Compton, California

Compton is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is southeast of Los Angeles, and is on the west 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 square kilometers).

Compton, California
City
Top: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (left) and Compton High School (right); bottom: Dominguez Rancho Adobe.
Seal
Nickname:  Hub City[1]
Motto:  Birthing a New Compton[2]
Location within Los Angeles County, California
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Coordinates: 33°53′48″N 118°13′30″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Incorporated	May 11, 1888[3]
Area [4]
• Total	10.12 sq mi (26.20 km2)
• Land	10.03 sq mi (25.97 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.23 km2)  1.03%
Elevation [5]	69 ft (21 m)
Population  (2020)[6]
• Total	95,740
• Rank	87th in California
• Density	9,548/sq mi (3,686/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes[7]	90220–90224
Area codes	310/424
FIPS code	06-15044
GNIS feature IDs	1652689, 2410213
Website	www.comptoncity.org

The city, incorporated in 1888, now has a population of 95,740 (as of 2020).^[6] The city was known for having one of the highest crime rates in the United States.

Compton has been experiencing gentrification. Compton now has a large Latino and Mexican population. African, Italian, Belizean, Irish, and Jamaican are the most common ancestries. Spanish and Tagalog are the most common foreign languages.^[8]