Lakewood, California
Encyclopedia
Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County
, California
, United States
. The population was 80,048 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Long Beach
on the west and south, Bellflower
on the north, Cerritos
on the northeast, Cypress
on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens
on the southeast. Major thoroughfares include Lakewood (SR 19), Bellflower, and Del Amo Boulevards and Carson and South Streets. The San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) runs through the city's eastern regions.
Sometimes called "an instant city" because of its origins—going from lima bean
fields in 1950 to a well-developed city by 1960—Lakewood is, along with Levittown, New York
, the archetypal post-World War II
American suburb
. The vast majority of its housing stock is small, mass-produced single-story houses on tree-lined streets, sold initially to World War II and Korean War veterans who worked in the aerospace factories of Long Beach and the South Bay
.
and Ben Weingart are credited with "altering forever the map of Southern California". Begun in late 1949, the completion of the developers' plan in 1953 helped in the transformation of mass-produced working-class housing from its early phases in the 1930s and 1940s to the reality of the 1950s. The feel of this transformation from the point of view of a resident growing up in Lakewood was captured by D. J. Waldie
in his award-winning memoir,
Lakewood's primary thoroughfares are mostly boulevard
s with landscaped medians, with frontage road
s on either side in residential districts. Unlike in most similar configurations, however, access to the main road from the frontage road is only possible from infrequently spaced collector streets. This arrangement, hailed by urban planners
of the day, is a compromise between the traditional urban grid and the arrangement of winding "drives" and culs-de-sac
that dominates contemporary suburban and exurban
design.
Lakewood is credited as a pioneer among California cities in services provision. Although it is an incorporated city, Lakewood contracts for most municipal services, with most of these provided by Los Angeles County and, to a lesser extent, by other public agencies and private industry. Lakewood was the first city in the nation to contract for all of its municipal services when it incorporated as a municipality in 1954, making it the nation's first "contract city
." Many other Los Angeles suburbs, such as Cerritos and Diamond Bar
, have adopted the "Lakewood Plan."
Lakewood is the home of the first Denny's
Restaurant. In 1953 Harold Butler founded Danny’s Donuts, which was renamed Denny's Restaurant in 1959.
Lakewood was named Sports Illustrated
s "Sportstown USA" in 2005 for the State of California.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 9.5 square miles (24.6 km²). 9.4 square miles (24.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (0.54%) is water.
was 8,456.4 people per square mile (3,265.0/km²). The racial makeup of Lakewood was 44,820 (56.0%) White, 6,973 (8.7%) African American, 564 (0.7%) Native American, 13,115 (16.4%) Asian (8.1% Filipino, 1.5% Korean, 1.4% Chinese, 1.4% Cambodian, 1.2% Vietnamese, 0.7% Japanese, 0.6% Indian, 0.4% Thai), 744 (0.9%) Pacific Islander, 9,249 (11.6%) from other races
, and 4,583 (5.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24,101 persons (30.1%); 24.1% of Lakewood is Mexican, 0.8% Salvadoran, 0.7% Puerto Rican, 0.5% Guatemalan, 0.4% Cuban, 0.3% Peruvian, 0.2% Nicaraguan, 0.2% Honduran, 0.2% Colombian, and 0.2% Ecuadorian.
The Census reported that 79,939 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 109 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 26,543 households, out of which 10,649 (40.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 14,711 (55.4%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 3,975 (15.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,696 (6.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,262 (4.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 283 (1.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 4,719 households (17.8%) were made up of individuals and 1,965 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01. There were 20,382 families
(76.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.41.
The population was spread out with 19,476 people (24.3%) under the age of 18, 7,593 people (9.5%) aged 18 to 24, 22,117 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 21,776 people (27.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,086 people (11.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.5 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.
There were 27,470 housing units at an average density of 2,902.0 per square mile (1,120.5/km²), of which 19,131 (72.1%) were owner-occupied, and 7,412 (27.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.7%. 57,591 people (71.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 22,348 people (27.9%) lived in rental housing units.
of 2000, there were 79,345 people, 26,853 households, and 20,542 families residing in the city. The population density
was 8,414.8 inhabitants per square mile (3,248.7/km²). There were 27,310 housing units at an average density of 2,896.3 per square mile (1,118.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 62.67% White, 7.34% Black or African American, 0.60% Native American, 13.51% Asian, 0.62% Pacific Islander, 10.10% from other races
, and 5.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.78% of the population.
