Editing Norwalk, California

{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Norwalk, California
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = "A Connected Community"
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage|position=center
| photo1a                         = Norwalk Town Square Shopping Center sign in Norwalk California.jpg
| photo1b                         = Norwalk City Hall, Norwalk, CA.jpg
| spacing = 2
| color_border = white 
| color = white
| size = 280
| foot_montage = From left to right: Norwalk Town Square sign, Norwalk City Hall
}}
| image_flag         = Flag of Norwalk, California.svg
| image_seal         = Seal of Norwalk, California.svg
| seal_size          = 70px
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of Norwalk, California.svg
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| blank_emblem_size  = 120px
| image_map          = LA County Incorporated Areas Norwalk highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250x200px
| map_caption        = Location of Norwalk in [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]]
| pushpin_label      = Norwalk
| pushpin_map        = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{Flagu|United States|size=23px}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{Flag|California|size=23px}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
| government_type    = [[Council–manager government|Council/Manager]]<ref name=cc/>
| leader_title       = [[City council]]<ref name="cc">{{cite web |title=MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION |url=https://www.norwalk.org/city-hall/mayor-and-city-council-information-copy |website=Norwalk, California |publisher=City of Norwalk |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>
| leader_name        = Rick Ramirez<br />Jennifer Perez<br />Tony Ayala
| leader_title1      = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1       = Ana Valencia
| leader_title2      = [[Vice Mayor]]
| leader_name2       = Margarita L. Rios
| leader_title3      = [[City manager]]
| leader_name3       = Jesus Gomez<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norwalk.org/city-hall/departments/city-administration|title=City Administration|publisher=City of Norwalk, CA|access-date=March 10, 2015}}</ref>
| leader_title4      = [[Treasurer|Finance Director/ Treasurer]]
| leader_name4       = Jana Stuard
| leader_title5      = [[City Clerk]]
| leader_name5       = Theresa Devoy
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = August 26, 1957<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
 |title       = California Cities by Incorporation Date
 |format      = Word
 |publisher   = California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s
 |access-date  = August 25, 2014
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130221091414/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
 |archive-date = February 21, 2013
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
<!-- Area------------------>| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 9.75
| area_land_sq_mi    = 9.71
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.04
| area_total_km2     = 25.24
| area_land_km2      = 25.14
| area_water_km2     = 0.10
| area_water_percent = 0.40
| area_metro_sq_mi   = 
| area_metro_km2     = <!-- Elevation ------------>
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1661123|Norwalk|access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_ft       = 92
| elevation_m        = 28
<!-- Population ----------->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/norwalkcitycalifornia/POP010220#POP010220|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total   = 102773
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_est     = 
| population_rank    = [[List of cities in Los Angeles County, California|14th]] in Los Angeles County<br />[[List of largest California cities by population|77th]] in California<br />[[List of United States cities by population|335th]] in the United States
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| population_metro   = <!-- Time zones ----------->
| timezone           = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset         = −8
| timezone_DST       = PDT
| utc_offset_DST     = −7
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|54|25|N|118|05|00|W|region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 90650–90652, 90659
| area_code          = [[Area code 562|562]]
| blank_name         = [[FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = {{FIPS|06|52526}}
| blank1_name        = [[GNIS]] feature IDs
| blank1_info        = {{GNIS 4|1661123}}, {{GNIS 4|2411281}}
| website            = {{URL|www.norwalk.org}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
}}

'''Norwalk''' is a city in [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]], [[United States]]. The population was 102,773 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/norwalkcitycalifornia/POP010220#POP010220|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=April 25, 2022}}</ref>

Founded in the late 19th century, Norwalk was incorporated as a city in 1957. It is located {{convert|17|mi|km}} southeast of [[downtown Los Angeles]] and is part of the [[Greater Los Angeles area]].

