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Gang activity in Long Beach and Cambodia Town was most active from 1989 to 1995, through street fights, drive-by shootings and killings. [5] In America by the Numbers Pass or Fail in Cambodia Town, one of the interviewees stated that "we had to protect ourselves," when talking about the difficulties of growing up in the United States. [ 20 ]
The neighborhood consists of all or portions of the 90815, 90808, 90804, and 90803 ZIP codes and is adjacent to the Traffic Circle, the California State University, Long Beach campus, the Los Angeles County cities of Lakewood and Hawaiian Gardens, and the Orange County cities of Cypress and Los Alamitos.
The list includes those who immigrated from Cambodia and those who are multi-generational Cambodian Americans. As of 2010, Americans of Cambodian or Khmer descent make up about 0.1% of the United States population, or 300,000 people. [1]
By 2010 census numbers, Philadelphia's Cambodia Town is the fourth largest Cambodia Town in the United States, trailing only Long Beach, Lowell, and Stockton. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Its main commercial corridor is along S. 7th Street — and to some extent S. 6th and even S. 8th Streets — between Morris Street to the north and Oregon Avenue to the south ...
In 2014, it was reported that Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California, the only officially recognized ethnic enclave of Cambodian Americans, had a poverty rate of 32.4%. [22] That was a little over twice the average of America society as a whole, which was 16% according to a 2011 study by the government. [21]
Neighborhood map of the City of Long Beach, CA. Long Beach, California, is composed of many different neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are named after thoroughfares, while others are named for nearby parks, schools, or city features.
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La Merced historical Greektown in Mexico City along Calle Academia (Academia Street). [233] Naucalpan, State of Mexico a large Greek community has formed outside of Mexico City. [234] New Smyrna Beach, Florida. [235] [236] "Old Greek Town", Salt Lake City, Utah - the state has a Greek community, throughout the Salt Lake metropolitan area, and ...