Pasadena, California

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136K Residents
8.7 mi from DTLA
23 mi² Area

Pasadena at a Glance

👥 136,462 Population
💰 $103,778 Median Household Income
🎂 40.1 Median Age
📐 22.96 mi² Total Area
🏙️ 5,943 People per sq mile
⛰️ 883 ft Elevation
🚗 8.7 mi 9 miles from Downtown LA
🌊 Coastal City 🏞️ River Access ⛰️ Mountain Area

Pasadena Weather

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69°F
clear sky
Pasadena, CA
Feels Like 69°
Humidity 75%
Wind 1 mph
Visibility 6.2 mi
Updated at 11:41 AM
4-Day Forecast
Sunday scattered clouds ☁️ 70° 70°
Monday clear sky 🌙 77° 77°
Tuesday broken clouds ☁️ 76° 76°

About Pasadena

History

Pasadena ( PAS-ə-DEE-nə) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley.

The earliest known inhabitants of Pasadena and its surroundings were members of the Native American Hahamog-na tribe, a branch of the Tongva Nation. They spoke the Tongva language, part of the Uto-Aztecan language group. Native Americans had lived in the Los Angeles Basin for thousands of years.

City Facts

Incorporated 1886
Government Council-manager

Economy

Old Town Pasadena spans 21 blocks downtown. It boasts shops and a wide variety of restaurants, nightclubs, outdoor cafés, pubs, and comedy clubs. "One Colorado" features renovated historic architecture that attracted the new retail stores and restaurants.

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Landmarks & Attractions

The legendary Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, is a member supported theater company that celebrated their centennial season in 2018. The theater puts on five shows a year. In 1937, the Pasadena Playhouse established a record as the only theatre in the United States to have staged the entire Shakespearean canon.

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