There were 26,853 households out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples
living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $58,214, and the median income for a family was $63,342. Males had a median income of $45,447 versus $35,206 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $22,095. About 5.6% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
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| 1960 || align="right" | 67,126
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| 1970 || align="right" | 83,025
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| 1980 || align="right" | 74,654
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| 1990 || align="right" | 73,557
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! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|Long Beach Unified School District
|901
|-
| 2
|City of Lakewood
|604
|-
| 3
|Los Angeles County
Department of Children and Family Services
|550
|-
| 4
|Albertsons
|500
|-
| 5
|Bellflower Unified School District
|418
|-
| 6
|Long Beach Mazda
|400
|-
| 7
|ABC Unified School District
|360
|-
| 8
|Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
|317
|-
| 9
|Piazza McDonald's
|258
|-
| 10
|Pacific Ford
|311
|-
|}
Lakewood is located in the 27th Senate
District, represented by Democrat Alan Lowenthal
, and in the 55th and 56th Assembly
Districts, represented by Democrats Warren T. Furutani
and Tony Mendoza
respectively. Federally, Lakewood is located in California's 39th congressional district
, which has a Cook PVI
of D +13 and is represented by Democrat Linda Sánchez
.
with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service
.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
operates the Lakewood Station in Lakewood.
The city of Lakewood operates a police helicopter operation independent of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Aero Bureau. The program is called "Sky Knight
". Begun in 1966, it was the first day and night helicopter patrol program in the nation (aerial units had previously been used for search and rescue).
Several citizens created a group called "The Lakewood Unified School District Organizing Committee ," which aims to establish a "Lakewood Unified School District".
Long Beach Unified School District
Elementary schools serving Lakewood:
Middle schools serving Lakewood:
K-8 schools serving Lakewood:
High schools serving Lakewood:
Paramount Unified School District
K-8 schools serving Lakewood:
High schools serving Lakewood:
Bellflower Unified School District
Elementary schools serving Lakewood include:
High schools serving Lakewood include:
ABC Unified School District
Elementary schools serving Lakewood:
Middle schools serving Lakewood:
High schools serving Lakewood:
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 80,048 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
on the west and south, Bellflower
Bellflower, California
Bellflower is a city in Los Angeles County, California, and is a suburb of Los Angeles. It was incorporated on September 3, 1957. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 76,616, up from 72,878 at the 2000 census....
on the north, Cerritos
Cerritos, California
Cerritos is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956...
on the northeast, Cypress
Cypress, California
Cypress is a suburban city located in the northern region of Orange County within Southern California. Its population was 47,802 at the 2010 census.-History:...
on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens
Hawaiian Gardens, California
Hawaiian Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the smallest city in the county and was incorporated on April 9, 1964. The population was 14,254 at the 2010 census, down from 14,779 at the 2000 census.The town's unusual name originated in a 1920s refreshment...
on the southeast. Major thoroughfares include Lakewood (SR 19), Bellflower, and Del Amo Boulevards and Carson and South Streets. The San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) runs through the city's eastern regions.
Sometimes called "an instant city" because of its origins—going from lima bean
Lima bean
Phaseolus lunatus is a legume. It is grown for its seed, which is eaten as a vegetable. It is commonly known as the lima bean or butter bean.-Origin and uses:...
fields in 1950 to a well-developed city by 1960—Lakewood is, along with Levittown, New York
Levittown, New York
Levittown is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead located on Long Island in Nassau County, New York. Levittown is midway between the villages of Hempstead and Farmingdale. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 51,881....
, the archetypal post-World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
American suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
. The vast majority of its housing stock is small, mass-produced single-story houses on tree-lined streets, sold initially to World War II and Korean War veterans who worked in the aerospace factories of Long Beach and the South Bay
South Bay, Los Angeles
The South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay which forms its western border.The picture at right uses the broadest definition of the...
.
