Baldwin Park, California | |
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 Baldwin Park City Hall, Metro Village, Metrolink station complex | |
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| Motto: The Hub of the San Gabriel Valley | |
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| Coordinates:34°4′58″N117°58′18″W / 34.08278°N 117.97167°W /34.08278; -117.97167 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Incorporated | January 25, 1956[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Emmanuel J. Estrada[2][3] |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | Monica Garcia |
| • City Council[3] | Jean M. Ayala Alejandra Avila Daniel Damian |
| • City Manager[3] | Enrique C. Zaldivar |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.79 sq mi (17.58 km2) |
| • Land | 6.63 sq mi (17.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2) 2.28% |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 72,176 |
| • Density | 10,882.9/sq mi (4,201.91/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 91706[6] |
| Area code | 626[7] |
| FIPS code | 06-03666 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652669,2409777 |
| Website | www |
Baldwin Park is a city located in the centralSan Gabriel Valley region ofLos Angeles County, California, United States. As of the2020 census, the population was 72,176, down from 75,390 at the2010 census.
Baldwin Park began as part of cattle grazing land belonging to the San Gabriel Mission. It eventually became part of theRancho Azusa de Dalton and theRancho La Puente properties. The community became known as Vineland in 1860. By 1906, it changed to Baldwin Park. It was named afterElias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. In 1956, Baldwin Park became the 47thincorporated city in the State of California.
As of September 1882, the first school house was built on the southeast corner of North Maine and Los Angeles Avenues in 1884. It contained two rows of double seats, a central aisle leading to the teacher's desk, and a heating stove at the north end. Mr. Frazier was the first teacher. In April 1888, the Vineland School District was established according to county records.
The first Board of Trustees took office on July 1, 1888, and elected Miss Jessie Washburn to teach the district school that fall. The building was sold in 1890 and moved to another site for a private residence. The district built the second school in 1890 and hired two teachers, Miss Ellen Lang and Miss Venna O. Finney. The second school house was relegated to the past in 1912. It later became a private Japanese school and stood as a landmark until it caught fire on September 5, 1936, and burned to the ground. Today, the Baldwin Park Unified School District lies contiguously with the city's borders. There are 23 schools within this district. The budget is well over $100 million. Currently, the district is building new school structures to accommodate growth. The district is adopting data driven strategies to help students achieve better scores in the API tests.
In the 1950s, Vias Turkey Ranch was about one mile (1.6 km) from the now 10 Freeway just off of Frazier Avenue. This huge commercial turkey ranch was famous in the Valley for a huge outdoor aviary with a unique selection of birds. The ranch had two or three types of deer species. When the value of the land escalated, the property was sold and the Ranch moved toApple Valley.
Popular pastimes in the 1950s included riding at the horse stables across the bridge of theSan Gabriel River, which was an open sand and rock river bed, and ride one hour for the sum of $1.00, a hefty price at that time considering that the minimum wage was fifty cents an hour.
Baldwin Park is home to the firstIn-N-Out burger stand, opened on October 22, 1948. It was the first drive-thru inCalifornia[8] and was replaced in November 2004 with a new building. The new In-N-Out University and company store opened in 2006 on Francisquito Avenue. Also, the company's first meatpacking plant is located down the street from the locations at the company headquarters on Hamburger Lane. In-N-Out now has a second meat processing plant in Texas to serve their Texas restaurants.
In summer 2005,Save Our State, an anti-illegal immigration group based inVentura, launched a series of protests against theDanzas Indigenas, art at theBaldwin Park train station designed for the MTA in 1993 by artistJudy Baca.[9] The monument bears several engraved statements whose origins are not attributed. At issue was one particular inscription--It was better before they came—that Save Our State claimed was directed against Anglo whites. According to Baca, that sentence was uttered by an Anglo white Baldwin Park resident in the 1950s; he was lamenting the influx of persons ofMexican ancestry into the San Gabriel Valley followingWorld War II.[10]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.6 km2 (6.8 mi2). 17.2 km2 (6.6 mi2) of it is land and 0.4 km2 (0.2 mi2) of it (2.28%) is water.
