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{{Short description|City in California, United States}}
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{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Culver City, California
 | settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in California|City]]
 | named_for                = [[Harry Culver]]
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 | motto                    = "The Heart of Screenland"
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 | map_caption              = Location within Los Angeles County
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 | subdivision_name2        = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]]
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 | established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
 | established_date         = September 20, 1917<ref>{{Cite web
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 | government_type          = [[Council-Manager]]
 | leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
 | leader_name              = Dan O'Brien
 | leader_title1            = [[Vice Mayor]]
 | leader_name1             = Freddy Puza
 | leader_title2            = [[City Council]]
 | leader_name2             = Bryan "Bubba" Fish<br />Yasmine-Imani McMorrin<br />Albert Vera
 | leader_title3            = [[City Manager]]
 | leader_name3             = John M. Nachbar<ref>{{Cite web
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 | title = Government, City Manager
 | publisher = Culver City
 | access-date = January 4, 2015
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 | area_total_sq_mi         = 5.14
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 | elevation_ft             = 95
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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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 | population_total         = 40779
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 | blank1_info              = {{GNIS 4|1652695}}, {{GNIS 4|2410276}}
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'''Culver City''' is a city in [[Los Angeles County, California]], United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. It is mostly surrounded by [[Los Angeles]], but also shares a border with the [[unincorporated area]] of [[Ladera Heights, California|Ladera Heights]] to the east. The city was named after [[Harry Culver]] who incorporated it in 1917.

In the 1920s, Culver City became a center for film and later television production. It was best known as the home of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] studios from 1924 to 1986. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the [[Hughes Aircraft Company]]. [[National Public Radio]] West and [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] have headquarters in the city.

== History ==
[[File:CulverCity-1913.jpg|thumb|right|The site of Culver City, 1913]]

=== Early history ===
[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] evidence suggests a human presence in the area of present-day Culver City since at least 8000 BCE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culvercity.org/how-do-i-/learn-about/about-culver-city|title=The Native Americans|publisher=Culvercity.org|access-date=June 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105131604/http://www.culvercity.org/how-do-i-/learn-about/about-culver-city|archive-date=January 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The region was the homeland of the [[Tongva people|Tongva-Gabrieliño]] Native Americans. For centuries, native people lived in areas currently part of and surrounding Culver City.<ref name=Culver>{{cite book|last=Cerra|first=Julie Lugo|title=Culver City|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2004|page=7|isbn=978-0-7385-2893-9}}</ref><ref>[http://www.laokay.com/halac/RanchoLosEncinos.htm laokay: History of Rancho Los Encinos.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714204149/http://www.laokay.com/halac/RanchoLosEncinos.htm |date=July 14, 2011 }} accessed August 20, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2006-03-03-prehistoric-mill_x.htm |title=Prehistoric milling site found in California |publisher=Usatoday. Com |date=March 4, 2006 |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523072240/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2006-03-03-prehistoric-mill_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> California's native people were massacred by waves of Spanish, Mexican and Euro-American invaders through a combination of slavery, disease, relocation, forced labor, imprisonment, broken treaties and a genocidal war of extermination, including paid bounties for dead "Indians".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lindsay|first1=Brendan C.|title=Murder State: California's Native American Genocide, 1846-1873|date=2015|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0803269668}}</ref>
The Spanish and Mexican governments offered concessions and land grants from 1785 to 1846 forming the [[Ranchos of California]]. Culver City was founded on the lands of the former [[Rancho La Ballona]] and [[Rancho Rincon de los Bueyes]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lugo Cerra|first1=Julie|title=Culver City, California: The First Hundred Years|date=2016|publisher=Culver City Chamber of Commerce|isbn=978-0-692-73834-4|page=9|edition=First}}</ref> When Culver City was founded, native Latino people were not allowed to buy property.<ref name=Hidden>{{cite web|url=https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/04/05/the-hidden-history-of-culver-city-racism/|title=The Hidden History of Culver City Racism|publisher=Streetsblog Los Angeles|date=April 5, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052808/https://la.streetsblog.org/2019/04/05/the-hidden-history-of-culver-city-racism|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the American Civil War, a U.S. Army post called [[Camp Latham]] was established from 1861 to 1862 on the south bank of [[Ballona Creek]].
[[File:Ballona_Road_-_1874_-_Washington_Boulevard_from_roughly_Elenda_Street_to_Hoover_Street.jpg|thumb|Ballona Road - 1874 - present-day [[Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Washington Boulevard]] surveyed from roughly Elenda Street (the "school lot" is La Ballona Elementary) to Hoover Street]]

