Gardena City, California Statistics and Demographics (US Census 2000)
	Number	Percent
Gardena Population:	57746	100.00%
Sex and Age
Male	28143	48.74%
Female	29603	51.26%
Under 5 years	4348	7.53%
5 to 9 years	4587	7.94%
10 to 14 years	3936	6.82%
15 to 19 years	3443	5.96%
20 to 24 years	3603	6.24%
25 to 34 years	9501	16.45%
35 to 44 years	9132	15.81%
45 to 54 years	6950	12.04%
55 to 59 years	2719	4.71%
60 to 64 years	2381	4.12%
65 to 74 years	4023	6.97%
75 to 84 years	2436	4.22%
85 years and over	687	1.19%
Median age (years)	34.4
18 years and over	42832	74.17%
Male	20454	35.42%
Female	22378	38.75%
21 years and over	40742	70.55%
62 years and over	8525	14.76%
65 years and over	7146	12.37%
Male	3063	5.3%
Female	4083	7.07%
Race
One race	54829	94.95%
White	13755	23.82%
Black or African American	15010	25.99%
American Indian and Alaska Native	367	0.64%
Asian	15489	26.82%
Asian indian	192	0.33%
Chinese	941	1.63%
Filipino	1916	3.32%
Japanese	6712	11.62%
Korean	3588	6.21%
Vietnamese	1401	2.43%
Other Asian	739	1.28%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	424	0.73%
Native Hawaiian	143	0.25%
Guamanian or Chamorro	21	0.04%
Samoan	209	0.36%
Other Pacific Islander	51	0.09%
Some other race	9784	16.94%
Two or more races	2917	3.0 %
Hispanic or Latino and race
Total Population	57746	100.00%
Hispanic or Latino(of any race)	18372	31.82%
Mexican	13133	22.74%
Puerto Rican	401	0.69%
Cuban	196	0.34%
Other Hispanic or Latino	4642	8.04%
Not Hispanic or Latino	39374	68.18%
White alone	7064	12.23%
Relationship
Total Population	57746	100.00%
In households	56942	98.61%
Householder	20324	35.2%
Spouse	9038	15.65%
Child	18138	31.41%
Own child under 18 years	12586	21.8%
Other relatives	6166	10.68%
Under 18 years	1937	3.35%
Nonrelatives	3276	5.67%
Unmarried partner	1102	1.91%
In group quarters	804	3.6 %
Institutionalized population	556	0.96%
Noninstitutionalized population	248	0.43%
Households by Type
Total Households	20324	100.0 %
Family households (families)	14031	69.04%
With own children under 18 years	6809	33.5%
Married-couple family	9038	44.47%
With own children under 18 years	4312	21.22%
Female householder, no husband present	3670	18.06%
With own children under 18 years	1983	9.76%
NonFamily households	6293	36.8 %
Householder living alone	5191	25.54%
Householder 65 years and over	1676	8.25%
Households with individuals under 18 years	7777	38.27%
Households with individuals 65 years and over	5042	24.81%
Average Household size	2.8
Average family size	3.38
Housing Occupancy
Total housing units	21041	100.00%
Occupied housing units	20324	96.59%
Vacant housing units	717	3.41%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	44	0.21%
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.2
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	3.3
Housing Tenure
Occupied housing units	20324	100.00%
Owner-occupied housing units.	9617	47.32%
Renter-occupied housing units.	10707	52.68%
Average household size of owner-occupied units	2.85
Average household size of renter-occupied units	2.76