Hollywood is poor

The famous district of Los Angeles is actually very poor, despite the Tinseltown wealth.

Interesting facts about Hollywood:

• 78k residents in a 3.5 square mile area (2000 census)
• 42% Latino or Hispanic, 41% Non-Hispanic White, 7% Asian, 5% black, 4.5% other
• Median household income of $33,694, low for the general area
• In 2002, held a vote to secede from LA and form its own municipality.  The vote failed by a "wide margin".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood