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{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
'''El Segundo''' is a city located in [[Los Angeles County, California]]. As of the [[2000]] census, the city had a total population of 16,033.
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = El Segundo, California
| other_name =
| native_name =
| named_for =
| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
| image_skyline = El Segundo Sign.jpg
| image_caption = El Segundo's welcome sign
| image_flag = Flag of El Segundo, California.png
| flag_size =
| image_seal = Seal of El Segundo, California.png
| nickname = The Aerospace Capital of the World
| image_map = File:Los Angeles County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas El Segundo Highlighted 0622412.svg
| map_caption = Location of [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] in [[California]] (left) and of El Segundo in Los Angeles County (right)
| pushpin_map = USA
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of El Segundo in the [[United States]]
| pushpin_relief = 1
| coordinates = {{coord|33|55|17|N|118|24|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[California]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in California|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
| established_title = <!-- Founded -->
| established_date =
| established_title3 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date3 = January 18, 1917<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
|title=California Cities by Incorporation Date
|format=Word
|publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s
|access-date=August 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc
|archive-date=November 3, 2014
}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Council Manager]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Chris Pimentel
| leader_title1 = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
| leader_name1 = Ryan Baldino
| leader_title2 = [[City council]]<ref name=elected>{{Cite web |url=https://www.elsegundo.org/government/departments/elected-officials |title=Elected Officials |publisher=The City of El Segundo |access-date=January 18, 2025 |archive-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929200209/http://www.elsegundo.org/depts/elected/default.asp }}</ref>
| leader_name2 = Drew Boyles <br /> Lance Giroux <br /> Michelle Keldorf
| leader_title3 = [[City Clerk]]
| leader_name3 = Susan Truax<ref name=elected/>
| leader_title4 = [[City Treasurer]]
| leader_name4 = Matthew Robinson<ref name=elected/>
<!-- Area------------------>| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 30, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi = 10.76
| area_total_km2 = 27.87
| area_land_sq_mi = 5.46
| area_land_km2 = 14.15
| area_water_sq_mi = 5.30
| area_water_km2 = 13.72
| area_water_percent =
| area_metro_sq_mi =
| area_metro_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1660605|El Segundo|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_ft = 115
| elevation_m = 35
<!-- Population ----------->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/El_Segundo_city,_California?g=160XX00US0622412|title=El Segundo city, California|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 18, 2025}}</ref>
| population_total = 17272
| pop_est_as_of =
| pop_est_footnotes =
| population_est =
| population_density_sq_mi = 3161.6
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro =
| population_density_metro_sq_mi =
| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset = −8
| timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = −7
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code = 90245<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm | title = USPS - ZIP Code Lookup | access-date = May 4, 2022}}</ref>
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area codes]]
| area_code = [[Area codes 310 and 424|310/424]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info = {{FIPS|06|22412}}
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
| blank1_info = {{GNIS 4|1660605}}, {{GNIS 4|2410417}}
| website = {{URL|www.elsegundo.org}}
}}
 
'''El Segundo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|l|_|s|ə|ˈ|g|ʌ|n|d|oʊ}} {{respell|EL|_|sə|GUN|doh}}, {{IPA|es|el seˈɣundo|lang}}; {{langnf|es||The Second}})<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pollack|first=Gina|date=July 22, 2019|title=How To Speak LA: Your Guide To The City's Most Debated And Mispronounced Words|url=https://laist.com/projects/how-to-la/understand/pronunciation/|access-date=May 22, 2021|work=LAist|language=en|quote='El Segundo,' Spanish for 'the second' to signify the second oil refinery in the state.}}</ref> is a city in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. Located on [[Santa Monica Bay]], it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the [[South Bay (Los Angeles County)|South Bay]] Cities Council of Governments. The population was 17,272 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], a 3.7% increase from 16,654 in the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]. A significant center of the oil and aerospace industries in Southern California, roughly three quarters of the city's land is dedicated exclusively to industrial and commercial uses, including a Chevron oil refinery which alone takes up more than a quarter of the entire city.
== Geography ==
El Segundo is located at 33&deg;55'17" North, 118&deg;24'22" West (33.921313, -118.406233)[[Geographic references|<sup>1</sup>]].
 
==History==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 28.0 [[square kilometer|km&sup2;]] (10.8 [[square mile|mi&sup2;]]). 14.3 km&sup2; (5.5 mi&sup2;) of it is land and 13.6 km&sup2; (5.3 mi&sup2;) of it is water. The total area is 48.70% water.
The El Segundo and [[Los Angeles]] coastal area was first settled by the [[Tongva people|Tongva]] (or Gabrieleños) [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes. The area was once a part of ''[[Rancho Sausal Redondo]]'' ("Round Willow Patch Ranch"). Rancho Sausal Redondo extended from [[Playa del Rey, Los Angeles|Playa Del Rey]] in the north to Redondo Beach in the south. Originally a Mexican land grant owned by Antonio Ygnacio Avila, the rancho was later purchased by a Scottish [[Burnett baronets|baronet]] named Sir Robert Burnett in 1860. After his return to Scotland in 1873, the property was purchased by then-manager of the rancho, [[Daniel Freeman (Los Angeles County)|Daniel Freeman]]. Daniel Freeman sold portions of the rancho to several persons. [[George H. Peck]] owned the {{convert|840|acre|ha}} of land where the [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] Refinery now sits. The city acquired its name ("the second" in Spanish) due to being the second Standard Oil refinery on the West Coast when Standard Oil of California purchased the 840 acres of in 1911.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thecorralesgroup.com/neighborhoods/el-segundo | title=El Segundo &#124; Community Guide &#124; the Corrales Group }}</ref> Peck also developed land in neighboring [[El Porto, Manhattan Beach, California|El Porto]], where a street still bears his name.
 