Baldwin Park experiences a mild winter and warm to hot summer. The highest recorded temperature ever is 118 °F (48 °C) and the coldest being 21 °F (−6 °C).
| Climate data for Baldwin Park, California | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 70 (21) | 71 (22) | 72 (22) | 77 (25) | 79 (26) | 84 (29) | 89 (32) | 90 (32) | 88 (31) | 83 (28) | 76 (24) | 71 (22) | 79 (26) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 43 (6) | 45 (7) | 47 (8) | 50 (10) | 55 (13) | 59 (15) | 62 (17) | 63 (17) | 61 (16) | 55 (13) | 46 (8) | 42 (6) | 52 (11) |
| Source: weather.com[11] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1960 | 33,951 | — | |
| 1970 | 47,285 | 39.3% | |
| 1980 | 50,554 | 6.9% | |
| 1990 | 69,330 | 37.1% | |
| 2000 | 75,837 | 9.4% | |
| 2010 | 75,390 | −0.6% | |
| 2020 | 72,176 | −4.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[12] 1860–1870[13][14] 1880-1890[15] 1900[16] 1910[17] 1920[18] 1930[19] 1940[20] 1950[21] 1960[22][23] 1970[24] 1980[25] 1990[26]2000[27] 2010[28] 2020[29] | |||
Baldwin Park first appeared as a city in the1960 U.S. census[22] as part of the East San Gabriel Valley census county division.[23] Prior to 1960, the area was included in the unincorporated portion of the now defunct El Monte Township (1950 pop. 113,710).[21]
The2020 United States census reported that Baldwin Park had a population of 72,176 people.[30] This corresponds to a density of 10,883.0 people per square mile.[31] The racial breakdown was 14,770 (20.5%)Asian, 11,332 (15.7%)White, 1,474 (2.0%)American Indian and Alaska Native, 742 (1.0%)Black or African American, 57 (0.1%)Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 30,277 (41.9%)Some Other Race, and 13,524 (18.7%) two or more races.[30]
Including all responses for people of two or more races, 15,296 (21.2% of population) were Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races, 24,086 (33.4%) were White alone or in combination with one or more other races, 2,385 (3.3%) were American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination, 1,124 (1.6%) were Black or African American alone or in combination, 176 (0.2%) were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination, and 43,184 (59.8%) were some other race alone or in combination with one or more other races.[30]
53,683 (74.4%) wereHispanic orLatino of any race. Of those, 8,941 (12.4% of total population) were White alone, 133 (0.2%) were Black or African American alone, 1,382 (1.9%) were American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 180 (0.2%) were Asian alone, 13 (0.0%) were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, 30,011 (41.6%) were some other race alone, and 13,023 (18.0%) were two or more races.[30]
Baldwin Park was reported to have 18,201 housing units. 17,882 (98.2%) were occupied. Of the occupied units, 10,437 (58.4% of occupied units) were owner-occupied and 7,445 (41.5%) were renter-occupied. Of the vacant units, 113 (0.6% of total) were for rent, 15 (0.1%) were rented but not occupied, 44 (0.2%) were for sale only, 19 (0.1%) were sold but not occupied, 15 (0.1%) were for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use, and 113 (0.6%) were otherwise vacant.[30]
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1980[32] | Pop 1990[33] | Pop 2000[34] | Pop 2010[35] | Pop 2020[29] | % 1980 | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 18,327 | 10,531 | 5,508 | 3,232 | 2,391 | 36.25% | 15.19% | 7.26% | 4.29% | 3.31% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 481 | 1,443 | 1,071 | 662 | 609 | 0.95% | 2.08% | 1.41% | 0.88% | 0.84% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 301[36] | 246 | 224 | 91 | 92 | 0.60% | 0.35% | 0.30% | 0.12% | 0.13% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 2,046 | 7,910 | 8,703 | 10,495 | 14,590 | 4.05% | 11.41% | 11.48% | 13.92% | 20.21% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | x[37] | x[38] | 59 | 66 | 44 | x | x | 0.08% | 0.09% | 0.06% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 63 | 149 | 45 | 95 | 266 | 0.12% | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.13% | 0.37% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | x[39] | x[40] | 567 | 346 | 501 | x | x | 0.75% | 0.46% | 0.69% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 29,336 | 49,051 | 59,660 | 60,403 | 53,683 | 58.03% | 70.75% | 78.67% | 80.12% | 74.38% |