Norwalk is a member of the [[Gateway Cities]] Council of Governments. Norwalk's sister cities are [[Morelia]] in the Mexican state of Michoacán, and [[Hermosillo]], in the Mexican state of Sonora.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.norwalk.ca.us/commissions.asp |title=City of Norwalk – Commissions |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503225301/http://www.ci.norwalk.ca.us/commissions.asp |archive-date=May 3, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Portrait_of_Don_Juan_Temple,_an_early_owner_of_the_Ranch_Los_Cerritos_in_Long_Beach.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Much of modern-day Norwalk was part of [[Rancho Los Cerritos]], owned by Don [[Juan Temple]].]]

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The area known as "Norwalk" was first home to the [[Shoshonean]] Native American tribe. They survived primarily on [[honey]], an array of berries, acorns, sage, squirrels, rabbits and birds. Their huts were part of the Sejat Indian village.<ref>[https://www.norwalk.org/about-us/general-info-statistics General Info & Statistics | City of Norwalk, CA]</ref>

In the late 1760s, settlers and missions flourished under Spanish rule with the famous [[El Camino Real (California)|El Camino Real]] trail traversing the area. [[Rancho Los Nietos|Manuel Nieto]], a Spanish soldier, received a [[Spain|Spanish]] land grant ([[Rancho Los Nietos]]) in 1784 that included Norwalk.

After the [[Mexican–American War]] in 1848, the Rancho and mining days ended. Portions of the land were subdivided and made available for sale when [[California]] was admitted into the union of the United States. Word of this land development reached the Sproul Brothers in Oregon. They recalled the fertile land and huge sycamore trees they saw during an earlier visit to the Southern California area. In 1869, Atwood Sproul, on behalf of his brother, Gilbert, purchased {{convert|463|acre|km2}} of land at $11 an acre ($2,700/km<sup>2</sup>) in an area known as ''Corazón de los Valles'', or "Heart of the Valleys".<ref>Long Beach Press-Telegram, December 23, 1923, Page 44</ref>

By 1873, railroads were being built in the area and the Sprouls deeded {{Convert|23|acre|m2}}, stipulating a "passenger stop" clause in the deed. Three days after the Anaheim Branch Railroad crossed the "North-walk" for the first time, Gilbert Sproul surveyed a town site. In 1874, the name was recorded officially as Norwalk. While a majority of the Norwalk countryside remained undeveloped during the 1880s, the Norwalk Station allowed potential residents the opportunity to visit the "country" from across the nation.<ref>McGroarty, J. S. (1923). History of Los Angeles County. United States: American Historical Society, Incorporated. p.544 " in the winter of 1868 he and his brother Gilbert H. bought 457 acres of unimproved land at what is now Norwalk, the original portion of the Sproul ranch costing only eleven dollars an acre. The village of Norwalk stands on this ranch. Immediately after locating on the property, Atwood Sproul built a livery barn and began buying, selling and training horses. A number of splendid horses were kept there. One of them was Conveth, a chestnut horse that sold for $ 10,000 as a yearling . The Sproul Brothers gave the right of way and depot grounds, altogether twenty-three acres, to the railroad . In the deed conveying this property was a clause compelling maintenance of daily train service for the station at Norwalk. This clause proved very valuable to the citizens of the community. At one time the railroad declined to stop for passengers. "</ref>

The families referred to as the "first families" of Norwalk (including the Sprouls, the Dewitts, the Settles, and the Orrs) settled in the area in the years before 1900. D.D. Johnston pioneered the first school system in Norwalk in 1880. Johnston was also responsible for the first real industry in town, a cheese factory, by furnishing Tom Lumbard with the money in 1882. Norwalk's prosperity was evident in the 1890s with the construction of a number of fine homes that were located in the middle of orchards, farms and dairies. Headstones for these families can be found at Little Lake Cemetery, which was founded in 1843 on the border between Norwalk and [[Santa Fe Springs]] at Lakeland Road.
[[File:Norwalk_depot.png|alt=Norwalk, CA depot with deep eaves, loading docks and storefronts. A wagon, fully laden with milk cans is in front.|left|thumb|Norwalk depot and a wagon loaded with milk cans, 1910]]
At the turn of the 19th century, Norwalk had become established as a dairy center. Of the 50 local families reported in the 1900 census, most were associated with farming or with the dairy industry. Norwalk was also the home of some of the largest sugar beet farms in all of Southern California during this era. Many of the dairy farmers who settled in Norwalk during the early part of the 20th century were Dutch.

