Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a county in California that is by far the largest county in the United States by population.^[7] At the 2020 census, 10,014,009 people lived in the county.^[4] Its population is larger than that of 41 individual U.S. states. It is the third largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a nominal GDP of over $700 billion, larger than those of Belgium, Norway, and Taiwan.^[8]

Los Angeles County
County
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown Los Angeles in June 2019; Venice, Los Angeles during sunset; Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills; satellite picture of Santa Catalina Island; the Santa Monica Pier; Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve; and the Hollywood Sign
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "L.A. County"
Interactive map of Los Angeles County
Location in the state of California
Coordinates: 34°3′N 118°15′W
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Southern California
Metro area	Greater Los Angeles
Formed	February 18, 1850[1]
County seat	Los Angeles
Largest city	Los Angeles
Incorporated cities	88
Area
• Total	4,751 sq mi (12,310 km2)
• Land	4,058 sq mi (10,510 km2)
• Water	693 sq mi (1,790 km2)
Highest elevation [2]	10,068 ft (3,069 m)
Lowest elevation [3]	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• Total	10,014,009
• Density	2,468/sq mi (953/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
ZIP Codes	90xxx–918xx, 92397, 92821, 92823, 93243, 935xx[5]
Area codes	213/323, 310/424, 442/760, 562, 626, 657/714, 661, 747/818, 840/909
FIPS code	06-037
GNIS feature ID	277283
GDP	$712 billion[6]
Website	lacounty.gov

The county seat is the City of Los Angeles.

History

Los Angeles County, one of the first counties of California, was created in 1850, the year that California became a state.^[9]

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has an area of 4,751 square miles (12,310 km²). Of that, 4,058 square miles (10,510 km²) is land and 693 square miles (1,790 km²) (15%) is water.^[10]

Los Angeles County includes San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island. They are part of the Channel Islands archipelago off the Pacific Coast.

People

Census	Pop.		%±
1850	3,530		—
1860	11,333		221.0%
1870	15,309		35.1%
1880	33,381		118.0%
1890	101,454		203.9%
1900	170,298		67.9%
1910	504,131		196.0%
1920	936,455		85.8%
1930	2,208,492		135.8%
1940	2,785,643		26.1%
1950	4,151,687		49.0%
1960	6,038,771		45.5%
1970	7,041,980		16.6%
1980	7,477,421		6.2%
1990	8,863,164		18.5%
2000	9,519,338		7.4%
2010	9,818,605		3.1%
2020	10,014,009		2.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[11] 1790–1960[12] 1900–1990[13] 1990–2000[14] 2010–2020[4]

According to the 2020 United States Census, 10,014,009 people lived in Los Angeles County, whoo were 3,259,427 (32.5%) White, 1,499,984 (15.0%) Asian, 794,364 (7.9%) African American, 163,464 (1.6%) Native American, 24,522 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,784,180 (27.8%) from other races, and 1,488,068 (14.9%) from two or more races.^[15]

The county has many Asian Americans. It has more immigrants who are Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Korean, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai than anyone else in the world.^[16]

Los Angeles County has a large Latino population. 73% of the Latino population in Los Angeles County is of Mexican heritage, according to 2020 Census estimates. Another 9.6% were of Salvadoran heritage, 6.0% Guatemalan, 3.1% South American, and Honduran 1.3%. The others were of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, other Central American, or other Hispanic/Latino origin in Los Angeles County.^[17]

Race and ancestry

Population, race, and income (2022)
Total population[18]	9,721,138
White[18]	2,857,095	29.4%
Black or African American[18]	739,392	7.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native[18]	135,624	1.4%
Asian[18]	1,453,709	15.0%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander[18]	24,450	0.3%
Some other race[18]	2,510,738	25.8%
Two or more races[18]	2,000,130	20.6%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[18]	4,766,616	49.0%
Per capita income[19]	$43,171
Median household income[20]	$82,516
Median family income[20]	$92,506

The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that in 2008, Los Angeles County had more than a third of California's undocumented immigrants. They are more than ten percent of the population.^[21]

Religion

In 2015, there were over 2,000 Christian churches. Most of those churches are Catholic. Roman Catholics are about 40% of the population. 202 Jewish synagogues, 145 Buddhist temples, 48 Muslim mosques, 44 Bahai worship centers, 37 Hindu mandirs, 28 Tenrikyo churches and fellowships, 16 Shinto worship centers, and 14 Sikh gurdwaras are in the county.^[22] The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has about 5 million members, and it is the biggest diocese in the United States.

