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City in California

Long Beach, CA

Los Angeles County

City in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Population
450,901 (2024)
Density
8,898 / sq mi
Land area
50.7 sq mi
Water area
27.2 sq mi
Elevation
30 ft
Founded
1888
Coordinates
33.7808, -118.1682

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Photos of Long Beach

  • Flickr - DVS1mn - 72 Chevrolet Caprice

    Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar… · CC BY 2.0

  • Flickr - DVS1mn - 72 Chevrolet Caprice (1)

    Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar… · CC BY 2.0

  • Flickr - DVS1mn - 72 Chevrolet Caprice (2)

    Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar… · CC BY 2.0

  • Koffee Pot

    Raphael Mazor · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Bayview (3901409588) (2)

    John Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0

  • City of Long Beach (3901409574) (2)

    John Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0

  • Museum of Latin American Art

    nsputnik · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • Volkswagen (6256014825)

    Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar… · CC BY 2.0

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Climate

July average high
81°F
January average low
47°F
Annual rainfall
12.0 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 67° 47° Jan 2.9"
  2. 67° 48° Feb 3.0"
  3. 69° 51° Mar 1.7"
  4. 71° 54° Apr 0.6"
  5. 73° 58° May 0.3"
  6. 76° 61° Jun 0.1"
  7. 81° 65° Jul 0.1"
  8. 83° 66° Aug 0.0"
  9. 82° 64° Sep 0.1"
  10. 78° 59° Oct 0.5"
  11. 73° 52° Nov 0.8"
  12. 67° 47° Dec 2.2"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Long Beach Daugherty Ap (4 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Long Beach ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$83,969
Median rent
$1,803 / mo
Median home value
$762,200
Median age
36.8
Unemployment
6.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher
34.8%
Poverty rate
15.0%
Renter-occupied homes
59.1%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
81
Students enrolled
58,996
Students per teacher
24.2 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
54.4%
Charter schools
7.4%
School districts serving the city
10

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Districts: Long Beach Unified, Long Beach Unified Rop, Intellectual Virtues Academy District, Clear Passage Educational Center District, College Bridge Academy District

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
27.4%
No leisure-time physical activity
25.8%
Adults with diabetes
11.6%
Adults who smoke
11.9%
Frequent mental distress
17.4%
Sleeping under 7 hours
37.3%
Adults without health insurance
12.0%
Routine checkup in past year
71.1%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
81.4%
Share of city that is parkland
7.9%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
11.7
Median air quality index (county)
74
Unhealthy air days (county)
98

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
91.9%
Households with no internet
6.1%
Average commute
30.0 min
Work from home
14.4%
Commute by transit
3.9%
Commute on foot
2.6%
Commute by bike
0.6%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Los Angeles County as very high overall for natural hazard risk, with 29 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Earthquake: very high
  • Riverine flooding: very high
  • Wildfire: very high
  • Heat wave: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 90802
  • 90803
  • 90804
  • 90805
  • 90806
  • 90807
  • 90808
  • 90810
  • 90813
  • 90814
  • 90815
  • 90822
  • 90831
  • 90840