Santa Clarita, California

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Santa Clarita, California
City
Clockwise: Central Park; Packard Humanities Institute; Bridgeport Marketplace Lake; William S. Hart Museum; Westfield Valencia Town Center.
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Awesometown[1]
Motto:  Where the Good Life Takes You[2]
Location of Santa Clarita in California and Los Angeles County
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Coordinates: 34°25′N 118°31′W / 34.42°N 118.52°W / 34.42; -118.52
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Incorporated	December 15, 1987[3]
Named for	Santa Clara River
Area [4]
• City	70.82 sq mi (183.42 km2)
• Land	70.75 sq mi (183.26 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2)  0.099%
Elevation [6]	1,207 ft (368 m)
Population  (2020)[7]
• City	228,673
• Rank	3rd in Los Angeles County 17th in California 98th in the United States
• Density	3,232/sq mi (1,250/km2)
• Urban	278,031 (US: 146th)[5]
• Urban density	3,571.6/sq mi (1,379.0/km2)
Demonym	Santa Claritan
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes[8]	91321–91322, 91350–91351, 91354–91355, 91380, 91385–91387, 91390[a]
Area code	661
FIPS code	06-69088
GNIS feature IDs	1662338, 2411819
Website	santa-clarita.com

Santa Clarita, officially the City of Santa Clarita, is the third largest city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 17th largest city in the state of California. The city has annexed unincorporated areas, which has made the population higher. Santa Clarita is about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It takes up most of Santa Clarita Valley. It is a good example of a U.S. edge city or boomburb. Santa Clarita was ranked by Money magazine in 2006 as 18th of the top 100 places to live.^[9] There are four smaller communities in Santa Clarita. They are called Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, and Canyon Country. Santa Clarita is well known for the amusement park Six Flags Magic Mountain as well as the TV program Santa Clarita Diet.

1. ↑ Kudler, Adrian Glick (August 9, 2010). "Where Is Awesometown? In Santa Clarita, Of Course". Curbed. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
2. ↑ "City of Santa Clarita Transit". City of Santa Clarita Transit.
3. ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
4. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
5. ↑ United States Census Bureau (December 29, 2022). "2020 Census Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications". Federal Register.
6. ↑ "Santa Clarita". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
7. ↑ "QuickFacts: Santa Clarita city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
8. ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
9. ↑ MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2006