COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

2020 CENSUS Antelope Valley

Low Response Score (LRS) is a measure created by the U.S. Census Bureau to predict areas that are less likely to respond to the Census. The higher the LRS, the more difficult it is to count that Block Group.

Antelope Valley has 18 Census Block Groups with

“Very High” LRS.

Antelope Valley has 37 Census Block Groups with

“High” LRS.

Visit Los Angeles County’s interactive Census Mapping and Demographics Tool at http://rpgis.isd.lacounty.gov/lrs/.

2020 CENSUS Demographic Profile: Antelope Valley

Antelope Valley Quick Facts

• In the Antelope Valley, approximately 25,679 people live in “Very High” LRS Block Groups and 75,641 live in “High” LRS Block Groups, for a total of 101,320 people living in Hard-to-Survey Block Groups.

• The City of Palmdale has 7 “Very High” and 15 “High” LRS Block Groups, and the City of Lancaster has 10 “Very High” and 17 “High” LRS Block Groups. There are 1 “Very High” and 5 “High” LRS Block Groups in unincorporated areas.

• In the Antelope Valley Block Groups with “Very High” LRS, the average percentage of Renters was 84.2% (vs. 37.8% Valley-wide), Below Poverty Level was 48.1% (vs. 23.8% Valley-wide), living in Multi-Unit (10+) Housing was 32.2% (vs. 7.4% Valley-wide), Families with Related Child Under Age 6 was 46.2% (vs. 26.5% Valley-wide), Population Ages 0-5 was 14.3% (vs. 7.6% Valley-wide), and the Median Household Income was $25,882.65 (vs. $52,440.51 Valley-wide).

• Compared to the five Supervisorial Districts and Los Angeles County overall, the Antelope Valley has the highest average percentage of Vacant Housing Units, Population 0-5, Population 5-17, Single Unit Structures, Mobile Homes, and Land Area per Block Group.

Median Household Income

$52,441 Not High School Graduate 23.1%

Asian 3.6% Renter Occupied Housing Units 37.8%

Hispanic 44.7% Vacant Housing Units 10.2%

White (Non-Hispanic) 34.8% Limited English Ages 14+ 7.6%

Black (Non-Hispanic) 13.7% Population Ages 18-24 11.3%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

0.21% Population Ages 65+ 10.5%

American Indian or Alaska Native

0.31% Family Occupied Housing Units

with Related Child Under Age 6 26.5%

Below Poverty Level 23.8% Multi-Unit (10+) Housing 7.4%

Mobile Homes 5.4% Population Ages 5-17 20.9%

Population Ages 0-5 7.6% Single Female Head of Household 17.5%

The U.S. Census Bureau provides Block Group data on selected variables to provide socioeconomic and demographic characteristic profiles of areas. The following figures are averages of the Census Block Groups in the Antelope Valley:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2016 Planning Database

Cities and Unincorporated Communities

in the Antelope Valley with Census Block

Groups that have “High” LRS:

• Lancaster

• Palmdale

• Unincorporated Palmdale

Cities and Unincorporated Communities

in the Antelope Valley with Census

Block Groups that have “Very High”

LRS: • Lancaster

• Palmdale

• Unincorporated Palmdale

• Unincorporated South Antelope Valley

• Unincorporated Sun Village

• Unincorporated Hi Vista

Impact of the Census

MONEY: California receives billions of dollars annually from Federal programs that use Census-derived data to determine funding allocations for health and human services, housing, nutrition, workforce development, transportation, and other services. Source: Andrew Reamer, Research Professor, George Washington University Institute of Public Policy (FY 2015)

REPRESENTATION: After the 2010 Census, California failed to gain a Congressional seat for the first time since obtaining statehood in 1850.