West Carson, CA
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None of the households in West Carson, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
The economy of West Carson, CA employs 11.2k people. The largest industries in West Carson, CA are , and the highest paying industries are Public Administration ($92,583), Utilities ($86,250), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($80,298).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in West Carson, CA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,434 people), Management Occupations (1,353 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (1,234 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of West Carson, CA.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in California (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in West Carson, CA, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of West Carson, CA, though some of these residents may live in West Carson, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($92,852), Information ($83,889), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($71,278).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($92,000), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($80,104), and Information ($75,208).
As of February 2023, there are 17.9M people employed in California. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in California.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).
Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in California for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in California over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for California have changed over time starting in 2008.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In 2022, 2.08% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 2.26% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were Some college (6.9M), High School or Equivalent (6.8M), and Bachelors Degree (6.36M).
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in West Carson, CA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the places in West Carson, CA colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in West Carson, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $150k - $200k range.
In 2022, the income inequality in California was 0.498 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.107% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for California was lower than than the national average of 1. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in California in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in California across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in West Carson, CA have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in West Carson, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in West Carson, CA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in West Carson, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in West Carson, CA have N/A.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in West Carson, CA (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in West Carson, CA is Hispanic, followed by Asian and Two Or More.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of West Carson, CA has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in West Carson, CA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