=== Culver City ===
[[File:California - Culver City - NARA - 23934227 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Culver City in 1943]]
[[Harry Culver]] first attempted to establish Culver City in 1913. It was officially [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] on September 20, 1917, and named after its founder.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lugo Cerra|first1=Julie|title=Culver City: The Heart of Screenland: An Illustrated History|date=1999|publisher=Chatsworth: Windsor Publications|isbn=978-0-89781-441-6|page=22|edition=First}}</ref> The area benefited from pre-existing transportation links; Culver's first ads read "All roads lead to Culver City".<ref name=Culver/> The city was explicitly founded as a whites-only [[sundown town]], as were most of the suburbs and towns outside the downtown and Central Avenue districts of [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="Loewen2005">{{cite book|last=Loewen|first=James W.|author-link=James W. Loewen|title=Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism|url=https://thenewpress.com/books/sundown-towns|access-date=March 4, 2020|date=2005|publisher=The New Press|isbn=978-1-59558-674-2|page=112|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729024907/https://thenewpress.com/books/sundown-towns|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shyong |first=Frank |date=September 2, 2023 |title=A Chinese Grocery Store Opening in West Los Angeles Represents a Cultural Shift |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-02/a-chinese-grocery-store |access-date=September 2, 2023 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Culver ran ads promoting "this model little white city", while his close associate, Guy M. Rush, promoted lot sales "restricted to Caucasian race".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19150312.2.179.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=Free Excursion to Culver City|date=March 12, 1915|work=Los Angeles Herald|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729005937/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19150312.2.179.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19131219.2.73.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=Get Your Free Gift Sunday|date=December 19, 1913|work=Los Angeles Herald|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729002634/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19131219.2.73.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|url-status=live}}</ref> The city also at times excluded people of non-Christian religious faiths.<ref name=Hidden/>

The weekly ''[[Culver City Call]]'' was the first newspaper in the community. The paper was founded in 1915.

The first film studio in Culver City was built by [[Thomas H. Ince|Thomas Ince]] in 1918 for [[Triangle Film Corporation|The Triangle Motion Picture Company]]. [[Silent film]] comedy producer [[Hal Roach]] built his studios there in 1919, and [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]] (MGM) took over the Triangle studio complex in 1924.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/realestate/culver-city-calif-a-movie-town-gets-a-remake.html|title=Culver City, Calif.: A Movie Town Gets a Remake|last=Kamin|first=Debra|date=December 3, 2019|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 4, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052708/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/realestate/culver-city-calif-a-movie-town-gets-a-remake.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During [[Prohibition]], [[speakeasies]] and nightclubs such as the Cotton Club lined [[Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Washington Boulevard]].

Culver Center, one of Southern California's first shopping malls, was completed in 1950<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/about/culver-city-timeline/|title=Culver City Timeline: A Work in Progress|website=Culver City Historical Society|language=en-US|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030514/http://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/about/culver-city-timeline/|url-status=live}}</ref> on Venice Boulevard near the Overland Avenue intersection.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Culver City Created One of Southern California's First Shopping Malls |url=https://musetreatment.com/blog/culver-center-one-of-southern-californias-first-shopping-malls/ |website=Muse Treatment |access-date=December 22, 2021 |date=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222014920/https://musetreatment.com/blog/culver-center-one-of-southern-californias-first-shopping-malls/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Hughes Aircraft Company ===
[[Hughes Aircraft]] opened its Culver City plant in July 1941. There the company built the [[H-4 Hercules]] transport (commonly called the "Spruce Goose"). Hughes was also an active subcontractor during World War II. It developed and patented a flexible feed chute for faster loading of machine guns on [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17]] bombers, and manufactured electric booster drives for machine guns. Hughes produced more ammunition belts than any other American manufacturer, and built 5,576 wings and 6,370 rear fuselage sections for [[Vultee]] [[Vultee BT-13 Valiant|BT-13]] trainers.<ref>Herman, Arthur. ''Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II,'' pp. 277–81, Random House, New York, NY, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-4000-6964-4}}.</ref><ref>Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' pp. 49–58, Cypress, CA, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>

Hughes grew after the war, and in 1953 [[Howard Hughes]] donated all his stock in the company to the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]]. After he died in 1976, the institute sold the company, which made it the second-best-endowed medical research foundation in the world.<ref name="Parker, Dana T. p. 49">Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II,'' p. 49, Cypress, CA, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9897906-0-4}}.</ref>

=== The studios (1960s, 1970s and 1980s) ===
[[File:Culver Theater, Culver City, California LCCN2017707853.tif|thumb|Bicycles parked in front of the Culver Theater in Culver City for a 1977 showing of ''King Kong'']]

The Hal Roach Studios were demolished in 1963. In the late 1960s, much of the MGM backlot acreage (lot 3 and other property on Jefferson Boulevard), and the nearby {{convert|28.5|acre|ha}} known as [[RKO Forty Acres]], once owned by RKO Pictures and later [[Desilu Productions]], were sold by their owners. In 1976 the sets were razed to make way for redevelopment. Today, the RKO site is the southern expansion of the Hayden Industrial Tract, while the MGM property has been converted into a subdivision and a shopping center known as Raintree Plaza.

In October 1975, [[Fox Hills Mall]] opened in the place of a golf course.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

=== Rebirth of downtown (1990s and 2000s) ===
In the early 1990s, Culver City launched a successful revitalization program in which it renovated its downtown as well as several shopping centers in the [[Sepulveda Boulevard]] corridor near [[Westfield Culver City]]. Around the same time, [[Sony]]'s motion picture subsidiaries, [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures]], moved into the former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot which was renamed Columbia Studios in 1990 and took on its current name, Sony Pictures Studios, a year later.

