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The city’s name was changed to Long Beach in 1888, the same year it incorporated. The name Long Beach was chosen to reflect the city’s development as a beach community. Long Beach grew with the opening of the port in 1911 and the discovery nearby of oil in 1921. A 1933 earthquake caused much damage, but the city rebuilt and expanded once again with the establishment of aircraft industries in the early 1940s. In the mid-1970s Long Beach began a redevelopment program projected to be completed by the year 2000. Long Beach Naval Station closed in the early 1990s; a federal commission voted in 1995 to close the naval shipyard as part of a national base-consolidation program. Long Beach has initiated a reuse plan for these sites that is intended to result in job creation and economic revitalization. In the mid-1990s renovation of the waterfront, known as the Queensway Bay Project, began; planned structures include the Aquarium on the Pacific.

Long Beach covers a land area of 50 sq mi, with a mean elevation of 47 ft. The economic activities of the city are varied, and include the aerospace industry; oil extraction and related industries; high-technology industries, especially those in the field of satellite communications technology; and health care systems.

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