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Downey, California

Administration

Full name	City of Downey
Official name	City of Downey
Settlement type	City
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Founded	October 23, 1873
Incorporated	December 17, 1956
Government
Type	Council-Manager
City Council	Mayor Luis H. Marquez David R. Gafin Roger Brossmer Mario Guerra Fernando Vasquez
City Manager	Gerald Caton
Finance Director	John Michicoff
Geography
Total Area	12.568 sq mi (32.6 km2)
Land Area	12.408 sq mi (32.1 km2)
Water Area	0.160 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	118 ft (36 m)
Demography
Total Population	111772 (11th in Los Angeles County 53rd in California 232nd in the United States) (2010)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	90239-90242
Area code	562
FIPS code	06-19766
GNIS feature ID	1652698

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Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km (13 mi) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where folk singer Karen Carpenter died. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 111,772, up from 107,323 at the 2000 census.

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