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Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 63,428 inhabitants. Pico Rivera was incorporated in 1958 from the merger of the long-standing unincorporated communities of Pico and Rivera. It is situated on a rich alluvial plain between the Rio Hondo and the San Gabriel River, the area was once predominantly agricultural, but since the 1950s it has been primarily residential.