page_title: Santa Fe Springs, California
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Fe Springs, California / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Santa Fe Springs, California, drill some more.
context_page_description: Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. The population was 16,223 at the 2010 census, down from 17,438 at the 2000 census.
context_section_description: The economy of Santa Fe Springs is largely made up of light industry, unlike its neighboring cities.  This is evident when looking at satellite and aerial photography, where the majority of the city is distinguishable from its neighboring cities, due to the density of very large, industrial and manufacturing facilities.
  Santa Fe Springs is home to Egge Machine Company, supplier of Cadillac engine parts for custom cars and hot rods and also is home to U.S. Aerospace, a publicly traded aerospace and defense contractor for the United States Department of Defense and the United States Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Boeing Company, L-3 Communications Holdings, the Middle River Aircraft Systems subsidiary of General Electric Company, and other aircraft manufacturers, aerospace companies, and defense contractors.
  The Hathaway Ranch Museum in Santa Fe Springs houses an extensive collection of early ranching and farming equipment, as well as oil field machinery.  The museum traces five generations of the Hathaway family and is a reflection of the economic transition of the region.
caption: Oil production continues at Santa Fe Springs. Here a well is being reworked, 2012)
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