City profile · Large City
Long Beach, California
Verified Oct 25, 2026Who leads Long Beach, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Rex Richardson
- Role
- Mayor (Ceremonial)
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 466,742
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 25, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcelongbeach.gov/mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagelongbeach.gov/mayor ↗
- City websitelongbeach.gov ↗
“Last checked” is when we last looked at the source. “Last verified” is when the record was last confirmed. A page we couldn't read never counts as a verification.
Record history
Published records only. Possible changes still under review are not shown here.
Leaders on record
- Rex Richardson CurrentMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 25, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 466,742
- Median household income
- $78,995
- Median age
- 36.1
- Land area
- 50.67 sq mi
- Population density
- 9,211.4 per sq mi
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Use this record in your app
The same leadership and verification fields are available from the API.
curl https://api.civicgrid.org/cities/34 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer cg_live_..."