| Total | 50,554 | 69,330 | 75,837 | 75,390 | 72,176 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 43.8% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 20.4% spoke only English at home, 60.1% spokeSpanish, 0.1% spoke otherIndo-European languages, 19.2% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages, and 0.3% spoke other languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 68.3% were high school graduates and 14.3% had a bachelor's degree.[41]
The median household income in 2023 was $79,087, and theper capita income was $25,886. About 11.9% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line.[42]
At the2010 census Baldwin Park had a population of 75,390. The population density was 11,110.3 inhabitants per square mile (4,289.7/km2). The racial makeup of Baldwin Park was 33,119 (43.9%) White, (4.3% Non-Hispanic White),[43] 913 (1.2%) African American, 674 (0.9%) Native American, 10,696 (14.2%)Asian, 85 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 27,079 (35.9%) from other races, and 2,824 (3.7%) from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 60,403 persons (80.1%).[44]
The census reported that 74,984 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 88 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 318 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 17,189 households, 10,027 (58.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,097 (58.7%) wereopposite-sex married couples living together, 3,358 (19.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,700 (9.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,093 (6.4%)unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 103 (0.6%)same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,474 households (8.6%) were one person and 648 (3.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.36. There were 15,155 families (88.2% of households); the average family size was 4.45.
The age distribution was 22,571 people (29.9%) under the age of 18, 8,849 people (11.7%) aged 18 to 24, 21,588 people (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 16,323 people (21.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,059 people (8.0%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 30.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
There were 17,736 housing units at an average density of 2,613.8 per square mile, of the occupied units 10,353 (60.2%) were owner-occupied and 6,836 (39.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.3%. 45,844 people (60.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,140 people (38.7%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States census, Baldwin Park had a median household income of $51,153, with 17.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[43]
Mexican (67.0%) and Filipino (5.4%) were the most common ancestries according to the 2000 census. Mexico (69.6%) and the Philippines (8.3%) were the most common foreign places of birth in 2000.[45]
According to the city's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[46] the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of employees |
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| 1 | Baldwin Park Unified School District | 1,975 |
| 2 | Baldwin Park City Hall | 454 |
| 3 | Wal-Mart | 350 |
| 4 | Durham School Services | 301 |
| 5 | Esther Snyder Community Center | 300 |
| 6 | LA Department of Public Health | 300 |
| 7 | Los Angeles County Department of Parks | 300 |
| 8 | Morgan Park | 300 |
| 9 | Waste Management Inc. | 300 |
| 10 | Target | 200 |
In theCalifornia State Legislature, Baldwin Park is inthe 22nd senatorial district, represented byDemocrat Susan Rubio, and inthe 48th Assembly district, represented byDemocrat Blanca Rubio.[47]
In theUnited States House of Representatives, Baldwin Park is inCalifornia's 31st congressional district, represented byDemocrat Gil Cisneros.[48]
On theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Baldwin Park is represented by 1st District SupervisorHilda Solis.
TheLos Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Monrovia Health Center inMonrovia, serving Baldwin Park.[49]
Baldwin Park has a citypolice department of its own, but contracts for fire and rescue with theLos Angeles County Fire Department.
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