There was an influx of art galleries and restaurants on the eastern part of the city, which was formally designated the Culver City Art District.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://culvercityartsdistrict.com/|title=Culver City Arts District|website=Culver City Arts District|access-date=August 27, 2024|archive-date=August 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827033459/https://culvercityartsdistrict.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Ballona Creek Pedestrian Bridge (2004), Culver City.jpg|thumb|Pedestrian bridge over Ballona Creek]]

The city is surrounded by the Los Angeles neighborhoods of [[Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California|Mar Vista]] and [[Palms, California|Palms]] to the north; [[Westchester, Los Angeles, California|Westchester]] to the south; [[Mid-City, Los Angeles|Mid-City]], [[West Adams, Los Angeles|West Adams]], and [[Baldwin Hills, California|Baldwin Hills]] to the east; the [[Ladera Heights, California|Ladera Heights]] unincorporated area to the southeast; and the L.A. neighborhoods of [[Venice, Los Angeles, California|Venice]] and [[Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California|Playa Vista]] to the west, along with the unincorporated area of [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]].

Culver City's major geographic feature is [[Ballona Creek]], which runs northeast to southwest through most of the city before it drains into [[Santa Monica Bay]] in Marina Del Rey.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.1|sqmi|km2|1}}, over 99% of which is land. Over the years, it has annexed more than 40 pieces of adjoining land.

=== Neighborhoods ===
The city recognizes 15 neighborhoods within city limits:<ref>{{cite web|title=Neighborhoods (map)|url=https://www.culvercity.org/files/assets/public/documents/information-technology/maps/culver_city_neighborhoods.pdf|work=City of Culver City|access-date=May 2, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207083450/https://www.culvercity.org/files/assets/public/documents/information-technology/maps/culver_city_neighborhoods.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* Blair Hills
* Blanco-Culver Crest
* Clarkdale
* Culver West
* Downtown Culver City
* [[Fox Hills, Culver City, California|Fox Hills]]
* Jefferson
* Lucerne-Higuera
* McLaughlin
* McManus
* Park East (also known as Carlson Park)
* Park West (also known as Veterans Park)
* Studio Village
* Sunkist Park
* Washington Culver
{{colend}}

=== Climate ===

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|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 90
|Feb record high F = 92
|Mar record high F = 92
|Apr record high F = 105
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 98
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 111
|Oct record high F = 106
|Nov record high F = 100
|Dec record high F = 91
|year record high F =
|Jan avg record high F = 79.8
|Feb avg record high F = 79.6
|Mar avg record high F = 81.5
|Apr avg record high F = 84.8
|May avg record high F = 83.2
|Jun avg record high F = 82.8
|Jul avg record high F = 86.0
|Aug avg record high F = 87.3
|Sep avg record high F = 91.2
|Oct avg record high F = 90.8
|Nov avg record high F = 85.1
|Dec avg record high F = 77.1
|year avg record high F = 95.1
|Jan high F = 66.6
|Feb high F = 66.5
|Mar high F = 68.2
|Apr high F = 70.8
|May high F = 72.0
|Jun high F = 74.7
|Jul high F = 78.0
|Aug high F = 79.1
|Sep high F = 78.4
|Oct high F = 75.8
|Nov high F = 70.6
|Dec high F = 65.9
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|Feb mean F = 57.5
|Mar mean F = 59.5
|Apr mean F = 61.9
|May mean F = 64.3
|Jun mean F = 67.5
|Jul mean F = 70.6
|Aug mean F = 71.3
|Sep mean F = 70.3
|Oct mean F = 66.9
|Nov mean F = 61.3
|Dec mean F = 56.6
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|Jan low F = 48.0
|Feb low F = 48.5
|Mar low F = 50.8
|Apr low F = 53.1
|May low F = 56.6
|Jun low F = 60.3
|Jul low F = 63.1
|Aug low F = 63.6
|Sep low F = 62.2
|Oct low F = 57.9
|Nov low F = 51.9
|Dec low F = 47.3
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|Jan avg record low F = 39.6
|Feb avg record low F = 40.3
|Mar avg record low F = 42.6
|Apr avg record low F = 45.6
|May avg record low F = 50.0
|Jun avg record low F = 54.5
|Jul avg record low F = 57.3
|Aug avg record low F = 58.3
|Sep avg record low F = 55.1
|Oct avg record low F = 50.6
|Nov avg record low F = 44.1
|Dec avg record low F = 39.3
|year avg record low F = 36.0
|Jan record low F = 24
|Feb record low F = 24
|Mar record low F = 31
|Apr record low F = 32
|May record low F = 32
|Jun record low F = 43
|Jul record low F = 46
|Aug record low F = 43
|Sep record low F = 40
|Oct record low F = 39
|Nov record low F = 28
|Dec record low F = 30
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|Feb precipitation inch = 3.46
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.16
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|May precipitation inch = 0.38
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|Jul precipitation inch = 0.02
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== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
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|align=left
|type=US
|1920|503
|1930|5669
|1940|8976
|1950|19720
|1960|32163
|1970|34451
|1980|38139
|1990|38793
|2000|38816
|2010|38883
|2020|40779
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194652/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{clear}}

