Canoga Park, CA

Christopher Riscen
4 min readFeb 25, 2021

--

Canoga Park, CA in the 91304 data of the population.

Canoga Park, California is the area I currently reside in. I have lived in the area code of 91304 for over 10 years now, and I am happy to be in this community.

The area I am living in of Canoga Park is small but covering 91304 could give better numbers of the area. For the area, I would say it is a diverse community with many ethnic and racial backgrounds.

The percentages of race and ethnicity in 91304.

The graphic above from Census Reporter, displays that the area is diverse and most of the area being Hispanic with 41 percent of the area. There is a good mixture of race and ethnicity in my community.

These numbers were put out in 2019, but in Mapping LA it has not been update since it has come out. Mapping LA has Canoga Park, CA listed in it.

These are 2008 numbers for Canoga Park, CA for ethnicity from Mapping LA.

This is just Canoga Park, CA alone. West Hills, CA is not a part of these numbers. At the that time, Canoga Park, CA was still highly diverse, and Latinos had the highest percentage around 60 percent. To compare the two, they both have similar numbers but are lower in the 91304, but seem larger in just Canoga Park, CA alone.

Language and birth place numbers of 91304.

For 91304, since it is diverse, there are different languages in this area being spoken. For this area, there is not that much difference in language spoken to children at home and spoken at home by adults. My area speaks English, Spanish, Indo-European, and Asian or Islander makes up most of the area. For the children at home, English only at home is around 48 percent. This is the highest percentage, but Spanish is close behind English only.

For adult’s language at home, English only comes in around 45 percent. Spanish is also close behind, but there still are a variety of languages being spoken at home.

California is a place many people come to live. There are many people who have also immigrated here as well. My community has its fair share of foreign-born people. The population of foreign-born people is close to 37 percent in my community. Most people come from Latin America, Asia, Europe, and Africa according to Census Reporter. My community of 91304 is very accepting of foreign- born people, which comes back to California being a melting pot.

The income for the area of 91304.

This area being as diverse as it is, has its ranges of income. There are areas in 91304 that are better than others, but according to Census Reporter the median household income is around $70,500.

There is a gap between the median household income and the per capita income. The median household income is a significant gap and is more than double the amount of per capita income. There is poverty in this area and the Census Reporter is close to 13 below the poverty line. Even though there still is poverty, the numbers are better than other areas.

The Coronavirus has been devastating across the globe. California has been hit hard with cases because of the state’s population. According to Crosstown, Canoga Park, California has numbers of cases for my community.

Coronavirus numbers for Canoga Park, CA.

Canoga Park, CA continues to get more cases every day. The population of my community is around 62,000 and is has less than 9000 cases. This area has been impacted, but it has not been as bad in other areas.

Canoga Park, CA is currently ranked at 98 for Los Angeles totals, which is lower on the list, but contribute to one million cases in Los Angeles. This is how my community of 91304 and Canoga Park is favoring right now.

--

--