[[File:Norwalk Town Square sign.jpg|thumb|Norwalk Town Square sign at night; the sign was completed in 1954 by the [[Pacific Life Insurance Company]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwalk Square Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=65827 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>]]

After the 1950s, the Hispanic population in Norwalk grew significantly as the area became increasingly residential.

===Airplane disaster===
In February 1958, two military aircraft, a Douglas [[C-118]]A military transport and a U.S. Navy [[P-2 Neptune|P2V]]-5F Neptune patrol bomber, collided over Norwalk at night. Forty-seven servicemen were killed, as was a civilian 23-year-old woman on the ground who was hit by falling debris. A plaque commemorating the disaster and erected by the American Legion in 1961 marks the spot of the accident, today a mini-mall at the corner of Firestone Boulevard and Pioneer Boulevard.

===The Hargitt House===
Built in 1891 by the D.D. Johnston family, the [[Hargitt House]] was built in the architectural style of [[Eastlake movement|Victorian Eastlake]]. The Hargitt House Museum, located at 12426 Mapledale, was donated to the people of Norwalk by Charles ("Chun") and Ida Hargitt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parks & Recreation: Historic Norwalk|url=http://www.ci.norwalk.ca.us/city-hall/departments/recreation-park-services/historic-norwalk|publisher=City of Norwalk|access-date=January 12, 2016}}</ref>

===The Sproul House===
[[File:Historic_Sproul_House_Exterior.png|alt=façade of the historical Sproul house in Norwalk. There is a porch on the right and a a flagpole in front flying an American flag.|left|thumb|Historic Sproul House]]
The [[Sproul House]] is a [[Stick Style]]-influenced,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perissinotti|first1=Frank|title=Diagram of a Stick-Eastlake house |url=http://www.stclaircollege.ca/people/pages/fperissi/arc300ge/week8/STICK_EASTLAKE_VILLA.gif| website=Visual Communications – History of Architecture|date=2002}}</ref><ref name="Shrock2004">{{cite book|last=Shrock|first=Joel|title=The Gilded Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ey_j6sPJbgQC&pg=PA75|date=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32204-4|page=75 |quote=small wooden boards [...] that were often horizontal, diagonal, and vertical. [...] These decorative cross timbers were also called stickwork.}}</ref><ref name=McAlester>{{cite book|last=McAlester|first=Virginia & Lee|title=A Field Guide to American Houses|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoamer00mcal|url-access=registration|year=1984|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|isbn=0-394-73969-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoamer00mcal/page/254 254–261]}}</ref> [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] farm house built in 1870 by the founder of Norwalk, Gilbert Sproul. He and his family lived there while he founded Norwalk. His descendants lived in the house continually until 1962 when it was donated to the city.<ref>Burt, Tim (Jul 3, 1977) "Early Norwalk Lives at Sproul Museum"
Long Beach Press-Telegram, Page 31 "Not many families open up their houses to thousands of visitors a year But that's what Vida Sproul Hunter did in 1962 when she donated the home of her grandfather Gilbert H Sproul to the city of Norwalk Since then schoolchildren and history buffs have visited the museum taking particular interest in such items as Civil War guns an old-fashioned disc-record set and farming equipment of the pre-1900s There is also an 1877 piano which according to museum curator Billie Robinson still sounds good A 1910 Edison phonograph is also on display...Sproul purchased the property in 1868 and built the house in 1870.  The house was moved in 1962 to its current location on Sproul Street and was opened to tourists in 1964. 'Most of the items we collected from residents when we opened in 1962' Mrs Robinson said 'All of the guns are from the Sproul family '. Vida Sproul Hunter was the last Sproul to live in the house After that the house was rented for a while and then donated to the city. During one year 28000 people toured the house. They've come from all over the area to see it. The house has remained basically the same structurally according to Mrs Robinson 'It's a well-built house to stand up this long We added a workshop and an office for me but those are the only changes '"</ref> Today it houses the Gilbert Sproul Museum which covers Norwalk history through artifacts, photos, documents and other interpretive elements.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Reece |first1=Daphne |title=Historic Houses of California |date=1983 |publisher=San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books |isbn=0877012725 |page=114 |url=https://archive.org/details/historichousesof00reec/page/114/mode/2up?q=%22Gilbert+Sproul+house%22 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/historichousesof00reec/page/114/mode/2up |archive-date=January 23, 2012 |quote="Gilbert Sproul House 1970 Norwalk's founder, Gilbert Sproul, built this simple redwood home with few pretensions to architectural style. An adventurous Yankee from Maine, Sproul had traveled widely in the West Indies and the Orient before settling down as a lumber baron in Oregon; he also was quick to sense the opportunities when Southern California's great ranchos were subdivided and settlers poured into the state. His house became the scene of many of Norwalk's early town meetings. Donated with all its original furnishings to the city by Sproul's granddaughter in 1964, it is now a museum furnished with contemporary antiques."}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite book |title=A Guide to historic places in Los Angeles County : prepared under the auspices of the History Team of the City of Los Angeles American Revolution Bicentennial Committee |date=1978 |publisher=Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co. |pages=232–233 |isbn=978-0-8403-7501-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetohistoricp0000unse_o3k1/page/232/mode/2up |access-date=May 3, 2023 |quote="Gilbert Sproul, founder of Norwalk, built this redwood home for himself and his family in 1870. Many town meetings were held in this house, which was one of the first homes in the Norwalk area. Sproul's granddaughter, Vida Sproul Hunter, donated the home to the City, which moved the building about 100 yards to its present location, where since 1964 it has been open to the public as the Sproul Museum. Inside is now a city museum in Norwalk Park. Original furniture, much of which dates back to 1870, along with materials relating to the history of Norwalk, such as maps, early school pictures, and other city photographs. In addition there are displays of dolls, guns, and Indian artifacts."}}</ref>

