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{{Short description|City in California}}
{{Distinguish|Arcata, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Arcadia, California
| settlement_type                 = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
| image_skyline                   = Arcadia Peahen 1.jpg
| image_caption                   = [[Peafowl]], a symbol of Arcadia, walking on a lawn in Arcadia
| image_seal                      = Seal of Arcadia, California.png
| nickname                        = 
| motto                           = Community of Homes
| image_map                       = File:Los Angeles County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Arcadia Highlighted 0602462.svg
| map_caption                     = Location of Arcadia in Los Angeles County, California
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| pushpin_map                     = California#USA#North America
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in California
| pushpin_label                   = Arcadia
|subdivision_type                 = Country
|subdivision_name                 = United States
|subdivision_type1                = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1                = California
|subdivision_type2                = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name2                = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
| established_title               = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date                = August 5, 1903<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |title=California Cities by Incorporation Date |format=Word |publisher=California Association of [[Local Agency Formation Commission]]s |access-date = August 25, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103002921/http://www.calafco.org/docs/Cities_by_incorp_date.doc |archive-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref>
| named_for                       = [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]]
| government_type                 = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]<ref name="arcadiaca_citycouncil"/>
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = April Verlato [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=April Verlato |url=https://ballotpedia.org/April_Verlato |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title2                   = [[Mayor Pro Tem]]
| leader_name2                    = Michael Cao  
| leader_title3                   = [[City Council]]
| leader_name3                    = {{Plain list|
* Paul P. Cheng
* Sharon Kwan
* Eileen Wang
}}
| leader_title4                   = [[City Manager]]
| leader_name4                    = Dominic Lazzaretto

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| unit_pref                       = Imperial
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| area_total_sq_mi                = 11.14
| area_total_km2                  = 28.84
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 10.93
| area_land_km2                   = 28.30
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.21
| area_water_km2                  = 0.54
| area_water_percent              = 1.87
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|1652664|Arcadia|access-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_ft                    = 482
| elevation_m                     = 147
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 56681
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
| pop_est_footnotes               = 
| population_est                  = 
| population_density_km2          = 2002.81
| timezone                        = [[Pacific Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset                      = −8
| timezone_DST                    = PDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = −7
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP Code]]s<ref>{{Cite web
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| publisher = [[United States Postal Service]]
| access-date = December 4, 2014}}</ref>
| postal_code                     = 91006–91007, 91066, 91077
| area_code_type                  = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code                       = [[Area code 626|626]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = {{FIPS|06|02462}}
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature IDs
| blank1_info                     = {{GNIS 4|1652664}}, {{GNIS 4|2409722}}
| website                         = {{URL|www.ArcadiaCA.gov}}
| population_density_sq_mi        = 5187.24
| image_flag                      = File:Arcadia California Flag.jpeg
}}

'''Arcadia''' is a city in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States, located about {{convert|13|mi|km}} northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the [[San Gabriel Valley]] and at the base of the [[San Gabriel Mountains]]. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of the [[Santa Anita Park]] racetrack, the [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]], and [[Arcadia County Park]]. The city had a population of 56,364 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], up from 53,248 at the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]]. The city is named after [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]], Greece.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thanasis.com/modern/places.htm |title=Places Named From Greek Mythology |publisher=Thanasis.com |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222083924/http://thanasis.com/modern/places.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

==History==

===Native American===
For over 8,000 years, the site of Arcadia was part of the homeland of the [[Tongva people]] ("Gabrieliño" tribe), a [[Indigenous peoples of California|Californian Native American tribe]] whose territory spanned the greater [[Los Angeles Basin]], and the San Gabriel and [[San Fernando Valley]]s. Their fluid borders stretched between the [[Santa Susana Mountains]], [[San Bernardino Mountains]], and [[San Gabriel Mountains]] in the north; the [[Santa Monica Mountains]] and [[Simi Hills]] in the west; the [[San Jacinto Mountains]] and [[Santa Ana Mountains]] in the east; and the coast and [[Catalina Island, California|Catalina Island]] (''Pimu'') in the south. A [[:Category:Tongva populated places|Tongva settlement]] site within present-day Arcadia was known as [[Alyeupkigna, California|Alyeupkigna]] (or Aluupkenga).<ref>McCawley, William. ''The First Angelinos:  The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles''.  Malki Museum/Ballena Press, 1996</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1102 |title=City of Arcadia, CA – History Of Arcadia |publisher=Ci.arcadia.ca.us |access-date=January 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021055846/http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1102 |archive-date=October 21, 2010 }}</ref>

===Rancho period===
The town's site became part of the Spanish [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]] lands in 1771. After [[Indian Reductions]] to become [[Mission Indians]], the Tongva were known as the ''Gabrieliños'' after the Mission's name. and under whose control these people worked during the mission period in California. Currently there are 1,700 people self-identifying as members of the Tongva or Gabrieliño tribe.<ref name="BillNo.1134">{{cite web |url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_1101-1150/sb_1134_bill_20080131_introduced.html |title=Senate Bill No. 1134 |last1=Oropeza |first1=J. |author-link1=Jenny Oropeza |last2=Scott |first2=J. |author-link2=Jack Scott (California politician) |last3=Yee |first3=L. |author-link3=Leland Yee |last4=Davis |first4=M. |author-link4=Mike Davis (politician) |last5=Karnette |first5=B. |author-link5=Betty Karnette |date=January 31, 2008 |website=California Legislative Information |publisher=Legislative Counsel of California |access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref>

The [[Ranchos of California|Mexican land grant]] for [[Rancho Santa Anita]] was issued to [[Hugo Reid|Perfecto Hugo Reid]] and his Tongva wife, Victoria Bartolomea Comicrabit, in 1845. It was named after a family relation, Anita Cota, on his wife's side. Reid documented the Gabrieliño Native Americans in a series of letters written in 1852,<ref>Reid, Hugo.  ''The Indians of Los Angeles County: Hugo Reid's Letters of 1853''. Southwest Museum, 1968</ref> and served as a delegate to the [[1849 California Constitutional Convention]]. In 1847, Reid sold Rancho Santa Anita to his [[Rancho Azusa de Dalton|Rancho Azusa]] neighbor, Henry Dalton.

===Lucky Baldwin===
The rancho changed owners several times before being acquired by Gold Rush immigrant, businessman, and major regional land owner [[Lucky Baldwin|Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin]] in 1875. Baldwin purchased {{convert|8000|acre|km2}} of Rancho Santa Anita for $200,000. Upon seeing the area, he gasped "By Gads! This is paradise!" Upon buying the land, Baldwin chose to make the area his home and immediately started erecting buildings and cultivating the land for farming, orchards, and ranches.<ref name="history"/> Baldwin built the [[Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn|Queen Anne Cottage]] for his fourth wife and himself in 1885–1886, now preserved within the Arboretum. In 1885, the main line of the [[Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad]], in which Baldwin was a stockholder, was opened through the ranch, making subdivision of part of the land into a town site practical. Later, this rail line became a [[Santa Fe Railroad]] line. In 1889, on a site just north of the corner of First Avenue and St. Joseph Street, adjacent to the Santa Fe tracks, Baldwin opened the 35-room Hotel Oakwood to be the centerpiece of his new town. In 1890, the extant [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden#Santa Anita Depot|Rancho Santa Anita Depot]] was built.

===20th century until World War II===
By the turn of the 20th century, Arcadia had a population nearing 500 and an economy that was coming to be based on entertainment, sporting, hospitality, and gambling opportunities, the latter including an early version of the Santa Anita race track.<ref name="history"/> Baldwin oversaw the incorporation of Arcadia into a city in 1903, and was its first mayor.

====Anoakia====
[[Image:BaldwinMansion-Arcadia-1915.jpg|thumb|Anita Baldwin's "Anoakia" mansion and gardens in 1915]]

In 1913 Anita Baldwin, Lucky's daughter, built a 50-room mansion on {{convert|19|acre|m2}} of the Baldwin Ranch she inherited from him, and named it "Anoakia" (a [[portmanteau]] of Anita and oak).<ref name=arcadian>Rochlin, Michael Jacob; "Arcadian L.A."; {{ISBN|0-9648304-8-5}}; published by Unreinforced Masonry Studio; 2003. pp.38–111; photographs, house and estate plans, history.</ref> The {{convert|17,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} residence was in the Italian [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival style]], with murals by [[Maynard Dixon]].<ref name=arcadian/><ref name=latimes>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-21-me-46205-story.html LA Times: "Arcadia Council to Decide Future of Founding Family's Historic Mansion" (December 21, 1999)] . accessed 7.11.2014</ref><ref name=timesplans>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-28-ga-953-story.html LA Times: "Plans for Development Force School From Idyllic Campus" (June 28, 1990)]. accessed 7.12.2014</ref> The estate had a significant [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival-style]] [[colonnade]]d "Parthenon" bathhouse/gymnasium beside a large pool, an apiary and aviaries, kennels and stables, tennis courts and pergolas, and preserved the native [[California oak woodland|oak woodland]]s.<ref name=arcadian/>

After her death in 1939 the estate became the Anoakia School for Girls, which became the coeducational Anoakia School in 1967, then moved to Duarte in 1990 as the Anita Oaks School.<ref name=timesplans/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/california/duarte/anita-oaks-school/|title=Anita Oaks School|work=education.com|access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref> The school owner's efforts to develop the property into a village of homes with the old mansion as its centerpiece were rejected by the city.<ref name=latimes/> After an extended debate, with local citizens and regional [[Historic preservation|preservationist]]s efforts to preserve the historic main house, the city council voted to approve demolition for a real estate development by new owners in 1999.<ref name=latimes/> The "Anoakia" mansion, all other significant estate structures and outbuildings, garden features, and numerous [[Platanus racemosa|California sycamore]] and [[Quercus agrifolia|Coast live oak tree]]s were demolished for 31 luxury home sites in 2000.<ref name=arcadian/> Some of the mansion's architectural elements were salvaged and removed. The gatehouse, on the estate's former southeast corner at Foothill and Baldwin, and the perimeter walls remain after the "Anoakia Estates" development was built.<ref name=arcadian/> The bas-relief fountain was moved to just inside the new gated entrance.

====Inter-war decades====
[[Image:ArcadiaBalloonhangers-1922.jpg|thumb|U.S. Army's [[Ross Field (airfield)|Ross Field]] Balloon School hangars]]

During [[World War I]], Arcadia was home to the U.S. Army's [[Ross Field (airfield)|Ross Field]] Balloon School, at the present-day Santa Anita Park site. Army observers were trained here in techniques to observe enemy activity from [[hot air balloon]]s.

After World War I, Arcadia's population grew and local businesses included many chicken ranches and other agricultural activities. During the 1920s and 1930s, Arcadia began its transition to the residential city that it is today, as small farms and chicken ranches gave way to homes and numerous civic improvements, including a city library and a city hall. Scenes of many of Arcadia's interesting older sites can be viewed in a series of historic watercolors painted by local artists Edna Lenz and Justine Wishek.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.ci.arcadia.ca.us/dbtw-wpd/queries/arcPAINTquery.htm |title=Edna Lenz and Justine Wishek Paintings |publisher=Library.ci.arcadia.ca.us |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729234233/http://library.ci.arcadia.ca.us/dbtw-wpd/queries/arcPAINTquery.htm |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The city was on historic [[U.S. Route 66 in California|U.S. Route 66]], present-day [[Colorado Boulevard]], with businesses serving travelers on it.

[[Thoroughbred horse racing]] had flourished briefly under Lucky Baldwin, who founded a racetrack adjacent to the present site, until it was outlawed by the state of California in 1909. It returned to Arcadia when racing was legalized again, with the opening of [[Santa Anita Park]] in December 1934. Architect [[Gordon Kaufmann]] designed its various buildings in a combination of [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] and [[Streamline Moderne]] styles.

[[File:Arcadia, California. Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly center from Sa . . . - NARA - 537040.tif|left|thumb|[[Japanese American]] citizens arrive in Arcadia, relocated to the Santa Anita Assembly Center.]]
[[File:Santa Anita Assembly Center, Arcadia, California. A panoramic view of the Santa Anita assembly cent . . . - NARA - 536812.jpg|thumb|left|Santa Anita Assembly Center tarpaper barracks, at the [[Santa Anita Park]] racetrack]]

===Santa Anita Assembly Center===
{{further|Internment of Japanese Americans}}
The Santa Anita Assembly Center site is [[California Historical Landmarks in Los Angeles County, California|California Historical Landmark #934]]. In 1942 during [[World War II]], the racetrack grounds were used as a processing and holding site for [[Japanese Americans]] who had been removed from their homes and communities for forced relocation and [[Internment of Japanese Americans|internment]] under President Franklin Roosevelt's [[Executive Order 9066]]. The Civilian Assembly Center at the racetrack became the largest and longest operating one of the eighteen, holding citizens until the [[Internment of Japanese Americans#List of camps|Relocation Center camp]]s were completed in interior areas of California and other states.<ref name=militarymuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/CpSantaAnita.html|title=Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center|work=California Military Department|department=Military History and Museums Program|access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref> More than 18,000 persons resided at the racetrack in primitive conditions.<ref name=militarymuseum/><ref>[http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1565 Arcadia City Library: "Santa Anita PACEMAKER"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203209/http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1565 |date=September 23, 2015 }}; Homepage for 32 digitalized editions of the Santa Anita Assembly Center newspaper. (accessed November 7, 2014).</ref> Four hundred temporary tarpaper barracks were constructed on the racetrack grounds to house many of the detainees, where they lived three families per unit. 8,500 detainees lived in converted horse stalls.<ref name=militarymuseum/> Bachelors were housed in the grandstand building.<ref name=militarymuseum/> They had group showers, non-private bathrooms, and 24-hour armed surveillance. Each resident was given an "Army manufacture bed, one blanket and one straw tick."<ref>McAdam, Pat and Snider, Sandy.  ''Arcadia: Where Ranch and City Meet'', p.&nbsp;147</ref> The Assembly Center held people from late March through the end of October 1942, when the internees were relocated inland to [[Internment of Japanese Americans#Relocation Centers|permanent internment camps]] at [[Manzanar]] and [[Tule Lake Unit, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument|Tule Lake]] in California, and eight others in Western states and Arkansas.

