Community Data Profile: Pasadena

When it comes to the city of Pasadena, the impact that COVID-19 has had on the city has made an impact in the local economy and community. According to the city of Pasadena, COVID-19 cases have been on the steady rise as of recenelty even in early 2021 with the city reporting a total of 10,639 cases as of February 14, 2021. According to Census Reporter, there are three main ethnitics that Pasadena are recognized for which are White, Hispanic and Asian. The virus has predominantly affected the Latinix community in the city with 4,992 cases which accounts for nearly 50% of all confirmed cases within the city. One thing that caught my attention was that in the first few months of the Pandemic, there was serious concern with how the Virus would effect older communites especially in nursing homes. According to the city website, 22.6% of all COVID-19 cases are from long-term care facilites. When it comes to the economy, Pasadena has a lot fo restaurants that have been effected by the pandemic which has forced them to close or only serve to-go orders. Pasadena has been in the news lately based on the restrictions of outdoor dining as the city has not listened to the state heath department requiring restraunts in the state to stop outdoor dining as the city of Pasadena has their own heath department which has allowed them to continue to allow outdoor dining allowing employees to continue to work but at a cost that has seen rising COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. As for the median income, residents in Pasadena make $49,636 per capita. Something noticeable is that even though the per capita income of Pasadena is 25% higher then the rest of California, poverty is also noticeable in the city as according to Census Reporter, Pasadena has a poverty rate of 11% which is close to the average that is seen within the state. As previously mentioned, Pasadena has three primary ethnicities that live in the city that included Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and whites but according to Census Reporter, a large amount of Asian and Hispanic locals were born in other countries with 43% being born in Asia and 45% being born in Latin America. This could possibly affect how languages maybe spoken at home, but according to Census Reporter that is not the case as families with no children and children speak English at home at 54%. The second language that is used in the household is Spanish at 35%.