The 1994 Northridge Earthquake is named for the community based on early estimates of the location of the quake's epicenter; however further refinements showed it to be technically in neighboring Reseda. The area was also heavily damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
In 1994, the Northridge Little League Baseball team won the United States Little League Championship game, but lost the World Series game to the international team from Coquivacoa-Maracaibo, Venezuela.
As of the 2000 census, and according to the Los Angeles Almanac there were 68,469 people and 24,172 households residing in Northridge. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 62.45% White, 14.89% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 5.14% African American, 0.47% Native American, 11.48% from other races, and 5.41% from two or more races. 24.77% of the population were Hispanic of any race.
Median household income in 2000 was $60,108.