Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. It is a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
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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] |
Area | |
• 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 | 42nd 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]
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.
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
Ford's Long Beach Assembly in 1930
C-47 transport planes being built in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War II
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).