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Florence is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government. Thus, an unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

. It is often considered part of South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles, often abbreviated as South L.A., is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still widely known as South Central...

 despite being outside of the Los Angeles city limits. It is serviced by area code 323
Area code 323
North American area code 323 is a California telephone area code which covers, roughly, the area of central Los Angeles . 323 also includes several gateway cities of the region such as Bell...

 and has a ZIP code
ZIP Code
The ZIP code is the system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service . The letters ZIP, a backronym for Zone Improvement Plan, are properly written in capital letters and were chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...

 of 90001. It is the northern part of the Florence-Graham CDP
Florence-Graham, California
Florence-Graham is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 60,197 at the 2000 census...

.

Emergency services


Fire protection in Florence is provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department
Los Angeles County Fire Department
The Los Angeles County Fire Department , serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Habra, in Orange County...

 with ambulance transport by Care Ambulance Service
Care Ambulance Service
Care Ambulance Service provides ambulance transport and 9-1-1 response services providing basic life support and critical care for patients in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Care Ambulance is divided into 2 divisions, Orange County and Los Angeles County...

. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a local county law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. It is the seventh largest law enforcement agency in the United States The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local county law enforcement agency that...

 provides law enforcement, utilizing the Century station in Lynwood.

Education


Florence-Graham residents are zoned to Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California. It is the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. During the 2007-2008 school year, LAUSD served 694,288 students, and had 45,473...

 schools.

Residents are zoned to:
  • Parmelee Elementary School
  • Edison Middle School
  • John C. Fremont High School
    John C. Fremont High School
    John C. Fremont Senior High School is a Title 1 co-educational public high school located in Los Angeles, California, United States.Fremont is in a region known as South Los Angeles...



County of Los Angeles Public Library
County of Los Angeles Public Library
The County of Los Angeles Public Library system serves residents living in 51 of the 88 incorporated cities of Los Angeles County, California. United States and those living in unincorporated areas resulting in a service area extending over 3,000 square miles....

operates the Florence Library.