In November 1942 the center was turned over to the [[United States Army Ordnance Corps]] for training purposes and was officially renamed [[Camp Santa Anita]].<ref name=militarymuseum/> Later in the war it served as a [[prisoner of war|prisoner of war—POW]] camp, holding several thousand of Rommel's German [[Afrika Korps]] soldiers.<ref name=militarymuseum/>

===Postwar period===
Arcadia largely grew up as the well-to-do suburb of neighboring [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], with many early residents being the sons and daughters of long-established Southern California families. A large tract of estate homes was developed by Harry Chandler, the scion of the ''Los Angeles Times'', who lived in adjacent [[Sierra Madre, California]]. The city became the residence of choice for many corporate chief executives, including those in the aerospace, horse-racing, and finance industries.

The postwar boom saw Arcadia grow rapidly into a suburban residential community, with many of the chicken ranches being subdivided into home lots. Between 1940 and 1950, the population grew by more than two and a half times. The housing boom continued through the 1950s and 1960s and along with that growth came the necessary infrastructure of schools, commercial buildings, and expanded city services.

During the postwar boom, a modern commercial district developed along Baldwin Avenue south of Huntington Drive in west Arcadia. In 1951 this strip, called the West Arcadia Hub, was anchored by a new, locally owned [[Hinshaw's Department Stores|Hinshaw's]] department store. This was the first large department store to be built in Arcadia, and the largest in the western [[San Gabriel Valley]] outside the city of [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]. This development marked the beginning of Arcadia's gradual transformation into one of the leading shopping districts of the San Gabriel Valley.

In 1947, {{convert|111|acre|km2}} that comprised the heart of the Baldwin Ranch were deeded to the State of California and the County of Los Angeles, and developed into [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]].

In October 1975, the Santa Anita Fashion Park was opened to the public on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Huntington Drive, on part of the former Santa Anita Assembly Center site. The center court featured a very large "Blue head" by artist [[Roy Lichtenstein]], which was later removed. The mall expanded in 2004, and renamed [[Westfield Santa Anita]]. It was affected by the late 2000s [[Great Recession in the United States|Great Recession]].

[[James Dobson]], a former Arcadia resident, founded the nonprofit Christian ministry [[Focus on the Family]] in the city in 1977. Focus on the Family is now based in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], but still has thousands of members in Arcadia.

In the 1980s, the Asian population in Arcadia began to grow. The city had remained 99% white until the late 1970s, but in 1985, the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that the Asian population had grown from 4% in 1980 to an estimated 9%, overtaking Latinos, who accounted for roughly 7% of the population.<ref>Arax, Mark. "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-09-19-ga-2113-story.html Asian Newcomers Create Consternation in Arcadia]". ''Los Angeles Times''. September 19, 1985.</ref> By the 2010 census, Asians consisted of 59.2% of the population.

[[File:Arcadia High School (8310811059).jpg|thumb|[[Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California)|Arcadia High School]] Performing Arts Center]]

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.1|sqmi|km2}}. {{convert|10.9|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}} of it (1.87%) is water.

==Demographics==
In 2016, Arcadia was ranked the fifth most expensive housing market in the United States by ''[[Business Insider]]'', with an average listing price of $1,748,680 for a four-bedroom home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-housing-markets-in-the-us-2016-9/#5-arcadia-california-21|title=The 25 most expensive housing markets in the US|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>

In 2012, Arcadia was ranked seventh in the nation on ''[[CNN Money]]'' magazine's list of towns with highest median home costs.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/best-places/2012/top25s/housing/pricey.html |title=Best Places to Live 2012 – Top 25: Pricey homes |magazine=[[Money (magazine)|Money]] |date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref>

Arcadia's Upper Rancho neighborhood was ranked the 23rd richest neighborhood in Southern California by ''Business Insider'' in 2014, with a mean household income of $310,779.<ref>{{Cite web |title= The 27 Richest Neighborhoods in Southern California |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/richest-neighborhoods-in-southern-california-2014-4 |work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>

{{US Census population
|1910= 696
|1920= 2239
|1930= 5216
|1940= 9122
|1950= 23066
|1960= 41005
|1970= 45138
|1980= 45993
|1990= 48290
|2000= 53054
|2010= 56364
|2020= 56681
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020===
The [[2020 United States Census]] reported that Arcadia had a population of 56,681 people.<ref name="2020 census"/> This corresponds to a density of 5,187.2 people per square mile.<ref name="2020 census quickfacts">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/arcadiacitycalifornia|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Arcadia city, California|access-date=July 2, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The racial breakdown was 36,772 (64.9%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 11,378 (20.1%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 959 (1.7%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]], 233 (0.4%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|American Indian and Alaska Native]], 46 (0.1%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander]], 3,158 (5.6%) [[Race (United States Census)|Some Other Race]], and 4,135 (7.3%) two or more races.<ref name="2020 census">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0602462&d=DEC+Demographic+Profile|title=Census Bureau Tables|access-date=June 21, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 

Including all responses for people of two or more races, 38,078 (67.2% of population) were Asian alone or in combination with one or more other races, 15,068 (26.6%) were White alone or in combination with one or more other races, 1,386 (2.4%) were Black or African American alone or in combination, 578 (1.0%) were American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in combination, 173 (0.3%) were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination, and 5,852 (10.3%) were some other race alone or in combination with one or more other races.<ref name="2020 census"/>

7,401 (13.1%) were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race. Of those, 1,410 (2.5% of total population) were white alone, 91 (0.2%) were Black or African American alone, 180 (0.3%) were American Indian and Alaska Native alone, 164 (0.3%) were Asian alone, 6 (0.0%) were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, 2,919 (5.1%) were some other race alone, and 2,631 (4.6%) were two or more races.<ref name="2020 census"/>

