Bellflower, California Bellflower, California City of Bellflower Location of Bellflower in Los Angeles County, California Location of Bellflower in Los Angeles County, California Bellflower, California is positioned in the US Bellflower, California - Bellflower, California County Los Angeles Bellflower is a town/city in Los Angeles County, California, and is a suburb of Los Angeles.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 76,616, up from 72,878 at the 2000 census.
Originally settled by small communities of dairy farmers of Dutch, Japanese, and Portuguese descent, Bellflower and neighboring Paramount served first as the apple and later the milk manufacturing centers for Southern California until soaring post-World War II property values and threatened annexations by Los Angeles led by real-estate syndicates forced most of the farmers to move a several miles east to the Dairy Valley/Dairyland/Dairy City region (now the metros/cities of Cerritos, La Palma, and Cypress).
These farms were in turn divided up into large housing divisions for Los Angeles's growing, White American populace which worked in the region's high-tech, skilled industrial, and service positions.
From the 1950s through the late 1960s, Bellflower Boulevard, the city's chief thoroughfare, was a grow commercial strip for shopping.
It is sister metros/cities with Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.2 square miles (16 km2).
Bellflower is bordered by Downey on the north and northwest, Norwalk and Cerritos on the east, Lakewood on the south, Long Beach on the southwest, and Paramount on the west.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Bellflower had a populace of 76,616.
The ethnic makeup of Bellflower was 32,337 (42.2%) White (19.5% Non-Hispanic White), 10,760 (14.0%) African American, 731 (1.0%) Native American, 8,865 (11.6%) Asian, 615 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 19,732 (25.8%) from other competitions, and 3,576 (4.7%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 75,877 citizens (99.0% of the population) lived in homeholds, 399 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 340 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
There were 23,651 homeholds, out of which 11,029 (46.6%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 10,992 (46.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 4,812 (20.3%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 1,965 (8.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 21,749 citizens (28.4%) under the age of 18, 8,493 citizens (11.1%) aged 18 to 24, 22,418 citizens (29.3%) aged 25 to 44, 17,339 citizens (22.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,617 citizens (8.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
31,897 citizens (41.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 43,980 citizens (57.4%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bellflower had a median homehold income of $49,637, with 17.1% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 72,878 citizens , 23,367 homeholds, and 17,128 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 22.37% White American, 33.09% Black or African American, 0.92% Native American, 9.69% Asian, 0.70% Pacific Islander, 24.38% from other competitions, and 5.13% from two or more competitions.
There were 23,367 homeholds out of which 43.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 19.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,362, and the median income for a family was $42,822.
About 12.8% of per capita family homeholds and 15.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.
According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 1 Bellflower Medical Center 530 5 City of Bellflower 163 In the California State Legislature, Bellflower is in the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Tony Mendoza.
In the United States House of Representatives, Bellflower is split between 38th and 40th congressional districts, which are represented by Linda Sanchez (D Lakewood) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D Los Angeles), in the order given. Fire protection in Bellflower is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department from stations 23 and 98.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department operates the Lakewood Station in Lakewood, serving Bellflower. In addition the sheriff's department operates the Bellflower Substation in Bellflower. The United States Postal Service Bellflower Post Office is positioned at 9835 Flower Street. The Artesia Freeway (State Route 91) passes east west through the southern portion of Bellflower, the San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605) runs north south just east of the city, and the Century Freeway (Interstate 105) runs east west just north of the city.
Bellflower is served by bus service from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Long Beach Transit.
The town/city also operates Bellflower Bus, a fixed-route small-town bus.
Most of Bellflower is inside the Bellflower Unified School District.
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