11 to 34 were among the county's highest. There were 839 families headed by single parents; the rate of 24.4% was considered high for both the city and the county.[1]

Within the neighborhood, Latinos made up 62.2% of the population, while black people were 24.8%. Other ethnicities were white people, 5.6%; Asian, 5.2%; and other, 2.1%. Mexico and El Salvador were the most common places of birth for the 46.7% of the residents who were born abroad, considered a high percentage of foreign-born for the city as a whole.[1]

The median household income in 2008 dollars was $29,606, considered low for both the city and county. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less was high, compared to the county at large. The average household size of 3.2 people was also considered high. Renters occupied 79.4% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest.[1]

These were the ten neighborhoods or cities in Los Angeles County with the highest population densities, according to the 2000 census, with the population per square mile:[3]

  1. Koreatown, Los Angeles, 42,611
  2. Westlake, Los Angeles, 38,214
  3. East Hollywood, Los Angeles, 31,095
  4. Pico-Union, Los Angeles, 25,352
  5. Maywood, California, 23,638
  6. Harvard Heights, Los Angeles, 23,473
  7. Hollywood, Los Angeles, 22,193
  8. Walnut Park, California, 22,028
  9. Palms, Los Angeles, 21,870
  10. Adams-Normandie, Los Angeles, 21,848

Education

Only 9.5% of Adams-Normandie residents 25 and older held a four-year bachelor's degree, a low percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of residents age 25 and older with less than a high school diploma was high for the county.[1]

Schools within the boundaries of Adams-Normandie include:[4]

  • St. Agnes Parish School (private), 1428 West Adams Boulevard
  • Vermont Avenue Elementary School (LAUSD), 1435 West 27th Street
  • John W. Mack Elementary School (LAUSD), 3020 South Catalina Street

Recreation and parks
  • Loren Miller Recreation Center, 27th Street between Dalton and Halldale avenues (2717 Halldale Avenue)[5][6]
  • Richardson Family Park, 2700 South Budlong Avenue (unlighted, unstaffed, closed at night)[7]

References
  1. "Adams-Normandie", Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  2. "South Los Angeles", Mapping L.A., Los Angeles Times
  3. "Population Density". Los Angeles Times. Mapping L.A. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. "Adams-Normandie Schools". Los Angeles Times. Mapping L.A. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  5. Rand McNally and Company; Thomas Bros. Maps (2015). Streetguide: Los Angeles & Orange Counties (54th ed.). Chicago: Rand McNally. ISBN 0528014897.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Loren Miller Recreation Center". City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  7. "Richardson Family Park". City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
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