Editing Paramount, California

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'''Paramount''' 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.  Paramount is part of the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]] and is bordered by [[Compton, California|Compton]] and [[Lynwood, California|Lynwood]] to the west, [[South Gate, California|South Gate]] and [[Downey, California|Downey]] to the north, [[Bellflower, California|Bellflower]] to the east and south, and [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] to the south.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Paramount has a total area of {{convert|4.8|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|4.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (2.28%) is water.

==History==
[[File:Manuel Domínguez of California.jpg|thumb|left|[[Manuel Dominguez|Manuel Domínguez]], a signer of the [[Californian Constitution]] and owner of [[Rancho San Pedro]], which covered most of modern-day Paramount.]]
[[File:Clearwater (later Paramont) School (CHS-2163).jpg|thumb|left|School building in Paramount (then Clearwater) c. 1899]]

While the Paramount economy was based largely on the hay and dairy industries, the high cost of land led to their local demise. The last Paramount dairy closed in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paramountcity.com/government/city-profile|title=City Profile/History &#124; Paramount, CA|website=www.paramountcity.com}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 27249
|1970= 34734
|1980= 36407
|1990= 47669
|2000= 55266
|2010= 54098
|2020= 53733
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|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/>
}}

Paramount was first listed in the [[1960 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1960CensusCA1/> as part of the Downey-Norwalk census community division.<ref name=1960CensusCA2/>

===2020===
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|+'''Paramount 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 – Paramount city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0655618&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[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) – Paramount city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0655618&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[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) – Paramount city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0655618&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|4,982
|3,015
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,273
|9.01%
|5.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.23%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|7,184
|5,980
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,970
|13.00%
|11.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.25%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|148
|86
|style='background: #ffffe6; |94
|0.27%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,789
|1,531
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,703
|3.24%
|2.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.17%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|432
|396
|style='background: #ffffe6; |225
|0.78%
|0.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.42%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|83
|61
|style='background: #ffffe6; |208
|0.15%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.39%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|703
|482
|style='background: #ffffe6; |640
|1.27%
|0.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.19%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|39,945
|42,547
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43,620
|72.28%
|78.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |81.18%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''55,266'''
|'''54,098'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''53,733'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] Paramount had a population of 54,098. The population density was {{convert|11,177.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Paramount was 22,988 (42.5%) White (5.6% Non-Hispanic White), 6,334 (11.7%) African American, 440 (0.8%) Native American, 1,629 (3.0%) Asian, 419 (0.8%) Pacific Islander, 20,023 (37.0%) from other races, and 2,265 (4.2%) from two or more races. There were 42,547 residents of Hispanic or Latino ancestry, of any race (78.6%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655618|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715032313/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0655618|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Paramount city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref>

The census reported that 53,788 people (99.4% of the population) lived in households, 27 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 283 (0.5%) were institutionalized.

There were 13,881 households, 7,999 (57.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 6,919 (49.8%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 3,104 (22.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,328 (9.6%) had a male householder with no wife present.  There were 1,153 (8.3%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 105 (0.8%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 1,904 households (13.7%) were one person and 558 (4.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.87.  There were 11,351 families (81.8% of households); the average family size was 4.22.

The age distribution was 17,630 people (32.6%) under the age of 18, 6,360 people (11.8%) aged 18 to 24, 16,271 people (30.1%) aged 25 to 44, 10,421 people (19.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,416 people (6.3%) who were 65 or older.  The median age was 28.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.

There were 14,571 housing units at an average density of 3,010.5 per square mile, of the occupied units 6,024 (43.4%) were owner-occupied and 7,857 (56.6%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.8%.  23,759 people (43.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 30,029 people (55.5%) lived in rental housing units.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Paramount had a median household income of $44,934, with 22.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paramount (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0655618.html|access-date=November 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115063221/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0655618.html|archive-date=November 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2000===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 55,266 people in 13,972 households, including 11,331 families, in the city.  The population density was {{convert|11,678.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 14,591 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,083.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 34.70% White, 13.59% African American, 1.06% Native American, 3.35% Asian, 0.84% Pacific Islander, 41.69% from other races, and 4.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 72.28% of the population.<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 the 13,972 households 55.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 21.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 14.6% of households were one person and 4.6% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 3.93 and the average family size was 4.31.

