Whittier, California

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Whittier, California
City
Greenleaf Street Whittier Village Cinemas Hoover Hotel Whittier College Bank of Whittier Skyline of Whittier, California
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Location of Whittier in Los Angeles County, California
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Coordinates: 33°57′56″N 118°1′28″W / 33.96556°N 118.02444°W / 33.96556; -118.02444
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Incorporated	February 25, 1898[1]
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Joe Vinatieri
• Mayor Pro Tem	Jessica Martinez
• City Council	Fernando Dutra Cathy Warner Octavio Cesar Martinez
• City Manager	Brian Saeki
• Assistant City Manager	Shannon DeLong
Area [2]
• Total	14.66 sq mi (37.98 km2)
• Land	14.65 sq mi (37.94 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2)  0.11%
Elevation [3]	367 ft (112 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	87,306
• Rank	95th in California
• Density	5,824.9/sq mi (2,249.0/km2)
Demonym	Whittierite
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes[5]	90601–90610
Area code	562
FIPS code	06-85292
GNIS feature IDs	1652813, 2412260
Website	www.cityofwhittier.org

Whittier (/ˈhwɪtiər/) is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km²) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955.^[6] The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College. The city is surrounded by three unincorporated areas sharing the Whittier name, West Whittier-Los Nietos, South Whittier, and East Whittier, which combined are home to a larger population than Whittier proper.