Compton Saw Rapid Demographic Shifts After Racial Covenants Were Ruled Unenforceable

Percentage of white residents in Los Angeles County cities between 1940 and 1970.


Hover to see changes in individual cities over time.

Notes: Includes all cities in Los Angeles County with a population of 2,500 or greater in the 1940 census. All city boundaries, populations and definitions of "white" are relative to the year.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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