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Torrance was founded in October 1912 as a planned community by real estate developer Jared Sidney Torrance, and it was formally incorporated on May 12, 1921.

Torrance was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., son of the designer of New York's Central Park, as a balanced 'garden city' mixing homes, commerce, and industry on part of the old Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant.

Torrance had a population of 147,067 in the 2020 census, making it the eighth-largest city in Los Angeles County.

Torrance has about 54,869 households, with an average of 2.56 people per household.

Torrance maintains 30 parks and about 90,000 street trees, along with 1.5 miles of beachfront on Santa Monica Bay.

The Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance covers about 2.5 million square feet, ranking it among the five largest shopping malls in the United States, and it held the title of America's largest mall for over twenty years.

Torrance is the U.S. headquarters of American Honda Motor Company, and Toyota's North American headquarters were also located in Torrance for more than three decades before relocating to Texas.

Robinson Helicopter Company designs and builds its helicopters in Torrance, and the city is also a center for aerospace suppliers such as the Garrett turbocharger and fastener operations.

Torrance is the birthplace of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), the national youth soccer program founded there in 1964.

Torrance has one of the best-known Japanese American communities in the United States, a heritage reflected in its many Japanese restaurants, markets, and companies.