Long Beach, California

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The coastal city of Long Beach is located in Los Angeles County.

Typical abbreviation for Long Beach: Long Bch.

Long Beach was incorporated December 13, 1897.

The community of Long Beach is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Long Beach lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Long Beach can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Long Beach had a population of 461,522 people^<2> (or 4.83% of the total population of Los Angeles County). The population of Long Beach represented 1.36% of the total of California, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Long Beach had a population of 463,789 people. This is an increase of 0.49% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Long Beach.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Costa Mesa	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	110,080	1.25% increase
	Downey	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	107,587	0.25% increase
	Fullerton	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	131,868	4.65% increase
	Garden Grove	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	165,796	0.36% increase
	Huntington Beach	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]	192,620	1.6% increase
	Inglewood	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	112,714	0.12% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Long Beach.

Websites for Long Beach

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Long Beach. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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