Arcadia was reported to have 20,511 housing units. 19,377 (94.5%) were occupied. Of the occupied units, 11,372 (58.7% of occupied units) were owner-occupied and 8,005 (41.3%) were renter-occupied. Of the vacant units, 347 (1.7% of total) were for rent, 51 (0.2%) were rented but not occupied, 169 (0.8%) were for sale only, 94 (0.5%) were sold but not occupied, 146 (0.7%) were for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use, and 327 (1.6%) were otherwise vacant.<ref name="2020 census"/>

The median household income between 2017 and 2021 was $99,588 (2021 dollars), with 8.9% of people living in poverty. 96.7% of households had a computer between 2017 and 2021, and 94.0% had a broadband internet subscription.<ref name="2020 census quickfacts"/>

===2010===
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0602462|title=2010 Census Interactive Population Search: CA – Arcadia city|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=July 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093544/http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=06:0602462|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> reported that Arcadia had a population of 56,364. The population density was {{convert|5,062.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of Arcadia was 33,353 (59.2%) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 18,191 (32.3%) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], (25.7% Non-Hispanic White),<ref name="quickfacts.census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0602462.html|title=Arcadia (city) QuickFacts|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226030613/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0602462.html|archive-date=February 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 681 (1.2%) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 186 (0.3%) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 16 (0.03%) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2,352 (4.2%) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1,585 (2.8%) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6,799 persons (12.1%).

The census reported that 55,502 people (98.5% of the population) lived in households, 639 (1.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 223 (0.4%) were institutionalized. There were 19,592 households, out of which 7,336 (37.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 11,703 (59.7%) were [[marriage|opposite-sex married couples]] living together, 2,437 (12.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 865 (4.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 469 (2.4%) [[POSSLQ|unmarried opposite-sex partnerships]], and 92 (0.5%) [[same-sex partnerships|same-sex married couples or partnerships]]. 3,855 households (19.7%) were made up of individuals, and 1,926 (9.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83. There were 15,005 [[family (U.S. Census)|families]] (76.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.26.

The population was spread out, with 12,290 people (21.8%) under the age of 18, 4,102 people (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 13,409 people (23.8%) aged 25 to 44, 17,349 people (30.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,214 people (16.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males according to the census.

There were 20,686 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,858.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, of which 12,371 (63.1%) were owner-occupied, and 7,221 (36.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.7%. 37,000 people (65.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 18,502 people (32.8%) lived in rental housing
units.

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==Economy==
Arcadia's economy is driven by wholesale trade, retail trade, manufacturing, health care and social assistance, arts, entertainment, and recreation. Revenue from the [[Santa Anita Racetrack]] has long supported capital improvements for the City of Arcadia, resulting in the city having very little bonded indebtedness.

The [[Westfield Santa Anita]] mall (formerly the Santa Anita Fashion Park) is a major shopping center in the city.  In 2005, the Westfield Santa Anita completed its first phase of expansion, featuring a new food court, numerous smaller retailers, various full-service eateries in an area known as Restaurant Square, and a 16-screen [[AMC Theatres]] megaplex. In 2008, expansion of the mall continued as the Promenade outdoor structure was completed, with new high-end retailers.

In 2004, citing success from regional shopping malls such as [[The Grove at Farmers Market|The Grove]] and [[Americana at Brand|The Americana]], [[Caruso Affiliated]] and [[Granite Real Estate|Magna Entertainment]] (the owners of the Santa Anita Park racetrack) proposed to build a second large shopping mall adjacent to Westfield Santa Anita on the grounds of the Santa Anita Park south parking lot, which would have made Arcadia the largest retail shopping district in Los Angeles County. The controversial project, known as "The Shops at Santa Anita", originally included signature retail, restaurants, condominium projects, a decorative water display, and a horse-drawn trolley.<ref>{{Cite web|last=jwilliams|date=May 14, 2008|title=Caruso's Next Phase of Mall Domination: Shops at Santa Anita|url=https://la.curbed.com/2008/5/14/10570688/carusos-next-ph|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Curbed LA|language=en}}</ref> Arcadia City Council unanimously approved the project in 2007 after much heated debate between some residents in the community and corporate interests, which included ballot initiatives such as free parking for Arcadia residents, prevention of retail signage installations, and downsizing the project by the removal of condominiums from the project.<ref>{{Cite web|last=jwilliams|date=October 30, 2006|title=The Grove Shops at Santa Anita Limps Forward|url=https://la.curbed.com/2006/10/30/10600868/the-grove-shops|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Curbed LA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=jwilliams|date=April 18, 2007|title=The Grove Far East Edition (at Santa Anita) Approved|url=https://la.curbed.com/2007/4/18/10594658/the-grove-far-e|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=Curbed LA|language=en}}</ref> Magna Entertainment filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] during the [[Great Recession]] in 2009 and dissolved the partnership with Caruso Affiliated, with Caruso Affiliated a filing a $21 million bankruptcy claim in 2010 to cover damages Caruso Affiliated incurred as a result of the inability to complete the project. The plan to build "The Shops at Santa Anita" was ultimately terminated on May 20, 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Caruso Ditches Plan for Race Track Mall at Santa Anita |work= Los Angeles Business Journal|url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2011/may/20/santa-anita-out-running/|access-date=June 11, 2020|date=May 20, 2011}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 30, 2019|title=City of Arcadia Financial Report for the year ending in June 30, 2020|url=https://www.arcadiaca.gov/Discover%20Arcadia/city%20budget/cafr/CAFR2020.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=City of Arcadia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714152951/https://www.arcadiaca.gov/Discover%20Arcadia/city%20budget/cafr/CAFR2020.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2021 }}</ref>  the top private employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Macy's West]]
|443
|-
| 2
|[[Nordstrom Inc.]]
|417
|-
| 3
|[[FedEx|FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.]]
|389
|-
| 4
|[[Optum]]
|205
|-
| 5
|[[J. C. Penney|J C Penney Corp, Inc.]]
|204
|-
| 6
|[[The Cheesecake Factory|The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc.]]
|180
|-
| 7
|[[Dave & Buster's]]
|165
|-
| 8
|[[Din Tai Fung]]
|135
|-
|-
| 9
|[[Vons]]
|128
|-
| 9
|[[99 Ranch Market]]
|128
|-
|}

==Tourism==
The [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]] is located in Arcadia across from the Santa Anita mall and racetrack. The [[peafowl]] that roam free on the grounds and in the neighborhoods near the arboretum are a remainder of the former Baldwin ranch. When the peafowl were brought from India, they helped control snakes and snails on his farm. They are considered an attraction to some residents and a nuisance to others due to their loud cries and the droppings they leave on residents' properties.<ref name="images.businessweek.com"/><ref>{{Cite news | last = Bell | first = Alison | title = Peacock's tale reaches back to Baldwin | newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]] | pages = A38 | date = May 9, 2010|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-07-la-me-then-20100505-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/docs/peacock_pamphlet_for_website._pdf.pdf |title=Peafowl and their long history in Arcadia |publisher=Ci.arcadia.ca.us |access-date=October 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829171020/http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/docs/peacock_pamphlet_for_website._pdf.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2023 |title=Huge bear captured on video casually roaming Southern California neighborhood |url=https://abc30.com/bear-sightings-southern-california-arcadia-los-angeles-area/13199811/ |access-date=May 1, 2023 |website=ABC30 Fresno |language=en}}</ref>

==Government==
===Local government===
Arcadia is a [[charter city]] governed by a five-member City Council, with each member serving a four-year term. The Council elects from its membership a Mayor to serve as its presiding officer for a one-year term.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=660 |title=City of Arcadia, CA – City Council |publisher=Ci.arcadia.ca.us |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505174208/http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=660 |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Effective with the 2018 elections, Arcadia voters elect a City Council member by geographical district instead of at-large.

