People in Duarte California, United States
As of the census of 2000, there are 21,486 people, 6,635 households, and 4,889 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,241.9/km² (3,215.7/mi²). There are 6,805 housing units at an average density of 393.3/km² (1,018.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 52.02% White, 9.08% Black or African American, 0.94% Native American, 12.62% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 19.99% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races, while 43.41% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 6,635 households out of which 38.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% are married couples living together, 13.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% are non-families. 21.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.16 and the average family size is 3.70.
In the city the population is spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $50,744, and the median income for a family is $56,556. Males have a median income of $39,812 versus $33,045 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,648. 11.3% of the population and 8.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 13.3% of those under the age of 18 and 10.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Notable residents
- T.K. Carter, actor
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- Born in nearby Monrovia; lived and grew up in Brabury; but attended Duarte High School
- Andrew and Peggy Cherng, founders of Panda Express
- Francisco Martinez Flores, one of the first Marines killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom; the Duarte Post Office is now named after him.
- Garrett K. Gomez, famous American thoroughbred jockey, 3000+ wins, top money winner 2006 & 2007, and numerous awards.
- Bill Melton, professional baseball player
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- 1971 American League home run leader (33)
- Glenn Miller, famous jazz musician and bandleader
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- He had a 54-acre orange grove which others have named "Tuxedo Junction"; his redwood home on the grove property stood at the northern end of the 200 block of Bettyhill Avenue until November 1980, when it was burned to the ground by a fire that swept across the western San Gabriel Mountains. Miller, on active duty in the military during World War II, was killed in an airplane crash in 1944. He arranged to have the house built and saw it, but his death shortly afterward prevented him from occupying it. His widow and two children did occupy the house, which they considered the "ranch house" (intending to have a permanent residence built later) for several years until moving to San Marino. There is a historical plaque commemorating Glenn Miller in Glenn Miller Park directly east of the home's site in the 200 block of Mel Canyon Road.
- Sam Shepard, playwright, writer, and actor
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- His childhood in Duarte informed themes that mark much of his later playwriting. He described Duarte as a "weird accumulation of things, a strange kind of melting pot – Spanish, Okie, Black, Midwestern elements all jumbled together. People on the move who couldn't move anymore, who wound up in trailer parks." [5]
- William A. Spinks (1865–1933), champion carom billiards pro, co-inventor of modern billiards cue chalk, oil investor, and flower and avocado farmer (developer of the Spinks avocado cultivar); Duarte's Spinks Valley Road and the small valley to which it refers are named for him; also maintained a home in Monrovia
