Chapter 4: Population and Consumption

Santa Clarita Population:

 

In terms of city population, Santa is ranked 3rd in the Los Angeles County, 19th in all of California, and 105th in the entire United States of America.  The state of California is ranked 3rd in regards to area and 1st in the entire country when it comes to population.  About 1 out of every 8 Americans lives in the Golden State.  The population of SCV is 204,951.  The only two cities with larger populations than Santa Clarita in the Los Angeles County are Los Angeles with a population of 3.8 million and Long Beach with a population over 464,000 people.

Population Growth:

 The population has been very steady in its growth and has promoted the need to build more housing communities all around the SCV area.

With the rate that things are growing, it is expected to exceed 200,000 shortly before 2020.  This is about 50,000 more people than in the year of 2000.  The population density is 3,300/square mile.

Gender Population:

The current gender population of Santa Clarita is 88,211 males to 90,802 females.   The females account for 50.7% of the population and the males account for 49.3% of the population.

Racial Population:

The population of SCV is 204,951.  70% of which is White, 28% that is Hispanic of Latino, 3.2% African American, 0.6% Native American, 8.5% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 12% other races. 

33,745 residents are born outside of the US, 11.4% being Latin American and 3.7% being Asian.  The black race population is below state average.

Age Population:

 Santa Clarita has 28% of the population under 18 which is young in comparison to the rest of the United States.  24% are school ages between 5 and 19 and around 30% are betwen ages 25-44.