Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 62,088. Pico Rivera is bordered by Montebello to the west, Downey to the south, Santa Fe Springs to the southeast, and Whittier to the east.
Northrop Grumman's Advanced Systems Division developed the B-2 Spirit bomber here.
History
thumb|left|upright|Pico Rivera is partly named for [[Californio statesman Pío Pico, the last governor of Alta California.]]
thumb|left|The 1847 [[Battle of Río San Gabriel was a decisive victory of American forces against the Californios during the U.S. conquest of California.]]
Situated on a rich alluvial plain between the Rio Hondo and the San Gabriel River, In 1902, they were joined by the Pacific Electric's Whittier Line through Rivera. The Los Nietos Townsite Company was established by J. Fletcher Isbell and William T. Bone in 1887, selling land that had once been part of Pio Pico's Rancho Paso de Bartolo. One of their first sales was to Joseph Burke, whose family cultivated orchards and operated a winery near Rivera. Since the 1950s, it has been both residential as well as industrial. It had a Ford Motor Company plant for many years: Los Angeles Assembly. Pico Rivera lies below the Whittier Narrows, making it one of the "Gateway Cities".
Geography
Pico Rivera is bordered by Downey on the southwest, Santa Fe Springs on the southeast, Whittier on the east, City of Industry on the northeast, Montebello on the northwest, and Commerce on the west. Rosemead/Lakewood Boulevard, CA 19 runs through the center of the city, and the San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) runs along its southeastern edge.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of . of it is land and of it (6.60%) is water.
Pico Rivera was the epicenter of a magnitude 4.4 earthquake on March 16, 2010, which occurred at 4:04 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (11:04 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time).