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Whittier
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city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Whittier is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. It serves as a residential and commercial community within the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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- Official name
- Whittier
- Population
- 87306
- Area
- 37.982582
- Elevation
- 367
- Official website
- www.cityofwhittier.org
- Image
- Greenleaf Street in Whittier California.jpg
- Households
- 27093
- Dialing code
- 562
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- Commons category
- Whittier, California
- postal code
- 90610
- water as percent of area
- 0.1076
- P8168
- Castex
- water area
- 0.040874
- per capita income
- 31421
- date of incorporation
- 1898-02-25
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Whittier (/wɪtiər/) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Part of the Gateway Cities, the 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955. The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College. The city is surrounded by four unincorporated areas sharing the Whittier name, West Whittier-Los Nietos, North Whittier, South Whittier, and East Whittier, which combined are home to a larger population than Whittier proper.
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