History, notable features
Lakewood is a planned, post-World War II community. Developers Louis Boyar, Mark TaperMark Taper
S. Mark Taper was a real estate developer, financier and philanthropist in Southern California. His 1962 gift to the Los Angeles Music Center resulted in the Mark Taper Forum being named for him in 1967....
and Ben Weingart are credited with "altering forever the map of Southern California". Begun in late 1949, the completion of the developers' plan in 1953 helped in the transformation of mass-produced working-class housing from its early phases in the 1930s and 1940s to the reality of the 1950s. The feel of this transformation from the point of view of a resident growing up in Lakewood was captured by D. J. Waldie
D. J. Waldie
-Life:D. J. Waldie lives in Lakewood, California, in the house his parents bought in 1946. He was born in 1948.In the mid-1970s, he taught at California State University Long Beach in the Department of Comparative Literature and the University Honors Program....
in his award-winning memoir,
Lakewood's primary thoroughfares are mostly boulevard
Boulevard
A Boulevard is type of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the centre, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery...
s with landscaped medians, with frontage road
Frontage road
A frontage road is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access...
s on either side in residential districts. Unlike in most similar configurations, however, access to the main road from the frontage road is only possible from infrequently spaced collector streets. This arrangement, hailed by urban planners
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
of the day, is a compromise between the traditional urban grid and the arrangement of winding "drives" and culs-de-sac
Cul-de-sac
A cul-de-sac is a word of French origin referring to a dead end, close, no through road or court meaning dead-end street with only one inlet/outlet...
that dominates contemporary suburban and exurban
Commuter town
A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as suburbs of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns...
design.
Lakewood is credited as a pioneer among California cities in services provision. Although it is an incorporated city, Lakewood contracts for most municipal services, with most of these provided by Los Angeles County and, to a lesser extent, by other public agencies and private industry. Lakewood was the first city in the nation to contract for all of its municipal services when it incorporated as a municipality in 1954, making it the nation's first "contract city
Contract city
Contract city is a term used in the U.S. for a city which provides municipal services by contract with another unit of government, public agency or private organizations....
." Many other Los Angeles suburbs, such as Cerritos and Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar, California
Diamond Bar is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 55,544 at the 2010 census, down from 56,287 at the 2000 census. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron registered in 1918 by ranch owner Frederick E...
, have adopted the "Lakewood Plan."
Lakewood is the home of the first Denny's
Denny's
Denny's is a full-service coffee shop/family restaurant chain. It operates over 1,500 restaurants in the United States , Canada, Curaçao, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan , Mexico, New Zealand, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.Denny's is known for always being...
Restaurant. In 1953 Harold Butler founded Danny’s Donuts, which was renamed Denny's Restaurant in 1959.
Lakewood was named Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
s "Sportstown USA" in 2005 for the State of California.
Geography
Lakewood is located at 33°50′51"N 118°7′12"W (33.847365, -118.119889).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 9.5 square miles (24.6 km²). 9.4 square miles (24.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (0.54%) is water.
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Lakewood had a population of 80,048. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 8,456.4 people per square mile (3,265.0/km²). The racial makeup of Lakewood was 44,820 (56.0%) White, 6,973 (8.7%) African American, 564 (0.7%) Native American, 13,115 (16.4%) Asian (8.1% Filipino, 1.5% Korean, 1.4% Chinese, 1.4% Cambodian, 1.2% Vietnamese, 0.7% Japanese, 0.6% Indian, 0.4% Thai), 744 (0.9%) Pacific Islander, 9,249 (11.6%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 4,583 (5.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24,101 persons (30.1%); 24.1% of Lakewood is Mexican, 0.8% Salvadoran, 0.7% Puerto Rican, 0.5% Guatemalan, 0.4% Cuban, 0.3% Peruvian, 0.2% Nicaraguan, 0.2% Honduran, 0.2% Colombian, and 0.2% Ecuadorian.
The Census reported that 79,939 people (99.9% of the population) lived in households, 109 (0.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 26,543 households, out of which 10,649 (40.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 14,711 (55.4%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 3,975 (15.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,696 (6.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,262 (4.8%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....
, and 283 (1.1%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 4,719 households (17.8%) were made up of individuals and 1,965 (7.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01. There were 20,382 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(76.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.41.
The population was spread out with 19,476 people (24.3%) under the age of 18, 7,593 people (9.5%) aged 18 to 24, 22,117 people (27.6%) aged 25 to 44, 21,776 people (27.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,086 people (11.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.5 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.
