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Elevation of Long Beach

33ft

above sea level · 10 m

Long Beach is a city in California with 450,469 people, the 7th most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 14th lowest.

By the Mapsfera Team

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Place facts

Coordinates
33.77° N · 118.19° W
In degrees, minutes and seconds: 33° 46′ 1″ N · 118° 11′ 21″ W
UTM coordinates
11S · 389,875 E · 3,736,953 N
Zone 11 · NAD83, the official US datum
County
Los Angeles County
Where the city’s reference point falls
State
California
CA · capital: Sacramento
Time zone
Pacific Time
UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
Population (2025)
450,469 people
50.7 sq mi of land · 8,890 people/sq mi
Elevation model
USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
Lidar from June 2024: the ground height at the city’s reference point.

Population

Long Beach had 450,469 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 3.5% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 466,768. Its 50.7 sq mi of land work out to 8,890 people/sq mi; the state average is 253 people/sq mi.

It’s the 7th most populous of the 1,617 places the Census counts in California (cities, towns and CDPs), after Los Angeles (3,869,089), and holds 1.1% of the state’s population.

It lies entirely within Los Angeles County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.5 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.

Compared with other big cities

Long Beach sits at 33 ft (10 m) above sea level. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft). The average is 858 ft: Long Beach is 825 ft below it.

The state capital, Sacramento, is 380 mi away in a straight line and 6 ft lower than Long Beach.

Of the 15 cities in California with a page, Long Beach is the 3rd lowest: the highest is Riverside (829 ft) and the lowest is Stockton (12 ft).

The highest point in California is Mount Whitney, at 14,494 ft according to the USGS: 14,461 ft above Long Beach, 194 mi away in a straight line.

  1. 76 Philadelphia 35 ft
  2. 77 Jersey City 33 ft
  3. 78 Long Beach 33 ft
  4. 79 Newark 32 ft
  5. 80 Portland 32 ft

Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list

Nearest cities with a page

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Frequently asked questions

What people most often ask about the elevation of Long Beach.

What is the elevation of Long Beach?

Long Beach is 33 feet (10 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.

What are the coordinates of Long Beach?

Latitude 33.76696 and longitude -118.18924, in decimal degrees (33° 46′ 1″ N · 118° 11′ 21″ W). In UTM, zone 11: 389,875 E and 3,736,953 N, on NAD83.

How does Long Beach rank among the highest big cities?

It’s the 14th lowest of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people. The highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft).

What county is Long Beach in?

Los Angeles County, California.

Which is higher, Long Beach or Sacramento?

Long Beach. Long Beach sits at 33 ft and Sacramento at 27 ft: a difference of 6 ft, 380 mi apart in a straight line.

How is elevation measured?

Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.

Sources

  • USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
  • USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
  • TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
  • timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
  • Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).

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