Understanding the Riots Part 4 : Seeing Ourselves : Who We Are: Los Angeles by the Numbers : TAKEOUT

Libraries: 230

Video stores: 843

Gas stations: 2,680

Bookstores: 725

Liquor stores or groceries licensed to sell beer, wine, spirits: 3,563

CHARITY WORK

Average amount contributed to charity per year (not including church donations):

L.A. County: $292

Nation: $297

FUN AND FITNESS

Percentage of L.A. County residents who:

Attended a movie in last 3 months: 63%

Belong to a health or fitness club: 15.7%

Purchased athletic shoes in the last 12 months: 54%

(median amount spent on shoes: $78)

GANGSTERS

Gangs in L.A. County: 1,000

Estimated membership: 100,000

Gang-related killings in 1991: 700

Gang-related killings in 1985: 328

Number of city and county youth facilities: 214

POLICE PRESENCE

Ratio of residents to police officers:

L.A.: 432-1

London: 377-1

Cairo: 220-1

Moscow: 132-1

MURDER RATES

Murders per 100,000 people:

L.A.: 12

London: 2

Cairo: 56

Moscow: 7

FUN IN THE SUN

Daily attendance at beaches in height of summer: 700,000

Annual number of surf rescues: 6,008

Annual number of resuscitations: 586

FUN ON THE FREEWAYS

Mean commute for workers 16 and over, in L.A. County: 26 minutes

Average distance: 15.5 miles

Miles of freeways in L.A. County: 510

ODD JOBS

Number of professional:

Hypnotists: 150

Square dance callers: 35

Elvis impersonators: 7

TALKING IN CLASS

Languages spoken in Los Angeles Unified School District: 90

AIDS CASES

Total number of AIDS cases reported to county officials as of:

March 31, 1987: 2,965

March 31, 1992: 14,887

THROUGH THE ROOF

Median home value:

1990: $226,400

1980: $101,000

L.A. County residents who own their home or condo: 53%

AIR QUALITY

Number of days in which ozone levels in L.A. Basin exceeded U.S. standards:

1982: 149

1991: 130

Tons of pollutants added daily (average):

1979: 11,315

1987: 10,554

WHAT WE DO

Pediatricians in county: 2,061

Lawyers: 22,000 (L.A. County Bar Assn.)

Plastic surgeons: 220

Actors: 62,181

WHERE WE GO

Busiest intersection: East L.A. interchange (Junction of the Golden State, Santa Ana, Santa Monica and Pomona freeways)

Daily usage: 563,000 vehicles

On-ramps in L.A. County: 1,050

MEDIAN AGE

L.A. County: 30.8

Females: 32.0

Males: 29.8

PLANE FACTS

Takeoffs and landings at LAX in:

1980: 534,414

1990: 668,816

MEDIAN ANNUAL FAMILY INCOME

$34,965

Percent living below the poverty line:

Anglos: 11%

Asians: 13%

Blacks: 21%

Latinos: 23%

NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS

Number of county residents born in:

California: 3,608,528

Midwest: 761,096

South: 681, 068

Northeast: 510,828

West: 304,924

Foreign countries: 2,895,066

SINGLE FILE

Number of single men in L.A. County: 976,169 (35%)

Number of single women in L.A. County: 785,270 (26%)

Annual number of marriages: 66,000

Annual number of divorces: 38,000

WHEELING AND DEALING

Percentage of adults in L.A. County who live in a household that has bought a new car in the last five years: 55%

Cellular phones in L.A.: 400,000

OTHER ROUTES

Use of car pools or public transportation nationwide in last 10 years:

Nationwide: Down 33%

Southern California: Up 30%

Average number of trips per day per person in L.A. County: 3