The city was incorporated in 1917. The Standard Oil Company was renamed [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] in 1984. The El Segundo refinery entered its second century of operation in 2011.<ref>Hunter, Eileen Curry. ''El Segundo Seventy-Five Years'' El Segundo: H2 Limited, 1991</ref>
== Demographics ==
As of the [[census]] of [[2000]], there are 16,033 people, 7,060 households, and 3,911 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] is 1,117.4/km&sup2; (2,894.6/mi&sup2;). There are 7,261 housing units at an average density of 506.0/km&sup2; (1,310.9/mi&sup2;). The racial makeup of the city is 83.61% White, 1.17% [[African American]], 0.47% [[Native American]], 6.41% [[Asia|Asian]], 0.29% Pacific Islander, 3.51% from other races, and 4.55% from two or more races. 11.01% of the population are [[Hispanic]] or [[Latino]] of any race.
 
The [[Douglas Aircraft Company]] plant in El Segundo was one of the major aircraft manufacturing facilities in California during [[World War II]]. It was one of the major producers of [[SBD Dauntless]] dive bombers, which achieved fame in the [[Battle of Midway]]. The facility, now operated by [[Northrop Grumman]], is still an aircraft plant.<ref>Herman, Arthur. ''Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II,'' pp. 202-3, Random House, New York, NY, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6964-4}}.</ref><ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 7-8, 25-34, Cypress, Calif., 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>
There are 7,060 households out of which 28.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% are married couples living together, 10.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 44.6% are non-families. 34.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.27 and the average family size is 3.00.
<gallery>
File:StandardOil1920.jpg|El Segundo and Standard Oil Refinery, {{circa|1920}}
File:Douglas Aircraft Factory - El Segundo.PNG|SBD Dauntless dive bombers being built by Douglas Aircraft Factory in El Segundo during World War II<ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' p. 28, Cypress, Calif., 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>
</gallery>
 
In 2009, a pair of local artists discovered the Smoky Hollow area, which mainly consisted of commercial properties. Other artists started to migrate as they had been priced out of Venice Beach and Culver City. Not long after the Tech Industry discovered Smoky Hollow.
In the city the population is spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 38.7% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.0 males.
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-aug-23-la-fi-smoky-hollow-20120823-story.html | title=El Segundo has a clear vision for Smoky Hollow's future | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=August 23, 2012 }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-30 |title=El Segundo looking to attract tech businesses to Smoky Hollow |url=https://www.elsegundo.org/Home/Components/News/News/64/268327?npage=32&arch=1 |website=www.elsegundo.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/smoky-hollow-high/ | title=Smoky Hollow High | date=May 20, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/small-office-building-takes-shape-el-segundos-smoky-hollow-district | title=Small office building takes shape in el Segundo's Smoky Hollow district | date=February 18, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/60000sf-office-building-takes-shape-el-segundos-smoky-hollow-district | title=60,000SF office building takes shape in el Segundo's Smoky Hollow District | date=April 19, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bisnow.com/los-angeles/news/industrial/el-segundo-pushes-for-smoky-hollow-a-creative-industrial-office-district-87685 | title=El Segundo Pushes for Smoky Hollow as a Creative Industrial Office District }}</ref>
 
==Geography==
The median income for a household in the city is $61,341, and the median income for a family is $74,007. Males have a median income of $52,486 versus $41,682 for females. The per capita income for the city is $33,996. 4.6% of the population and 3.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.7% are under the age of 18 and 6.0% are 65 or older.
The northern and southern boundaries of the town are [[Los Angeles International Airport]] and [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]], with the [[Pacific Ocean]] as the western boundary. Its eastern boundary is roughly marked by [[Aviation Boulevard|Aviation Blvd]].
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a land area of {{convert|5.5|sqmi|km2}}.
==External Link==
 
The beachfront area neighboring the refinery was once dominated by industrial wharves servicing oil tanker ships, and heavily polluted by sewage and stormwater runoff. The major expansion of the Hyperion wastewater treatment plant in the 1980s was the impetus for rehabilitation of the beach. The old piers were demolished, an underwater oil terminal was constructed a few miles offshore, and an enormous amount of dredged sand was used to restore and dramatically enlarge the once narrow and polluted beach. The [[Marvin Braude Bike Trail]] runs along this new artificial beach, as the refinery wharves were one of the last remaining industrial facilities directly obstructing the shoreline of the Santa Monica Bay.
*[http://www.elsegundo.org/ City of El Segundo website]
 
*[http://www.elsegundochamber.org/ El Segundo Chamber of Commerce]
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1920 = 1563
| 1930 = 3503
| 1940 = 3738
| 1950 = 8011
| 1960 = 14219
| 1970 = 15620
| 1980 = 13752
| 1990 = 15223
| 2000 = 16033
| 2010 = 16654
| 2020 = 17272
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|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/>
}}
 