The age distribution was 36.9% under the age of 18, 12.0% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 14.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% 65 or older.  The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.

The median household income was $36,749 and the median family income  was $37,276. Males had a median income of $27,730 versus $22,472 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,487.  About 19.1% of families and 21.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.

According to the 2000 census, [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] (60.1%) and [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]] (1.5%) were the most common ancestries in the city. [[Mexico]] (80.9%) and [[Guatemala]] (4.0%) were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/paramount/index.html|title=
Paramount Profile - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Government and infrastructure==

===Public services===
The [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] operates the Lakewood Station in [[Lakewood, California|Lakewood]], serving Paramount.<ref>"[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/lakewood/index.html Lakewood Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230224813/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/lakewood/index.html |date=December 30, 2009 }}." [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.</ref> The department operates the Paramount Substation within Paramount.<ref>"[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/lakewood/paramount.htm Paramount Sub Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720164130/http://www.lasd.org/stations/for3/lakewood/paramount.htm |date=July 20, 2006 }}." [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]. Retrieved on January 21, 2010.</ref>

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

The [[United States Postal Service]] Paramount Beach Post Office is located at 7200 Somerset Boulevard.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/39123?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Paramount Post Office Location – PARAMOUNT] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120718122949/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/39123?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Paramount |date=July 18, 2012 }}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.</ref>

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Paramount is in {{Representative|casd|33|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|62|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web
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 | publisher = [[Regents of the University of California]]
 | access-date = April 6, 2015
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| url-status = dead
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In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Paramount is in {{Representative|cacd|40|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|40}}</ref>

==Culture==

Paramount has a large community of [[Mexicans]] originally from the state of [[Sinaloa]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.laopinion.com/2012/05/17/recuerdan-al-compa-chalino/|title=Recuerdan al "compa Chalino"|access-date=February 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.debate.com.mx/mazatlan/La-tambora-sinaloense-retumba-en-las-calles-de-California-20160919-0042.html|title=La tambora sinaloense retumba en las calles de California|work=El Debate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://laopinion.com/2019/02/12/que-dicen-los-sinaloenses-de-l-a-sobre-el-veredicto-a-el-chapo/|title=¿Qué dicen los sinaloenses de L.A. sobre el veredicto a 'El Chapo'?|work=La Opinión}}</ref> reflected in the many restaurants selling Mexican food "''estilo sinaloense''" meaning "Sinaloan style."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lamag.com/food/tacos-el-gobernador-at-el-sinaloense-2-number-one|title=El Sinaloense #2 Proves That Sequels Aren't Always Worse than the Original|first=Bill|last=Esparza|date=May 4, 2016|website=LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elpasajero.metro.net/2017/04/21/antojitos-por-metro-mi-lindo-sinaloa-y-sus-camarones-estilo-choix/|title=Antojitos por Metro: Mi Lindo Sinaloa y sus camarones estilo Choix|date=April 21, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://laopinion.com/2016/02/26/mariscos-sinaloenses-en-el-sur-de-california/|title=Mariscos sinaloenses en el sur de California|work=La Opinión}}</ref> The city has been described as a "second Sinaloa."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/sing-now-die-later-2129713|title=Sam Quiñones:Sing Now, Die Later|work=LA Weekly|date=July 29, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imaginerealty.com/los-angeles/paramount/|title=Paramount|website=Imaginerealty.com}}</ref>

==Transportation==

The [[Interstate 105 (California)|Century Freeway (Interstate 105)]] passes east–west through the northern portion of Paramount, the [[Interstate 710|Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710)]] follows north–south along the city's western border, and the [[California State Route 91|Artesia Freeway (State Route 91)]] runs east–west less than a one-half-mile from the southern Paramount city limits.

