General Plan Update - City of Inglewood

2.3 Economic Trends and Conditions
120,000
118,164
115,000
110,000
109,602
110,900
112,580
105,000
103,500
100,000
95,000
89,900
94,162
90,000
89,985
85,000
80,000
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Figure 2.3-1 Population Trends: 1970-2005
SOURCE: Stanley R. Hoffman Associates, Inc., U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 and 2000.
Population Growth from 2000 to 2005 in Inglewood and the South Bay Cities
• Table 2.3-1 presents the populations for the City of Inglewood and select South
Bay Cities in 1990, 2000, and from 2001 to 2005. The 1990 and 2000 data come
from the decennial census while the 2005 data is provided by the California State
Department of Finance.
• Though the population of the City of Inglewood went up only slightly in the period
from 1990 to 2000 (2.7 percent), within the five year period from 2000 to 2005, the
City of Inglewood’s population increased by 5.0 percent. Compared to other South
Bay communities, however, Inglewood’s population growth has been quite modest.
• The City of Inglewood’s average annual growth rate was also lower than the
average of the South Bay Cities, 0.27 percent as compared to 0.63 percent in the
period from 1990 to 2000 and 0.97 as compared to 1.27 in the period from 2000 to
2005.
City of Inglewood General Plan Update Technical Background Report
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