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Teens charged as adults in slaying of Wilson High honors student

Two 16-year-olds were charged as adults this morning in the shooting of a Long Beach honors student last week after a Wilson High School football game. ......

Reward For Info About Shooting Increases To 20000

by Ryan zummallen Long Beach News 11.03.09 A reward of 20000 is being offered to anyone with information regarding the weekend shooting that killed ......

Student at Long Beach's Wilson High fatally shot after homecoming game

Honors student Melody Ross, 16, was killed and two others wounded in Friday's gunfire. Friends and family gather at a makeshift memorial near campus to...

Getting To Know: Lakewood QB Jesse Scroggins

The popular Lakewood High School senior is arguably the best quarterback on the most prolific team in the Long ......

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Long Beach, CA Demographics

Long Beach, California Population (2007) :466520
Population (2000 census)461522
2006 Data:
Long Beach, CA average commute time30.14 minutes
Bicycle commuters0.49%
Walking commuters:2.54%
Residents that work at home:4.09%
Long Beach, CA general demographics:
Population (2006 estimate)466718
Male:49.62%
Female:50.38%
White alone41.31%
Black or African American alone13.92%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.26%
Asian alone13.30%
Some other race alone27.12%
Two or more races:3.31%
Hispanic or Latino39.85%
U.S. citizen, born in the United States72.35%
U.S. citizen, born abroad of American parent(s)0.81%
U.S. citizen by naturalization10.12%
Not a U.S. citizen16.39%
Children under the age of 57.56%
2000 Data:
Median household income in 199937270
Per capita income in 199919040
Median year structure built1957
Median gross rent639
Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 199928.1
Median Value of Owner Occupied Houses198600
Median real estate taxes1436
Racial breakdown
Hispanic or Latino:35.74
Hispanic or Latino:35.74
White alone33.16
White alone33.16
Black or African American alone14.46
Black or African American alone14.46
Asian alone11.80
Asian alone11.80
Two or more races3.15
Two or more races3.15
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone1.09
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone1.09
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.40
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.40
Some other race alone0.17
Some other race alone0.17