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[[Image:LA County Incorporated Areas Compton highlighted.svg|thumb|right|250px|The location of Compton, California.]]
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{{Infobox settlement
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|official_name = City of Compton
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|settlement_type = City
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|image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center
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| photo1a = Compton martin luther king monument.jpg
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| photo1b = HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Compton, Platform View.jpg
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| photo2a = Compton High School billboard.jpg
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| photo2b = Entering compton.jpg
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| spacing = 2
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| color_border = white
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| color = white
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| size = 280
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| foot_montage = Clockwise from top: [[Martin Luther King Jr.|King]] Memorial, [[Compton station|Compton]] train platform, Compton [[obelisk]], [[Compton High School]]
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}}
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|image_seal = ComptonSeal.png
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|nickname = Hub City<ref>{{Cite web
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| url = http://www.comptoncity.org/index.php/About-Compton/hub-city.htm
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| title = Hub City – About Compton
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| publisher = City of Compton
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| accessdate = December 16, 2014
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| url-status = dead
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150201173012/http://www.comptoncity.org/index.php/About-Compton/hub-city.htm
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| archivedate = February 1, 2015
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| df = mdy-all
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}}</ref>
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|motto = Birthing a New Compton<ref>{{cite web|title=City Council Agenda|author=Compton City Council|date=March 5, 2013|accessdate=February 16, 2015|page=17|url=http://www.comptoncity.org/agenda/2013/03_2013/130503/20778402272013062143181.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216214401/http://www.comptoncity.org/agenda/2013/03_2013/130503/20778402272013062143181.pdf|archivedate=February 16, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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|image_map = File:Los Angeles County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Compton Highlighted 0615044.svg
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|map_caption = Location of Compton in Los Angeles County, California
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|image_map1 =
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|mapsize1 =
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|map_caption1 =
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| pushpin_map = USA
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
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| pushpin_relief = 1
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|coordinates  = {{coord|33|53|48|N|118|13|30|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type  = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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|subdivision_name  = [[United States]]
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|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
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|subdivision_name1 = [[California]]
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|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in California|County]]
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
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|established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
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|established_date = May 11, 1888<ref>{{Cite web
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|url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
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|title=California Cities by Incorporation Date
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|format=Word
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|publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s
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|accessdate=August 25, 2014
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|url-status=dead
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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
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|archivedate=November 3, 2014
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|df=mdy
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}}</ref>
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|government_type = [[Council-manager government|Council-Manager]]
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|leader_title = [[City council]]<ref name=elected>{{Cite web
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| url = http://www.comptoncity.org/officials/default.asp
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| title = Elected Officials
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| publisher = City of Compton
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| accessdate = February 12, 2016}}</ref>
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|leader_name = [[Mayor]]: [[Aja Brown]] <br /> Janna Zurita <br /> Isaac Galvan <br /> Tana McCoy <br /> Nandak Dhurjati
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|leader_title1 = [[City manager]]
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|leader_name1 = Cecil W. Rhambo, Jr.<ref>{{Cite web
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| url =http://www.comptoncity.org/depts/manager/cmanage.asp
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| title = City Manager
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| publisher = City of Compton
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| accessdate = February 12, 2016}}</ref>
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|leader_title2 = City attorney
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|leader_name2 = Craig J. Cornwell<ref name=elected/>
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|leader_title3 = [[City treasurer]]
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|leader_name3 = Douglas Sanders<ref name=elected/>
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|leader_title4 = City clerk
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|leader_name4 = Alita Godwin<ref name=elected/>
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web|title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Jul 19, 2017}}</ref>
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|area_total_sq_mi = 10.12
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|area_total_km2 = 26.20
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|area_land_sq_mi = 10.03
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|area_land_km2 = 25.97
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0.09
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|area_water_km2 = 0.23
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|area_water_percent = 1.03
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|elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1652689|Compton|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref>
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|elevation_ft = 69
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|elevation_m = 21
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<!-- Population ----------->
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|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
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|population_footnotes = <ref name=quif>{{Cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0615044.html|title=Compton (city) QuickFacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>
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|population_total = 96455
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|pop_est_as_of = 2016
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|pop_est_footnotes =
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|population_est = 97550
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|population_density_km2 = 3755.73
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|timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
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|utc_offset = −8
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|timezone_DST = PDT
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|utc_offset_DST = −7
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<!-- Codes ---------------->
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|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s<ref>{{Cite web
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| url = https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action
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| title = ZIP Code(tm) Lookup
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| publisher = [[United States Postal Service]]
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| accessdate = November 20, 2014}}</ref>
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|postal_code = 90220–90224
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|area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
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|area_code = [[Area codes 310 and 424|310/424]]
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
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|blank_info = {{FIPS|06|15044}}
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|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
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|blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|1652689}}, {{GNIS 4|2410213}}
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|website = {{URL|www.comptoncity.org}}
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|population_density_sq_mi = 9727.76
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}}
 
'''Compton''' is a [[city]] in [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]]. It is southeast of [[Los Angeles]], and is on the right side of the [[Los Angeles River]]. One stream that flows through it is called [[Compton Creek]]. The city's total land area is 10.2 square miles (26.4 aquare kilometers).
 
'''Compton''' is a [[city]] in [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]]. It is southeast of [[Los Angeles]], and is on the right side of the [[Los Angeles River]]. One stream that flows through it is called [[Compton Creek]]. The city's total land area is 10.2 square miles (26.4 aquare kilometers).
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The city, incorporated in 1888, now has a population of 94,425. Its current [[mayor]] is [[Eric Perrodin]]. The city is known for having one of the highest [[crime]] rates in the [[United States]].
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The city, incorporated in 1888, now has a population of 94,425. Its current [[mayor]] is [[Aja Brown]]. The city was known for having one of the highest [[crime]] rates in the [[United States]].
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