The Gateway Cities Region, or Southeast Los Angeles County, is an urbanized region located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, between the City of Los Angeles proper, Orange County, and the Pacific Ocean. The cluster of cities has been termed "Gateway Cities" in that they serve as a "gateway" between the LA and Orange counties, with the city of Cerritos equidistant from Downtown L.A., Long Beach, and Santa Ana in Orange County.[1] As such, the area is central to the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and has a population of approximately 2,000,000 residents.[2]
Despite a predominating urban fabric of single-family homes and low-rise multifamily residential structures, Southeast LA County comprises some of the most densely populated municipalities in the United States.[3][4] As with other regions of Los Angeles, Southeast LA's demographics are notable for ethnic and age diversity.
The Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), the coordinating body for the Southeast LA Region, is located in the city of Paramount.[5]
- ^ Sonksen, Mike (March 13, 2015). "On Location: Cerritos". KCET. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Demographics of the Gateway Cities COG Region". Gateway Cities Site Selector. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
- ^ List of United States cities by population density [circular reference]
- ^ https://www.census.gov [not specific enough to verify]
- ^ "Gateway Cities Council of Governments". Retrieved April 7, 2021.