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Lawndale, California City of Lawndale Flag of Lawndale, California Flag Official seal of Lawndale, California Location of Lawndale in Los Angeles County, California Location of Lawndale in Los Angeles County, California Lawndale, California is positioned in the US Lawndale, California - Lawndale, California Lawndale is a town/city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
The populace was 32,769 at the 2010 census, up from 31,711 as stated to the 2000 census. The town/city is in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
After World War II, the immense demand for housing from returning veterans and California newcomers resulted in Lawndale's formation as a bedroom community.
On December 28, 1959 it was incorporated as a town/city in Los Angeles county.
Starting in the 1970s Lawndale's mostly low housing prices but more desirable locale relative to its neighboring metros/cities thriving absentee landlords and a substantial portion of its inhabitants increasingly became renters.
For a time in the 1980s, with new cycle of expansion of defense trade nearby, many young citizens who wished to live in the Beach Cities found that they simply could not afford to do so, and settled in less glamorous inland metros/cities such as Lawndale.
Lawndale has attempted to attract more owner residents, as well as tourists with the 2003 culmination of the "Beautify Lawndale" urban renewal universal along the city's stretch of Hawthorne Boulevard (State Route 107), a primary South Bay thoroughfare.
The billboard is said to generate Lawndale $200,000 annually. In 2012 the Lawndale improve center opened up its doors.
According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 City of Lawndale 105 Lawndale Community Cable Television on Channel 22 is a Public-access tv cable TV station.
The City of Lawndale's Cable Television Department is funded by the Lawndale Cable Usage Corporation and the City of Lawndale through Local Access Fees and Cable tv franchise fee provided by the small-town cable company, Time Warner Cable.
The Lawndale Cable Usage Corporation is the non-profit, California corporation that receives these fees, and provides for the evolution of Lawndale Community Cable Television. The Lawndalian a citywide newsletter that informs the inhabitants about programs and affairs happening in the City of Lawndale.
The Lawndale Tribune is the improve paper for the City of Lawndale.
In the California State Legislature, Lawndale is in the 35th Senate District, represented by Democrat Steven Bradford, and in the 62nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Autumn Burke. In the United States House of Representatives, Lawndale is in California's 43rd congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +26 and is represented by Democrat Maxine Waters. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) operates the Lennox Station in Lennox, serving Lawndale. In addition the agency operates the City of Lawndale Sheriff's Department Service Center. The United States Postal Service Lawndale Post Office is positioned at 4320 Marine Avenue. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Curtis Tucker Health Center in Inglewood, serving Lawndale. The County of Los Angeles Public Library Lawndale Library is positioned 14615 Burin Ave.
Lawndale Elementary School District Lawndale High School Environmental Charter High School is a charter school in Lawndale.
In 2009, the renovated Lawndale Public Library of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, which is positioned adjoining to the Lawndale City Hall, re-opened.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all land.
Lawndale is serviced by Interstate 405 and by Artesia Blvd., Hwy 91, which becomes State Route 91, a freeway, farther east.
Lawndale is 5.7 miles SE of Los Angeles International Airport.
Lawndale is serviced by following enhance transit: the Lawndale Beat, the Gardena Bus 1, Metro Green Line and by Metro buses 211, 40 and 740.
Because of the formation of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and its adjacency to the beach, the town/city gets effects of the marine layer on almost identical, if not slightly lower levels of close-by beach metros/cities Manhattan Beach and El Segundo. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Lawndale had a populace of 32,769.
There were 9,681 homeholds, out of which 4,516 (46.6%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 4,467 (46.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,813 (18.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 881 (9.1%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 8,927 citizens (27.2%) under the age of 18, 3,744 citizens (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 10,541 citizens (32.2%) aged 25 to 44, 7,301 citizens (22.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 2,256 citizens (6.9%) who were 65 years of age or older.
11,606 citizens (35.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 20,988 citizens (64.0%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Lawndale had a median homehold income of $47,769, with 16.7% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Since Lawndale has a large amount of elderly residents, the town/city provides no-charge trips for seniors on its town/city bus: The Lawndale Beat.
Fred Dryer, NFL player and actor, raised in Lawndale in the 1950s, Lawndale High School alumnus Russell Westbrook, NBA player, attended high school in Lawndale (Leuzinger High School) "California Cities by Incorporation Date" (Word).
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