===2020 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Culver City, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Culver City city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0617568&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Culver City city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0617568&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Culver City city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0617568&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|18,675
|18,649
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,544
|48.11%
|47.96%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |45.47%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,536
|3,587
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,143
|11.69%
|9.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|111
|65
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47
|0.29%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|4,631
|5,656
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,832
|11.93%
|14.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.75%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|72
|70
|style='background: #ffffe6; |92
|0.19%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|142
|220
|style='background: #ffffe6; |379
|0.37%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.93%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,450
|1,611
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,010
|3.74%
|4.14%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.38%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|9,199
|9,025
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,732
|23.70%
|23.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21.41%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''38,816'''
|'''38,883'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''40,779'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

=== Ethnic groups ===
According to the 2020 Census, the population of Culver City was 46.5% Non-Hispanic White, 16.1% Asian, 15.2% Hispanic White, 8.24% Black or African American, and 5.57% Other Hispanic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Culver City, CA {{!}} Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/culver-city-ca/#:~:text=The%205%20largest%20ethnic%20groups,(Hispanic)%20(5.57%25). |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=datausa.io |language=en |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209164852/https://datausa.io/profile/geo/culver-city-ca/#:~:text=The%205%20largest%20ethnic%20groups,(Hispanic)%20(5.57%25). |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts: Culver City city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/culvercitycitycalifornia |website=US Census Bureau QuickFacts |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307152228/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/culvercitycitycalifornia |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to [[Mapping L.A.]], [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]] and [[German Americans|German]] were the most common ancestries in 2000. [[Mexico]] and the [[Philippines]] were the most common foreign places of birth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/culver-city/index.html|title=Culver City Profile - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 15, 2023|archive-date=December 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203164440/https://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/culver-city/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Economy ==
[[File:NPR National Public Radio in Culver City, California, United States 2023 May 01.jpg|thumb|NPR West, located in a former furniture factory, has had offices in Culver City since 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuypers |first=Melissa |date=November 14, 2012 |title=Ten Years In Tinsel Town: NPR West Celebrates A Decade |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2012/11/08/164679060/ten-years-in-tinsel-town-npr-west-celebrates-a-decade |access-date=May 6, 2023 |website=npr.org |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184039/https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2012/11/08/164679060/ten-years-in-tinsel-town-npr-west-celebrates-a-decade |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
Corporations with headquarters in Culver City include [[Beats Audio]], [[MedMen]], [[NantHealth]], [[Sweetgreen]] and [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]].

===Largest employers===
According to the city's 2020–21 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culvercity.org/files/assets/public/documents/finance/finance-dept-page/2020-2021-annual_comprehensive_financial_report.pdf |title=City of Culver City CAFR |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810203137/https://www.culvercity.org/files/assets/public/documents/finance/finance-dept-page/2020-2021-annual_comprehensive_financial_report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> the top employers in the city were:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[Sony Pictures Entertainment]]
|3,000
|-
|2
|[[Westfield Group|Westfield]] Culver City
|1,500
|-
|3
|Southern California Hospital at Culver City
|1,116
|-
|4
|NFL Media
|957
|-
|5
|City of Culver City
|808
|-
|6
|[[Culver City Unified School District]]
|800
|-
|7
|West Los Angeles College
|739
|-
|8
|Goldrich & Kest Industries, LLC
|670
|-
|9
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|507
|}

=== Movie and television production ===
{{More citations needed section|date=October 2017}}
[[File:MGM-studios-1922.jpg|thumb|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM Studios]] (now [[Sony Pictures Studios]]), 1922]]

Hundreds of movies have been produced on the lots of Culver City's studios: [[Sony Pictures Studios]] (originally MGM Studios), [[Culver Studios]], and the former [[Hal Roach Studios]]. In 2017, [[Amazon MGM Studios]] announced plans to build a studio in Culver City.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theculverstudios.com/about/ | title=The Culver Studions Innoviation Plan in Culver City | access-date=May 29, 2022 | archive-date=May 20, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520074049/https://theculverstudios.com/about/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Businesses ===
* [[Westfield Culver City]], a shopping mall.
* [[Beats Electronics]]
* [[Disney Digital Network]]
* [[MedMen]]
* [[NPR#2000s|NPR West]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/npr-always-seems-to-be-reporting-from-a-burg-called-culver-city-why/2016/06/29/918ede36-37e2-11e6-a254-2b336e293a3c_story.html NPR always seems to be reporting from a town called Culver City. Why?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410072703/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/npr-always-seems-to-be-reporting-from-a-burg-called-culver-city-why/2016/06/29/918ede36-37e2-11e6-a254-2b336e293a3c_story.html |date=April 10, 2018 }} by Paul Farhi for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' June 29, 2016</ref>
* [[Sony Pictures Studios]]
* [[The Ripped Bodice]], one of the first [[romance novel]] bookstores in the northern hemisphere<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-the-ripped-bodice-20170524-story.html|title=Culver City is now home to America's sole romance-only bookstore: the Ripped Bodice|last=French|first=Agatha|date=May 24, 2017|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024730/https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-the-ripped-bodice-20170524-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Arts and culture ==

