TheLos Angeles Harbor Region, sometimes truncated to simplyThe Harbor, takes up a large portion of southernLos Angeles County, California. The area is impacted by theharbor complex consisting of thePort of Los Angeles and thePort of Long Beach.
The city of Los Angeles' official Harbor Area Planning Commission area encompasses the following community plan areas (CPAs):[1]
As defined byMapping L.A. of theLos Angeles Times, the region, which includes the city of Los Angeles as well as other cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, is a 193.09-square-mile area flanked bySouth Los Angeles or Los Angeles County'sSoutheast Region on the north,Orange County on the east, thePacific Ocean on the south, and theSouth Bay region on the west.[2]
Cities and neighborhoods within the Harbor Region are:
In 2000 the region was composed ofLatinos, 39.4%;whites, 30.7%;Asians, 13.2%,Blacks, 13%, and others, 3.6%.West Carson was the most ethnically diverse neighborhood within the region, andWilmington was the least diverse.[4]
The wealthiest neighborhood wasLakewood, and the poorest wasWilmington.[4]
Twenty-one percent of all residents aged 25 and older had a four-year degree.Signal Hill had the most post-secondary graduates and Wilmington the fewest.[4]
Rancho Dominguez was the neighborhood with the oldest population, whileHawaiian Gardens was the youngest.[4]
Renters made up 51.7% of the population. The neighborhood with the highest rental rate was unincorporatedSanta Catalina Island, while the one with the most homeowners wasRancho Dominguez.[4]
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