Talk:Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California
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As of the census of 2000, there are 7,928 people in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of the neighborhood is 86.24% White (82.95% non-Latino white), 1.93% African American, 0.06% Native American, 6.84% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.30% from other races, and 3.59% from two or more races. 4.65% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The largest defined racial group is the Whites. Next, at 6.84%, are "Asians". Next, Latino & Hispanic (4.65%)
So why is it that in writing this entry, blacks (merely 1.9%) are mentioned after whites? And then Native American (who, at 0.06%, is the very smallest group)?
Because the demographics information was written by a bot, Ram-Bot, which used a standard boilerplate. 172.172.35.229 21:16, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Hyphen?
What is the source for the hyphen in the name? The GNIS has it as "Bel Air" (no hyphen), and in Google, the only hyphen that comes up quickly is the link back to this article. --Ken Gallager 20:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- It also is shown as "Bel Air" throughout the Los Angeles city website. --Ken Gallager 21:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Okay, answered my own question. The neighborhood association spells it that way and shows a street sign with the hyphen. That would trump the outsiders. --Ken Gallager 14:13, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
