East L.A.
| East Los Angeles | |
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| Unincorporated area | |
Images, from top and left to right: East LA Public Library, Civic Center Park, Atlantic Gold Line Station
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 Location of East Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California. |
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| Coordinates: 34°2′N 118°10′W / 34.033°N 118.167°WCoordinates: 34°2′N 118°10′W / 34.033°N 118.167°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County |
 Los Angeles
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| Area | |
| • Total | 7.452 sq mi (19.302 km2) |
| • Land | 7.448 sq mi (19.291 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.011 km2) 0.06% |
| Elevation | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 126,496 |
| • Density | 17,000/sq mi (6,600/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 90022, 90063 |
| Area code(s) | 323 |
| FIPS code | 06-20802 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1660583 |
East Los Angeles, or East L.A., is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California. It is 96.7% Latino - the highest percentage of the 272 neighborhoods of Los Angeles County.
East L.A. is located immediately east of the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles, south of the El Sereno district of Los Angeles, north of the city of Commerce, and west of the cities of Monterey Park and Montebello.
The unincorporated area known as City Terrace occupies the northern part of the East L.A. CDP.
East Los Angeles is the least ethnically diverse community in Los Angeles County as noted by the Los Angeles Times' Mapping L.A. survey.
The 2010 United States Census reported that East Los Angeles had a population of 126,496. Population density was 16,973.5 people per square mile (6,553.5/km2). The racial makeup of East Los Angeles was 53,934 (50.5%) White (1.5% Non-Hispanic White), 817 (0.6%) African American, 1,549 (1.2%) Native American, 1,144 (0.9%) Asian, 63 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 54,846 (43.4%) from other races, and 4,143 (4.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 122,784 persons (97.1%).
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