=== Museums ===
The [[Wende Museum]] possesses a collection of [[Soviet]] and [[East German]] visual art and everyday artifacts to promote an understanding of Soviet art, history and culture between 1945 and 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wendemuseum.org/|title=The Wende Museum|website=Wende Museum|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319010551/https://wendemuseum.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, the [[Museum of Jurassic Technology]], founded in 1988 by [[David Hildebrand Wilson]] and Diana Drake Wilson, provides over 30 permanent exhibits displaying an eclectic mix of items that blend fact and fiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brianpetruzzelli.com/the-top-5-things-to-do-in-culver-city/.org/|title=Things To Do In Culver City|website=Brian Petruzzelli}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Library===
[[File:Culver City Julian Dixon Library 4975 Overland Ave 05.jpg|thumb|Julian Dixon Library, [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]]]]
The [[County of Los Angeles Public Library]] operates the [[Julian Dixon]] Culver City Branch.

=== Architecture ===
The architecture of Culver City reflects its history as an early location for film studios and, more recently, as a site for architectural experimentation, particularly for the projects of [[Eric Owen Moss]] at the Hayden Tract. The architecture office of [[Morphosis]] headquartered here. Styles represented include [[Mission Revival architecture|Mission Revival]] and [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]] from the city's early days, to the [[PWA Moderne]] of the 1930s, to modern, postmodern, and deconstructivist styles from the past few decades. Notable architectural landmarks include:<ref>David Gebhard and Robert Winter, ''An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles'', 6th edition, pp. 251–55.</ref>
* [[Ivy Substation]] (1907), a Mission Revival building that houses [[The Actors' Gang]]<ref name="url">{{cite web |url=http://www.theactorsgand.com |title=The Actors Gang |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624201722/http://theactorsgand.com/ |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Culver Studios]] (1918–1920), offices in the style of a Colonial Revival mansion
* [[Culver Hotel]] (Curlett and [[Claud Beelman|Beelman]], 1924), a six-story brick flatiron <ref name="urlWelcome to the Culver Hotel">{{Cite web|url=https://www.culverhotel.com/|title=The Culver Hotel &#124; Culver City Luxury Hotels &#124; Official Page|website=The Culver Hotel|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319010542/https://www.culverhotel.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Culver by Night - Seiichi Niitsuma.jpg|thumb|Culver Hotel, built 1925]]
* [[Helms Bakery]] (1930), in PWA Moderne style
* [[Kirk Douglas Theatre]] (1946)<ref name="urlKirk Douglas Theatre Los Angeles Center Theatre Group">{{Cite web|url=https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/|title=Tickets & Events|website=Center Theatre Group|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319010555/https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[St. Augustine Catholic Church (Culver City, California)|St. Augustine Catholic Church]] (1957), a Gothic Revival church
* Robert Frost Auditorium, at Culver City High School, 4401 Elenda St. Constructed in 1963–64, its unique scallop shell design became an instant modern architectural landmark for the city. Its original 1,250-seat design was the inspiration of then 26-year-old Andrew Nasser, a consulting structural engineer with Johnson & Nielsen. Credit was claimed, however, by Ralph Flewelling of Flewelling & Moody, the project architects. The record was set straight 54 years later at the unveiling of a $16.3M renovation in 2018. Capacity was increased to 1,300 seats, acoustics improved, and a new 40-foot high steel proscenium arch supports catwalks, lighting, and air conditioning (Hodgetts + Fung architects).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Frost Auditorium by Hodgetts + Fung {{!}} 2019-02-01 {{!}} Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13864-robert-frost-auditorium-by-hodgetts-fung |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Frost Auditorium {{!}} Media Center {{!}} Culver City |url=https://www.frostauditorium.com/media-center |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Robertfrost |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Platform (shopping center)|Platform]] (2016)

== Parks and recreation ==
{{main|List of Culver City municipal parks}}
{{see also|Ballona Creek Bike Path|Park to Playa Trail|Culver Boulevard Median Bike Path}}
The City of Culver City Parks and Recreation department operates 14 outdoor parks within city limits.<ref name="ccparks">{{cite web |url= https://www.culvercity.org/Parks |title=Culver City Parks|author=Culver City Parks and Recreation Department|website=culvercity.org|publisher= City of Culver City|access-date=June 8, 2022|quote=}}</ref>

== Government ==
[[File:Culver City city hall building, Los Angeles County, California.jpg|thumb|upright|Culver City city hall]]

Culver City has a five-member city council.

