Antelope Valley Region Population Trends by City and Area

             
Average Annual Rate of Percentage Increase
       
  April 1, January 1, April 1, January 1, January 1, January 1, 1980 - 1986 - 1990 - 1993 - 1997 -
Antelope Valley Location 1980 1986 1990 1993 1997 2000 1986 1990 1993 1997 2000
East Kern County 28,598 29,390 39,058 41,938 47,951 60,375 0.48 6.92 2.62 3.41 7.98
Southeastern Kern Area 24,508 25,120 32,876 35,363 41,451 47,757 0.43 6.54 2.69 4.05 4.83
City of Tehachapi 4,090 4,270 6,182 6,575 6,500 12,618 0.75 9.10 2.27 -0.29 24.75
                       
Unincorporated Los Angeles County 44,687 57,660 74,434 76,765 77,740 78,350 4.53 6.19 1.13 0.32 0.26
                       
City of Lancaster 48,027 60,870 97,291 107,700 123,200 132,400 4.21 11.67 3.77 3.42 2.43
                       
City of Palmdale 1,227 23,556 68,842 89,700 114,900 122,400 12.00 28.70 10.10 6.39 2.13
                       
Total Antelope Valley 133,589 171,476 279,625 316,103 363,791 393,525 4.44 12.19 4.56 3.58 2.65
                       
Los Angeles County 7,477,503 8,246,200 8,863,164 9,158,400 9,488,200 9,884,300 1.72 1.71 1.25 0.89 1.37
Kern County 403,089 486,500 543,477 603,000 628,200 658,900 3.33 2.64 3.85 1.03 1.60
Antelope Valley as a Percent of Kern and Los Angeles Counties Combined: 1.70 1.96 2.97 3.24 3.60 3.73 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
 
Note:
January 1997 estimate of population within the Unincorporated Los Angeles County area of Antelope Valley has been revised based on current Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation estimates for the corresponding year 2000 population and reported resid
 
Sources:                      
Kern Council of Governments - All periods; County of Los Angeles, Department of Regional Planning, Research Division - 1980 to 1993; State of California Department of Finance, Population Research Unit - All periods; Bureau of the Census; Census of Populat