==Geography==
Norwalk is located at {{Coord|33|54|25|N|118|5|0|W|type:city}} (33.906914, −118.083398).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|25.243|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.  {{convert|9.707|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.039|sqmi|km2}} of it (0.40%) is water.

Norwalk is bordered by [[Downey, California|Downey]] to the northwest, [[Bellflower, California|Bellflower]] to the southwest, [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]] and [[Artesia, California|Artesia]] to the south, and [[Santa Fe Springs]] and [[Whittier, California|Whittier]] to the north and east.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 88739
|1970= 90164
|1980= 84901
|1990= 94279
|2000= 103298
|2010= 105549
|2020= 102773
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census by Decade|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br>1860–1870<ref name=1870CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-12.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1870CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County  |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1880–1890<ref name=1890CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1890/bulletins/demographics/134-population-of-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1900<ref name=1900CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/bulletins/demographic/10-population-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1910<ref name=1910CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ca.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1920<ref name=1920CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1920/bulletins/demographics/population-ca-number-of-inhabitants.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1930<ref name=1930CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1930/population-volume-1/03815512v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch03.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-08.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1960<ref name=1960CensusCA1>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=1960CensusCA2>{{Cite web|title= 1960 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-c.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ca1-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_caAB-01.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 1990<ref name=1990CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
2000<ref name=2000CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusCA>{{Cite web|title= 2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-6.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Norwalk first appeared as a city in the [[1960 U.S. Census]] as part of the Downey-Norwalk census county division (pop. 272,729 in 1960).<ref name=1960CensusCA>{{Cite web|title=1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 12, 2024|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812164028/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-06-d.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