The current city council members are:<ref name="arcadiaca_citycouncil">{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaca.gov/discover/city_council/index.php |title=City Council
|website=arcadiaca.gov |access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref>
*Mayor: April Verlato
*Mayor Pro Tem: Michael Cao
*City Council: Paul P. Cheng, Sharon Kwan, and Eileen Wang

====List of mayors====
This is a list of Arcadia mayors by year.<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor">{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/arcadia.html |title=Mayors of Arcadia, 1927-2009 |website=politicalgraveyard.com |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>
*1927-1930 A. N. Multer<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1930-1931 John M. Walshe
*1931-1932 Harry A. Link
*1932 John J. Bottema
*1932 Earl Busse
*1932-1936 Richard Krebs, Jr.
*1936-1937 Grant W. Corby
*1937-1938 J. R. Griffitts
*1938-1939 A. F. Malin
*1939-1940 J. F. Griffitts
*1940-1942 A. H. Perkins
*1942-1948 M. H. Ormsby
*1948-1950 C. Loree Russell
*1950-1952 Thomas C. Sullivan
*1952-1954 John A. Schmocker{{r|politicalgraveyard_mayor}}
*1954 Raymond M. Kennett
*1954-1955 Robert Dow
*1955-1956 Dwight L. Hulse
*1956-1957 Donald S. Camphouse
*1957-1958 Robert F. Dennis
*1958-1959 Elton D. Phillips 
*1959-1960 Conrad T. Reibold
*1960-1961 Donald S. Camphouse
*1961-1962 Jesse Balser 
*1962-1963 Edward L. Butterworth
*1963-1964 Elton D. Phillips
*1964-1965 Dale E. Turner
*1965-1966 Conrad T. Reibold
*1966-1967 George Forman
*1967-1968 Robert J. Considine
*1968-1969 Don W. Hage
*1969-1970 C. Robert Arth<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1970-1971 Edward L. Butterworth
*1971-1972 James R. Helms
*1972-1973 Don W. Hage
*1973-1974 C. Robert Arth<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2007/02/14/c-robert-bob-arth/ |title=C. Robert 'Bob' Arth |website=redlandsdailyfacts.com |date=February 14, 2007 |access-date=August 2, 2020}}</ref>
*1974-1975 Alton E. Scott<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1975-1976 Charles E. Gilb<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1976-1977 Floretta K. Lauber - First woman mayor of Arcadia.<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/featured/arcadias-first-female-mayor-floretta-lauber-honored-for-50-years-of-community-service/ |title=Arcadia's First Female Mayor, Floretta Lauber, Honored For 50 Years Of Community Service |website=arcadiaweekly.com |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/obituaries/in-memoriam-floretta-adelaide-keith-lauber/ |title=In Memoriam: Floretta Adelaide Keith Lauber |website=arcadiaweekly.com |date=August 2, 2016 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>
*1977-1978 Jack Saelid<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1978-1979 David E. Parry <ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1979-1980 Robert G. Margett<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1980-1981 Donald D. Pellegrino<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1981-1982 Charles E. Gilb<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1982-1983 Donald D. Pellegrino <ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1983-1984 Dennis A. Lojeski<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1984-1985 David S. Hannah<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1985-1986 Donald D. Pellegrino<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1986-1987 Mary B. Young<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1987-1988 Charles E. Gilb<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1988-1989 Robert C. Harbricht<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1989-1990 Roger Chandler<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1990-1991 Mary B. Young<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1991-1992 Charles E. Gilb<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1992-1993 George Faching<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1993-1994 Joseph Ciraulo<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1994-1995 Mary B. Young<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1995-1996 Dennis A. Lojeski<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1996-1997 Barbara D. Kuhn<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/subject134 |title=Arcadia History Collection - Library (1990-1999), item #19 |website=arcadiahistory.andornot.com |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>
*1997-1998 Robert C. Harbricht <ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1998-1999 Gary A. Kovacic<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*1999-2000 Roger Chandler<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2000-2001 Gary A. Kovacic<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2001-2002 Mickey Segal<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2002-2003 Gail A. Marshall<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2003 Sheng Chang<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2003 Gary A. Kovacic<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2003-2004 John Wuo<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2004 Mickey Segal<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2004-2005 Gary A. Kovacic<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2005-2006 John Wuo<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2006-2007 Roger Chandler<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2007-2008 Mickey Segal<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2008-2009 Robert C. Harbricht<ref name="politicalgraveyard_mayor"/>
*2010 Peter Amundson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/featured/peter-amundson-is-new-arcadia-mayor/ |title=Peter Amundson Is New Arcadia Mayor |website=arcadiaweekly.com |date=April 22, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>
* 2011-2012 Gary A. Kovacic<ref name="arcadiaweekly.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/featured/so-long-mr-mayor-an-exit-interview-with-gary-kovacic/ |title=So Long Mr. Mayor: An Exit Interview With Gary Kovacic |website=arcadiaweekly.com |date=May 2016 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}</ref>
* 2015-2016 Gary A. Kovacic<ref name="arcadiaweekly.com"/>
*2016-2017 Tom Beck
*2017-2018 Peter Amudson
*2018-2019 Sho Tay
*2019-2020 April Verlato<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cawp.rutgers.edu/levels_of_office/women-mayors-us-cities-2019 |title=Women Mayors in U.S. Cities 2019 |website=rutgers.edu |date=2019 |access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
*2020-2021 Rodger Chandler
*2021-2022 Sho Tay
*2022-2023 Paul P. Cheng
*2023-2024 April Verlato

===County government===
In the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]], Arcadia is in the Fifth District, represented by [[Kathryn Barger]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Supervisor Kathryn Barger - The 5th District |url=https://kathrynbarger.lacounty.gov/the-5th-district/}}</ref>

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Monrovia Health Center in [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]], serving Arcadia.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20100527190500/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/monrovia.pdf Monrovia Health Center]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved March 27, 2010.</ref>

===State and federal representation===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Arcadia is in {{Representative|casd|22|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|49|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |title=Statewide Database |publisher=UC Regents |access-date=November 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Arcadia is in {{Representative|cacd|28|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|27}}</ref>

==Education==
For primary and secondary education the city is served by the [[Arcadia Unified School District]]. Reading scores for the AUSD are 76.6% higher than the state average and math scores are 67.9% higher than the state average.<ref name="district.ausd.net">{{cite web |url=http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20081026195129/http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2008 |title=Welcome to the Arcadia Unified School District – Home |publisher=District.ausd.net |access-date=January 24, 2011  }}</ref> It is estimated that 88% of Arcadia students are at public schools and 12% in private and/or parochial institutions.

