What you've heard
about South Central...
And what you haven't...
South Central is home to many low income Black and Latinx Americans...
...due to systemic racism and housing discrimination.
Black people make up 9% of LA County’s general population...
...yet they make up 40% of LA County’s homeless population. Out of this percentage, 68% of Black homeless people are in South LA.
Latinx people make up approximately 48% of LA County’s total population...
...but they make up 32.5% of LA County’s homeless population.
