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Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles and Mar Vista on the east, and Venice on the south.
As of the 2005 census, the city had a population of 96,500, but an early 2006 estimate has the population at 103,255. Santa Monica is named for Saint Monica of Hippo because the area on which the city is now located was first visited by Spaniards on her feast day. In the skateboard and surfing communities, Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood and adjacent parts of Venice are sometimes called Dogtown. Santa Monica is sometimes referred to with the colloquial abbreviation "SaMo," a precursor to similar terms such as NoHo and WeHo.
Because of its agreeable weather, Santa Monica had become a famed resort town by the early 20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the revitalization of its downtown core with significant job growth and increased tourism.
History
The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome (carousel) is a National Historic Landmark. It sits on the Santa Monica Pier, which was built in 1909. The La Monica Ballroom on the pier was once the largest ballroom in the US, and the source for many New Year's Eve national network broadcasts. The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was an important music venue for several decades and hosted the Academy Awards in the 1960s. McCabe's Guitar Shop is still a leading acoustic performance space, as well as retail outlet. Bergamot Station is a city-owned art gallery compound that includes the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The city is also home to the Santa Monica Heritage Museum.
Santa Monica is also the home of the Third Street Promenade, a major outdoor pedestrian-oriented shopping district that stretches for three blocks between Wilshire Blvd. and Broadway Blvd. Third Street has been closed for those three blocks and converted to a pedestrians-only stretch to allow people to congregate, shop and enjoy street performers.
The oldest movie theater in the city is the Majestic. Also known as the Mayfair Theatre, the theater which opened in 1912 has been closed since the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Aero Theater (now operated by the American Cinematheque) and Criterion Theater were built in the 1930s and still show movies. The Santa Monica Promenade alone supports more than a dozen movie screens.
Palisades Park stretches out along the crumbling bluffs overlooking the Pacific and is a favorite walking area to view the ocean. It features a camera obscura. For 48 years local churches and the Police Association assembled a 12-tableau story of Christmas in Palisades Park. The sheds were open on the street side, protected by chain-link fencing. Inside were dioramas of the Holy Family made from store mannequins; critics argued that many of them did not resemble real people, were damaged, or were otherwise inappropriate. In 2001 the city decided to temporarily end the practice of allowing private groups to place displays in city parks, but in 2004 the Christmas displays returned.
Santa Monica is known for having a large population of British and Irish expatriates, which accounts for the numerous pubs in the city. Some bars are as likely to show English Premiership games as they are American football games.
Natives and tourists alike have enjoyed the Santa Monica Rugby Club since 1972. The club has been very successful since its conception, most recently winning back-to-back national championships in 2005 and 2006. Santa Monica defeated the Boston Irish Wolfhounds 57-19 in the Division 1 final, convincingly claiming its second consecutive American title on June 4, 2006, in San Diego. They offer Men's, Women's and a thriving children's programs. The club recently joined the Rugby Super League.
Every fall the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce hosts The Taste of Santa Monica on the Santa Monica Pier. Visitors can sample food and drinks from Santa Monica restaurants.
Santa Monica is an international mecca for skateboarding culture.
Its two hospitals are Saint Johns and the Santa Monica Medical Center. Its cemetery is Woodlawn Memorial.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 84,084 people, 44,497 households, and 16,775 families in the city. The population density is 3,930.4/km² (10,178.7/mi²). There are 47,863 housing units at an average density of 2,237.3/km² (5,794.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 78.29% White, 7.25% Asian, 3.78% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 5.97% from other races, and 4.13% from two or more races. 13.44% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any racce. There are 44,497 households, out of which 15.8% have children under the age of 18, 27.5% are married couples living together, 7.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 62.3% are non-families. 51.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.83 and the average family size is 2.80.
The city of Santa Monica is consistently among the most educated cities in the United States, as measured by the number of residents with graduate degrees, although this status is declining as gentrification continues.
The population is diverse in age, with 14.6% under 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 40.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% 65 years or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females, there are 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $50,714, and the median income for a family is $75,989. Males have a median income of $55,689 versus $42,948 for females. The per capita income for the city is $42,874. 10.4% of the population and 5.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.9% of those under the age of 18 and 10.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | Tree | ||
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1 | Middel, Alberdina Wilhelmina | Tuesday 09 February 1915 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I356534 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
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Last Name, Given Name(s) | Death | Person ID | Tree | ||
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1 | Barron, Mary-Adelaide | Sunday 20 November 1966 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I671167 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
2 | Beedle, William Franklin | Monday 16 November 1981 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I258209 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
3 | Blondell, Joan | Tuesday 25 December 1979 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I671299 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
4 | Fawcett, Ferrah Leni | Thursday 25 June 2009 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I685692 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
5 | Goldsmith, George Alexander | Saturday 02 February 1957 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I322174 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
6 | Grable, Elizabeth Ruth | Monday 02 July 1973 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I684616 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
7 | Graham, Robert | Saturday 27 December 2008 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I681380 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
8 | Haley, John Joseph | Saturday 21 April 2001 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I691177 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
9 | Hilton, Conrad Nicholson | Wednesday 03 January 1979 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I671165 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
10 | Johnstone, Justine | Friday 03 September 1982 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I739694 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
11 | Maxwell, Margaret Lovina | Monday 20 January 1941 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I451894 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
12 | Phillips, Mary | Tuesday 22 April 1975 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I192233 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
13 | Shakman, Amalia S. | Sunday 15 September 1957 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I322177 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
14 | Shean, George Royal | Wednesday 22 August 1973 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I447877 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
15 | Smith, Gladys Marie | Tuesday 29 May 1979 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I684478 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
16 | Ullman, Douglas Elton Thomas | Tuesday 12 December 1939 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I684468 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
17 | Ulman, Douglas Elton | Tuesday 12 December 1939 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I670950 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
18 | Willat, Irvin | Saturday 17 April 1976 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I673716 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
19 | van Zimmer, Roland | Monday 31 March 1952 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | I670705 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
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Family | Marriage | Family ID | Tree | ||
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1 | Witmer / Thompson | Friday 31 March 1944 | Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA | F175325 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
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