Long Beach, California

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.

Long Beach
City
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
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "Aquatic Capital of America"[1]
Motto:  "The International City"
Location within Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California
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Coordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″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 [3]
• 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 [4]	52 ft (16 m)
Population  (2020)[5]
• 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.longbeach.gov

The top countries of origin for Long Beach's immigrants are Mexico, the Philippines, Cambodia, El Salvador, and Vietnam.^[7]

Population

2020 census

In the 2020 census, there were 466,742 people, 170,711 households, and 103,249 families living in Long Beach. The population density was 9,203.6 people per square mile (3,553.5/km²). There were 179,530 housing units. The breakdown by race was 32.0% White, 13.0% Asian, 12.5% Black, 1.5% Native American, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 25.6% from one other race, and 14.4% from two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 43.3% of the people.

The median (middle) age was 36.4 years. The age breakdown was 20.4% under age 18, 66.5% from 18 to 65, and 13.1% over 65. The gender breakdown was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.

Of the households, 29.6% had children under age 18, 37.2% had a married couple, 9.5% had an unmarried couple, 31.3% had a woman with no partner, 22.0% had a man with no partner, and 29.1% had one person living alone. The average household size was 2.66 people.^[8][9]

Changing school names

The state of California Government was renaming parts of the state, such as in Long Beach, where they renamed 3 schools^{[verification needed]} (in 2016 or earlier). The Robert E. Lee Elementary school was renamed to Olivia Herrera Elementary School in Long beach on August 1, 2016.^{[verification needed]} In this case it was only renaming (which means they left school functioning).

California did this to change the things that are related to the Confederacy, such as for it being named after a confederate. Other states have done the same. This includes Montgomery, Alabama, as they are an imoortant figure in the debate, because they were the capital of the Confederate States of America.

Other Cali cities had renaming, but only 1 was renamed in San Diego.^[10] Country-wide (in America), other buildings, statues and monuments (landmarks and man-made), as well as gifts from the Union, were removed or changed. This happened in multiple parts in America, from both sides. It also happened (here) California, in Florida, Texas, New York, and Washington D.C., among others.