Population & Demographics
Long Beach, CA
Long Beach is home to 455,548 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 208,821 resident workers commute each day.
455,548 residents
Median age 37.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Long Beach population & demographics
Who lives in Long Beach — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Long Beach
How Long Beach breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Long Beach
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Long Beach.
These figures are for Long Beach proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Long Beach commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
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208,821 commutes, one dot at a time
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Where 208,821 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Long Beach, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Long Beach.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Long Beach’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Long Beach
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).