Government

Politics

Overview

Los Angeles County has voted for the Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past 40 years. It voted for the Democrat in every election since 1988. However, it did vote twice for Dwight Eisenhower (1952, 1956), Richard Nixon (1968, 1972), and Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984). Nixon and Reagan were from California.

Los Angeles County vote
by party in presidential elections^[23]

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2020	26.86% 1,145,530	71.03% 3,028,885	2.11% 89,950
2016	22.41% 769,743	71.76% 2,464,364	5.83% 200,201
2012	27.83% 885,333	69.69% 2,216,903	2.48% 78,831
2008	28.82% 956,425	69.19% 2,295,853	1.99% 65,970
2004	35.60% 1,076,225	63.10% 1,907,736	1.30% 39,319
2000	32.35% 871,930	63.47% 1,710,505	4.19% 112,719
1996	30.96% 746,544	59.34% 1,430,629	9.70% 233,841
1992	29.04% 799,607	52.54% 1,446,529	18.43% 507,267
1988	46.88% 1,239,716	51.89% 1,372,352	1.23% 32,603
1984	54.50% 1,424,113	44.35% 1,158,912	1.14% 29,889
1980	50.18% 1,224,533	40.15% 979,830	9.67% 235,822
1976	47.78% 1,174,926	49.69% 1,221,893	2.53% 62,258
1972	54.75% 1,549,717	42.04% 1,189,977	3.20% 90,676
1968	47.65% 1,266,480	46.02% 1,223,251	6.33% 168,251
1964	42.52% 1,161,067	57.43% 1,568,300	0.06% 1,551
1960	49.45% 1,302,661	50.25% 1,323,818	0.30% 8,020
1956	55.38% 1,260,206	44.29% 1,007,887	0.32% 7,331
1952	56.21% 1,278,407	42.71% 971,408	1.09% 24,725
1948	46.51% 804,232	47.00% 812,690	6.48% 112,160
1944	42.68% 666,441	56.75% 886,252	0.57% 8,871
1940	40.58% 574,266	58.13% 822,718	1.29% 18,285
1936	31.62% 357,401	67.00% 757,351	1.39% 15,663
1932	38.55% 373,738	57.19% 554,476	4.27% 41,380
1928	70.22% 513,526	28.71% 209,945	1.07% 7,830
1924	65.51% 299,675	7.33% 33,554	27.16% 124,228
1920	69.10% 178,117	21.59% 55,661	9.31% 23,992
1916	50.59% 135,554	42.58% 114,070	6.83% 18,297
1912	1.32% 2,181	33.34% 55,110	65.34% 108,005
1908	56.77% 41,483	30.21% 22,076	13.02% 9,518
1904	66.50% 32,507	20.52% 10,030	12.98% 6,346
1900	55.10% 19,200	37.76% 13,158	7.15% 2,490
1896	49.62% 16,891	47.13% 16,043	3.25% 1,108
1892	44.89% 10,226	35.64% 8,119	19.47% 4,434

Presidential election results

Voter registration

Population and registered voters
Total population (2020)	10,014,009
Registered voters[24][note 1]	5,635,972	56.3%
Democratic[24]	2,993,744	53.1%
Republican[24]	965,584	17.1%
Democratic–Republican spread[24]	+2,028,160	+36.0%
American Independent[24]	151,114	2.7%
Green[24]	22,255	0.4%
Libertarian[24]	42,905	0.8%
Peace and Freedom[24]	34,631	0.6%
Unknown[24]	44,779	0.8%
Other[24]	38,880	0.7%
No party preference[24]	1,342,080	23.8%

In the United States House of Representatives, Los Angeles County is split between 17 congressional districts.^[25] In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 13 legislative districts.^[26] In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is split between 24 legislative districts.^[27]

