Huntington Park, California | |
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 Pacific Boulevard and Clarendon Avenue, 2009 | |
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 Location of Huntington Park in Los Angeles County, California. | |
  Huntington Park, California Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates:33°59′N118°13′W / 33.983°N 118.217°W /33.983; -118.217 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Incorporated | September 1, 1906[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager[2] |
| • Mayor | Arturo Flores |
| • Vice Mayor | Eduardo Martinez |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.02 sq mi (7.81 km2) |
| • Land | 3.01 sq mi (7.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km2) 0.11% |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 54,883 |
• Estimate (2024)[5] | 52,166 |
| • Density | 18,200/sq mi (7,040/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 90255[6] |
| Area code | 323[7] |
| FIPS code | 06-36056 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660778,2410079 |
| Website | www |
Huntington Park is a city located in the South Central region ofLos Angeles County, California, United States. The area includes the separate communities ofFlorence,Firestone Park, Graham, andWalnut Park, California. As of the2020 census, the city had a total population of 54,883, of whom 97% are Hispanic/Latino and about half were born outside the U.S.[5][8]
Huntington Park and itsPacific Boulevard area is a mostly Hispanic, working-class innerSoutheast L.A. area.
The first European to arrive to the area was Francisco Salvatore Lugo.[9]
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Named for prominent industrialistHenry E. Huntington, Huntington Park was incorporated in 1906 as astreetcar suburb on theLos Angeles Railway for workers in the rapidly expanding industries to the southeast of downtownLos Angeles. To this day, about 30% of its residents work at factories in nearbyVernon andCommerce.[10] The stretch ofPacific Boulevard in downtown Huntington Park was a major commercial district serving the city's largely working-class residents as well as being the retail hub ofSoutheast Los Angeles County. As with most of the other cities along the corridor stretching along theLos Angeles River to the south and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Huntington Park was an almost exclusively white community during most of its history; Alameda Street andSlauson Avenue, which were fiercely defended segregation lines in the 1950s, separated it from black areas.
The changes that shaped Los Angeles from the late 1970s onward—the decline of American manufacturing that began in the 1970s; the rapid growth of newer suburbs inOrange County, the easternSan Gabriel, westernSan Fernando andConejo valleys; the collapse of the aerospace and defense industry at the end of theCold War; and the implosion of the Southern California real estate boom in the early 1990s—resulted in the wholesale departure of virtually all of the white population of Huntington Park by the mid-1990s. The vacuum was filled almost entirely by two groups ofLatinos: upwardly mobile families eager to leave the barrios ofEast Los Angeles, and recentMexican immigrants. Today, Pacific Boulevard is once again a thriving commercial strip, serving as a major retail center for working-class residents of southeastern Los Angeles County—only now targeting a Hispanic public with many signs in Spanish.
Before California abolished judicial townships (some time after 1960), Huntington Park was located in San Antonio Township.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), all land.
Cities surrounding Huntington Park includeBell,Cudahy,Los Angeles,Maywood,South Gate, andVernon.[11] Huntington Park is also bordered by the unincorporated communities ofWalnut Park to the south andFlorence-Firestone to the west.
On average, there are 286 sunny days per year in Huntington Park, California. Annually the snowfall is 0 inches. The July high is around 82 degrees. The January low is 48.[12] As of 2015 the average high temperatures have risen ranging from the low to mid 90s (°F).[13][failed verification]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,299 | — | |
| 1920 | 4,513 | 247.4% | |
| 1930 | 24,591 | 444.9% | |
| 1940 | 28,648 | 16.5% | |
| 1950 | 29,450 | 2.8% | |
| 1960 | 29,920 | 1.6% | |
| 1970 | 33,744 | 12.8% | |
| 1980 | 45,932 | 36.1% | |
| 1990 | 56,065 | 22.1% | |
| 2000 | 61,348 | 9.4% | |
| 2010 | 58,114 | −5.3% | |
| 2020 | 54,883 | −5.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[14] 1860–1870[15][16] 1880–1890[17] 1900[18] 1910[19] 1920[20] 1930[21] 1940[22] 1950[23] 1960[24][25] 1970[26] 1980[27] 1990[28]2000[29] 2010[30] 2020[31] | |||
Huntington Park first appeared as a city in the1910 U.S. census as part of the now defunct San Antonio Township (pop. 107,894 in 1930).[30]
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1980[32] | Pop 1990[33] | Pop 2000[34] | Pop 2010[35] | Pop 2020[31] | % 1980 | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 8,019 | 3,046 | 1,657 | 935 | 759 | 17.35% | 5.43% | 2.70% | 1.61% | 1.38% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 129 | 429 | 304 | 211 | 389 | 0.28% | 0.77% | 0.50% | 0.36% | 0.71% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 109 | 99 | 121 | 29 | 22 | 0.24% | 0.18% | 0.20% | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 539 | 775 | 433 | 320 | 313 | 1.17% | 1.38% | 0.71% | 0.55% | 0.57% |
| Native Hawaiian orPacific Islander alone (NH) | 11 | 15 | 21 | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.04% | ||||
| Other race alone (NH) | 107 | 220 | 34 | 89 | 202 | 0.23% | 0.39% | 0.06% | 0.15% | 0.37% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | x | x | 152 | 70 | 191 | x | x | 0.25% | 0.12% | 0.35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 37,320 | 51,496 | 58,636 | 56,445 | 52,986 | 80.74% | 91.85% | 95.58% | 97.13% | 96.54% |
| Total | 46,223 | 56,065 | 61,348 | 58,114 | 54,883 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
The2020 United States census reported that Huntington Park had a population of 54,883. The population density was 18,245.7 inhabitants per square mile (7,044.7/km2). The racial makeup of Huntington Park was 14.5%White, 0.8%African American, 2.8%Native American, 0.7%Asian, 0.1%Pacific Islander, 61.1% fromother races, and 20.0% from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 96.5% of the population.[36]
The census reported that 99.2% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.5% were institutionalized.[36]