In [[Los Angeles County]], Culver City is in the 2nd Supervisorial District, represented by [[Holly Mitchell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Discover the Los Angeles County Second District - LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell |url=https://mitchell.lacounty.gov/2nd-district/ |access-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116050806/https://mitchell.lacounty.gov/2nd-district/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[California State Legislature]], Culver City is in {{Representative|casd|28|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|55|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Final Maps {{!}} California Citizens Redistricting Commission |url=https://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/final-maps/ |access-date=August 8, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Culver City is split between {{Representative|cacd|36|fmt=district}},<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|36}}</ref> and {{Representative|cacd|37|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|37}}</ref>

== Education ==
=== Primary and secondary schools ===
The [[Culver City Unified School District]] administers the following public schools:<ref>{{cite web | title = Search Results | publisher = California Department of Education | url = https://www.cde.ca.gov/SchoolDirectory/results?districts=425&status=1&search=1 | accessdate = July 13, 2022}}</ref>
{{colbegin}}
* [[Culver City High School]]
* Culver City Middle School
* Culver City Unified School District iAcademy
* Culver Park High School
* Culver City Adult School
* El Marino Elementary School
* El Rincon Elementary School
* Farragut Elementary School
* La Ballona Elementary School
* Linwood E. Howe Elementary School
{{colend}}

===Private schools===
* [[STAR Prep Academy]], a middle and high school that shares its campus with an exotic wildlife rescue center.<ref name="urlstarprepacademy%org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.starprepacademy.org/|title=starprepacademy.org|accessdate=April 6, 2023|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813034941/https://www.starprepacademy.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The Willows Community School (elementary and middle school).
* Turning Point School (elementary and middle school).
* Kayne Eras Center (school for disabled).
* [[Wildwood School]] (primary through high school).
* Echo Horizon School (primary through middle school).

=== Colleges and universities ===
* [[Antioch University Los Angeles]], a nonprofit liberal arts college in Culver City's Corporate Pointe district.

==Media==
===Newspapers===
* ''[[Culver City Call]]''
* ''[[The Citizen (Culver City)|The Citizen]]''

===Movies===
{{more citations needed section|date=July 2022}}
Movies filmed or partially filmed in Culver City include:
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''
* ''[[The Thin Man (film)|The Thin Man]]''
* ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''<ref>{{cite book|last=Loewen |first=James W. |author-link=James W. Loewen|title=Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism|date=2005|publisher=The New Press|isbn=978-1-59558-674-2|page=14}}</ref>
* ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''
* ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]''
* ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''
* ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
* ''[[Raging Bull]]''
* ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
* ''[[The Man with Two Brains]]''
* ''[[City Slickers]]''
* ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''
* ''[[Wag the Dog]]''
* ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]''
* ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''
* ''[[Tron]]''
* ''[[Bewitched (2005 film)|Bewitched]]''
* ''[[Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)|Fun with Dick and Jane]]''
* ''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''
* ''[[Superbad]]''
* ''[[Killers (2010 film)|Killers]]''
* ''[[Dinner for Schmucks]]''
* ''[[The Lincoln Lawyer (film)|Lincoln Lawyer]]''
* ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''
* ''[[Horrible Bosses]]''
* ''[[Jack and Jill (2011 film)|Jack and Jill]]''
* ''[[Think Like a Man]]''
* ''[[The Campaign (film)|The Campaign]]''
* ''[[Matchstick Men]]''

{{colend}}

===Television shows===
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2022}}
Television shows filmed or partially filmed in Culver City include:
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* ''[[Jeopardy!]]''
* ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]''
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
* ''[[Cougar Town]]''
* ''[[Mad About You]]''
* ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]''
* ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''
* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''
* ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|The Green Hornet]]''
* ''[[Arrested Development]]''
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''
* ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''
* ''[[The Nanny]]''
* ''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]''
* ''[[MasterChef (American TV series)|MasterChef]]''
* ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''
* ''[[Tosh.0]]''
* ''[[The Wonder Years]]''
* ''[[CHiPs]]''
* ''[[The Hogan Family]]''
{{colend}}

==Infrastructure==
=== Transportation ===
====Transit====
[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Culver City, Platform View.jpg|thumb|Platform, Culver City station]]

The [[Culver City (Los Angeles Metro station)|Culver City station]] of the Los Angeles [[E Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro E Line]] sits at the Culver Junction near Venice and Robertson Boulevards in Culver City. The E Line provides a [[light rail]] connection from Culver City to Downtown Los Angeles and [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]] to the east and Downtown [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] to the west, mostly following the [[Right-of-way (property access)|right-of-way]] that the [[Pacific Electric]] [[Santa Monica Air Line]] used, also known as the Exposition Boulevard line. Culver City station was the western terminus of what was then known as the Expo Line from its opening on June 20, 2012, to the opening of Expo Line phase two on May 20, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lelyveld|first1=Nita|last2=Nelson|first2=Laura|title=Trains are packed as Metro's Expo Line extension to Santa Monica opens|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-expo-line-opening-20160520-snap-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=May 21, 2016|access-date=May 22, 2016|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122101608/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-expo-line-opening-20160520-snap-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Culver CityBus]] was founded on March 4, 1928, making it the second oldest municipal bus line in California<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/about/culver-city-timeline/|title=Culver City Timeline: A Work in Progress|website=Culver City Historical Society|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052816/https://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/about-culver-city/about/culver-city-timeline/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles County.<ref name="laalmanac.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.laalmanac.com/transport/tr15.php|title=Public Transit Ridership, Los Angeles County, California|website=www.laalmanac.com|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807032557/http://www.laalmanac.com/transport/tr15.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Big Blue Bus]] was founded on April 14, 1928.<ref name="laalmanac.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigbluebus.com/About-BBB/Timeline/Historical-Info/Our-History.aspx|title=Our History - Big Blue Bus|website=www.bigbluebus.com|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807033105/https://www.bigbluebus.com/About-BBB/Timeline/Historical-Info/Our-History.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Culver CityBus operates seven regular bus lines as well as a short-term downtown circulator shuttle.

