Long Beach, California

Long Beach
City
Images from top, left to right: Long Beach skyline from Bluff Park, retired RMS Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific Blue Cavern exhibit, TTI Terminal at Port of Long Beach, Villa Riviera, Metro A Line, Long Beach Lighthouse
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "Aquatic Capital of America"[1]
Motto:  "The International City"
Location within Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California
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Coordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″W / 33.76833°N 118.19556°W / 33.76833; -118.19556
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 [3]
• 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 [4]	52 ft (16 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• 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
Area code	562
FIPS code	06-43000
GNIS feature IDs	1652747, 2410866
Website	www.longbeach.gov

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.

The top countries of origin for Long Beach's immigrants are Mexico, the Philippines, Cambodia, El Salvador, and Vietnam.^[7]

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
4. ↑ "Long Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
5. ↑ "QuickFacts: Long Beach city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
6. ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
7. ↑ "New Americans in Long Beach" (PDF).