The Los Angeles Harbor Region is in
Los Angeles County, California. The area is impacted by the
harbor complex consisting of the
Port of Los Angeles and the
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach, also known as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies of land with ...
.
Geography
City of Los Angeles
The city of Los Angeles' official Harbor Area Planning Commission area encompasses the following community plan areas (CPAs):
Boundaries for the seven (7) Area Planning Commissions as established by Ordinance No. 173,492
feature layer by GIS@LADCP, created: Feb 28, 2018, updated: Aug 31, 2020.
*Harbor Gateway
The Harbor Gateway is a in the Los Angeles Harbor Region, in the southern part of the city. The neighborhood is narrow and long, running along a north-south axis. Its unusual shape has given it the alternative name of "the Shoestring Strip". T ...
CPA
* San Pedro CPA
* Wilmington– Harbor City CPA
* Port of Los Angeles CPA
Mapping L.A.
As defined by Mapping L.A. of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' the region, which includes the city of Los Angeles as well as other cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, is a 193.09-square-mile area flanked by South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown.
It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a ...
or Los Angeles County's Southeast Region on the north, Orange County
Orange County most commonly refers to:
*Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Orange County may also refer to:
U.S. counties
*Orange County, Florida, containing Orlando
*Orange County, Indiana
*Orange County, New ...
on the east, the Pacific Ocean
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on the south, and the South Bay region on the west.
"Regions," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''
Cities and neighborhoods within the Harbor Region are:
* Avalon, California, Avalon[Kathie Fry, Los Angeles Travel Guide, Los Angeles for Visitors]
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* Carson[
* Catalina Island][
*]Harbor City, Los Angeles
Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood in the Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as ...
[
* Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles][
*]Hawaiian Gardens
Hawaiian Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the smallest city in the county in area (approximately 1.0 mi2) and was incorporated on April 9, 1964. The population was 14,254 at the 2010 census, down fro ...
[
* Lakewood][
*]Long Beach
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporate ...
[
** Neighborhoods of Long Beach, California
* Rancho Dominguez][
* Signal Hill][
* San Pedro, Los Angeles][
* Two Harbors][
* West Carson][
*]Wilmington, Los Angeles
Wilmington is a neighborhood in the Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, covering .
Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of L ...
[
]
Demographics
In 2000 the region was composed of Latinos
Hispanic and Latino Americans ( es, Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; pt, Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of Spaniards, Spanish and/or Latin Americans, Latin American ancestry. More broadly, these demographics include a ...
, 39.4%; whites
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Description of populations as ...
, 30.7%; Asians, 13.2%, Blacks
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, 13%, and others, 3.6%. West Carson was the most ethnically diverse neighborhood within the region, and Wilmington was the least diverse.
"Harbor Region," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''
The wealthiest neighborhood was Lakewood, and the poorest was Wilmington.[
Twenty-one percent of all residents aged 25 and older had a four-year degree. Signal Hill had the most post- secondary school, secondary graduates and Wilmington the fewest.][
Rancho Dominguez was the neighborhood with the oldest population, while ]Hawaiian Gardens
Hawaiian Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the smallest city in the county in area (approximately 1.0 mi2) and was incorporated on April 9, 1964. The population was 14,254 at the 2010 census, down fro ...
was the youngest.[
Renters made up 51.7% of the population. The neighborhood with the highest rental rate was unincorporated Santa Catalina Island, while the one with the most homeowners was Rancho Dominguez.][
]
See also
* Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach, also known as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies of land with ...
* Port of Los Angeles
References
External links
''Stories of Los Angeles Harbor Area''
{{Los Angeles County
Geography of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California regions
Los Angeles Police Department