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Explore Long Beach, California and the surrounding area. Below you can find community information, including vital statistics, information on local schools as well as resources for finding real estate for sale and homes for sale in Long Beach.
Long Beach is a city located in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.
As of the 2000 census, the city population was 461,522. By 2006 its population is estimated to have increased to 490,166.
Long Beach is the 34th-largest city in the nation, 5th in California and 2nd in Los Angeles County (after Los Angeles). Long Beach is the largest U.S. city that is not a county seat.
Public schools
The primary school district that serves Long Beach is Long Beach Unified School District. It is the third largest school district in California. The district is noted for starting a trend to the return to school uniforms for public schools in the 1990s. It has also won several awards in recent years, including the 2003 Broad Prize for Urban Education, as the best urban school district in the US.
Other school districts, including the ABC Unified School District in nearby Cerritos, serve small portions of Long Beach.
Colleges and universities
- California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
- Long Beach City College (LBCC) Pacific Coast and Liberal Arts campuses
- Brooks College, a private for-profit vocational school best known for its fashion design and fashion marketing programs.
The median income for a household in the city was $37,270, and the median income for a family was $40,002. Males had a median income of $36,807 versus $31,975 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,040. About 19.3% of families and 22.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.7% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.
Median house value: $210,000 (year 2000)
Races in Long Beach:
- Hispanic (35.8%)
- White Non-Hispanic (33.1%)
- Other race (20.6%)
- Black (14.9%)
- Two or more races (5.3%)
- Other Asian (4.8%)
- Filipino (4.0%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1.2%)
- Vietnamese (1.1%)
- Chinese (0.8%)
Japanese (0.7%)
Hospitals/medical centers in Long Beach:
- COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF LONG BEACH (1720 TERMINO AVENUE)
- LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (2801 ATLANTIC AVE)
- MILLER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (2801 ATLANTIC AVENUE)
- PACIFIC HOSPITAL OF LONG BEACH (2776 PACIFIC AVE)
- ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER (1050 LINDEN AVE)
Colleges/Universities in Long Beach:
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-LONG BEACH (Full-time enrollment: 25,195; Location: 1250 BELLFLOWER BLVD; Public; Website: www.acs.csulb.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
- LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 11,108; Location: 4901 E CARSON ST; Public; Website: www.lbcc.cc.ca.us/index.shtml)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-LONG BEACH (FT enrollment: 2,346; Location: 3880 KILROY AIRPORT WAY; Private, for-profit; Website: www.lb.devry.edu)
- BROOKS COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,618; Location: 4825 E PACIFIC CST HWY; Private, for-profit; Website: www.brookscollege.edu)
Public high schools in Long Beach:
- POLYTECHNIC HIGH (Students: 4,779; Location: 1600 ATLANTIC AVE.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- WILSON HIGH (Students: 4,383; Location: 4400 E. TENTH ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- JORDAN HIGH (Students: 4,340; Location: 6500 ATLANTIC AVE.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Long Beach:
- ST ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 324; Location: 620 OLIVE AVENUE; Grades: 9 - 12)
- S W LONGVIEW PRIVATE SCHOOL (Students: 188; Location: 4747 DAISY AVE; Grades: KG - 12)
- FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SCHOOL (Students: 186; Location: 1000 PINE AVE; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Long Beach:
- HAMILTON MIDDLE (Students: 1,677; Location: 1060 E. 70TH ST.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- STEPHENS MIDDLE (Students: 1,565; Location: 1830 W. COLUMBIA ST.; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HUGHES MIDDLE (Students: 1,538; Location: 3846 CALIFORNIA AVE.; Grades: 06 - 08)
Long Beach draws 5.5 million visitors annually. Tourists are drawn to Long Beach by the numerous annual events held in the city, which include music festivals, sports competitions, and cultural celebrations.
The Long Beach Grand Prix, an annual Champ Car race, takes place on city streets near the Convention Center and is one of the largest Grand Prix events in the world. It is the largest street race in the United States with an estimated 300,000 people watching the event in person every year over three days.
Parks and recreation
The Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine received a Gold Medal award from the National Parks and Recreation Society in 2002, 2003, and 2004, recognizing the Department's "outstanding management practices and programs." The Department manages 92 parks covering over 3,100 acres throughout the city, including the 815 acre El Dorado Regional Park, which features fishing lakes, an archery range, youth campground, bike trails, and picnic areas. The Department also operates four public swimming pools, and four launch ramps for boaters to access the Pacific Ocean.
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