Paramount, California

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Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,266. Paramount is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

The "Paramount Welcome Wall" masks a bus maintenance yard and features a graceful, undulating design that creates a sense that the wall is waving as drivers pass by. It is a civic enhancement that serves a practical purpose, and offers a greeting at an entrance to the City. It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 Emergency services
5 Schools
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Geography

Location of Paramount, California

Paramount is located at 33°53′60″N, 118°9′60″W (33.899915, -118.166651)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.5 km² (4.8 mi²). 12.3 km² (4.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (2.07%) is water.

[edit] History

Paramount was created in 1948 from the merger of the cities of Hynes and Clearwater (Pitt 1997:381), and is said to be named after the Paramount Pictures movie studio.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 55,266 people, 13,972 households, and 11,331 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,511.3/km² (11,678.3/mi²). There were 14,591 housing units at an average density of 1,191.0/km² (3,083.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 34.70% White, 13.59% African American, 1.06% Native American, 3.35% Asian, 0.84% Pacific Islander, 41.69% from other races, and 4.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 72.28% of the population.

There were 13,972 households out of which 55.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 21.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.93 and the average family size was 4.31.

In the city the population was spread out with 36.9% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,749, and the median income for a family was $37,276. Males had a median income of $27,730 versus $22,472 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,487. About 19.1% of families and 21.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Emergency services

Fire protection in Paramount is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department provides law enforcement.

[edit] Schools

Alondra Intermediate, Mark Keppel, Tanner, Los Cerritos, Our Lady of the Rosary Private Catholic school, Paramount High Leona Jackson School

[edit] References

Pitt, Leonard and Dale Pitt (1997). Los Angeles A-Z: An Encyclopedia of the City and County. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20274-0.