Bell Gardens highlight
Strong Latino cultural presence
As of 2024, 97.1 percent of Bell Gardens residents identify as Hispanic or Latino, and 41.5 percent were born outside the United States, making it one of the most Latino-concentrated cities in Los Angeles County.
Bell Gardens is home to 37,100 people, of whom 35,947 (97.1 percent) identify as Hispanic or Latino, and 15,800 (41.5 percent) were born outside the United States. Those proportions reflect both the city's attractiveness to families seeking affordable, accessible housing and the deep family networks that connect Bell Gardens to Central America, Mexico, and other countries where relatives still live.
The city's name itself carries history: Japanese vegetable gardens and the nearby town of Bell gave it its original identity in the early 20th century. As those gardens were replaced by residential neighborhoods, Bell Gardens became the home of successive generations of working families. Today it is a center of Latino family and community life, with Spanish spoken in homes, on streets, in schools and shops—a place where culture and household economics are inseparable.
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