There were 15,118 households, out of which 47.5% included children under the age of 18, 43.7% were married-couple households, 9.8% werecohabiting couple households, 29.0% had a female householder with no partner present, and 17.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 13.9% of households were one person, and 5.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.6.[36] There were 12,168families (80.5% of all households).[37]
The age distribution was 25.4% under the age of 18, 11.3% aged 18 to 24, 28.9% aged 25 to 44, 23.7% aged 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males.[36]
There were 15,494 housing units at an average density of 5,150.9 units per square mile (1,988.8 units/km2), of which 15,118 (97.6%) were occupied. Of these, 26.6% were owner-occupied, and 73.4% were occupied by renters.[36]
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $56,952, and theper capita income was $20,346. About 15.5% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line.[38]
A 2012 study by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy found Huntington Park, California had the highest percentage of overweight children in all of California with 53% of the city's child population being obese or overweight.[39]
At the2010 census Huntington Park had a population of 58,114. The population density was 19,270.0 inhabitants per square mile (7,440.2/km2). The racial and ethnic makeup of Huntington Park was 56,445 (97.1%) Hispanic or Latino, 29,776 (51.2%) White (1.6% Non-Hispanic White), 440 (0.8%) African American, 752 (1.3%) Native American, 393 (0.7%) Asian, 28 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 24,535 (42.2%) from other races, and 2,190 (3.8%) from two or more races.[40][41]
The census reported that 57,859 people (99.6% of the population) lived in households, 248 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 7 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 14,597 households, 8,581 (58.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 7,461 (51.1%) wereopposite-sex married couples living together, 3,212 (22.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,623 (11.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,377 (9.4%)unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 81 (0.6%)same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,644 households (11.3%) were one person and 694 (4.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.96. There were 12,296 families (84.2% of households); the average family size was 4.19.
The age distribution was 18,439 people (31.7%) under the age of 18, 6,984 people (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 17,886 people (30.8%) aged 25 to 44, 10,942 people (18.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,863 people (6.6%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 28.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.
There were 15,151 housing units at an average density of 5,023.9 per square mile, of the occupied units 3,936 (27.0%) were owner-occupied and 10,661 (73.0%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.2%. 18,054 people (31.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 39,805 people (68.5%) lived in rental housing units.
During 2009–2013, Huntington Park had a median household income of $36,397, with 28.7% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[40]
According to thecensus[42] of 2000, there were 61,348 people in 14,860 households, including 12,660 families, in the city. Speakers ofSpanish as theirfirst language accounted for 90.77% of residents, whileEnglish was spoken by 9.17%,Chinese by 0.05% of the population.[43]
The median household income was $28,941 and the median family income was $29,844. Males had a median income of $21,039 versus $16,733 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,340. About 23.3% of families and 25.2% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over.
Mexican (75.8%) and Salvadoran (3.4%) were the most common ancestries. Mexico (80.4%) and El Salvador (7.2%) were the most common foreign places of birth.[44]
Pacific Boulevard was the busiest shopping district in thesoutheastern Los Angeles suburbs from the 1930s through the 1950s[45][46]and boasted numerous department stores including the localWineman's. NotableStreamline Moderne architecture includes the Lane-Wells Company Building and the W. W. Henry Company Building.[47][48]Art Deco architecture is found in Huntington Park's commercial district, and include the former theaters along Pacific Blvd.[49][50] The 1,468 seatWarner Theater on Pacific Boulevard opened in 1930, and was designed byB. Marcus Priteca.[51] The California Theatre opened in 1925 and was operated by Fox Theatres as the Fox California Theatre. In the 1980s it was known as the California 3 Theatre. The theatre closed in 2006 and was later converted into a retail space. It was renamed California 2 Theatres and now there is a tuxedo shop along with other retail stores and restaurants. In 2019, the theater had been converted into a fitness center for recreational use.[52]
Pacific Boulevard, the commercial business street of Huntington Park, has been the location for festivals, carnival fairs and parades. The "Carnaval Primavera" is held each year for three days across nine blocks of Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park. The event features Central American and Mexican food, carnival rides, games, and live music.[53]
TheCounty of Los Angeles Public Library operates the Huntington Park Library.[54]
In theLos Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Huntington Park is in the Fourth District, represented byDemocratJanice Hahn.[55]
In theCalifornia State Senate, Huntington Park is in theCalifornia's 33rd senatorial district, represented byDemocratLena Gonzalez.
In theCalifornia State Assembly, Huntington Park is in theCalifornia's 62nd State Assembly district, represented byDemocratJose Solache.
In theUnited States House of Representatives, Huntington Park is inCalifornia's 42nd congressional district, represented byDemocrat Robert Garcia.[56]
In Huntington Parks City Council, they are represented by Karina Macias, Nancy Martiz, Jonathan Sanabria and for Mayor, Arturo Flores, and for Vice Mayor, Eduardo Martinez.
Huntington Park is zoned to schools in theLos Angeles Unified School District.
Public elementary schools in Huntington Park include:
Public middle schools include:
Public high schools include:
In addition Pacific Boulevard Special Education Center (ungraded) is in the city.
Private schools include:
Fire protection in Huntington Park is provided by theLos Angeles County Fire Department.[66] The Huntington Park Police Department provides law enforcement.
Bus services are provided by both theLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, LADOT Dash,[67] LADPW "The Link"[68] and Huntington Park's own municipal bus service.[69]Slauson station andFlorence station on theMetro A Line are near the city and serve its residents.[70]
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