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===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Norwalk city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Norwalk city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0652526&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Norwalk city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0652526&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Norwalk city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0652526&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|19,574
|13,007
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,919
|18.95%
|12.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.68%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,529
|4,135
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,849
|4.38%
|3.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.75%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|463
|281
|style='background: #ffffe6; |294
|0.45%
|0.27%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|11,724
|12,387
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,680
|11.35%
|11.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.31%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|336
|366
|style='background: #ffffe6; |370
|0.33%
|0.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other Race]] alone (NH)
|138
|191
|style='background: #ffffe6; |486
|0.13%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.47%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,569
|1,141
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,627
|1.52%
|1.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.58%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|64,965
|74,041
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73,548
|62.89%
|70.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71.56%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''103,298'''
|'''105,549'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''102,773'''
|'''100.00%'''
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67.7% of persons age 5 years+, 2014–2018 live in a home where language other than English is spoken.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/norwalkcitycalifornia |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Norwalk city, California |publisher=Census.gov |date= |accessdate=July 19, 2022}}</ref>

===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0652526|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118093437/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0652526|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Norwalk city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that Norwalk had a population of 105,549. The population density was {{convert|10,829.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Norwalk was 52,089 (49.4%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (12.3% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name=quif>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0652526.html|title=Norwalk (city) QuickFacts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101212300/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0652526.html|archive-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> 4,593 (4.4%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1,213 (1.1%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 12,700 (12.0%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (5.3% Filipino, 2.5% Korean, 0.9% Chinese, 0.8% Indian, 0.8% Vietnamese, 0.6% Cambodian, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Japanese), 431 (0.4%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 29,954 (28.4%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 4,569 (4.3%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 74,041 persons (70.1%)

The Census reported that 103,934 people (98.5% of the population) lived in households, 315 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,300 (1.2%) were institutionalized.

There were 27,130 households, out of which 13,678 (50.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 15,190 (56.0%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 5,045 (18.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,348 (8.7%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 1,712 (6.3%) [[unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 178 (0.7%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 3,417 households (12.6%) were made up of individuals, and 1,631 (6.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.83.  There were 22,583 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (83.2% of all households); the average family size was 4.10.

The population was spread out, with 29,164 people (27.6%) under the age of 18, 12,026 people (11.4%) aged 18 to 24, 30,138 people (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 23,790 people (22.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 10,431 people (9.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.

There were 28,083 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,881.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 17,671 (65.1%) were owner-occupied, and 9,459 (34.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.8%.  70,180 people (66.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 33,754 people (32.0%) lived in rental housing units.

During 2009–2013, Norwalk had a median household income of $60,770, with 12.9% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref name=quif/>

===2000===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 103,298 people, 26,887 households, and 22,531 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|10,667.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 27,554 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,845.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 44.82% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.62% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 11.54% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.39% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 32.75% from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 4.71% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 62.89% of the population.

There were 26,887 households, out of which 46.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% were [[married couples]] living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.2% were non-families. 12.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.79 and the average family size was 4.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 32.1% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,047, and the median income for a family was $47,524. Males had a median income of $31,579 versus $26,047 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,022. About 9.5% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.8% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

Mexican (50.7%) and Filipino (4.3%) were the most common ancestries. Mexico (58.8%) and the Philippines (9.2%) were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/norwalk/ | title=Norwalk }}</ref>

==Government==

===City government===
[[File:Norwalk City Hall, Norwalk, CA.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Norwalk City Hall]]
Norwalk operates under a Council/Manager form of government, established by the Charter of the City of Norwalk which was drafted in 1957. The five-member City Council acts as the city's chief policy-making body. Every two years, Council members are elected by the citizens of Norwalk to serve four-year, overlapping terms. Council members are not limited to the number of terms they may serve. The Mayor is selected by the council and serves a one-year term.

===Public safety===
{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2008}}
Norwalk is a [[contract city]], in which the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] provides police services. It maintains its own station, which also provides police services to [[La Mirada]] and unincorporated [[South Whittier]]. At one time the station also provided contracted police services to [[Santa Fe Springs]], but those services ended when the city entered into a contract with the [[Whittier, California|Whittier]] Police Department. The station is staffed with 206 sworn personnel.