[[File:Culver City Bus New Flyer C40LF 7081.jpg|thumb|Culver CityBus near Wilshire and Westwood]]

The Culver City Transit Center in the [[Westfield Culver City]] parking serves as a bus depot for three Culver CityBus lines and two [[Los Angeles Metro Bus|Metro]] bus lines. The Washington Fairfax Hub, just across the border of the City of Los Angeles under the [[Interstate 10|I-10 freeway]], connects residents to seven bus lines, two operated by Culver CityBus and five operated by Metro.

The Baldwin Hills Parklands Link is a shuttle service operated by Los Angeles County that stops at [[Stoneview Nature Center]] on weekends only.

====Bike routes====
[[File:Elenda Bikeway, Culver City.jpg|thumb|upright|Elenda Bikeway, [[bioswale]] and two-lane protected section]]

The city is served by multiple separated bike paths:
* [[Culver Boulevard Median bike route]]
* [[Ballona Creek bike path]], connecting to the [[Park to Playa Trail]]
* Elenda Street bikeway, 12-block route between Ballona Creek Pedestrian Bridge and [[Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Washington Boulevard]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin-Straw |first=Judith |date=October 15, 2021 |title=Ribbon Cutting Launches Bike Lane and Crosswalks for 'Safe Routes to School' @ La Ballona Elementary – Culver City Crossroads |url=https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2021/10/15/ribbon-cutting-launches-bike-lane-and-crosswalks-for-safe-routes-to-school-la-ballona-elementary/ |access-date=October 13, 2022 |website=Culver City Crossroads |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622032214/https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2021/10/15/ribbon-cutting-launches-bike-lane-and-crosswalks-for-safe-routes-to-school-la-ballona-elementary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Separated bike and bus lanes through downtown Culver City, part of the MoveCulverCity [[complete streets]] initiative<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2021 |title=Downtown Culver City Just Got More Walkable, Bikeable, and Transit-Friendly |url=https://la.streetsblog.org/2021/12/17/downtown-culver-city-just-got-more-walkable-bikeable-and-transit-friendly/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Streetsblog Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Air travel====
The city is served by the [[Los Angeles International Airport]], about {{convert|7|mi|km}} south of the city. Smaller nearby airports include [[Santa Monica Airport]] and [[Hawthorne Municipal Airport (California)|Hawthorne Municipal Airport]].

====Freeways====
Culver City is served by [[Interstate 405 (California)|Interstate 405]] (San Diego Freeway), [[Interstate 10]] (Santa Monica Freeway), and [[California State Route 90]] (Marina Freeway). [[California State Route 187]] runs along [[Venice Boulevard]] in Culver City.

===Public safety===
Culver City is served by the [[Culver City Police Department]], and the Culver City Fire Department, which operates three stations and a fire training facility.<ref>"[http://www.culvercitypd.org/ Culver City Police Department] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308120427/http://www.culvercitypd.org/ |date=March 8, 2016 }}."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culvercityfd.org/|title=Fire - Culver City, CA|website=www.culvercityfd.org|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=September 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052814/https://www.culvercityfd.org/Home|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Cemeteries ===
* [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]]
* [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]]

