General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

• In addition, the Black population in Inglewood is much greater than that of the County;
46.4 percent of Inglewood’s population is Black as compared to just 9.5 percent of the
County as a whole.
• Persons of Hispanic origin are relatively equally represented in both the City and County.
The City of Inglewood’s population is 46.0 percent Hispanic while L.A. County is 44.6
percent Hispanic.
Age Distribution of Population
• In both Inglewood and Los Angeles County, the age group 35 to 64 is the largest portion
of the population. This broad age group is considered to be the most experienced segment
of the labor force.
• As shown, in both Inglewood and Los Angeles County, those under age 18 are continuing
to become an even larger segment of the population. This group consists primarily of
minors who are not of working age.
• In both Inglewood and Los Angeles County, those in the entry level labor force age
group, 18 to 34 years of age, have declined significantly from their 1990 levels.
• With respect to those 65 years and over, the proportion of the population in this age
group has remained relatively constant in both the City of Inglewood and Los Angeles
County, as a whole.
Educational Attainment
• The City’s population age, 25 years and older, has achieved markedly lower levels of
higher education than the total for the South Bay Cities and Los Angeles County.
Employment
• Sales and office occupations are the largest category of the labor force in the City of
Inglewood, comprising 30.7 percent of the total jobs. This is slightly higher than Los
Angeles County, which has 27.6 percent of the labor force employed in sales and office
occupations.
• The Management and Professional occupations comprised 24.6 percent of Inglewood’s
labor force while 34.3 percent of Los Angeles County’s labor force were in this category.
• In 2004, the unemployment rate in Inglewood was the second highest among the South
Bay Cities at 8.3 percent, compared to 6.6 percent for Los Angeles County.
Employment Trends
• The City’s total employment (including self-employment) grew marginally from 30,886
in 1994 to 31,127 in 2004, at an annual average growth rate of 0.1 percent.
• In 2004, services formed the largest employment sector in the City with nearly 32 percent
of the total jobs.
• Manufacturing declined by 31.9 percent from an estimated 2,685 jobs in 2001 to 1829
jobs in 2004.
Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc. viii Economic Conditions and Trends
April 20, 2006
City of Inglewood General Plan Update