Fire protection in Norwalk is provided by the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] with ambulance transport by [[Care Ambulance Service]].

===County, state, and federal representation===
In the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], Norwalk is in the Fourth District, represented by [[Janice Hahn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fourth District – Supervisor Janice Hahn |url=https://hahn.lacounty.gov/fourth_district |website=Fourth District – Supervisor Janice Hahn |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>

In the [[California State Senate]], Norwalk is in {{Representative|casd|32|fmt=sdistrict}}.<ref>{{cite web
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In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Norwalk is in {{Representative|cacd|38|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|38}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Whittier Health Center in [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], serving Norwalk.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/whittier.pdf Whittier Health Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved on March 18, 2010.</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Norwalk Post Office at 14011 Clarkdale Avenue and the Paddison Square Post Office at 12415 Norwalk Boulevard.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120724010716/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/19312?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Norwalk Post Office Location – NORWALK]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref><ref>"[https://archive.today/20120723112003/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/67564?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Norwalk Post Office Location – PADDISON SQUARE]." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

===Superior Court===
The Southeast [[District]] of the Los Angeles County Superior Court is located in Norwalk.

== Infrastructure ==

=== Transportation ===

==== Freeways ====
Three freeways travel through the city. The [[Santa Ana Freeway]] ([[Interstate 5 (California)|I-5]]) and [[San Gabriel River Freeway]] ([[I-605]]) pass through and intersect just above its northern edge, while the [[Interstate 105 (California)|Century Freeway (I-105)]] ends in Norwalk at Studebaker Road.

==== Norwalk Transit ====
[[Norwalk Transit (California)|Norwalk Transit]] serves Norwalk and its adjacent communities. Six bus lines operate in Norwalk and adjacent cities, including [[Artesia, California|Artesia]], [[Bellflower, California|Bellflower]], [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]], [[La Mirada]] and [[Whittier, California|Whittier]]. Norwalk Transit Buses make connections with [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|C Line]] from Route 2 and [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] from Route 7<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwalk Transit Fares and Routes |url=https://www.norwalk.org/city-hall/departments/norwalk-transit-system-nts/fares-schedules |publisher=City of Norwalk |access-date=October 25, 2019}}</ref>

==== Long Beach Transit ====
[[Long Beach Transit]] provides service to the Metro C Line Station via Studebaker Road from Long Beach.

==== Los Angeles Metro ====
The [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Los Angeles MTA]] ("Metro") provides both bus and rail service from Norwalk. The [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro C Line]] (formerly the Green Line) [[light rail]] provides service from the {{LAMs|Norwalk}} C Line station to [[LAX]] (via shuttle from Aviation Station) and [[Redondo Beach]]. Metro bus routes provide service to the west on [[Florence Avenue]], [[Firestone Boulevard]], [[Imperial Highway]], and [[Rosecrans Avenue]] from the [[Norwalk (Los Angeles Metro station)|Norwalk C Line Station]]. Express routes also connect to Disneyland, El Monte Bus Station, Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles.

==== Metrolink ====
The [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] Orange County Line and 91/Perris Valley Line (which operate on the same track in this area) trains connect Norwalk (the [[Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station]]) with Orange County, [[Riverside County]], and Downtown Los Angeles.

=== Healthcare ===

==== Metropolitan State Hospital ====
[[File:Metropolitan State Hospital, Psychiatric, Norwalk California.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Metropolitan State Hospital]]
The {{convert|162|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Metropolitan State Hospital (California)|Metropolitan State Hospital]], a psychiatric and mental health facility operated by the California Department of State Hospitals, is located in Norwalk. It has four different types of categories for patient intake. The four categories being; incompetent to stand trial (PC 1370), offender with a mental health disorder (PCS 2962/2972), not guilty by reason of insanity (PC 1026), and conservatorship lanterman-petris-short (LPS) Act.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.dsh.ca.gov/metropolitan/default.asp|title = Department of State Hospitals (DSH)|date = 2012|access-date = February 8, 2016|website = California Department of State Hospitals|publisher = State of California Department of State Hospitals}}</ref>