Paramount is served by bus service from [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA) and [[Long Beach Transit]]. The city also operates Easy Rider Shuttle [https://web.archive.org/web/20100116025705/http://www.paramountcity.com/ps.services.cfm?ID=8], a fixed-route local bus.

==Education==
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The [[Paramount Unified School District]] includes schools in Paramount, as well as a few in surrounding cities.

The schools located within Paramount are [[Paramount High School]]-senior and west campus, Alondra, Lincoln, Wirtz, Jefferson, Mokler, Zamboni, Los Cerritos, Gaines, Jackson, Hollydale, Tanner, Roosevelt, and Paramount Park.  Schools that are run by the Paramount Unified School District, but are located in Lakewood include Buena Vista Continuation High School, Odyssey STEM Academy, and Lakewood School.  Collins school is also run by PUSD but is located in Long Beach.

Our Lady of the Rosary Private Catholic School is one of several private schools located in Paramount.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paramount Schools {{!}} Paramount, CA |url=https://www.paramountcity.com/government/city-profile/paramount-schools |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=www.paramountcity.com |language=en}}</ref>

Renovations to the high school started at the end of 2007-08 school year. It was a four-phased endeavor that would improve the athletics field, development of a field house, expansion of the gymnasium and finally improvement to the west campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2008021128/3|title=Paramount High School Improvement Project|first=Paramount Unified School|last=District|date=June 13, 2008|website=ceqanet.opr.ca.gov}}</ref>

==Libraries==
The [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] operates the Paramount Library.<ref>{{cite news|author=Megan Garvey|title=U.S. Rules Have Little Impact in L.A. County|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-13-na-libraries13-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 13, 2002|access-date=January 26, 2009}}</ref>

==Sites and attractions==
[[Image:Zamboni ice resurfacer.jpg|thumb|right|260px|A Zamboni [[ice resurfacer]] lays down a layer of clean water, which will freeze to form a smooth ice surface.]]
The Paramount [[Hay Tree]] is a California State Historical Landmark. It is a still standing mature [[camphor tree]] remembered for its importance to the hay trading marketplace of the towns of Hynes and Clearwater, which later incorporated as Paramount. The hay traders met under the tree each working day to discuss the price of hay. Their numbers were quoted by the New York mercantile markets as the global hay standard.

Paramount is also home of the [[Zamboni Company]]. [[Frank Zamboni|Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr.]] is the inventor of the [[ice resurfacing machine]]. Zamboni & Co. began and is still headquartered in Paramount. Zamboni manufactures and sells the machines worldwide. Since 1939 the Zamboni family has also operated Iceland, an ice skating rink with improvements patented by Frank Zamboni.

The city also gives its name to a packaging firm called Paramount Global, which was founded here in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/cbs/viacomcbs-is-changing-its-name-to-paramount-global-name-of-a-packaging-company.html|title = ViacomCBS is becoming Paramount Global, already the name of a packaging company|date = February 16, 2022}}</ref>

==Sister city==
Paramount has one [[sister city]]:
* {{flagdeco|Mexico}} [[Tepic]], Mexico<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paramountjournal.org/sister-cities-meet/|title=Sister Cities meet|date=April 25, 2019|website=paramountjournal.org}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Geographic location|title='''Destinations from Paramount'''|Centre = Paramount
|North = [[South Gate, California|South Gate]]<br>[[Downey, California|Downey]]
|Northeast = [[Downey, California|Downey]]
|East = [[Bellflower, California|Bellflower]]
|Southeast = [[Bellflower, California|Bellflower]]
|South = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
|Southwest = [[Compton, California|Compton]]
|West = [[Lynwood, California|Lynwood]]<br>[[East Compton, California|East Compton]]<br>[[Compton, California|Compton]]
|Northwest = [[South Gate, California|South Gate]]}}

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