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Florine Gonsalves at Portuguese festival in Artesia, California - 1948, 1948
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About Artesia
City in California, United StatesArtesia (Spanish for "artesian aquifer") is a city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California. Artesia was incorporated on May 29, 1959, and is one of Los Angeles County's Gateway Cities. The city has a 2020 census population of 16,395. Artesia is surrounded on the west, south, and east sides by Cerritos, with Norwalk to the north. Artesia is the home of the East West Ice Palace, an ice rink which is co-owned by Michelle Kwan. It was also the childhood home of former First Lady Pat Nixon, who lived there from 1914 to 1931, though the property on which she grew up is now part of neighboring Cerritos.
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Housing in Artesia
The typical Artesia home is worth about $868,000, up 3% in a year, 14% above the California typical home.
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Safety in Artesia
Safety Grade C-
Artesia reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 84% report less.
Schools in Artesia
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The public schools Artesia’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 96% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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