==Notable people==
* [[Art Alexakis]], musician, founder and lead singer of the band [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]<ref name="multnomah">{{cite web|url=http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dcj/rf/artalexis.htm|title=Department of Community Justice - Multnomah County|publisher=co.multnomah.or.us|access-date=May 3, 2014|archive-date=September 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925113608/http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dcj/rf/artalexis.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Drew Barrymore]], actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0000106/ |title=Drew Barrymore (I) |publisher=Imdb.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924030040/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000106/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Shayla Beesley]], actress
* [[Big Boy (radio host)|Big Boy]], radio host
* [[Jack Black]], actor
* [[Jackson Browne]], singer, songwriter, and musician
* [[Michael Bumpus]], NFL player, Seattle Seahawks<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seahawks.com/Team/Players.aspx?id=70562 |title=Seattle Seahawks - Players : Michael Bumpus |publisher=Seahawks.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502053026/http://www.seahawks.com/Team/Players.aspx?id=70562 |archive-date=May 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Dean Byington]], visual artist<ref name="Selz22">Selz, Gabrielle. [https://hyperallergic.com/785065/dean-byington-devastating-and-breathtaking-vision-of-climate-change/ "A Devastating and Breathtaking Vision of Climate Change,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001014702/https://hyperallergic.com/785065/dean-byington-devastating-and-breathtaking-vision-of-climate-change/ |date=October 1, 2023 }} ''Hyperallergic'', December 21, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.</ref>
* [[Gary Carter]] (1954–2012), Major League Baseball player, Hall of Famer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=cartega01 |title=Gary Carter Baseball Stats |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052709/https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=cartega01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Chacon]], professional fixed-gear bike rider
* [[Tiffany Cohen]], double-gold champion in swimming at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Glenn Cowan]] (1952–2004), table tennis player
* [[Carolyn Craig]], actress
* [[Dee Dee Davis]], actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0993413/ |title=Dee Dee Davis (II) |publisher=Imdb.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052711/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993413/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Jeff Fisher]], NFL coach<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nopactalent.com/speakers/Jeff-Fisher/6302|title=Jeff Fisher Agent - Speaker Fee - Booking Contact|website=www.nopactalent.com|access-date=January 18, 2008|archive-date=December 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209165037/http://www.nopactalent.com/speakers/Jeff-Fisher/6302|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Tim Foli]] (born 1950), Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Foli Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foliti01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=December 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222015236/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foliti01.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Dick Gautier]], actor
* [[Kron Gracie]], son of [[Rickson Gracie]], teaches [[Brazilian Jiu Jitsu]] in town
* [[Linda Gray]], film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer
* [[Charles Herbert]], actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0378517/ |title=Charles Herbert (I) |publisher=Imdb.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920052711/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378517/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Win Headley]], NFL and CFL player
* [[Kelly Lytle Hernández]], professor and Thomas E. Lifka Chair of History at [[UCLA]], author, and MacArthur Fellowship recipient
* [[Howard Hughes]], founder of Hughes Aircraft<ref name="Parker, Dana T. p. 49"/>
* [[Helen Hunt]], Oscar-winning actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020347/bio |title=Helen Hunt Biography - Yahoo! Movies |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=January 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114181125/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020347/bio |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[HuskyStarcraft]], aka Mike Lamond, YouTube commentator
* [[Darrin Jackson]], Major League Baseball player and MLB sportscaster
* [[Taran Killam]], actor and comedian
* [[Tim Layana]] (1964–1999), Major League Baseball player
* [[Merry Lepper]], set world record marathon time for women, December 16, 1963, in Culver City.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2013/12/12/35089/50-years-later-culver-city-honors-first-female-mar/|title=50 years later, Culver City honors first female marathoner|last=Rabe|first=John|date=December 12, 2013|access-date=June 17, 2019|website=Southern California Public Radio|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617220357/https://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2013/12/12/35089/50-years-later-culver-city-honors-first-female-mar/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Masiela Lusha]], [[Albanian-American]] actress and poet
* [[Ron Mael]], musician, member of [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
* [[Bill Monning]], California State Senator<ref name="Hoppin">{{cite web|author1=Jason Hoppin|title=Bill Monning, Luis Alejo re-elected|url=http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/elections/bill-monning-luis-alejo-re-elected/article_ab6000f6-28eb-11e2-a1b9-001a4bcf6878.html|website=Gilroy Dispatch|access-date=June 12, 2017|date=November 7, 2012|archive-date=November 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113081744/http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/elections/bill-monning-luis-alejo-re-elected/article_ab6000f6-28eb-11e2-a1b9-001a4bcf6878.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Richards]], actor and comedian<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movietome.com/people/998/michael-richards/index.html |title=Michael Richards Information |publisher=Movietome.com |access-date=November 3, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Michelle Horn]], actress
* [[Michael Ruppert]], journalist and former LAPD officer
* [[Ryan Sherriff]] (born 1990), Major League Baseball player
* [[Dick Stuart]] (1932–2002), Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Bucs Option Power Hitter to Hollywood|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SCS19570331.1.13&srpos=1&e=12-03-1957-31-03-1957--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22bucs+option+power+hitter+to+hollywood%22+%22culver+city+slugger%22-------1|website=The Santa Cruz Sentinel|access-date=July 6, 2018|date=March 31, 1957}}</ref>
* [[Robert Trujillo]], bass player with [[Suicidal Tendencies]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], and [[Metallica]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cchsa.org/1983.html |title=Culver City High Class of 1983 (I) |publisher=Cchsa.org |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002215924/http://www.cchsa.org/1983.html |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Gwen Verdon]], four-time Tony Award-winning actress<ref>{{cite web |author=The Broadway League |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=68959 |title=The official source for Broadway Information |publisher=[[IBDB]] |date=September 23, 1987 |access-date=November 3, 2011 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920053227/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/gwen-verdon-68959 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Whelan]], artist and illustrator

== Sister cities ==
{{SisterCities|Culver City|five}}
* {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Capo d'Orlando]], [[Messina]], [[Sicily]], [[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://culver-city.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=552016&GUID=2EFA10CC-445D-47D7-978B-7D11475EC1A5 |title=Regular Meeting of the City Council, Culver City July 24, 2017 |publisher=culver-city.legistar.com |access-date=July 24, 2017 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407055513/https://culver-city.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=M&ID=552016&GUID=2EFA10CC-445D-47D7-978B-7D11475EC1A5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Iksan]], [[South Korea]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Kaizuka, Osaka|Kaizuka]], [[Japan]]
* {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Lethbridge]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]]
* {{Flagicon|Mexico}} [[Uruapan]], [[Michoacán]], [[Mexico]]

== See also ==
{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles}}
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]
* [[Westside (Los Angeles County)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Wikivoyage|Culver City}}
* {{Official website}}

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