Manchester Square is a neighborhood in

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, within the

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region.

Geography

By City Council action of October 2001 (C.F. #01-1874), Manchester Square was officially designated as being bounded by the following streets: West

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on the north, South

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Avenue on the east, West

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on the south and South Western Avenue on the west. The City Council expanded the neighborhood on February 26, 2002, to include the following area: West 83rd Street on the north, South Vermont Avenue on the east, Manchester Avenue on the south and Normandie Avenue on the west. The Department of Transportation was instructed to install signage at the following intersections: Western Avenue at 85th Street, Normandie Avenue at 73rd Street, Florence Avenue at Hobart Boulevard Manchester Avenue at Normandie Avenue, 83rd Street at South Normandie Avenue and westbound Manchester Avenue at South Normandie Avenue. According to the ''

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project, Manchester Square is bounded by Florence Avenue on the north, Normandie Avenue on the east, Manchester Boulevard on the south and South Van Ness Avenue on the west. It is flanked by Chesterfield Square and Harvard Park on the north,

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on the east,

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on the south and

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and Hyde Park on the west.

Demographics

The following data applies to Manchester Square within the boundaries set by Mapping L.A.: A total of 11,594 people lived in Manchester Square's 1.01 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 11,448 people per square mile, about the same as the

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in the city as a whole. The median age was 34, about the same as the rest of the city. The percentages of residents aged 11 to 18 and 65 and above were among the county's highest. Within the neighborhood,

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made up 78.6% of the population, with

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at 19.2%,

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1.7%, Asian 0.3% and other 0.3%. These figures placed Manchester Square as the fourth-blackest community in

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. Mexico and Guatemala were the most common places of birth for the 13.2% of the residents who were born abroad, considered a low percentage of foreign-born when compared with the city or county as a whole. The $46,093 median household income in 2008 dollars was considered average for the city but low for the county. The percentage of households earning $20,000 or less was high, compared to the county at large. The average household size of 2.7 people was average for both the city and the county. Renters occupied 43% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest. In 2000, there were 743 families headed by single parents, or 25.6%, a rate that was high for the county and the city. There were 846 veterans, or 10.5% of the population, considered high when compared with the city overall. The percentages of veterans who served in World War II, Korea or Vietnam was among the county's highest. Manchester Square residents with a four-year degree amounted to 11.7% of the population aged 25 and older in 2000, which was a low figure when compared with the city and the county at large; nevertheless, the percentage of those residents with a high school diploma and some college was high for the county.

Education

There is one school between Van Ness and Western avenues, outside the boundaries set by the City of Los Angeles, but within those of

* Seventy-Fourth Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 2112 West 74th Street

Parks and Recreation

* Circle Park is located at 76th St. and South Gramercy Place.

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