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Long Beach

California · 450,469 residents (2025 est.) · 50.7 sq mi
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Long Beach is home to 455,548 people in California. The typical home is worth $806,600, having more than tripled since 2000. Owners hold 41% of the housing stock. Density works out to 8,990 people per square mile. 25% of locals were born outside the United States. Renters pay $1,871 a month at the median.

At a glance
Wealthier
above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 123%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
455,548
−1%since 2000
from 461,522 in 2000
450,469 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
8,990 / sq mi
−2%since 2009
from 9,134 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
37.1
+20%since 2000
from 30.8 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
50.7 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
425K438K450K462K475K19902000201020202024Long Beach
2024456K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.9%(22,433)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95%(22,727)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146%(27,230)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.7%(30,740)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247%(31,772)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3416.9%(76,870)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.4%(65,702)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.1%(59,530)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6412.5%(56,871)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 748.4%(38,457)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.7%(16,958)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.4%(6,258)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$87,430
+29%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $37,270 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$44,575
+134%since 2000
from $19,040 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
56.5%
+24.1 ptssince 2009
from 32.4% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
14.8%
−8.0 ptssince 2000
from 22.8% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.463
−1%since 2010
from 0.470 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information10.1%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade9.2%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance7.6%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical7%
US avg: 5.1%
Wholesale trade5.5%
US avg: 6.9%
Other services5.2%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration3.1%
US avg: 4.8%
Arts, entertainment, food2.4%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing2.3%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.6%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.3%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.3%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$806,600
+123%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $198,600 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,871
+61%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $639 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
41.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2000
from 41.0% in 2000
58.8% rent
Vacancy rate
5.8%
−1.6 ptssince 2009
from 7.5% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.60 people
−8%since 2009
from 2.82 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
31.9%
−12.1 ptssince 2009
from 44.0% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
53.1%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 53.1% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
9.2
−12%since 2009
from 10.5 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
61
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic33.1%(152,899)
Black14.5%(66,836)
Hispanic / Latino35.8%(165,092)
Asian11.9%(54,937)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic26.2%(119,214)
Black11.4%(51,973)
Hispanic / Latino43.8%(199,561)
Asian12.7%(58,012)
Other5.9%(26,788)
Diversity Score
88
−1%since 2009
from 89 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican34.7%(158,272)
Salvadoran2.1%(9,551)
Guatemalan1.5%(6,945)
South American1.4%(6,445)
Honduran0.9%(4,282)
Puerto Rican0.7%(3,291)
Colombian0.5%(2,347)
Spaniard0.4%(1,641)
Peruvian0.3%(1,360)
Nicaraguan0.3%(1,242)
Cuban0.2%(1,049)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Ecuadorian0.2%(1,018)
Argentine0.2%(947)
Chilean0.1%(437)
Costa Rican0.1%(393)
Dominican0.1%(372)
Panamanian0%(149)
Bolivian0%(122)
Venezuelan0%(121)
Uruguayan0%(58)
Asian origin
Filipino4.6%(21,031)
Cambodian3.2%(14,612)
Chinese1%(4,581)
Vietnamese0.8%(3,446)
Japanese0.7%(3,300)
Asian Indian0.7%(3,281)
Korean0.5%(2,374)
Thai0.2%(969)
Bangladeshi0.1%(512)
Laotian0.1%(412)
Taiwanese0.1%(393)
Pakistani0%(173)
+ 8 more asian origin groups with data
Burmese0%(92)
Kazakh0%(74)
Mongolian0%(51)
Malaysian0%(16)
Hmong0%(9)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0.5%(2,175)
Native Hawaiian0.3%(1,354)
Chamorro0.2%(830)
Tongan0.1%(445)
Guamanian0.1%(266)
Fijian0%(150)
Ancestry
German5.6%(25,613)
Irish5.2%(23,569)
English4.9%(22,232)
Italian2.8%(12,880)
American1.9%(8,623)
Polish1.3%(5,785)
French1.2%(5,428)
Scottish1%(4,563)
Russian0.7%(3,176)
Swedish0.6%(2,933)
Norwegian0.6%(2,891)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Dutch0.6%(2,667)
West Indian0.5%(2,343)
Arab0.5%(2,237)
British0.4%(1,943)
Scotch-Irish0.4%(1,816)
