The current population of SPA 6 / South Los Angeles is 1,307,402 including homeless residents (Los Angeles County. Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, 2017), and although small, measuring 71.3 square miles, SPA 6 is the most densely populated area in LA County (TCCSC, 2017). In terms of gender, it is about equally divided, with 51% females and 49% males. The ethnicity breakdown is, 68.2% Latino, 27.4% African American, 2.4% Caucasian, 1.7% Asian, 0.2% Asian Pacific Islander (API) Indian, and 0.1% American Indian. A good portion of the population (35.3%) falls in the age range of 18 – 39 years old. The language most spoken in SPA 6 is Spanish at home, about 48.8% with only 25% having graduated high school. Additionally, with poverty increasing 2% over the past four years, measuring 33.6%, there was a three percent decrease in unemployment (2013 to 2017), even though 40% reported having difficulties finding adequate childcare.
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Other pertinent health outcomes include, disability increasing about 10% from 2013 to 2017, 31% of adults over the age of 65 report having fallen at least once, 24% of children under the age of 18 are exposed to cigarette smoke in the home [also on the rise] with 13% of adults using tobacco, homelessness has increased, about 50% of adults and children consume at least one soda per day, and with more households getting food stamp supplements, 32% of all households report being food
Other pertinent health outcomes include, disability increasing about 10% from 2013 to 2017, 31% of adults over the age of 65 report having fallen at least once, 24% of children under the age of 18 are exposed to cigarette smoke in the home [also on the rise] with 13% of adults using tobacco, homelessness has increased, about 50% of adults and children consume at least one soda per day, and with more households getting food stamp supplements, 32% of all households report being food