El Monte, California

El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is in the San Gabriel Valley, east of Los Angeles. At the 2020 census, 109,450 lived there. This was lower than the 2010 census, when 113,475 people lived there.^[4] The city was first incorporated in 1912. Its name means "the mountain" in Spanish.^[5][6]

El Monte, California
City
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "The End of the Santa Fe Trail"
Location of El Monte in Los Angeles County, California
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Coordinates: 34°4′24″N 118°1′39″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Incorporated	November 18, 1912[1]
Area [2]
• Total	9.65 sq mi (24.99 km2)
• Land	9.56 sq mi (24.77 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.22 km2)
Elevation [3]	299 ft (91 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	109,450
• Rank	12th in Los Angeles County 64th in California
• Density	11,342/sq mi (4,380/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	91731–91735
Area code	626
FIPS code	06-22230
GNIS feature IDs	1652702, 2410413
Website	elmonteca.gov