People QuickFacts San Fernando California Population, 2011 estimate 23,818 37,683,933 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 23,645 37,253,956 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.7% 1.2% Population, 2010 23,645 37,253,956 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.0% 6.8% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 29.4% 25.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.4% 11.4% Female persons, percent, 2010 49.8% 50.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 51.0% 57.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.9% 6.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.3% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.0% 13.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.4% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.7% 4.9% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 92.5% 37.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 5.3% 40.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.4% 84.2% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 36.3% 27.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 78.2% 43.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 52.1% 80.8% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 8.8% 30.2% Veterans, 2007-2011 465 1,997,566 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.7 27.0  Housing units, 2010 6,291 13,680,081 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 53.9% 56.7% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 18.5% 30.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $333,400 $421,600 Households, 2007-2011 6,208 12,433,172 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.79 2.91 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $16,211 $29,634 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,021 $61,632 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.9% 14.4%     Business QuickFacts San Fernando California Total number of firms, 2007 1,833 3,425,510 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 4.0% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 1.3% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 14.9% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.3% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 59.0% 16.5% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 840,397 491,372,092 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 330,520 598,456,486 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 635,246 455,032,270 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $27,077 $12,561 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 50,008 80,852,787     Geography QuickFacts San Fernando California Land area in square miles, 2010 2.37 155,779.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 9,960.0 239.1 FIPS Code 66140 06 Counties Los Angeles County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts