Long Beach | |
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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 | |
Nickname: "Aquatic Capital of America"[1] | |
Motto: "The International City" | |
![]() 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°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 | 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 |
Area code | 562 |
FIPS code | 06-43000 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1652747, 2410866 |
Website | www |
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]