El Segundo first appeared as a city in the [[1920 U.S. Census]]<ref name=1920CensusCA/> as part of the now defunct Redondo Township (pop. 5,016 in 1910).<ref name=1910CensusCA/>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''El Segundo 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 – El Segundo city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0622412&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) – El Segundo city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0622412&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) – El Segundo city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0622412&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|12,356
|11,515
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,626
|77.07%
|69.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |61.58%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|181
|321
|style='background: #ffffe6; |394
|1.13%
|1.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.28%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|52
|40
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45
|0.32%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,005
|1,427
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,804
|6.27%
|8.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.44%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|47
|30
|style='background: #ffffe6; |61
|0.29%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.35%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|87
|56
|style='background: #ffffe6; |88
|0.54%
|0.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.51%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|540
|656
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,268
|3.37%
|3.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.34%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,765
|2,609
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,976
|11.01%
|15.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.23%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''16,033'''
|'''16,654'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''17,272'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
 
[[File:El Segundo, California aerial.jpg|thumb|[[Palisades del Rey, California|Palisades del Rey]] in foreground, with El Segundo in background]]
 
===2020===
The [[2020 United States census]] reported that El Segundo had a population of 17,272. The population density was {{convert|3,161.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of El Segundo was 65.9% [[White Americans|White]], 2.4% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 10.6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.4% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 4.9% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 15.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 17.2% of the population.<ref name=DP1>{{cite web |title=El Segundo city, California; DP1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=1600000US0622412 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref>
 
The census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.1% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized.<ref name=DP1/>
 
There were 7,175 households, out of which 30.7% included children under the age of 18, 45.2% were married-couple households, 7.0% were [[cohabitation|cohabiting]] couple households, 26.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 21.4% had a male householder with no partner present. 29.5% of households were one person, and 9.1% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.4.<ref name=DP1/> There were 4,351 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (60.6% of all households).<ref>{{cite web |title=El Segundo city, California; P16: Household Type - 2020 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P16?g=1600000US0622412 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref>
 
The age distribution was 20.6% under the age of 18, 7.6% aged 18 to 24, 30.7% aged 25 to 44, 28.2% aged 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65{{nbsp}}years of age or older. The median age was 39.0{{nbsp}}years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males.<ref name=DP1/>
 
There were 7,500 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,372.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 7,175 (95.7%) were occupied. Of these, 42.5% were owner-occupied, and 57.5% were occupied by renters.<ref name=DP1/>
 
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $149,149, and the [[per capita income]] was $80,399. About 2.8% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line.<ref>{{cite web |title=El Segundo city, California; DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics - 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates Comparison Profiles |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2023.DP03?g=1600000US0622412 |website=US Census Bureau |access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref>
 
===2010===
The [[2010 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0622412|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140715130716/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0622412|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - El Segundo city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> reported that El Segundo had a population of 16,654. The population density was {{convert|3,047.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of El Segundo was 12,997 (78.0%) White (69.1% non-Hispanic White),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622412.html |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA - El Segundo city |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701225711/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622412.html |archive-date=July 1, 2012 }}</ref> 337 (2.0%) African American, 68 (0.4%) Native American, 1,458 (8.8%) Asian, 38 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 799 (4.8%) from [[Race (United States census)|other races]], and 957 (5.7%) from two or more races. There were 2,609 people of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race (15.7%).
 
The Census reported that 16,578 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 66 (0.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 10 (0.1%) were institutionalized.
 
Of the 7,085 households, 2,183 (30.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 3,050 (43.0%) were married couples living together, 729 (10.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 326 (4.6%) had a male householder with no wife present; and 369 (5.2%) were [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]]. About 31.8% were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34. The city had 4,105 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (57.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.02.
 
22.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.7% was 18 to 24, 31.1% was 25 to 44, 29.8% was 45 to 64, and 10.1%o was 65 or older. The median age was 39.2. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 98.8 males.
 
The 7,410 housing units had an average density of {{convert|1,356.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}, of which 3,034 (42.8%) were owner-occupied and 4,051 (57.2%) occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.1%. About 49.1% of the population lived in owner-occupied housing units and 50.4% in rental housing units.
 
According to the 2010 United States census, El Segundo had a median household income of $84,341, with 4.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622412.html|title=census.gov - El Segundo, California|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701225711/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0622412.html|archive-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref>
 
==Economy==
[[File:Chevron El Segundo refinery, 2007.jpg|thumb|Chevron's El Segundo refinery]]
[[File:Aerial Mattel Headquarters El Segundo May 2012.JPG|thumb|Headquarters of [[Mattel]]]]
 
The name was adopted in 1911 when [[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]] built its second refinery, El Segundo, which is Spanish for "the Second".<ref name="Greenbergbright">Greenberg, David."[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-24223058_ITM Aerospace woes take a toll, but LAX neighbor has bright spots.]" ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]''. August 11, 2003. Retrieved on April 13, 2009.</ref> This refinery has received crude oil from the Amazon region of South America – more than 5,000 barrels per day.<ref>{{cite book|title=From Well to Wheel: The Social, Environmental, and Climate Costs of Amazon Crude|publisher=Amazon Watch|pages=7|url=https://amazonwatch.org/assets/files/2016-amazon-crude-report.pdf|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref> El Segundo is located next to the [[Hyperion sewage treatment plant]]<ref name="Hyperion">{{cite web |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/history/2010/03/hyperion-treatment-plant.html |title=South Bay History &#124; The Daily Breeze's Sam Gnerre looks at the way we were in the South Bay |publisher=Insidesocal.com |access-date=February 8, 2013 |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114225937/http://www.insidesocal.com/history/2010/03/hyperion-treatment-plant.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the El Segundo [[Power station|power plant]]. The El Segundo power plant is operated by the American energy company [[NRG Energy|NRG]]. NRG was to create a new [[combined cycle]] power island, providing power for 240,000 households. The new power plant, slated to go online in 2013, was to use two generators: a Siemens [[gas turbine]]<ref name="Siemens gas turbine">{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.siemens.com/energy-efficiency/energy-efficiency.html?tab=Power-generations |title=Energy efficiency|website=Siemens USA|date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104153330/http://www.usa.siemens.com/energy-efficiency/energy-efficiency.html%23Power-generations|archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> and an additional steam turbine. Prior to its dissolution, [[Unocal]] was headquartered in El Segundo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unocal.com/ |title=Unocal World On-Line |access-date=July 7, 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227082136/http://www.unocal.com/ |archive-date=December 27, 1996 }} [[Unocal Corporation]]. December 27, 1996. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unocal.com/ |title=Home page |access-date=July 7, 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129055602/http://www.unocal.com/ |archive-date=January 29, 2005 }}. [[Unocal Corporation]]. January 29, 2005. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.</ref>
 
In 1928, William Mines, an immigrant from Canada, leased land for a flying field.<ref>Ripton, Ray. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/521637092.html?dids=521637092:521637092&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=May+14%2C+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=El+Segundo+Will+Celebrate+50th+Year+for+a+Week&pqatl=google El Segundo Will Celebrate 50th Year for a Week] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020024747/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/521637092.html?dids=521637092:521637092&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=May+14,+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=El+Segundo+Will+Celebrate+50th+Year+for+a+Week&pqatl=google |date=October 20, 2012 }}." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. May 14, 1967.</ref> In 1930, Los Angeles Municipal Airport, later [[Los Angeles International Airport]], opened north of El Segundo; its presence led to the concentration of aerospace and aviation-related firms in the El Segundo area.<ref name="Greenbergbright" /> Many large [[aerospace engineering|aerospace]] companies have facilities in El Segundo, including the four largest aerospace companies in the US: [[Boeing]], [[RTX Corporation]],<ref name="LAT move">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-la-times-el-segundo-20180413-story.html|title=Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to move Los Angeles Times to new campus in El Segundo|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first1=Meg |last1=James|first2=Andrea |last2=Chang|date=April 13, 2018|access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref> [[Lockheed Martin]] and [[Northrop Grumman]]; many smaller aerospace companies such as [[Wyle Laboratories]], [[the Aerospace Corporation]], and [[Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings]] all have facilities in El Segundo as well, with [[Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings]] being headquartered there. It is also home to the [[Los Angeles Air Force Base]] and the [[Space and Missile Systems Center]], which is responsible for space-related acquisition for the military.
The current Boeing factory, the [[Boeing Satellite Development Center]], was originally built by [[Nash Motors]] in 1946 and opened in 1948. In 1955, [[Hughes Aircraft Company]] purchased the {{Convert|500,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} building; it was converted to build missiles and also served as a test facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.automobiledrivingmuseum.org/nash-factory-in-el-segundo-ca/|title=NASH Factory in El Segundo, CA|date=January 21, 2015|website=Automobile Driving Museum|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228225518/http://www.automobiledrivingmuseum.org/nash-factory-in-el-segundo-ca/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At one time, [[MGM Grand Air]] had its headquarters in El Segundo.<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. March 23–29, 1994. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%200796.html?search=%22Mid%20Pacific%20Air%22 106].</ref>
 
Toy manufacturer [[Mattel]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corporate.mattel.com/careers/work/elsegundo.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404164853/http://corporate.mattel.com/careers/work/elsegundo.aspx|url-status=unfit|title=Careers<!-- Bot generated title --> |website=Mattel |archive-date=April 4, 2013}}</ref> AT&T Entertainment Hub (formerly [[DirecTV]]<ref>"[http://investor.directv.com/contactus.cfm Contact IR or Transfer Agent]." [[DirecTV]]. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.</ref>) direct technology marketing company [[PCM, Inc.]], and [[A-Mark Precious Metals]] are headquartered there, as well as sporting goods retailer [[Big 5 Sporting Goods]] and [[Stamps.com]]. Database company [[Teradata]] has a [[research and development]] facility in El Segundo, as well. The North American headquarters of the Japanese video game company [[Square Enix]] are also in the city.
 
From 1982 until 1996, the headquarters of the [[History of the Los Angeles Raiders|Los Angeles Raiders]] of the [[National Football League]] was located in El Segundo.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Alan|last=Abrahamson|date=May 11, 1997|title=El Segundo to Raiders: Just Pay, Baby|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-11-me-57800-story.html|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Los Angeles Kings]] Hockey Club is also located in El Segundo. In 2024, the [[Los Angeles Chargers]] moved their headquarters to El Segundo from [[Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chargers announce new headquarters, training facility in El Segundo|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-announce-new-headquarters-training-facility-in-el-segundo|access-date=November 9, 2021|website=NFL.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] office headquarters and practice facility, the [[UCLA Health Training Center]] are also located in El Segundo. Their [[NBA G-League]] affiliate the [[South Bay Lakers]] plays their games there.
 
Film production companies are located in El Segundo, including [[Rhythm and Hues Studios]] and [[Lightstorm Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-el-segundo-gehry-20170317-story.html|title=There's another Frank Gehry building going up in town. It's under the radar in El Segundo|first=Roger |last=Vincent|date= March 17, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2017|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name=Bixby>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-el-segundo-sale-20160116-story.html|title=Bixby Land's $49-million office building sale a sign 'it's not the old El Segundo'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Andrew |last=Khouri|date= January 15, 2016|access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> Human resources software company [[Neogov]] was founded in El Segundo in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Reed |title=Neogov just nabbed an investment from Carlyle and Warburg valuing it at more than $1 billion. Execs at the PE giants detail why M&A will be a big part of the HR software's growth plans. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/carlyle-group-warburg-pincus-neogov-investment-software-government-public-service-2021-6 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' moved its newsroom from downtown Los Angeles to a {{convert|4.5|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in El Segundo in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=James|first1=Meg|last2=Chang|first2=Andrea|title=Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to move Los Angeles Times to new campus in El Segundo|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-la-times-el-segundo-20180413-story.html|access-date=April 17, 2018|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>
 
===Top employers===
According to the city's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="City of El Segundo CAFR">{{cite web |url=https://www.elsegundo.org/home/showpublisheddocument/5136/637830215014170000 |title=City of El Segundo CAFR |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=elsegundo.org}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|[[Boeing Satellite Development Center|Boeing]]
|12,005
|-
|2
|[[Raytheon Intelligence & Space|Raytheon Technologies]]
|6,000
|-
|3
|[[Northrop Grumman]]
|2,422
|-
|4
|[[The Aerospace Corporation]]
|2,180
|-
|5
|[[Mattel]]
|1,545
|-
|6
|[[Chevron Corporation|Chevron]]
|1,187
|-
|7
|[[Internet Brands]]
|661
|-
|8
|[[Infineon Technologies]]
|498
|-
|9
|[[Karl Storz SE|Karl Storz Endoscopy America Inc.]]
|421
|-
|10
|[[Big 5 Sporting Goods]]
|290
|-
|}
 
===Subsidiaries of companies===
[[Nexon America]], the North American branch of Korean online game publisher [[Nexon Co. Ltd.]] has its offices in El Segundo.
 
The North American branch of the Japanese video game publisher and developer [[Square Enix]] has its headquarters in El Segundo.<ref>"[http://www.square-enix.com/jp/company/e/locations/ Corporate Locations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720080140/http://www.square-enix.com/jp/company/e/locations/ |date=July 20, 2008 }}." ''[[Square Enix Japan]]''. Accessed September 20, 2008.</ref>
 
Due to its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport, El Segundo became the host of several offices of airlines. In 1979, the [[United Airlines]] Reservation Center, a two-story, $4.5 million, {{convert|55000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} facility in the International Center, was scheduled to begin construction. Austin Co., a firm in [[Irvine, California|Irvine]], was to build the facility, which was scheduled for opening in May of that year.<ref>"[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/649838072.html?dids=649838072:649838072&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=May+21%2C+1978&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=El+Segundo+to+Be+Airline+Office+Site&pqatl=google El Segundo to Be Airline Office Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020041251/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/649838072.html?dids=649838072:649838072&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=May+21,+1978&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=El+Segundo+to+Be+Airline+Office+Site&pqatl=google |date=October 20, 2012 }}." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. May 21, 1978. Section Part IX, K24. Retrieved on April 14, 2009.</ref> [[Japan Airlines]] operates its United States headquarters, which was moved from [[New York City]] to El Segundo in around 2003.<ref>Lauro, Patricia Winters. "[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE3DE153FF936A35750C0A9659C8B63 THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING &ndash; ADDENDA; Japan Airlines Moves Its Account]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. March 5, 2003.</ref> at Suite 620 of 300 Continental Boulevard;<ref>"[http://www.ar.jal.com/region/en/other/career/jpsa.html JAL Passenger Services America, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014042740/http://www.ar.jal.com/region/en/other/career/jpsa.html |date=October 14, 2008 }}" ''[[Japan Airlines]]''. Accessed September 20, 2008.</ref> [[Cathay Pacific]] has an office in El Segundo.<ref>{{cite news|author=McDowell, Edwin|title=Be prepared to pay a lot more, and pay in advance, to be in Hong Kong next summer|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 9, 1996|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/09/business/be-prepared-to-pay-a-lot-more-and-pay-in-advance-to-be-in-hong-kong-next-summer.html|access-date=December 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name="NewCathayStatus">{{cite web |url=http://www.cathaypacific.com/contact/worldwide/popup/0%2C1043%2C37570-L01~FALSE~Online~32369%2C00.html |title=United States |website=[[Cathay Pacific]]|date=September 24, 2005|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050924121136/http://www.cathaypacific.com/contact/worldwide/popup/0%2C1043%2C37570-L01~FALSE~Online~32369%2C00.html |archive-date=September 24, 2005 |quote=Los Angeles 300 Continental Boulevard, Suite 500, El Segundo, CA 90245}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Forbes FYI|work=[[Forbes]]|date=1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQm8AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Cathay+Pacific%22+%22El+Segundo,+CA%22|page=73|via=[[Google Books]]|access-date=December 14, 2011|quote=Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., 300 N. Continental Boulevard, Suite 500, El Segundo, CA 90245}}</ref> The airline moved its North America headquarters to Greater Los Angeles in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topmovingcompany4u.com/cities/movers-in-LosAngeles.html | title=The Los Angeles Relocation Project | publisher=El Segundo & Los Angeles Relocation division|date=October 23, 2011}}</ref> and the headquarters were situated in El Segundo until 2005.<ref name="CX1">{{cite news|author=Armstrong, David|title=Cathay Pacific opens headquarters in S.F. / North American office relocated from Los Angeles.|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=February 16, 2005|url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Cathay-Pacific-opens-headquarters-in-S-F-North-2698602.php|access-date=December 14, 2011}}</ref><ref name="OldHQStatus">{{cite web |url=http://www.cathaypacific.com/contact/worldwide/popup/0%2C1043%2C37570-L01~FALSE~Online~32369%2C00.html |title=United States |website=[[Cathay Pacific]]|date=February 5, 2005|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205033854/http://www.cathaypacific.com/contact/worldwide/popup/0%2C1043%2C37570-L01~FALSE~Online~32369%2C00.html |archive-date=February 5, 2005|quote=Los Angeles 300 Continental Boulevard, Suite 500, El Segundo, CA 90245}}</ref>
 
[[Air China]] operates its North American headquarters in the {{convert|13000|sqft|sqm|adj=on}} 2131 East Maple Avenue building, south of [[Los Angeles International Airport|LAX]], in El Segundo. Its current North American headquarters opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony and other festivities on Friday March 26, 2010. The call center reservations, marketing, and sales employees all moved into the building. The building includes a call center with space for 50 employees; when the building opened, half of the spaces had been filled.<ref>"[http://www.airchina.us/en/aboutus/airchinanews/2009/20100330.html Air China Celebrates Opening Of New Los Angeles Office Building]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120724012237/http://www.airchina.us/en/aboutus/airchinanews/2009/20100330.html Archive]) Air China. Retrieved on October 12, 2012.</ref>
 
[[Air New Zealand]] operates its United States headquarters in El Segundo.<ref>Garfinkel, Perry. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/business/30asiatravel.html Airlines Add Service and Amenities to Asian Routes]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. September 29, 2008. Retrieved on December 14, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.air-china.us/en/aboutus/airchinanews/2009/20100330.html |title=Air China International |publisher=Air-china.us |access-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>"[http://www.airnewzealand.com/aboutus/mediacentre/pressreleases_2007/crt-tanaka_wins_airnz_account_05dec07.htm CRT/tanaka Wins Air New Zealand Account] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917000746/http://www.airnewzealand.com/aboutus/mediacentre/pressreleases_2007/crt-tanaka_wins_airnz_account_05dec07.htm |date=September 17, 2009 }}." [[Air New Zealand]]. December 5, 2007. Retrieved on August 26, 2009.</ref> Other airlines with offices in El Segundo include Turkish Airlines, Thai Airways, [[Air Tahiti Nui]],<ref>"[http://www.airtahitinui-usa.com/company/offices.asp Worldwide Offices and Sales Agents:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525142229/http://www.airtahitinui-usa.com/company/offices.asp? |date=May 25, 2009 }}." ''[[Air Tahiti Nui]]''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.</ref> [[Aeroméxico]],<ref>"[http://aeromexico.com/us/destinations/united-states/los-angeles.html Ticketing Offices California / Los Angeles]." ''[[Aeroméxico]]''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.</ref> [[China Airlines]]<ref>"[http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-3.htm Branch Offices North America] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128082353/http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-3.htm |date=November 28, 2011 }}." ''[[China Airlines]]''. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.</ref> [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]],<ref>"[http://www.emirates.com/mx/english/help/offices/local_emirates_offices.aspx?city=LAX Los Angeles Emirates (town office)]." Emirates. Retrieved on February 24, 2011. "Address 222 N. Pacific Coast Highway Suite 1322 El Segundo, CA 90245 Los Angeles USA."</ref> [[EVA Air]],<ref>"[http://www.evaair.com/en-global/contact-us-and-help/contact-us/?region=North-America Contact Us America]." ''[[EVA Air]]''. Retrieved on January 28, 2009.</ref> and [[Singapore Airlines]].<ref>"[http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/company_info/contact.jsp Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090708043303/http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/company_info/contact.jsp |date=July 8, 2009 }}." ''[[Singapore Airlines]]''. Retrieved on January 28, 2009.</ref>
 
[[Infineon Technologies]] acquired El Segundo-based company [[International Rectifier]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=International Rectifier becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Infineon Technologies as acquisition closes |url=https://www.militaryaerospace.com/rf-analog/article/16713877/international-rectifier-becomes-wholly-owned-subsidiary-of-infineon-technologies-as-acquisition-closes |website=Military Aerospace |date=January 14, 2015 |access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>
 
==Parks and recreation==
[[File:El a Segundo Main Street.jpg|thumb|Main Street in El Segundo]]
 
El Segundo has its own beach, as well as two public pools; both are outdoor pools, one of which is open only during the summer months.<ref name="City of El Segundo CAFR" /> The El Segundo Parks and Recreation staff are the basis for the hit [[NBC]] program ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''.<ref name="imdb.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266020/trivia|title=Parks and Recreation (TV Series 2009–2015)|access-date=March 16, 2018|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> El Segundo has two full-sized turf fields named [[Campus El Segundo Athletic Fields]], which are open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elsegundo.org/depts/recreation/parks_n_facilities/athletic_fields/campus_el_segundo.asp|title=El Segundo Website - Campus El Segundo|website=www.elsegundo.org|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731131911/http://www.elsegundo.org/depts/recreation/parks_n_facilities/athletic_fields/campus_el_segundo.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
=== Athletics ===
In 2023, El Segundo Little League won the world championship of the [[2023 Little League World Series|Little League World Series]], defeating the team from [[Willemstad|Willemstad, Curaçao]] in the championship. Louis Lappe hit a walk-off home run to win the game, 6–5. It was the first championship for a team from California since [[2011 Little League World Series|2011]].
 
