NSBN Projects - North Long Beach

Community Profile

Jurisdiction

Long Beach City Mayor – Bob Foster

LA County Supervisor, 4th District – Don Knabe

Paramount Unified School District Superintendent – David J. Verdugo, Ed.D

LA County Children’s Planning Council Service Planning Area 6

State Assembly District 52 and 55 – Mervyn Dymally and Jenny Oropeza

State Senate District 25 and 27 – Edward Vincent and Alan Lowenthal

Congressional Districts 37 and 39 – Juanita Millender-McDonald and Linda T. Sanchez

Area Statistics

Ethnicity/Race: Hispanics represent 60.53% of the zip code population. Blacks 18.99%, Asian or Pacific Islanders represent 11.97%, Whites 6.65% and Multi Race or Other 1.86%.i  

Income/Poverty: 36.96% of households earn less than $25,000 per year. 31.7% of families with children under 5 are below the poverty level.ii

Education/Language Spoken: 39.11% of all adults age 25 and up have less than a 12th grade education.iii  52.37% of people speak a language other than English at home.iv

Substantial Presence of Families with Children Ages 0-6v
The Zip Code has a greater proportion of families with children ages 0-6 than countywide.

  • 33.8% -- 6,778 out of 20,086 families in the zip code have children 0-6
  • 25% -- 543,233 of 2,136,977 families in LA County have children 0-6

Low Average Third Grade STAR Test Scoresvi

  • An average of 41.66% of third graders in the zip code scored at the below basic or far below basic level in English and Language Arts
  • An average of 27% of third graders in the zip code scored at the below or far below basic level in Math
  • An average of 23.33% of third graders in the zip code scored at or above the 50th National Percentile in reading

High Incidence of Crime
The city of Long Beach had a higher incidence of crime than any other county city except for Los Angelesvii

  • In 2003, in the City of Long Beach there were 2,396 domestic violence calls, 434 of those involved weapons
  • In 2003, in the City of Long Beach there were 1,983 incidences of aggravated assault.
  • In 2003, in the City of Long Beach there were 3,579 total violent crimes committed