Some
Interesting Facts:
Populations
whose income is over $40,000 have access to 102.9 acres per
1000 people within quarter mile buffer. (USC Sustainable Cities/GIS
Study, 2002)
Population
whose income is under $20,000 have access to 1.6 acres per
1000 people within quarter mile buffer. (USC Sustainable Cities/GIS
Study, 2002)
San
Pedro, with a below-average poverty rate but high share of
young people, had a rate of park acres per 1,000 people living
within a mile from a park that was only a third of the cityís
average rate, and 3.7 park acres per 1,000 population. This
area received $1.4 million ‚ or $23.37 per young person, just
under the city average. (USC Sustainable Cities/GIS Study,
2002)
Los
Angeles City offers 9.1 acres of parkland per 1000 residents.
(Trust for Public Land Study, 2004)
33%
of children in Los Angeles County live within one-quarter mile
of a park. (Trust for Public Land Study, 2004)
Predominately
White areas of Los Angeles have access to 140.7 acres of parkland
per 1000 people within a quarter mile buffer zone. (Largely
because of their proximity to the Santa Monica Mountains.)
(USC Sustainable Cities/GIS Study, 2002)
Predominately
Latino areas of Los Angeles have access to 1.9 acres of parkland
per 1000 people within a quarter mile buffer zone. (USC Sustainable
Cities/GIS Study, 2002)
Predominately
Asian/Pacific Islander areas of Los Angeles have access to
.7 acres of parkland per 1000 people within a quarter mile
buffer zone. (USC Sustainable Cities/GIS Study, 2002)
Predominately
African-american areas of Los Angeles have access to 5 acres
of parkland per 1000 people within a quarter mile buffer zone.
(USC Sustainable Cities/GIS Study, 2002)
