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<br />5 I City of Redwood City <br /> <br />Needs Assessment <br /> <br />Race / Ethniclty <br /> <br />ThC' City of Red\\'oocl City is becoming more cult.urally CfiWfSP, <br />In I noo, 82,0% of l.he population was white. In 2000. while <br />l'esiden1.S 1'(~pl'esenLcd G9,2% of the population, The pl'imary <br />growth has been in the Hispanic population which fPrH'eS(>nts <br />:31.1% (2:~.4n()} ofthe population. In 2000, the Asian <br />population represented n,7% (7,328) of the total population. <br />OVPf tile next eight years. the Asian population inCfeasf'd to <br />14.0, % (10,882) of the tot.al population. <br /> <br />Impact on Parks and Recreation: <br /> <br />Social science res(~arch indicat.es that sonl(' racial and ethnic <br />~/'IJUpS have recreational interests that are specific to I,heir <br />cult,ures, As Redwood City becomes mOfp. culturally diverse if <br />is important to recognize and rpSpfct the cultufal differences <br />of the population an<J s(~rve their (liwrse int.erests and n(~t'(js. <br /> <br />Income <br /> <br />'1'11(' median household income in Redwood City is $82.103. <br />While lower than San ~lC1t.eo County ($HH.74;;), it, is <br />apPI'oximately 43% higher than the median household income <br />in California of $5 i,:Wu. The population helow poverty le\!(>1 <br />In Reclwoo(i City is the same as San .\Iateo County at. :).8% <br />(-t34H ana 40Ji92 respectively), This is significanlly lower <br />than the Slate at 13, D%. <br /> <br />Impact on Parks and Recreation: <br /> <br />Thosl'. with higher incomes typically have access to higher <br />discretionary Incomes indicating an ability of the populat.ion <br />to pay for services. Children from higher income families <br />are more likely to participate in many different activities <br />including before/after school programs, summer camps. <br />school extracurricular activilies. and sports and <br />rf'crea l.ion programs, <br /> <br />T H f <br /> <br />SPOrts Management <br />II- "G R 0 U p <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />7A <br />Page 11 <br /> <br />Figure 6 Race / Elhnlcity 'H"lIf /. '" /I..' ',', '/.' '- \,'11 <br /> <br />0.5% <br /> <br />14% <br /> <br /> <br />69.2% <br /> <br />. White <br />Other <br />. Asian <br /> <br />. Hispanic <br />. African American <br />. Native American <br /> <br />Figure 7 N,pd,un IncolTle ,";,,/1/1/' '" u'., ,/(,1,/ \"" <br /> <br />$100.000 <br /> <br />$97,285 <br />$91,942 <br /> <br />$75,000 <br /> <br /> <br />$50.000 <br /> <br />$25,000 <br /> <br />$0 <br /> <br />2007 <br />. City of Redwood Oty <br /> <br />2012 <br />San Mateo County . California <br />