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Lake Forest Park
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census:

The numbers

Founded: 1909

Square miles: 3.5

Population: 12,521

Median family income: $47,653

Median house value: $172,100

Median apartment rent: $504

Parks: 3

Housing units: 1,488

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 38.1

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 670

Completed four-year college or higher: 44.1 percent

Below poverty level: 4.5 percent

Home ownership: 86.9 percent

Renters: 13.1 percent

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Saturday, October 3, 1998

The lack of problems keeps focus on the little things

Principal reads pressure in the focus on kids' success

Ceasefire arranged in growing garden-club rift

Sheridan-area annexations complicate woodsy '60s plan

Residents won't be seeing nudes and bingo all over again

Police chief left LAPD detectives during Simpson trial

Jon Hahn: Despite whole lot of wrangling, hole continues to plague station

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Scenes of Lake Forest Park

Lake Forest Park historical album

Lake Forest Park by the numbers

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