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==Demographics== |
==Demographics== |
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===2010=== |
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The [[2010 United States Census]] reported that El Cerrito had a population of |
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{USCensus-2010CA}}</ref> reported that El Cerrito had a population of 5,100. The [[population density]] was 1,836.1 people per square mile (708.9/km²). The racial makeup of El Cerrito was 3,542 (69.5%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 91 (1.8%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 54 (1.1%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 95 (1.9%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 11 (0.2%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1,122 (22.0%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 185 (3.6%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2,657 persons (52.1%). |
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The Census reported that 5,088 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 12 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. |
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There were 1,386 households, out of which 648 (46.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 937 (67.6%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 153 (11.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 97 (7.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 71 (5.1%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 13 (0.9%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 126 households (9.1%) were made up of individuals and 50 (3.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.67. There were 1,187 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (85.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.82. |
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The population was spread out with 1,380 people (27.1%) under the age of 18, 548 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 1,274 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 1,387 people (27.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 511 people (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.7 years. For every 100 females there were 109.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males. |
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There were 1,449 housing units at an average density of 521.7 per square mile (201.4/km²), of which 1,099 (79.3%) were owner-occupied, and 287 (20.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%. 3,991 people (78.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,097 people (21.5%) lived in rental housing units. |
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Revision as of 16:24, 13 July 2011
El Cerrito | |
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City | |
City of El Cerrito, California | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Contra Costa |
Government | |
• County Board | District 1: John Gioia |
• Senate | Mark DeSaulnier (D) |
• Assembly | Nancy Skinner (D) |
• U. S. Congress | John Garamendi (D) |
Area | |
• Total | 3.688 sq mi (9.551 km2) |
• Land | 3.688 sq mi (9.551 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 23,549 |
• Density | 6,400/sq mi (2,500/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 94530 |
Area code | 510 |
Website | www |
El Cerrito is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 23,549 at the time of the 2010 census.
History
El Cerrito was founded by refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. They settled in what was then Don Víctor Castro's Rancho San Pablo, and adjacent to the ranch owned by the family of Luís María Peralta, the Rancho San Antonio.[2] A post office opened at the settlement in 1909 and the refugee camp became known as Rust, after William R. Rust, its first postmaster.[3][4] The village's residents did not care for the name and changed it to El Cerrito in 1916.[3] A year later, El Cerrito was incorporated as a village with 1,500 residents.[2] The name means "little hill" or knoll.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²), all of it land. The city is at an elevation of 69 feet (21 m).[4]
El Cerrito is bordered by Albany and Kensington to the south, the Richmond annex to the west, East Richmond Heights to the north, and Wildcat Canyon Regional Park to the east. Local landmark Albany Hill is in Albany, just across the border with El Cerrito. (El Cerrito—Spanish, "the little hill" -- takes its name from Albany Hill.)[citation needed] The Hayward Fault runs through El Cerrito. In addition, El Cerrito is within 150 meters (500 ft) of Berkeley to the southeast.
El Cerrito is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the University of California Berkeley campus and it has two BART (Bay Area rapid transit) stations: El Cerrito del Norte and El Cerrito Plaza.
Transportation
El Cerrito has a public bus network provided by AC Transit including local bus lines that connect neighborhoods with shopping and BART. Other services include transbay buses to the San Francisco Transbay Terminal, Owl service from del Norte to Richmond, North Richmond, San Pablo, and Pinole. School service to area high schools of the West Contra Costa Unified School District and an All nighter route that flanks the Richmond-Millbrae line. The El Cerrito del Norte BART station is in such disarray according to some that the community started a "friends of organization" to promote it.[clarification needed] The Friends of del Norte is a community group dedicated to improving the quality of life around the del Norte station and for residents of El Cerrito and Richmond. They propose BART be extended north to Hercules to ameliorate traffic.[5] FAST, Golden Gate Transit, Vallejo Transit, Napa VINE, and WestCat provide feeder service to the del Norte station from the North Bay and other points in Contra Costa County.
Places
San Pablo Avenue stretches the length of El Cerrito and is the primary commercial and retail corridor of the city. El Cerrito is best known[citation needed] for El Cerrito Plaza, a large automobile-oriented shopping center origially built as a regional mall in the 1950s, and for the Cerrito Theater, a restored two-screen movie theater that is known for offering beer, wine, and a full dining menu. The shopping center is surrounded by other commercial and retail businesses along San Pablo Avenue and Fairmount Avenue respectively, including fast food and an ACE Hardware store. The Guitar Center, also located on San Pablo Avenue, is well known among the Bay Area music scene.[6]
El Cerrito city parks include both recreation/sports parks as well as undeveloped nature areas. Most notable are the 80-acre (320,000 m2) Hillside Natural Area open space, Huber Park (Terrace Drive), Cerrito Vista Park (Moeser Lane and Pomona Avenue), and Arlington Park (Arlington Boulevard), Tassajara Park (Tassajara Avenue and Barrett Avenue), Poinsett Park (Poinsett Avenue), and the Canyon Trail Park and Art Center (Gatto Avenue). The City is home to a 2.6-mile (4.2 km) segment of the Ohlone Greenway (named after the Native American Ohlone people), a trail that runs the length of the City along the BART right-of-way and is popular with walkers, runners, and bicyclists.
