District Profile

California's 38th District

Santa Fe Springs, CA

California's 38th District is located in the southern portion of the state and includes part of Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Population: 714,100

Major Cities: 

• Artesia
• Bellflower
• Cerritos
• Hawaiian Gardens
• La Mirada
• La Palma
• Lakewood
• Montebello
• Norwalk
• Pico Rivera
• Santa Fe Springs
• South El Monte
• Whittier

Demographics: 

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• Gender: 
• 50.9% Female, 49.1% Male
• Ethnicity: 
• 61.2% Hispanic
• 18.9% White
• 14.5% Asian
• 3.6% Black
• 1.8% Other
• Unemployment: 
• 10.3% (5.4% higher than national unemployment rate)
• (Eurostat, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Median Household Income:
•  $59,781 (higher than national median household income: $56,516)
• (Census Bureau)
• High School Graduation Rate
• 76.6% (lower than national high school graduation rate: 82%)
• (NCES)
• College Graduation Rate
• 20.9% (lower than national college graduation rate: 39.8%) 
• (NCES)

Industries: 

• Healthcare: 11.6% of pop. employed in healthcare 
• Manufacturing: 10.9%
• Retail: 10.6%
• Education: 9%
• Professional: 7.8%
• Fun Fact:
• Cerritos (Spanish for little hill) was formerly known as Dairy Valley because of the preponderance of dairy farms in the area

Party Affiliation: 

• District 38
• Registration
• Democrat: 49.80% 
• Republican: 22.18% 
• Independent: 2.21% 
• Green: 0.32%
• 2016 United States Representative
• Linda Sanchez (Dem): 70.5%
• Ryan Downing (Rep): 29.5%
• California
• Registration 
• Democrat: 44.9%
• Republican: 26.0% 
• 2016 Presidential Race
• Clinton: 61.7%
• Trump: 31.6%