Arcadia Unified School District<ref name="district.ausd.net"/> has one highly ranked and prestigious high school, [[Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California)|Arcadia High School]]. It is among the few public high schools in California to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.org/california/arcadia/1464-Arcadia-High-School/ |title=Arcadia High School – Arcadia, California – CA – School overview |publisher=Greatschools.org |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> There are three middle schools, and six elementary schools, two which are winners in the United States Department of Education's [[Blue Ribbon Schools]] program.<ref>{{cite web|last=Manzano|first=Roberto J.|title=Articles about Elementary Schools Los Angeles County – Los Angeles Times|url=http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/elementary-schools-los-angeles-county|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103084557/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/elementary-schools-los-angeles-county|archive-date=November 3, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Approximately five percent of California schools are awarded this honor each year following a rigorous selection process. Eligibility is based on federal and state criteria including the [[No Child Left Behind]] program, [[Academic Performance Index]] (API), and [[Adequate Yearly Progress]] (AYP). The requirements are many and strict, and are based on such areas as a strong curriculum, solid library media services, professional teachers, and counseling programs at all grade levels.<ref>[http://www.cde.ca.gov/ope/csrp/ cde.ca.gov] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402034825/http://www.cde.ca.gov/ope/csrp/|date=April 2, 2004|title=California School Recognition Program}}</ref> In 2010, ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' ranked Arcadia as the best place to raise children in the state of California for the second year in a row, citing the city's excellent school system as one of the factors in addition to the low crime rate.<ref name="images.businessweek.com">{{cite web|title=Best Places to Raise Your Kids: 2010: Best Place to Raise Your Kids: California – BusinessWeek|url=http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/6.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120180414/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/6.htm|archive-date=November 20, 2009|access-date=January 24, 2011|publisher=Images.businessweek.com}}</ref>

===Elementary schools===
*Baldwin Stocker Elementary	422 West Lemon Ave.,	grades K–5,	 673 students
*Camino Grove Elementary	700 Camino Grove Ave.,	K–5,	 635 students
*Highland Oaks Elementary	10 Virginia Dr., K–5,  698 students
*Holly Avenue Elementary	360 West Duarte Rd., K–5,	 692 students
*Longley Way Elementary	2601 Longley Way, K–5,	 485 students
*Reid (Hugo) Elementary	1000 Hugo Reid Dr.,	K–5,	634 students

===Middle schools===
*Dana (Richard Henry) Middle,	1401 South First Ave., grades 6–8, 731 students
*First Avenue Middle, 301 South First Ave., grades 6–8, 809 students
*Foothills Middle,	171 East Sycamore Ave., grades 6–8, 734 students

===High school===
*[[Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California)|Arcadia High School]]

The [[Academic Performance Index]] measures the academic performance and growth of schools on a variety of points. Arcadia High School scored 890,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2010GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=19642611930288 |title=2010 Growth API School Report – Arcadia High |publisher=Api.cde.ca.gov |date=December 16, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> making it the highest-performing large high school in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahs.ausd.net/ |title=Arcadia High School – Index |publisher=Ahs.ausd.net |access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Arcadia High had 29 [[National Merit Award]] finalists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp?page=22 |title=Welcome to the Arcadia Unified School District – Achievements |publisher=District.ausd.net |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714074142/http://district.ausd.net/home/index.asp?page=22 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Arcadia is also home to the two-time National Championship boys cross-country team (2010 and 2012).

==Infrastructure==
===Police and fire===
The [[Arcadia Police Department]] and Arcadia Fire Department serves the city of Arcadia. Arcadia hired its first Asian American Police Chief, Roy Nakamura, on January 9, 2021, and its first Asian American Fire Chief, Chen Suen, on November 9, 2022.  Both Chiefs were promoted from within their respective organizations.

===Transportation===
Arcadia has several arterial roads that traverse the city. The major east–west streets include [[Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)|Foothill Boulevard]], [[Huntington Drive]], Duarte Road, Las Tunas Drive, and Live Oak Avenue. The major north–south streets include Baldwin Avenue and Santa Anita Avenue. It is also served by the [[Interstate 210 and State Route 210 (California)|Foothill Freeway (I-210)]].

====Arcadia Transit====
The city of Arcadia operates three fixed route services, as well as a [[Demand-responsive transport|Dial-A-Ride]] that provides curb-to-curb service throughout city limits.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Arcadia, CA|url=https://www.arcadiaca.gov/shape/development_services_department/transportation_services/arcadia_transit.php|access-date=September 9, 2021|website=www.arcadiaca.gov|language=en}}</ref>

====Metro A Line====
In 2016, [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] opened a new at-grade [[light rail station]] in Arcadia. [[Arcadia (Los Angeles Metro station)|Arcadia Station]] is located northwest of the intersection of 1st Avenue and Santa Clara Street, and is served by the [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro A Line]].<ref>[http://www.foothillextension.org/city_arcadia.html foothillextension.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715023454/http://www.foothillextension.org/city_arcadia.html|date=July 15, 2006|title=City of Arcadia}}</ref>

===Healthcare===
Located at 300 W. Huntington Drive, USC Arcadia Hospital (formerly Methodist Hospital of Southern California<ref>{{Cite web |title=Methodist Hospital of Southern California joins Keck Medicine of USC as USC Arcadia Hospital |url=https://www.uscarcadiahospital.org/News/2022/July/Methodist-Hospital-of-Southern-California-joins-.aspx |access-date=January 24, 2023 |website=Methodist Hospital of Southern California}}</ref>) sits on {{convert|22|acre|m2}} of land. The 460-bed hospital opened in Arcadia in 1957, after moving from downtown Los Angeles. USC Arcadia Hospital was the state's first community hospital to have a psychiatric unit. Its nursery school was one of the first corporate daycare facilities in the U.S. It was an ''Official Hospital of the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic Games]]''.

To keep up with the changing needs of the community, several upgrades have been made to the original facility. In 1998, the Berger Tower was completed, adding 169 beds. USC Arcadia Hospital underwent a major renovation and expansion in 2006, and in the fall of 2011, a new five-story patient tower and new emergency department were opened.

