Charter City
Incorporated: May 12, 1921
City Hall: 3031 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, California 90503
Website: www.torranceca.gov
Population (2020 Census): 147,067 (Also see latest State Population Estimates and Earlier decennial Census Counts).
Population Under Age 18 (2020 Census): 19.5%
Population Density (2020 Census): 7,167.7 persons per square mile
Housing Units: 58,775
Persons Per Housing Unit: 2.5
Land Area: 20.52 square miles (53.14 square kilometers)
Water Area: 4.10 square miles (10.61 square kilometers)
Total Area: 24.61 square miles (63.74 square kilometers)
Geographic Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude): 33.830453 -118.356618
Planned as a model city by Frederick Law Olmsted, the great landscape architect, and named in 1911 by landowner Jared S. Torrance, a financier and philanthropist.
City in red below. Click on map for more detailed color map of county.