Hacienda Heights
| Hacienda Heights | |
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 "Hsi Lai" temple in Hacienda Heights |
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| Location in Los Angeles County / California | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Los Angeles County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 0 ′ N , 117 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 53,122 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 1,800.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 29.5 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) of which 29.5 km 2 (approx. 11 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 138 m |
| Postal code : | 91745 |
| Area code : | +1 626 |
| FIPS : | 06-31596 |
| GNIS ID : | 1660709 |
Hacienda Heights is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County in the US state of California , United States , with 55,400 residents (as of 2004 ).
With the Hsi Lai Temple, which opened in 1988, the place has the largest Buddhist temple in the western world belonging to Fo Guang Shan .
geography
The area is 29.5 km². The terrain is slightly hilly. Hacienda Heights is located in the San Gabriel Valley . It is bordered to the northwest by Avocado Heights , to the north by Industry , to the east by Rowland Heights , to the south by La Habra Heights, and to the southeast by Whittier, and to the east by North Whittier .
Residents
According to American statistics from 2000, 61% of the population do not speak English at home , but this city on the outskirts of Los Angeles is by no means a settlement marked by poverty , as is so often the case in cities with a high proportion of immigrants , but a consistently wealthy one as can be seen from the following data:
- 41% are white, 36.1% Asian, 1.6% black; Regardless of this, 38.3% are Latinos
- The average annual income per household is $ 59,485, well above the US average of $ 41,994.
- 9.3% of the population earn less than the legal minimum wage, but that is also less than the US average.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Caprice Bourret (* 1971), photo model, presenter and actress
- Stacy Ferguson ( Fergie ) (* 1975), singer in the hip hop band Black Eyed Peas
- Marie Luv (* 1981), porn actress and photo model
- Troy Tanner (* 1963), volleyball and beach volleyball player and Olympic champion
- Nick D'Virgilio (* 1968), singer and drummer of the art rock band Spock's Beard
- Lawrence Kao (* 1985), actor and dancer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hacienda Heights in the Los Angeles Times Mapping LA project