====The Methodist Hospital School of Nursing====
A School of Nursing opened at the hospital in 1915, with a class of 30 students. Ten years later, a residence was built to accommodate 150 graduate and student nurses. This four-story brick building, known as Philomena Hall, was connected to the hospital by an underground corridor and provided accommodations, classrooms and a gymnasium for the nurses. Beginning in 1944 (after a nine-year school closure), additional housing for nurses was provided in a refurbished residential house adjacent to Philomena Hall. After more than 40 years of operation and the graduation of hundreds of talented young nurses, the School of Nursing closed. Times had changed, and the practice of nursing education had moved into the domain of the formal education system. The school was phased out in 1958 with the graduation of the last nursing class.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.methodisthospital.org/AboutUs/Pages/SchoolofNursing.aspx |title=School of Nursing |publisher=Methodisthospital.org |access-date=January 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217075925/http://methodisthospital.org/AboutUs/Pages/SchoolofNursing.aspx |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Water & Sewer===
The City of Arcadia provides services for water and sewer to its residents. The city operates its own water distribution system via the Public Works Services Department.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Arcadia, CA|url=https://www.arcadiaca.gov/shape/public_works_services_department/water___sewer_services/water_sewer.php|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=www.arcadiaca.gov|language=en}}</ref> Arcadia's water supply comes from groundwater from municipal owned water pumps from the Main San Gabriel Basin and the Raymond Basin, both which are replenished with local rainwater and imported water.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=2020 Water Quality Report|url=https://www.arcadiaca.gov/Shape%20Arcadia/Public%20Works%20Services%20Department/Water%20&%20Sewer%20Services/2020%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=City of Arcadia Water Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714223155/https://www.arcadiaca.gov/Shape%20Arcadia/Public%20Works%20Services%20Department/Water%20&%20Sewer%20Services/2020%20Water%20Quality%20Report.pdf |archive-date=July 14, 2021}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
{{in popular culture|section|date=November 2019}} 
[[U.S. Route 66]], immortalized in song and literature, passes through Arcadia, on Huntington Drive in Downtown Arcadia, before turning off onto Colorado Place and then Colorado Street. After intersecting the 210 freeway, Route 66 runs parallel to and south of the freeway, cutting across the middle section of Arcadia.

The city is mentioned by [[Jack Kerouac]] in his novel ''[[On the Road]]'': Sal, the protagonist, is put off by "[[preppy]]" teens when he stops for food at a local drive-in restaurant with a young Mexican woman. The vignette demonstrates the culture clash between the "[[Beatnik]]" way of life and that of 1950s conservative America.

In a motel located in Arcadia across the street northeast from Santa Anita Racetrack, author [[Hunter S. Thompson]] wrote much of his novel ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' in the 1970s. In Michael Cunningham's novel ''[[The Hours (novel)|The Hours]]'', Laura Brown mentions that she heard of a man who died in nearby Arcadia.

The McDonald brothers, who later began the [[McDonald's]] hamburger restaurant chain, opened their first restaurant, The Airdrome, near Monrovia Airport, on the Arcadia–Monrovia border in 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_LA_E.htm |title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California, East Los Angeles area |publisher=Members.tripod.com |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first49.html |title=First McDonalds ever in the world. Ray A. Kroc Richard and Maurice Dick and Mac McDonald McDonald's Barbeque restaurant the Airdrome San Bernardino California |publisher=Thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com |date=December 12, 1948 |access-date=May 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003202304/http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first49.html |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The restaurant was located on historic Route 66, now Huntington Drive, but later moved to San Bernardino, California, in 1940.

The main setting of the [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks']] franchise ''[[Tales of Arcadia]]'' took place in Arcadia Oaks, a fictionalized version of Arcadia, California.

The 2021 single "[[Arcadia (Lana Del Rey song)|Arcadia]]" by singer [[Lana Del Rey]] is named after the city.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carras|first=Christi|date=September 8, 2021|title=Lana Del Rey's 'body is a map of L.A.' in new 'Arcadia' music video|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-08/lana-del-rey-new-song-arcadia-album/}}</ref> The first music video also features scenes of the streets of the town.

===Filming locations===
[[File:LA County Arboretum - fountain.JPG|thumb|right|[[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden|Los Angeles County Arboretum]] is located on Baldwin Ave.]]
Many films on location (including Tarzan and the Bing Crosby On the Road movies), television series, most notably ''[[Fantasy Island]]''<ref name="arbor">{{cite web|author=Eric Sprague, caphotos.com Photos|title=Arcadia and LA Arboretum Photos and Posters|url=http://www.laphotos.com/arcadia.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225084036/http://www.laphotos.com/arcadia.html|archive-date=February 25, 2004|access-date=May 18, 2012|publisher=Laphotos.com}}</ref> were filmed in Arcadia. A popular visiting site is the house with the bell tower, where Tattoo rang the bell, is the [[Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn|Queen Anne Cottage]], located in the [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]] in Arcadia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6Z0J_Baldwins_Queen_Anne_Cottage_Arcadia_CA |title=Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage – Arcadia, CA – Victorian Houses on |publisher=Waymarking.com |date=August 8, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> The plane, "arriving" with the guests, was filmed in the lagoon behind the Queen Anne Cottage.<ref name="arbor"/> Occasionally, outdoor scenes and commercials are filmed at the Arboretum have been filmed on the grounds<ref>{{cite web|url=http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/arbor.htm |title=Arboretum |publisher=Employees.oxy.edu |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514151919/http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/arbor.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

The [[Santa Anita Park]] Racetrack is another popular filming locations. The true story film ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003) was filmed and takes place at the Santa Anita race track. A commercial for [[Claritin]] allergy medicine, a [[Lexus]] commercial, and three episodes of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' have used it as a location ("Walk on Water", "Drowning on Dry Land" and "Some Kind of Miracle").<ref name="amoeba.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2011/01/eric-s-blog/arcadia-the-san-gabriel-valley-s-community-of-homes-from-arkkkadia-to-arcasia.html |title=Arcadia: The San Gabriel Valley's Community of Homes – From ArKKKadia to Arcasia at the Amoeblog |publisher=Amoeba.com |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref>

This city was one of the filming locations for [[Columbia Pictures]]' comedy film ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' (1994).{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The fantasy-comedy film ''[[Matilda (1996 film)|Matilda]]'' was shot here in 1996.<ref name="amoeba.com"/>

A scene from ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]'' (2008) was shot at the nearby Derby restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/locations/stepbrothers.shtml |title=Step Brothers: Filming Locations |publisher=Seeing-stars.com |access-date=May 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505004220/http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/StepBrothers.shtml |archive-date=May 5, 2012 }}</ref>

