As of the
census 30.36%
African American, 0.51%
Native American, 1.61%
Asian, 0.23%
Pacific Islander, 10.09% from
other races, and 13.68% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 24.63% of the population. There were 1,399 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.0% were
married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.5% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 13.6% from 18 to 24, 44.2% from 25 to 44, 14.1% from 45 to 64, and 4.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 120.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 125.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $23,646, and the median income for a family was $23,365. Males had a median income of $21,660 versus $16,202 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $11,862. About 28.6% of families and 30.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 44.6% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000,
English as a
first language accounted for 32.49% of all residents, while
Spanish accounted for 28.79%,
French Creole made up 20.22%,
Portuguese was at 17.11%, and
French was the
mother tongue of 1.38% of the population. ==References==