The city is home to Playland-Not-At-The-Beach, a popular museum.
Demographics
2010
The 2010 United States Census[7] reported that El Cerrito had a population of 5,100. The population density was 1,836.1 people per square mile (708.9/km²). The racial makeup of El Cerrito was 3,542 (69.5%) White, 91 (1.8%) African American, 54 (1.1%) Native American, 95 (1.9%) Asian, 11 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 1,122 (22.0%) from other races, and 185 (3.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2,657 persons (52.1%).
The Census reported that 5,088 people (99.8% of the population) lived in households, 12 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,386 households, out of which 648 (46.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 937 (67.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 153 (11.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 97 (7.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 71 (5.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 13 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 126 households (9.1%) were made up of individuals and 50 (3.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.67. There were 1,187 families (85.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.82.
The population was spread out with 1,380 people (27.1%) under the age of 18, 548 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 1,274 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 1,387 people (27.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 511 people (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.7 years. For every 100 females there were 109.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males.
There were 1,449 housing units at an average density of 521.7 per square mile (201.4/km²), of which 1,099 (79.3%) were owner-occupied, and 287 (20.7%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%. 3,991 people (78.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 1,097 people (21.5%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 23,171 people, 10,208 households, and 5,971 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,356.5 people per square mile (2,451.1/km²). There were 10,462 housing units at an average density of 2,870.1 per square mile (1,106.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city in 2010 was 48.3% non-Hispanic White, 7.5% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 27.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.5% from other races, and 5.0% from two or more races. 11.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 10,208 households out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.4% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.5% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the city the population was spread out with 15.9% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $57,253, and the median income for a family was $69,397 (these figures had risen to $77,650 and $97,488 respectively as of a 2007 estimate[8]). Males had a median income of $50,316 versus $40,866 for females. The per capita income for the city was $32,593. About 3.5% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.
At home the percentages of the languages residents speak are English 70.47%, Spanish 6.26%, Chinese 5.96%, Japanese 2.70%, Mandarin 1.80%, Cantonese 1.57%, Persian 1.43%, Tagalog 1.30%, Korean 1.08%, French 0.90%, German 0.83%, Formosan 0.73%, Italian 0.66%, Vietnamese 0.57%, Urdu 0.50%, and 3.23% of people spoke some other language which represented less than 0.50% of the population.[9]
Economy
Nation's Giant Hamburgers is based in El Cerrito.
Education
Primary and secondary schools
El Cerrito is in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, a multi-city district that operates three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school in the city:
- Castro Elementary School (permanently closed; planned site of new middle school campus)
- Fairmont Elementary School
- Harding Elementary School
- Madera Elementary School
- Portola Junior High School
- El Cerrito High School
El Cerrito is also home to private elementary and middle schools:
- Keystone Montessori School
- Montessori Community School
- Prospect Sierra School
- St. Jerome Catholic School
- St. John The Baptist
- Tehiyah Day School
- Windrush School
Public libraries
There is a branch of the Contra Costa County Library system in El Cerrito.[10]
Notable residents
- John Fogerty, and Tom Fogerty, musicians from the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, grew up in El Cerrito. The band reunited to play their last concert at an El Cerrito High School reunion at Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
- The Bay Area tenure of Metallica started out in El Cerrito.
- Drew Gooden, Milwaukee Bucks forward, attended El Cerrito High School; during his tenure, the basketball team went to and lost the state basketball final.
- Thomas Pridgen, former drummer for the band The Mars Volta.
- Catherine Asaro, science-fiction author, grew up in El Cerrito.
- Les Blank, documentary filmmaker (born 1935)
- Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie records.
- Larissa Kelly, all-time female Jeopardy! champion
- Matt Young, former American Major League baseball player
- Ernie Broglio, former major league baseball player
- Pumpsie Green, first African American to play for the Boston Red Sox
- John C. Dvorak, technology journalist
- Tung-Yen Lin, structural engineer who founded T. Y. Lin International
- Adam Sessler, co-host of X-Play on G4.
Notes
- ^ U.S. Census
- ^ a b Contra Costa/Alameda County Line, Mervin Belfils/El Cerrito Historical Society, October 1975/June 2006, retrieved 2007-08-01
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 628. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: El Cerrito, California
- ^ Traffic. Friends of El Cerrito del Norte. Troy McCormick. 03-06-2011.
- ^ Guitar Center
- ^ Template:USCensus-2010CA
- ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=16000US0618100&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US06%7C16000US0618100&_street=&_county=el+cerrito&_cityTown=el+cerrito&_state=04000US06&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=
- ^ El Cerrito entry, MLA Data Center, retrieved October 21, 2007
- ^ "El Cerrito Library." Contra Costa County Library. Retrieved on April 1, 2010.