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James W. Loewen (1942-2021)

We mourn the loss of our friend and colleague and remain committed to the work he began.

Huntington Beach

California

Basic Information

Type of Place
Suburb
Metro Area
Los Angeles/San Diego
Politics c. 1860?
Unions, Organized Labor?

Sundown Town Status

Sundown Town in the Past?
Probable
Was there an ordinance?
Don't Know
Sign?
Don’t Know
Year of Greatest Interest
Still Sundown?
Surely Not

Census Information

The available census data from 1860 to the present
Total White Black Asian Native Hispanic Other BHshld
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930 3690 6
1940 3738 0
1950 5237 3
1960 11492 2
1970 115960 99
1980
1990
2000 189594 182129 1527 17709 1224 27798 11019
2010
2020

Method of Exclusion

  • Unknown

Main Ethnic Group(s)

  • Unknown

Group(s) Excluded

  • Black

Comments

Huntington Beach’s sundown policies may
have broken somewhat during a period of rapid
population growth in the 1960s. More research is
needed.