=== Theatre and film ===
EL Segundo is home to [[Old Town Music Hall]], a [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3) non-profit]] organization dedicated to concerts, films from Hollywood’s [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Golden Age]], and [[Silent film|silent films]], accompanied by a Mighty [[Wurlitzer]] organ.<ref>https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/old-town-music-hall/</ref>
 
==Government==
===Local government===
According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, its various funds had $99.0 million in revenues, $91.0 million in expenditures, $206.5 million in total assets, $33.6 million in total liabilities, and $50.4 million in cash and investments.<ref name="City of El Segundo CAFR"/>
 
In the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], El Segundo is in the Second District, represented by [[Holly Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Discover the Los Angeles County Second District - LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell |url=https://mitchell.lacounty.gov/2nd-district/}}</ref>
 
===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], El Segundo is in {{Representative|casd|24|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|66|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Maps |url=https://www.wedrawthelinesca.org/final_maps |access-date=May 10, 2023 |website=We Draw the Lines CA |publisher=2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission}}</ref>
 
In the [[United States House of Representatives]], El Segundo is in {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|36}}</ref>
 
==Education==
[[File:El segundo hs1.jpg|thumb|right|[[El Segundo High School]]]]
 
The [[El Segundo Unified School District]] serves the residential district of El Segundo, west of Pacific Coast Highway. It operates [[El Segundo High School]].
 
Eastern El Segundo is part of the tax base for the [[Wiseburn Unified School District]], and formerly for the [[Centinela Valley Union High School District]] (CVUHSD). There are no residential areas in the eastern part of the city.<ref name=KuzniaWow>Kuznia, Rob. "[http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20130329/wiseburn-district-eyes-wow-factor-in-creating-new-comprehensive-high-school Wiseburn district eyes wow factor in creating new comprehensive high school]." ''[[Daily Breeze]]''. March 28, 2013. Retrieved on April 19, 2014.</ref> This portion of the city includes corporate operations providing significant tax revenue to the district (formerly districts).<ref name=KuzniaCashCow>Kuznia, Rob. "[http://www.dailybreeze.com/social-affairs/20140219/aerospace-business-corridor-in-el-segundo-a-cash-cow-for-centinela-valley-school-district Aerospace business corridor in El Segundo a cash cow for Centinela Valley school district]." ''[[Daily Breeze]]''. February 19, 2014. Retrieved on April 19, 2014.</ref>
 
[[Vistamar School]] is a private school in El Segundo.
 
Originally all of the city was located in the Wiseburn School District,<!--If the two districts are El Segundo and Wiseburn, and El Segundo didn't open until 1912 *and* took territory from Wiseburn then it must be that all of El Segundo was in Wiseburn--><ref name=CVUHSDHistory>"[http://www.centinela.k12.ca.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=126439&type=d&pREC_ID=251197 History and Profile]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064209/http://www.centinela.k12.ca.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=126439&type=d&pREC_ID=251197 Archive]). [[Centinela Valley Union High School District]]. Retrieved on April 20, 2014.</ref> which opened in 1896.<ref name=WiseburnAbout>"[http://www.wiseburn.k12.ca.us/new/about/default.html About]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091412/http://www.wiseburn.k12.ca.us/new/about/default.html Archive]). [[Wiseburn School District]]. Retrieved on April 4, 2014.</ref> When the [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]] Union High School District, now known as the CVUHSD, opened in 1905, its territory included the Wiseburn district. In 1912 the El Segundo School District opened, taking territory from the Wiseburn School District. The territory of the El Segundo district continued to be in the Inglewood Union District. On November 22, 1925, the El Segundo High School District was formed and El Segundo withdrew from the Inglewood Union district.<ref name=CVUHSDHistory/>
 
==Media==
[[File:Los Angeles Times building El Segundo California 2023-06.jpg|thumb|''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' headquarters]]
The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' has been headquartered in El Segundo since 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Andrea |date=April 17, 2018 |title=L.A. Times will move to 2300 E. Imperial Highway in El Segundo |url=https://latimes.com/business/la-fi-la-times-el-segundo-address-20180416-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref> The local [[Spectrum (brand)|Charter Spectrum]] news and sports channels, [[Spectrum News|Spectrum News 1]], [[Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles)|Spectrum SportsNet]], and [[Spectrum SportsNet LA|SportsNet LA]] are based out of El Segundo.
 
The ''El Segundo Herald'' is the community newspaper for El Segundo. It was established in 1911, six years before the city was incorporated. It had its centennial anniversary of service to the community in 2011.
 
A monthly arts and culture publication, ''The El Segundo Scene'', began printing in May 2018. Created and run by two El Segundo residents, the magazine serves El Segundo and its neighbors in the South Bay.
 
==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] passes through the city as [[California State Route 1|Pacific Coast Highway]], while [[Interstate 105 (California)|Interstate 105]] begins its journey at Sepulveda Boulevard (the continuation of [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] north of El Segundo city limits) just outside the northern city limits of El Segundo and heads east to [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]]. The [[K Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Los Angeles Metro K Line]] runs through the Eastern industrial and office district before meeting the [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|C Line]] near Interstate 105 and [[Aviation Boulevard]] and continuing along north for the rest of its length.
 
Amtrak's El Segundo Bus Stop (ESG) is located at the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]]'s [[Douglas station (Los Angeles Metro)|Douglas station]] and is serviced by [[Amtrak Thruway]]. The stop is on Amtrak's 1c bus route that runs four times a day between Amtrak's Torrance Bus Stop (Alpine Village) and the [[Bakersfield station (Amtrak)|Bakersfield Amtrak station]] where passengers transfer to and from trains on ''[[San Joaquins]]'' services; passengers can also connect with ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' at the [[Van Nuys station|Van Nuys Amtrak station]].
 
