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The City of Industry is almost entirely industrial: it contains over 3,000 businesses employing about 67,000 people, but it had only 264 residents in the 2020 census, making it the third least populous city in California.

Industry was incorporated as a charter city on June 18, 1957, and it was quite literally named for its purpose — its general plan declared the primary goal of the city to be industry.

The City of Industry sits on land that was originally part of Rancho La Puente, a Mexican-era rancho grant in the San Gabriel Valley.

The city's own housing element counts only about 55 households in the entire city, an extraordinarily small residential base for a city of more than 12 square miles.

A large share of Industry's tiny counted population lives in group quarters, including the 244-bed El Encanto Healthcare Center.

Industry's resident population has swung wildly over the decades, from 778 people in 1960 down to 219 in 2010 and back up to 264 in 2020, as housing was demolished or boarded up for industrial use.

Despite having almost no residents, Industry is the economic hub of the San Gabriel Valley in eastern Los Angeles County, drawing tens of thousands of commuters every workday.

Before incorporation, the area that became Industry was part of unincorporated El Monte and San Jose townships, and Industry first appeared as a city in the 1960 U.S. census.