City profile · Mid-size City
Downey, California
Reviewed Oct 13, 2026Who leads Downey, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Horacio Ortiz
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 107,323
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 13, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 13, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcedowneyca.org ↗
- Official leadership pagedowneyca.org/our-city/mayor-city-council ↗
- City websitedowneyca.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Horacio Ortiz CurrentMayor · added Oct 13, 2026 · verified Oct 13, 2026
- Claudia M. Frometa FormerMayor · added Jul 2, 2026
- Hector Sosa FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 107,323
- Median household income
- $84,236
- Median age
- 36.5
- Land area
- 12.41 sq mi
- Population density
- 8,648.1 per sq mi
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
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