Hyde Park | |
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 "Hyde Park" city signage located atCrenshaw Boulevard & 79th Street. | |
  Hyde Park Location within Central Los Angeles | |
| Coordinates:33°58′50″N118°19′51″W / 33.9806°N 118.3309°W /33.9806; -118.3309 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County |  Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Time zone | Pacific |
| Zip Code | 90043 |
| Area code | 323 |
Hyde Park is a neighborhood in theSouth region ofLos Angeles,California. Formerly a separate city, it was consolidated with Los Angeles in 1923.
The commercial corridor alongCrenshaw Boulevard is known as "the heart ofAfrican American commerce in Los Angeles".[1][2]Destination Crenshaw, is an open-air museum along Crenshaw Boulevard that celebratesAfrican American history and culture.
Hyde Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles. It was "laid out as a town" in 1887[3] as a stop on theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway'sHarbor Subdivision, which ran fromDowntown Los Angeles to the port atWilmington in a westward loop.[4]
It was incorporated as a city in 1922 and had its owngovernment. However, on May 17, 1923, its 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2) was consolidated with the larger city of Los Angeles after a favorable vote by Hyde Park residents. The city of Hyde Park was bordered by 60th Street on the north, Van Ness (now 8th Avenue) on the east,Florence Avenue on the south, and West Boulevard on the west.[5]
Hyde Park's street and other boundaries are: West Vernon Avenue on the north, South Arlington/Van Ness Avenues on the east and the Los Angelescity boundary on the south and west.[6][7]
According to theMapping L.A. project of theLos Angeles Times, Hyde Park touchesLeimert Park on the north,Vermont Square on the northeast,Chesterfield Square on the east,Manchester Square on the southeast;Inglewood on the south and southwest, andView Park-Windsor Hills on the west and northwest.[8]
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A total of 36,635 people lived in the 2.88 square miles (7.5 km2) neighborhood, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 12,700 inhabitants per square mile (4,900/km2), about the same as thepopulation density in the city as a whole. The median age was 31, also about the same as the rest of the city.[6]
In 2000, there were 2,474 families headed by single parents, or 28.5%, a rate that was high for the county and the city. There were 2,237 veterans, or 8% of the population, considered high when compared with the city overall.[6]
Hyde Park residents aged 25 and older holding a four-year degree amounted to 12.2% of the population in 2000, considered low when compared with the city and the county as a whole, but the percentages of residents aged 25 and older with a high school diploma and collegebachelor's degree was considered high for the county.[6]
Mexican was the most common ancestry.Mexico andEl Salvador were the most common foreign places of birth.[9]
The median household income in 2008 dollars was $39,460, considered average 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 2.8 people was also average. Renters occupied 53.3% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest.[6]
According to the 2016United States Census Bureau American Community Survey the demographics of the Hyde Park neighborhood was 56.80% African American, and 48.6% were Hispanic of any race.[10]
Public schools within the Hyde Park boundaries are:[7][12]
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