There were 27,470 housing units at an average density of 2,902.0 per square mile (1,120.5/km²), of which 19,131 (72.1%) were owner-occupied, and 7,412 (27.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.7%. 57,591 people (71.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 22,348 people (27.9%) lived in rental housing units.
2000
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 79,345 people, 26,853 households, and 20,542 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 8,414.8 inhabitants per square mile (3,248.7/km²). There were 27,310 housing units at an average density of 2,896.3 per square mile (1,118.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 62.67% White, 7.34% Black or African American, 0.60% Native American, 13.51% Asian, 0.62% Pacific Islander, 10.10% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 5.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.78% of the population.
There were 26,853 households out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.5% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $58,214, and the median income for a family was $63,342. Males had a median income of $45,447 versus $35,206 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $22,095. About 5.6% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.
Demographic evolution of Lakewood
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! style="background:#efefef;" | Population
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| 1970 || align="right" | 83,025
|-
| 1980 || align="right" | 74,654
|-
| 1990 || align="right" | 73,557
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| 2000 || align="right" | 79,345
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Top Employers
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|Long Beach Unified School District
Long Beach Unified School District
The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States.LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, all of the city of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island.-School uniforms...
|901
|-
| 2
|City of Lakewood
|604
|-
| 3
|Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
Department of Children and Family Services
|550
|-
| 4
|Albertsons
|500
|-
| 5
|Bellflower Unified School District
Bellflower Unified School District
The Bellflower Unified School District is a school district in Los Angeles County, California. It serves the city of Bellflower as well as portions of Cerritos and Lakewood.-Middle/High schools:*Bellflower High School*Mayfair High School...
|418
|-
| 6
|Long Beach Mazda
Mazda
is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...
|400
|-
| 7
|ABC Unified School District
ABC Unified School District
The ABC Unified School District is a school district that is based in Cerritos, California, United States.ABCUSD serves the cities of Artesia, most of Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, the portion of Lakewood east of the San Gabriel River, as well as tiny portions of Long Beach, Norwalk, and La Mirada...
|360
|-
| 8
|Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a local county law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. It is the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States, with the New York City Police Department being the first. The second largest is the Chicago Police...
|317
|-
| 9
|Piazza McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
|258
|-
| 10
|Pacific Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
|311
|-
|}
Politics
In the state legislatureCalifornia State Legislature
The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
Lakewood is located in the 27th Senate
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
District, represented by Democrat Alan Lowenthal
Alan Lowenthal
Alan S. Lowenthal has been a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing the 27th District since 2004. He previously served in the California State Assembly representing the 55th Assembly district from 1998 until 2004...
, and in the 55th and 56th Assembly
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
Districts, represented by Democrats Warren T. Furutani
Warren Furutani
Warren T. Furutani , represents the 55th Assembly district of California. He is a Democrat and a fourth-generation Japanese American. Furutani was elected in a special election in 2008. He replaced Laura Richardson who won a special election to replace Juanita Millender-McDonald as the member of...
and Tony Mendoza
Tony Mendoza
Tony Mendoza is a Cuban-American photographer. He was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Miami, Florida with his family in 1960. He graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Engineering and Harvard with a Master of Architecture, before becoming a full time photographic artist in 1973...
respectively. Federally, Lakewood is located in California's 39th congressional district
California's 39th congressional district
California's 39th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California based in Los Angeles County. The district covers part of southeastern Los Angeles County and includes Lynwood, Cerritos, Lakewood, La Mirada, and Whittier....
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index , sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index , is a measurement of how strongly an American congressional district or state leans toward one political party compared to the nation as a whole...
of D +13 and is represented by Democrat Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez
Linda T. Sánchez is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...
.
Emergency services
Fire protection in Lakewood is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire DepartmentLos Angeles County Fire Department
The Los Angeles County Fire Department , serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including La Habra. It should not be confused with the Los Angeles City Fire Department, which serves the city of...
with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service
Care Ambulance Service
Care Ambulance Service provides ambulance transport and 9-1-1 response services providing basic life support and critical care for patients in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Care Ambulance is divided into 2 divisions, Orange County and Los Angeles County...
.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a local county law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. It is the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States, with the New York City Police Department being the first. The second largest is the Chicago Police...
operates the Lakewood Station in Lakewood.
