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Long Beach, CA

456,063 Population
50.7 square miles 8,992.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,217 ±$1,513 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $40,569 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$73,905 ±$3,108 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $82,503 ±$785
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

16.6% ±1.6% (74,466  ±7,385) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 13.1% 1,677,468 (±0.3% / ±42,715)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

28.3 minutes ±1.7 (5,089,870  ±209,217) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 28.4 135,699,780 (±0.2 / ±1,278,717)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 27.6 385,992,600 (±0.1 / ±2,410,052)

Families

172,599 ±4,170 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,452,780 ±12,478
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2.6 ±0.1 (447,154  ±1,797) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.9 12,764,914 (±0 / ±10,436)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

3.2% ±1% (3,990  ±1,186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 135,521 (±0.2% / ±6,275)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

179,856 ±4,443 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,759,244 ±3,605
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$693,600 ±$16,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $748,700 ±$4,588
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $648,100 ±$2,021

11.1% ±1.3% (49,970  ±5,691.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 1,322,082 (±0.2% / ±30,918.7)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

83.6% ±2.2% (271,742  ±8,842.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.1% 7,467,254 (±0.5% / ±41,998.7)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
37% ±1.6% (120,333  ±5,755.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 37.1% 3,372,140 (±0.3% / ±27,131.3)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

24.3% ±1.2% (110,584  ±5,266) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.6% 4,231,132 (±0.2% / ±30,124)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

3.6% ±0.5% (13,064  ±1,942) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3% 307,791 (±0.1% / ±8,951)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
13,064 Total veterans ±1,942 12,154 Male ±1,892 910 Female ±512

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