Paramount, California

About Paramount

Paramount is a thriving city in southeastern California with an estimated population of 51,169.

Paramount holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 4.73 square miles, giving it one of the denser urban centers in the region at roughly 10,818 residents per square mile.

📰 Paramount News Today

• Will David Ellison Say Goodbye to Hollywood? Some See Paramount’s Potential Exit From California as ‘Strategically Unwise’ — but Others Say It’s Just Smart Business Variety · Aug 18
• Theater trade group Cinema United calls on Paramount and California AG to settle Reuters · Aug 18
• Cinema United Urges Paramount & California AG To Resolve Lawsuit Deadline · Aug 18
• Now All Three Major Theater Chains Want California to Settle With Paramount The Hollywood Reporter · Aug 18
• Theater trade organization Cinema United calls on Paramount, California AG to talk marketscreener.com · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Paramount Unique

• The only place in America named Paramount — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Big-city energy: 10,818 people per square mile.
• Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
• Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 51,169.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Paramount

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Paramount

• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Thai Curry — thai
• Marcone
• R&J Southern Homecooking — soul food
• Stinkin Crawfish
• The Pizza Press — pizza
• Uptown Bar & Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Paramount

• Meadows Park reviews ★
• Orange Splash Zone reviews ★
• Paramount Cortland Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Progress Park reviews ★
• Salud Park reviews ★
• Spane Park reviews ★
• Village Park reviews ★
• All-American Park reviews ★
• Garfield Park reviews ★
• Golden Park reviews ★
• Hollydale Community Park reviews ★
• Paramount Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Paramount

• Abraham Lincoln
• Frank J. Zamboni
• Harry Wirtz Elementary
• Howard Tanner
• Jefferson Elementary
• Leona Jackson
• Los Cerritos
• Major Lynn Mokler
• Mark Keppel
• Paramount High
• Paramount Park Middle
• Paramount Unified Community Day
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Wesley Gaines

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Paramount

🏘️ Nearby Communities