Danish0.4%(1,631)
Greek0.3%(1,554)
Portuguese0.3%(1,495)
Iranian0.3%(1,491)
Welsh0.3%(1,459)
Jamaican0.3%(1,213)
Brazilian0.2%(1,087)
Armenian0.2%(1,053)
Egyptian0.2%(1,006)
Ukrainian0.2%(979)
Canadian0.2%(919)
Hungarian0.2%(903)
Nigerian0.2%(889)
Czech0.2%(837)
Finnish0.2%(690)
Swiss0.2%(686)
Austrian0.1%(643)
Lithuanian0.1%(464)
Turkish0.1%(424)
Slovak0.1%(416)
Croatian0.1%(379)
Lebanese0.1%(377)
Israeli0.1%(299)
Romanian0.1%(279)
Belgian0.1%(268)
Ethiopian0.1%(234)
Kenyan0%(205)
Latvian0%(179)
Slovene0%(178)
Australian0%(169)
Syrian0%(129)
Haitian0%(118)
Moroccan0%(111)
Ghanaian0%(110)
Guyanese0%(88)
Serbian0%(83)
Jordanian0%(59)
Barbadian0%(54)
Iraqi0%(7)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
35.6%
+11.7 ptssince 2000
from 23.9% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
82.4%
+9.7 ptssince 2000
from 72.7% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
13.1%
+4.9 ptssince 2000
from 8.2% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
29.9 min
+47%since 2000
from 20.4 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
66.8%
−5.1 ptssince 2009
from 71.8% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
8.2%
−3.6 ptssince 2009
from 11.9% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
3.8%
−3.7 ptssince 2009
from 7.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
16.2%
+12.3 ptssince 2009
from 3.9% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
2.6%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 2.7% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.6%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 0.9% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
8.9%
−2.3 ptssince 2009
from 11.3% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
6.5%
−4.5 ptssince 2011
from 11.1% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
66.3%
−1.2 ptssince 2011
from 67.5% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
75.6%
+1.9 ptssince 2020
from 73.7% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
14.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 14.0% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
41.1%
+7.9 ptssince 2009
from 33.2% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 49.3% in 2009
Female
50.9%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.7% in 2009
Foreign born
24.8%
−3.0 ptssince 2009
from 27.8% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
3.6%
−3.3 ptssince 2009
from 6.9% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
11.3%
+1.3 ptssince 2012
from 10.0% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
8.4%
−11.2 ptssince 2013
from 19.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.3%
+13.4 ptssince 2017
from 79.9% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.7%
+2.9 ptssince 2020
from 94.8% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
89.2%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 88.5% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
55.3%
+1.2 ptssince 2016
from 54.1% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
33.0%
−0.7 ptssince 2016
from 33.7% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married49.4%(91,844)
Married41.9%(77,891)
Widowed1.7%(3,255)
Divorced7%(13,015)
Women 15+
Never married45.1%(88,824)
Married38.4%(75,669)
Widowed6.6%(12,969)
Divorced10%(19,691)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
8.4%
−11.2 ptssince 2013
from 19.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
50.8%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 50.9% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
9.9%
−0.8 ptssince 2020
from 10.7% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
14.1%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 12.6% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
29.3%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 29.3% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.5%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 1.6% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
59.1%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 59.1% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
39.9%
+1.1 ptssince 2020
from 38.8% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26.9%(3,508)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.2%(2,507)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.1%(4,318)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.9%(633)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(71)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 13,029 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Long Beach, California?

Long Beach, California has about 455,548 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Long Beach, California?

The typical household in Long Beach, California earns about $87,430 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Long Beach, California expensive?

In Long Beach, California, the median home is worth about $806,600, and the typical rent is about $1,871 a month.

How educated are people in Long Beach, California?

About 35.6% of adults age 25 and over in Long Beach, California hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Long Beach, California?

About 14.8% of people in Long Beach, California live below the federal poverty line.

Has Long Beach, California grown since 1990?

Yes, Long Beach, California has grown since 1990. The population has added about 26,115 residents, a change of about 6 percent over that period.

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