Santa Fe Springs California

Santa Fe Springs (Santa Fe, Spanish for "Holy Faith") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 16,223 at the 2010 census, down from 17,438 in the 2000 census. The city has a total area of 8.9 square miles (23 km2) of it is land. In 1962, Shelby set up shop in Santa Fe Springs to build the Shelby Cobra. The Shelby Cobra was a tiny, lightweight British sports car with hot rod power. In the 1920s, the field produced as much as 345,000 barrels daily, exceeding production at Signal Hill and Huntington Beach. It is located at 33°56′15″N 118°04′02″W and is bordered by the unincorporated West Whittier-Los Nietos to the north, Pico Rivera to the northwest, Downey to the west, Norwalk to the southwest, Cerritos and La Mirada to the south, and Whittiers to the east. In 2015, the racial makeup of Santa Fe was 79% Hispanic (13% white), 6752% white (1,752) and 2,080% Asian (4,080)