Long Beach is a large coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 461,381 people and 84 constituent neighborhoods, Long Beach is the fifth largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Long Beach isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Long Beach are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Long Beach is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Long Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.21%), sales jobs (10.98%), and management occupations (8.96%).

Long Beach is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Long Beach is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

One of the nice things about Long Beach is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Long Beach Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Long Beach is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 23.94% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Long Beach in 2000 was $19,040, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $76,160 for a family of four.

Long Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Long Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Long Beach is White, followed by African-American. Long Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.75% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Long Beach include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Long Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 28.65%.

The languages spoken by people in Long Beach are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Long Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Mon-Khmer, Cambodian, and Tagalog.