[[Los Angeles International Airport]] (LAX) is located immediately to the north of El Segundo. In 2014, an [[Air pollution|air quality]] study found harmful [[ultrafine particles]] from the takeoffs and landings at LAX to be of a much greater magnitude than previously thought.<ref>Weikel, Dan and Barboza, Tony (May 29, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0529-lax-pollution-20140529-story.html "Planes' exhaust could be harming communities up to 10 miles from LAX"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>
 
==Notable people==
* [[Roseanne Barr]], comedian, owns Full Moon and High Tides Productions<ref name="Abcarian">{{cite news|last1=Abcarian|first1=Robin|title=Sleepy little El Segundo is on the radar and fighting to keep its small-town identity|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-el-segundo-20180417-htmlstory.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417133637/http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-el-segundo-20180417-htmlstory.html|archive-date=April 17, 2018|access-date=April 17, 2018|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]], baseball player, Hall of Fame
* [[Ken Brett]], baseball player
* [[Joe Caravello]], [[NFL]] football player
* [[Dick Dale]], guitarist, pioneer of [[Surf music]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldies.com/artist-view/Dick-Dale.html|title=Dick Dale|website=OLDIES.com}}</ref>
* [[Rusty Frank]], author, choreographer, producer, dance historian
* [[The Ghost Inside (band)|The Ghost Inside]], [[metalcore]] band<ref name="label-bio">{{cite web |last1=Downey |first1=Ryan J. |title=The Ghost Inside |date=July 30, 2021 |url=https://www.epitaph.com/artists/the-ghost-inside/bio |publisher=[[Epitaph Records]] |access-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704154053/https://www.epitaph.com/artists/the-ghost-inside/bio |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mike Gordon (politician)|Mike Gordon]], Assemblymember and mayor of El Segundo
* [[Carl Koppelman]], accountant and forensic sketch artist
* [[Dave LaRoche]], baseball pitcher
* [[Vladimir Matyushenko]], [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter
* [[Christopher McCandless]], adventurer who inspired the book ''[[Into the Wild (Krakauer book)|Into the Wild]]'' and the 2007 film ''[[The Call of the Wild (2007 film)|The Call of the Wild]]''
* [[Dave McCoy]], skier and businessman, founder of Mammoth Mountain, was born in El Segundo<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sahagun|first=Louis|date=February 8, 2020|title=Dave McCoy, who gave skiers and boarders Mammoth Mountain, has died at 104|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-08/dave-mccoy-mammoth-mountain-dead-obituary|url-status=live|access-date=October 9, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209054125/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-08/dave-mccoy-mammoth-mountain-dead-obituary |archive-date=February 9, 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Scott McGregor (left-handed pitcher)|Scott McGregor]], baseball player
* [[Lars Nootbaar]], MLB baseball player for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
* [[Bob Samuelson]], volleyball player
* [[John Van Hamersveld]], artist and surfer<ref name=Abcarian />
* [[Erik von Detten]], former actor, singer
* [[Paul Westphal]], basketball player and coach<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120719071015/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124692/1/index.htm Love and Hate in El Segundo]". . ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''. August 17, 1981. Retrieved on June 15, 2009.</ref>
* [[Dave Williamson]], stand-up comedian<ref name="DailyBreeze2018">{{cite news |last= Hixon |first= Michael |date= May 8, 2018 |title= What's so funny about El Segundo? Find out at the Gundo Comedy Festival |url= https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/05/08/whats-so-funny-about-el-segundo-find-out-at-the-gundo-comedy-festival/ |work= [[Daily Breeze]] |___location=El Segundo, California |access-date=May 26, 2020 }}</ref>
 
==In popular culture==
* [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s single "[[I Left My Wallet In El Segundo]]" revolves around a stop through the town on the way back to [[Brooklyn]].
* El Segundo is frequently referenced by Fred G. Sanford in the TV series ''[[Sanford and Son]]''.
* Although filmed in [[British Columbia]], the music video for the song "[[First Date (Blink-182 song)|First Date]]", by [[pop-punk]] band [[Blink-182]], takes place in El Segundo in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1446836/blink-182-return-to-70s-in-first-date-video|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407001252/http://www.mtv.com/news/1446836/blink-182-return-to-70s-in-first-date-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2015|title=Blink-182 Return to '70s In 'First Date' Video|website=mtv.com|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>
* The fictitious ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]'' company Pied Piper tapped the real-life, El Segundo-headquartered company [[Wpromote]] to develop its ill-fated mascot, Pipey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wpromote.com/case-studies/silicon-valley|title=Silicon Valley & Wpromote Case Study|website=wpromote.com|access-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>
* The movie ''[[Candy Cane Lane (film)|Candy Cane Lane]]'', starring [[Eddie Murphy]], takes place in El Segundo.
* The Netflix original film ''[[Family Switch]]'' is in part filmed in El Segundo, and features many scenes at El Segundo High School.
 
==See also==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}
* [[Automobile Driving Museum]] - a museum in El Segundo.
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.elsegundochamber.org/ El Segundo Chamber of Commerce]
 
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| Centre = El Segundo
| North = [[Los Angeles International Airport]]-LAX
| Northeast = [[Lennox, California|Lennox]]
| East = [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]]
| Southeast = [[Torrance, California|Torrance]]
| Northwest = [[Dockweiler State Beach]]
| South = [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]]
| Southwest = [[Pacific Ocean]]
| West = [[Pacific Ocean]]
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