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Monterey Park, California

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The city of Monterey Park is located in Los Angeles County.

Monterey Park was incorporated May 29, 1916.

The community of Monterey Park is 380 feet [115.82 m] above sea level.<1>

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

Alabama, New Mexico and North Carolina have communities that are also named Monterey Park.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Monterey Park had a population of 60,051 people<2> (or 0.63% of the total population of Los Angeles County). The population of Monterey Park represented 0.18% of the total of California, making it the state's 113rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Monterey Park had a population of 61,234 people. This is an increase of 1.97% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. Other than 2000, the population counts have been estimated by the Census Bureau. More information can be found on the Census Page for Monterey Park.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
200861,234+1.97%+0.29% since 2007
200761,056+1.67%-0.59% since 2006
200661,417+2.27%-0.14% since 2005
200561,503+2.42% 
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200060,051The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Anaheim   SE19 mi [30.58 km]335,2882.22% increase
 Burbank   NW13 mi [20.92 km]102,9682.64% increase
 Downey   S8 mi [12.87 km]107,5870.25% increase
 Fullerton   SE17 mi [27.36 km]131,8684.65% increase
 Glendale   NW9 mi [14.48 km]197,1761.13% increase
 Inglewood   SW14 mi [22.53 km]112,7140.12% increase

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

Website for Monterey Park

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Monterey Park or Los Angeles County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.

Official Website:   www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/

The Commemorative Quarter for California
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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Monterey Park? Please visit the Map Page for Monterey Park.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Monterey Park - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Monterey Park.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Monterey Park and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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