| Artesia is a general law city in southeast
Los Angeles County, California, United States and is one of the county's
Gateway Cities. It was incorporated on May 29, 1959. The population was
16,380 at the 2000 census. Artesia is surrounded on the west, south, and
east sides by Cerritos, with Norwalk to the north.
Artesia is the home of the East West Ice Palace, an ice rink which is
co-owned by Michelle Kwan. It was also the childhood home (1914 until
1931) of former First Lady Pat Nixon, though the house in which she grew
up is now part of neighboring Cerritos.
Although Artesia is best known for the "Little India" section
of Pioneer Boulevard, there are also many Filipino, Mexican, Chinese,
and Korean-owned stores and residences in the area, as well as Portuguese
and other Caucasian-owned stores and residences.
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,380 people, 4,470 households,
and 3,625 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,903.9/km²
(10,126.1/mi²). There were 4,598 housing units at an average density
of 1,095.9/km² (2,842.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city
was 44.18% White, 3.55% Black or African American, 0.78% Native American,
27.41% Asian, 0.54% Pacific Islander, 18.47% from other races, and 5.07%
from two or more races. 38.29% of the population were Hispanic or Latino
of any race.
There were 4,470 households out of which 40.7% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together,
14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were
non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals and
6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 3.54 and the average family size was 3.87.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of
18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and
12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years.
For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age
18 and over, there were 95.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $44,500, and the median
income for a family was $47,017. Males had a median income of $34,447
versus $25,256 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,763.
About 8.7% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty
line, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or
over.
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