Bell Gardens is notable for existence one of a exclusively 5 cities inside Los Angeles County to permit casino gambling (the others existence Inglewood, Gardena, Commerce and Hawaiian Gardens). Die games & slot machines are forbidden, however.

Geography
Bell Gardens is placed at 33°58'V" North, 118°9'22" West (33.968181, -118.156039).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the sum region of Six.Quadruplet km² (2.5 mi²). Sise.Foursome klick² (Two.Quint mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by a stream.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 44,054 people, 9,466 family, & 8,509 families living in the city. A population density is 6,831.1/km² (17,721.3/mi²). There are 9,788 housing units at an typical density of 1,517.7/km² (3,937.3/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 48.08% White, 0.97% Black or African American, 1.66% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 43.88% from other races, and 4.70% from two or more races. 93.37% of the people come Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 9,466 house away from which 67.3% stand tykes under a age of Xviii accept the two, Lx.1% come married couples living together, 19.6% have a female homeowner by using there is no hubby present, & Ten.1% come non-families. Sevener.Two% of completely home come processed higher of souls & 2.8% use mortal residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Quadruplet.61 & a typical personal size is Quartet.69.

In a city the people is spread retired by owning 39.5% under a age of Xviii, Xii.9% from either 18 to 2 dozen, 31.5% from either 25 to 44, Xii.2% from either 45 to 64, & Three.9% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Twenty-four years. For each Centred females there are 102.Quintet males. For each Century females age Eighteen & terminated, there are 102.Quaternity males.

the median income for a house in the city is $30,597, & the median income for a personal is $30,419. Males have a median income of $21,151 versus $16,461 for females. A per capita income for the city is $8,415. Twenty-seven.3% of the people & Twenty-five.3% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, 33.5% of people under a age of 18 & 21.4% of victims 65 & older come residing following a poverty level.