Long Beach, California, is a vibrant, primarily waterfront community. Within the LA metro area, it is the forty-second-most-populous city in the U.S., with about 466,000 residents. There are eclectic neighborhoods and sandy beaches — an urban waterfront playground. Long Beach is approximately 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles and home to California State University.
California is in the Western United States. It shares borders with Nevada, Arizona, the Pacific Ocean, Oregon, and Baja California. There are more than 39,500,000 people in about 163,696 square miles, making it the third-largest state. The state capital is Sacramento, and Los Angeles is the most populous city.