West Carson

West Carson is an unincorporated community in the region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 22,870 at the 2020 census.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 21,700 residents
  • Description: census designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “West Carson, CA” and “West Carson, California”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harbor–UCLA Medical Center and Dominguez Channel.

Hospital
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is a 570-bed public teaching hospital located at 1000 West Carson Street in West Carson, an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County, .

River
is a 15.7-mile-long stream in southern Los Angeles County, California, in the center of the Dominguez Watershed of 133 square miles. The watershed area is 96 percent developed and largely residential. is situated 2 miles east of West Carson.

School
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is a high school located in . Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest high schools in continuous use in and is the oldest of the five high schools in the Torrance Unified School District. is situated 1½ miles west of West Carson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harbor Gateway and Lomita.

Suburb
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The , sometimes informally known as the L.A. Strip due to its shape, is a 5.14-square-mile residential and industrial area in the and Los Angeles Harbor Region, in the southern part of the . is situated 2 miles north of West Carson.

Town
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is a city in Los Angeles County, , United States. The population was 20,921 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 20,256 at the 2010 census. is situated 2 miles southwest of West Carson.

Quarter
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is a highly diverse neighborhood in the and Harbor region of , California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro. is situated 2½ miles south of West Carson.

West Carson

Latitude
33.82438° or 33° 49′ 28″ north
Longitude
-118.29291° or 118° 17′ 35″ west
Population
21,700
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
8553RPF4+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150981935
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5407908
Wiki­data ID
Q655926
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Satellite Map

Discover West Carson from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“West Carson” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست كارسون”
  • Basque: “West Carson”
  • Catalan: “West Carson”
  • Cebuano: “West Carson”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Карсон”
  • Chinese: “West Carson”
  • Chinese: “西卡森”
  • Croatian: “West Carson”
  • Dutch: “West Carson”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويست كارسون”
  • French: “West Carson”
  • German: “West Carson”
  • Gilaki: “وست کارسون”
  • Hungarian: “West Carson”
  • Irish: “West Carson”
  • Italian: “West Carson”
  • Ladin: “West Carson”
  • Malagasy: “West Carson, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “West Carson”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Carson”
  • Newari: “वेस्ट कारसन (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “वेस्ट कारसन, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “वेस्ट कारसन”
  • Persian: “وست کارسون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “وست کارسون”
  • Polish: “West Carson”
  • Portuguese: “West Carson”
  • Serbian: “Вест Карсон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Carson, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Carson”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وست کارسون، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “West Carson (California)”
  • Spanish: “West Carson”
  • Swedish: “West Carson”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Карсон”
  • Turkish: “West Carson”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Карсон”
  • Volapük: “West Carson”

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