==Economy==

===Top employers===

According to the city's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://norwalk.org/home/showdocument?id=192 |title=Archived copy |website=norwalk.org |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217201256/http://norwalk.org/home/showdocument?id=192 |archive-date=December 17, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District]]
|2,057
|-
|2
|[[Cerritos College]]
|1,570
|-
|3
|[[Los Angeles County]] Registrar/Recorder
|1,564
|-
|4
|[[Metropolitan State Hospital (California)|Metropolitan State Hospital]]
|1,466
|-
|5
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|442
|-
|6
|City of Norwalk
|409
|-
|7
|[[Costco]]
|317
|-
|8
|Doty Brother's Construction
|300
|-
|9
|Coast Plaza Hospital
|295
|-
|10
|[[Los Angeles Community Hospital]]
|250
|-
|11
|[[Little Lake School District]]
|242
|-
|12
|[[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] 
|240
|-
|13
|[[Walmart]]
|238
|-
|14
|Kerber Brothers Inc
|200
|-
|15
|Southland Care Center
|180
|-
|16
|[[DoubleTree|Double Tree Hotel]]
|169
|-
|17
|[[McDonald's]]
|168
|-
|18
|Keystone Collision Center
|150
|-
|19
|Prudential California Realty
|150
|-
|20
|[[US Post Office]] 
|130
|}

==Education==
Although Norwalk is credited with being the home to [[Cerritos College]], only the east half of the campus is actually in Norwalk, the west half is in Cerritos. Founded in 1955, Cerritos College is a public community college serving an area of {{convert|52|sqmi|km2}} of southeastern Los Angeles county. The college offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions. Over 1,200 students complete their course of studies each year.[[File:1890 Norwalk Grammar School.jpg|thumb|right|Norwalk Grammar School class in 1890. Cora Hargitt Middle School Academy (operated 1980–2008) was named after the teacher, at top left.]]Most of Norwalk is served by the [[Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District]],<ref name=LACountycensusSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st06_ca/schooldistrict_maps/c06037_los_angeles/DC20SD_C06037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Los Angeles County, CA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=10 (PDF p. 11/19)|access-date=November 23, 2023}}</ref>
headquartered at 12820 Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk. NLMUSD also contains The California distinguished school [[J.B. Morrison Elementary]] Magnet School in Norwalk.

Certain areas of Norwalk are served by the [[Little Lake City School District]] (elementary school district<!--ELM 21930-->), headquartered in [[Santa Fe Springs]], and the [[Whittier Union High School District]]<!--SEC 42480-->. Another section is within the [[ABC Unified School District]],<!--UNI 01620--> based in Cerritos.<ref name=LACountycensusSDmap2020/>

Among the several parochial schools in Norwalk are Saint John of God School (Roman Catholic, of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]]), Pioneer Baptist School (Baptist Christian), and Saint Linus School (Roman Catholic).

==Media==
The independent TV station [[KCAL-TV|KHJ-TV/KCAL-TV]] channel 9 was licensed to Norwalk for a year in 1989 during an ownership transfer as part of a settlement with the [[FCC]] by former owner [[RKO General]]; the one-year change in [[city of license]] was barely noted on-air (it returned to a city of license of Los Angeles in 1990), and the station never had any actual assets based in Norwalk. ''[[Los Cerritos Community News]]'' serves the city.