The city of Lakewood operates a police helicopter operation independent of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Aero Bureau. The program is called "Sky Knight
Sky Knight
The Sky Knight Helicopter Program is an airborne law enforcement program in Lakewood, California which began service in 1966. The unit operates using non-sworn pilots, employed by the city of Lakewood, partnered with a sworn deputy sheriff from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lakewood...
". Begun in 1966, it was the first day and night helicopter patrol program in the nation (aerial units had previously been used for search and rescue).
Public schools
The city is served by four school districts.Several citizens created a group called "The Lakewood Unified School District Organizing Committee ," which aims to establish a "Lakewood Unified School District".
Long Beach Unified School DistrictLong Beach Unified School DistrictThe Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States.LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, all of the city of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island.-School uniforms...
- Cleveland Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School (Lakewood)
- MacArthur Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Madison Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Riley Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Mark Twain Elementary School (Long Beach)
Middle schools serving Lakewood:
- Bancroft Middle School (Long Beach)
- DeMille Middle School (Long Beach)
- Hoover Middle School (Lakewood)
K-8 schools serving Lakewood:
- Gompers Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Monroe School (Lakewood)
High schools serving Lakewood:
- Jordan High SchoolJordan High School (Long Beach, California)David Starr Jordan High School is a public high school in Long Beach, California. It is part of the Long Beach Unified School District-Overview:...
(Long Beach) - Lakewood High SchoolLakewood High School (California)Lakewood High School is a public secondary school located in the Southern California city of Lakewood. Founded in 1957, it is part of the Long Beach Unified School District...
(Lakewood)
Paramount Unified School DistrictParamount Unified School DistrictParamount Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Paramount, California, United States.The district serves the city of Paramount, and portions of Lakewood, Bellflower, Long Beach, and South Gate with eleven elementary schools, five middle schools, one comprehensive high...
K-8 schools serving Lakewood:
- Collins Elementary School (Long Beach)
- Lakewood Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Mokler Elementary School (Paramount)
High schools serving Lakewood:
- Paramount High School (ParamountParamount, CaliforniaParamount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 54,098 down from 55,266 at the 2000 census...
)
Bellflower Unified School DistrictBellflower Unified School DistrictThe Bellflower Unified School District is a school district in Los Angeles County, California. It serves the city of Bellflower as well as portions of Cerritos and Lakewood.-Middle/High schools:*Bellflower High School*Mayfair High School...
Elementary schools serving Lakewood include:
- Stephen Foster Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Intensive Learning Center (Lakewood)
- Jefferson Elementary School (Bellflower)
- Esther Lindstrom Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Craig Williams Elementary School (Lakewood)
High schools serving Lakewood include:
- Mayfair High SchoolMayfair High SchoolMayfair High School is a high school in the Bellflower Unified School District 9 in the city of Lakewood, California. The school first opened in 1959. The student population is approximately 3616 in grades 7 through 12...
(Lakewood) - Somerset High School (Bellflower)
- Bellflower High School (Bellflower)
ABC Unified School DistrictABC Unified School DistrictThe ABC Unified School District is a school district that is based in Cerritos, California, United States.ABCUSD serves the cities of Artesia, most of Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, the portion of Lakewood east of the San Gabriel River, as well as tiny portions of Long Beach, Norwalk, and La Mirada...
Elementary schools serving Lakewood:
- Aloha Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Melbourne Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Pat Nixon Elementary SchoolPat Nixon Elementary SchoolThe Patricia Nixon Elementary School is located in Cerritos, California, as part of the ABC Unified School District. Nixon serves students from grades Kindergarten through six...
(Cerritos) - Palms Elementary School (Lakewood)
- Willow Elementary School (Lakewood)
Middle schools serving Lakewood:
- Haskell Junior High School (Cerritos)
- Tetzlaff Junior High School (Cerritos)
High schools serving Lakewood:
- Artesia High School (Lakewood)
- Cerritos High SchoolCerritos High SchoolCerritos High School, also called CHS, is a public high school in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. It is part of the ABC Unified School District.-History:...
(Cerritos) - Richard Gahr High School (Cerritos)
- Whitney High SchoolWhitney High School (Cerritos, California)Gretchen A. Whitney High School, called Whitney High School or WHS, is a public school in Cerritos, California serving grades 7-12. It is in the ABC Unified School District.-History:...
(Cerritos)