Scenes from ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' (2006) were shot at Methodist Hospital.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In the movie ''[[Cloverfield]]'', the scene in which the survivors walk inside [[Bloomingdale's]] was actually filmed inside a [[Robinsons-May]] store under reconstruction inside the [[Westfield Santa Anita]] in Arcadia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The film ''[[Eagle Eye]]'' (2008) was also filmed in this location.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Scenes from ''[[Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)|Kicking & Screaming]]'' (2005) were shot at Foothill Middle School and in Arcadia homes.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The movie ''The Lone Ranger'' (2013) filmed their train scenes here within the Santa Anita Race Track parking lot by building an elevated 'roller coaster' like track.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The comedy film ''[[Deal of a Lifetime]]'' (1999) was filmed entirely at Arcadia High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/5467 |title=Arcadia High School – Arcadia, California/CA |publisher=Public School Review |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref>

The movie ''[[Moxie (film)|Moxie]]'' (2021) was filmed at Arcadia High School's North Gym and Salter Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garrison|first1=Anna|url= https://www.distractify.com/p/where-was-moxie-filmed |title= Where Was 'Moxie' Filmed? The Location of Amy Poehler's New Movie |date= March 4, 2021 |publisher=Distractify |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]], bassist of the band [[Van Halen]], graduated from Arcadia High School in 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicvanhalen.com/bios_ma.shtml |title=Michael Anthony's Bio |publisher=Classicvanhalen.com |date=June 20, 1954 |access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Marty Barrett (second baseman)|Marty Barrett]] (born 1958), baseball player
*[[Ryan Bergara]], cohost on Buzzfeed Unsolved and cofounder of Watcher Entertainment
*[[Harold Budd |Harold Budd]], died in Arcadia in Dec 2020
*[[Tracy Caldwell Dyson]], astronaut. Born in Arcadia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/tracy-caldwell-dyson/biography |title=Tracy Caldwell Dyson (PH.D.) NASA Astronaut |website=nasa.gov |date=March 9, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Jason Chen (singer)|Jason Chen]], singer
*[[David Cohen (jockey)|David Cohen]] (born 1984), jockey
*[[Jimmy Conrad]], former soccer defender. Born in Arcadia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/11880/Jimmy_Conrad.html |title=Conrad, Jimmy |website=national-football-teams.com |access-date=July 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Sven Davidson]], tennis player who won the [[French Open]] and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
*[[John Grabow]], major league baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=346848#gameType=%27R%27|title=John Grabow|work=Major League Baseball|access-date=June 3, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Jeff Grosso]] (1968–2020), professional skateboarder
*[[Phil Hendrie]], radio personality, grew up in Arcadia and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/phil-hendrie/person/18955/biography.html |title=Phil Hendrie on |publisher=Tv.com |access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Colleen Kay Hutchins]], [[Miss America 1952]], was raised in Arcadia
*[[Maren Jensen]], actress, was born in Arcadia
*[[Brittany Klein]], soccer player
*[[Rudy Kurniawan]], wine swindler
*[[Jimmy Lambert]], baseball player
*[[Ted Leonard]] of band [[Enchant (band)|Enchant]] was born in Arcadia
*[[Jet Li]], international film star and martial artist, resided in Arcadia with his wife, a former Miss China<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/jet-li/biography/51 |title=Jet Li – Biography |publisher=Talktalk.co.uk |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Johnny Lindell]], Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindejo01.shtml |title=Johnny Lindell |website=Baseball Reference |access-date=July 21, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629033820/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lindejo01.shtml| archive-date= June 29, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arcadia Boy Named Student Body President at High |work=The Arcadia Tribune |page=2 |date=February 1, 1935 |access-date=April 11, 2011 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CO9dAAAAIBAJ&pg=3481,4162893&hl=en}}</ref>
*[[Bruce McNall]], owned NHL's [[Los Angeles Kings]], was born in Arcadia
*[[Mirai Nagasu]], Olympic figure skater, 6-time medalist in U.S. championships
*[[Lindsay Price]], actress and wife of [[Curtis Stone]]
*[[Jason Robertson (ice hockey)|Jason Robertson]], professional hockey player
*[[Nicholas Robertson (ice hockey)|Nick Robertson]], professional hockey player
*[[John Speraw]], Head Coach US Men's Olympic Volleyball Team
*[[Mark Tuan]], member of South Korean boy-band [[Got7|GOT7]], attended Arcadia High School
*[[Rena Wang]], badminton player
*[[Steve Westly]], politician and venture capitalist
*[[Wil Wheaton]], actor, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|author=Wilson, Dave|title=A Trekkie, and a Techie|date=October 4, 2001|work= The [[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|page =T.2|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-04-tt-53182-story.html|quote= He lives with his wife and two children in Arcadia.}}</ref>
*[[George Woolf]], horse jockey, owner of The Derby restaurant in Arcadia and rider of [[Seabiscuit]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Colin's Ghost: Thoroughbred Horse Racing History » The Death of George Woolf, 1946|url = http://colinsghost.org/2011/01/the-death-of-george-woolf-1946.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211175744/http://colinsghost.org/2011/01/the-death-of-george-woolf-1946.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = February 11, 2011|website = colinsghost.org|access-date = December 31, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Tim Worrell]], professional baseball pitcher
*[[Todd Worrell]], professional baseball relief pitcher
*[[Erica Wu]], table tennis Olympian
*[[Genie (feral child)|Genie]], a feral child

==Sister cities==
Arcadia has one [[sister city]] ([[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], Australia), as designated by [[Sister Cities International]].  Consequently, Newcastle Park can be found on Colorado Boulevard.  There is also an Arcadia Park in Newcastle.

==See also==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}
*[[Arcadia Invitational]]
*[[Hugo Reid Adobe]], 1839 California Historic Landmark
*[[Chinese enclaves in the San Gabriel Valley]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=McAdam, Pat|author2=Snider, Sandy|title=Arcadia: Where Ranch and City Meet|publisher=Friends of the Arcadia Public Library|year=1981|isbn=978-0-9606390-0-7|url=http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1347|access-date=December 23, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227085917/http://www.ci.arcadia.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=1347|archive-date=December 27, 2005|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite book|title=Visions of Arcadia: A Centennial Anthology|year=2003|isbn=978-0-931995-01-9|editor=Kovacic, Gary}}
*"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoeUxzUR4ec The California Town Where Chinese Millionaires House their Kids—and Mistresses ]." [[Vocativ]]. December 5, 2014.

==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.arcadiaca.gov/}}
*[http://www.arcadiahistoricalsociety.org/ Arcadia Historical Society]

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| North = [[Sierra Madre, California|Sierra Madre]]
| Northeast = [[San Gabriel Mountains]]
| East = [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]]
| Southeast = [[El Monte, California|El Monte]]
| South = [[Temple City, California|Temple City]]
| Southwest = [[East San Gabriel, California|East San Gabriel]]
| West = [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[East Pasadena, California|East Pasadena]]
| Northwest = [[Altadena, California|Altadena]]
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