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
{{More citations needed section|date=December 2012}}
*[[Ruth Asawa]], sculptor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/art/article/California-sculptor-Ruth-Asawa-dies-4709612.php|title=California sculptor Ruth Asawa dies|last=Baker|first=Kenneth|date=August 6, 2013|website=SFGate|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Shirley Babashoff]], swimmer, winner of eight Olympic medals and 1975 world championship, Norwalk High School graduate, 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=https://socalswimhistory.com/tag/mark-schubert/|title=Mark Schubert {{!}} socalswimhistory|website=socalswimhistory.com|date=October 5, 2017 |language=en|access-date=January 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shirley-Babashoff|title=Shirley Babashoff &#124; American athlete}}</ref>
*[[Dick Bass]], born Richard Lee Bass, played professional football as running back for [[Los Angeles Rams]] from 1960 through 1969<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-03-me-bassobit3-story.html%3f_amp=true Los Angeles Times]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*[[William Conrad]] (1920–94), actor, director and producer in film and television; lived in Bellflower, graduate of Excelsior High School<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qG_5K_s3a-gC&q=william+conrad+Norwalk&pg=PA306 |title = Prominent Families of New Jersey|isbn = 9780806350363|last1 = Myers|first1 = William Starr|year = 2000| publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com }}</ref>
*[[Tiffany Darwish]], 1980s singer and actress<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mAi8fYuc2MC&q=tiffany+darwish+norwalk&pg=PA193 |title = The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People|isbn = 9780375758638|last1 = Orlean|first1 = Susan|year = 2002| publisher=Random House Publishing }}</ref>
*[[James Gattuso]], analyst and pundit in Washington, D.C., who often appears on television and radio to give opinions on domestic policy; Excelsior High School Class of 1975
*[[Keith Ginter]], MLB player for Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, and Oakland Athletics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=ginteke01|title = Keith Ginter Stats| publisher= Baseball Almanac|access-date= December 3, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Bob Kevoian]], radio host, ''The Bob & Tom Show'', Norwalk High Class of 1969
*[[Joseph "Mang0" Marquez]], professional Super Smash Bros. player for [[Cloud9]], graduate of [[John Glenn High School (California)|John Glenn High School]] class of 2010
*[[Ron McGovney]], the first bass player of [[Metallica]]<!--MISSING CONNECTION TO NORWALK-->
*[[Lindsay Mendez]], Broadway actress 
*[[Alexandra Nechita]], artist, considered youngest cubist ever discovered (at age 8) and nicknamed "petite Picasso"; attended Moffit Elementary School prior to her fame when she relocated outside of Norwalk
*[[Pat Nixon]] (1912–93), First Lady of United States 1969–74, wife of President [[Richard Nixon]]; graduate of Excelsior High School Class of 1929 (family bought a truck farm in Dairy Valley, formerly in Artesia, now part of Cerritos)
*[[Donald Novis]], actor, died in Norwalk 1966
*[[Rashaad Penny]], running back, [[Seattle Seahawks]]
*[[Ron Rinehart]], lead singer, Dark Angel
*[[Poncho Sanchez]], Latin jazz artist
*[[Cindy Sheehan]], anti-Iraq War activist
*[[Gene Taylor (pianist)|Gene Taylor]], blues-rock and boogie-woogie pianist, Norwalk High Class of 1970
*[[Cristina Valenzuela]], voice actress
*[[Delta Work]], drag queen and stylist 
*[[Nikki Schieler Ziering]], Playboy Playmate, actress and [[Ian Ziering]]'s ex-wife

==Neighborhoods==
* Carmenita (South Norwalk)<ref name="blockshopper">{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.blockshopper.com/neighborhoods/by_city/norwalk|title=Norwalk Streets - BlockShopper.com|website=losangeles.blockshopper.com}}</ref>
* Civic Center (Central Norwalk)<ref name="blockshopper"/>
* Norwalk Hills (North Norwalk)<ref name="blockshopper"/>
* South Norwalk<ref name="blockshopper"/>
* Studebaker (North Norwalk)<ref name="blockshopper"/>
* Norwalk Manor (South East Norwalk) (not to be confused with Norwalk Manor, a major subdivision built in 1947 to 1949)

==See also==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Norwalk, California}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.norwalkchamber.com/ Norwalk Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120045116/http://www.codemanage.com/norwalk Norwalk Municipal Code]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120101212300/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0652526.html Norwalk QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau]

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