Date of Incorporation: May 14, 1888
Compton was the 7th City to be incorporated in Los Angeles County. The original town was comprised of 2,250 acres.
Elevation: 60-75 Feet Above Sea Level
Geographic Area: 10.2 square miles (6,514 acres) General Plan Update December 3, 1991
Population:
United States Census
|
2000
|
93,493 |
|---|---|
|
1990
|
90,454 |
|
1980
|
81,286 |
|
1970
|
78,611 |
|
1960
|
71,816 |
|
1950
|
47,991 |
|
1940
|
16,198 |
|
1930
|
12,516 |
|
1920
|
1,478 |
|
1910
|
992 |
State Department of Finance Estimates
|
1970
|
78,547 |
|---|---|
|
1971
|
77,900 |
|
1972
|
77,000 |
|
1973
|
76,200 |
|
1974
|
75,000 |
|
1975
|
73,800 |
|
1976
|
73,600 |
|
1977
|
75,000 |
|
1978
|
74,860 |
|
1979
|
78,913 |
|
1980
|
81,877 |
|
1981
|
83,601 |
|
1982
|
84,581 |
|
1983
|
85,705 |
|
1984
|
87,045 |
|
1985
|
88,239 |
|
1986
|
90,258 |
|---|---|
|
1987
|
92,799 |
|
1988
|
93,070 |
|
1989
|
93,007 |
|
1990
|
93,352 |
|
1991
|
90,900 |
|
1992
|
91,700 |
|
1993
|
91,413 |
|
1994
|
91,609 |
|
1995
|
91,128 |
|
1996
|
93,268 |
|
1997
|
94,487 |
|
1998
|
95,452 |
|
1999
|
96,847 |
|
2000
|
95,381 |
|
2001
|
94,579 |
|
2002
|
95,926 |
* The population figures for 2000 and 2001 includes a readjustment by the State Department of Finance using the 2000 United States decennial census as the benchmark for the estimates.
| Year | Total | Black | Hispanic | White |
Pacific Islander |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 93,493 |
37,263 40.0% |
53,143 56.8% |
954 1.0% |
953 1.0% |
1,180 1.3% |
| 1990 | 90.454 |
48,570 53.7% |
38,316 42.4% |
1,613 1.8% |
1,186 1.3% |
751 0.8% |
|
Land Use
|
Acres | Percent |
|---|
|
Residential
|
|---|
|
Low Density (0-8 du/acre)
|
2,417 | 37% |
|---|---|---|
|
Medium Density (8.1 – 17 du/acre)
|
155 | 2% |
|
High Density (17.1 – 34 du/acre)
|
61
|
0.1%
|
|
Total
|
2,633
|
39% |
|
Commercial
|
|---|
|
General
|
362 | 6% |
|---|---|---|
|
Office
|
11 | 0.1% |
|
Total
|
373 | 7.0% |
|
Industrial
|
1,165 | 18% |
|---|---|---|
|
Public/Quasi Public
|
707 | 11% |
|
Open Space
|
95 | 1% |
|
Vacant
|
195 | 3% |
|
Transportation
|
1,346 | 21% |
|
Total
|
6,514 | 100% |
