Wilmington, Los Angeles

Wilmington, Los Angeles
Neighborhood of Los Angeles
Top: St. Peter & Paul's Church (left) and Banning House (right); bottom: Drum Barracks (left) and Wilmington Municipal Building (right).
Wilmington as outlined by the Los Angeles Times
Wilmington, Los Angeles Location within Southern Los Angeles, to the west of the city of Long Beach
Coordinates: 33°46′48″N 118°15′42″W / 33.78°N 118.26167°W / 33.78; -118.26167
Country	United States of America
State	California
County	Los Angeles
City	Los Angeles
Named for	Wilmington, Delaware[1]
Area
• Total	9.14 sq mi (23.7 km2)
Population
• Total	53,815
• Density	5,887/sq mi (2,273/km2)
Time zone	Pacific (GMT -08:00)
ZIP code	90744
Area code(s)	310/424, 323, 562
Website	Official website

Wilmington is a neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California,^[2] covering 9.14 square miles (23.7 km²).

Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents. Nearly 20 percent of Wilmington’s total land area is taken up by oil refineries — roughly 3.5 times more area than is dedicated to open and accessible green spaces.^[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilmington had one of the highest death rates in all of Los Angeles County, exacerbated by elevated levels of industrial pollution.^[4]

It is the site of Banning High School, and ten other primary and secondary schools. Wilmington has six parks.

Wilmington dates its history back to a 1784 Spanish land grant. It became a separate city in 1863, and it joined the city of Los Angeles in 1909. Places of interest include the headquarters U.S. Army for Southern California and the Drum Barracks built to protect the nascent Los Angeles harbor during the American Civil War.