Long Beach, California
Charter city[1]
City of Long Beach
Images from top, left to right: Long Beach skyline from Bluff Park, retired RMS Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific Blue Cavern exhibit, TTI Terminal at Port of Long Beach, Villa Riviera, Metro Blue Line, Long Beach Lighthouse
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): "Aquatic Capital of America"[2]
Motto(s): "The International City"
Location within Los Angeles County in the U.S. state ofCalifornia
Long Beach, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″WCoordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
CSA	Los Angeles-Long Beach
MSA	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
Incorporated	December 13, 1897[3]
Government
• Type	Council-manager[1]
• Mayor	Robert Garcia[4]
• City council[8]	Jeannine Pearce Lena Gonzalez Daryl Supernaw Suzie Price Dee Andrews Stacy Mungo Al Austin Rex Richardson (Vice Mayor) Roberto Uranga
• City manager	Patrick H. West[5]
• City auditor	Laura L. Doud[6]
• City prosecutor	Doug Haubert[7]
Area[9]
• City	51.48 sq mi (133.32 km2)
• Land	50.32 sq mi (130.32 km2)
• Water	1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2)  2.22%
Elevation[10]	52 ft (16 m)
Population (2010)[11]
• City	462,257
• Estimate (2016)[12]	470,130
• Rank	2nd in Los Angeles County 7th in California 39th in the United States
• Density	9,343.55/sq mi (3,607.56/km2)
• Metro	13,131,431
• CSA[13]	17,877,006
Time zone	Pacific (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes[14]	90801–90810, 90813–90815, 90822, 90831–90835, 90840, 90842, 90844, 90846–90848, 90853, 90895, 90899
Area code	562
FIPS code	06-43000
GNIS feature IDs	1652747, 2410866
Website	www.longbeach.gov