Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge and is on the Pacific coast. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. It is a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. As of 2022, 451,307 people lived there, and it is the second-largest city in the county.
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 Location within Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California | |
| Coordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″W / 33.76833°N 118.19556°WCoordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″W / 33.76833°N 118.19556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| CSA | Los Angeles-Long Beach |
| MSA | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim |
| Incorporated | December 13, 1897[2] |
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| • City | 80.35 sq mi (208.10 km2) |
| • Land | 50.70 sq mi (131.32 km2) |
| • Water | 29.64 sq mi (76.77 km2) |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 466,742 |
| • Rank | 44th in the United States 7th in California |
| • Density | 9,205.96/sq mi (3,554.23/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-08:00 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes[6] | 90801–90810, 90813–90815, 90822, 90831–90835, 90840, 90842, 90844, 90846–90848, 90853, 90895, 90899 |
| FIPS code | 06-43000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652747, 2410866 |
| Website | www |
The top countries of origin for Long Beach's immigrants are Mexico, the Philippines, Cambodia, El Salvador, and Vietnam.[7]
Demographics
2020 census
In the 2020 census, there were 466,742 people, 170,711 households, and 103,249 families living in Long Beach. The population density was 9,203.6 people per square mile (3,553.5/km²). There were 179,530 housing units. The breakdown by race was 32.0% White, 13.0% Asian, 12.5% Black, 1.5% Native American, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 25.6% from one other race, and 14.4% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 43.3% of the people.
The median (middle) age was 36.4 years. The age breakdown was 20.4% under age 18, 66.5% from 18 to 65, and 13.1% over 65. The gender breakdown was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.
Of the households, 29.6% had children under age 18, 37.2% had a married couple, 9.5% had an unmarried couple, 31.3% had a woman with no partner, 22.0% had a man with no partner, and 29.1% had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.66 people.[8][9]
Long Beach, California Media
The site of Puvunga was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Don Juan Temple purchased Rancho Los Cerritos, covering modern-day Long Beach, in 1843.
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Diseño depicting Ranchos Los Alamitos, Los Cerritos, Santa Gertrudes, Los Coyotes, Las Bolsas, 1852
The First National Bank of Long Beach at the turn of the century
Bird's-eye view of pier, Long Beach.
Ford's Long Beach Assembly in 1930
Woman worker in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant1942
C-54 transport planes being built in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War II
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References
- ↑ Long Beach Officially Aquatic Capital Of America Archived February 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Lbpost.com (October 8, 2008). Retrieved on July 29, 2013.
- ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Long Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Long Beach city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ↑ "New Americans in Long Beach" (PDF).
- ↑ "DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ↑ "P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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