Crime

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

Population and crime rates
Population[28]	9,787,747
Violent crime[29]	54,747	5.59
Homicide[29]	699	0.07
Forcible rape[29]	2,114	0.22
Robbery[29]	24,528	2.51
Aggravated assault[29]	27,406	2.80
Property crime[29]	155,583	15.90
Burglary[29]	50,558	5.17
Larceny-theft[29][note 2]	144,589	14.77
Motor vehicle theft[29]	46,710	4.77
Arson[29]	2,815	0.29

Cities by population and crime rates

Cities by population and crime rates
City	Population[30]	Violent crimes[30]	Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons	Property crimes[30]	Property crime rate per 1,000 persons
Agoura Hills	20,667	12	0.58	236	11.42
Alhambra	84,469	149	1.76	1,919	22.72
Arcadia	57,295	57	0.99	1,388	24.23
Artesia	16,793	60	3.57	262	15.60
Avalon	3,795	13	3.43	64	16.86
Azusa	47,111	220	4.67	1,204	25.56
Baldwin Park	76,644	261	3.41	1,585	20.68
Bell	36,062	225	6.24	662	18.36
Bellflower	77,886	304	3.90	1,802	23.14
Bell Gardens	42,769	125	2.92	728	17.02
Beverly Hills	34,677	89	2.57	1,081	31.17
Bradbury	1,067	0	0.00	10	9.37
Burbank	105,057	243	2.31	2,493	23.73
Calabasas	23,442	13	0.55	238	10.15
Carson	93,233	520	5.58	2,709	29.06
Cerritos	49,856	120	2.41	1,870	37.51
Claremont	35,469	40	1.13	901	25.40
Commerce	13,035	112	8.59	1,010	77.48
Compton	98,057	1,218	12.42	2,399	24.47
Covina	48,588	151	3.11	1,651	33.98
Cudahy	24,201	151	6.24	347	14.34
Culver City	39,528	179	4.53	1,760	44.53
Diamond Bar	56,470	55	0.97	952	16.86
Downey	113,628	381	3.35	3,537	31.13
Duarte	21,673	71	3.28	507	23.39
El Monte	115,356	395	3.42	2,230	19.33
El Segundo	16,931	38	2.24	595	35.14
Gardena	59,802	287	4.80	1,321	22.09
Glendale	194,902	233	1.20	3,043	15.61
Glendora	50,903	59	1.16	1,293	25.40
Hawaiian Gardens	14,493	69	4.76	193	13.32
Hawthorne	85,692	637	7.43	2,181	25.45
Hermosa Beach	19,830	54	2.72	678	34.19
Hidden Hills	1,887	0	0.00	4	2.12
Huntington Park	59,079	373	6.31	1,917	32.45
Industry	222	68	306.31	1,110	5,000.00
Inglewood	111,488	780	7.00	2,673	23.98
Irwindale	1,447	15	10.37	243	167.93
La Canada Flintridge	20,584	12	0.58	324	15.74
La Habra Heights	5,413	6	1.11	44	8.13
Lakewood	81,382	227	2.79	2,062	25.34
La Mirada	49,312	98	1.99	776	15.74
Lancaster	159,155	859	5.40	3,498	21.98
La Puente	40,479	121	2.99	521	12.87
La Verne	31,575	50	1.58	823	26.06
Lawndale	33,312	167	5.01	397	11.92
Lomita	20,591	95	4.61	391	18.99
Long Beach	469,893	2,705	5.76	14,131	30.07
Los Angeles	3,855,122	18,547	4.81	87,478	22.69
Lynwood	70,908	541	7.63	1,373	19.36
Malibu	12,854	15	1.17	329	25.60
Manhattan Beach	35,719	62	1.74	855	23.94
Maywood	27,850	175	6.28	286	10.27
Monrovia	37,199	81	2.18	948	25.48
Montebello	63,538	146	2.30	1,775	27.94
Monterey Park	61,270	75	1.22	1,022	16.68
Norwalk	107,295	433	4.04	2,609	24.32
Palmdale	155,294	812	5.23	3,393	21.85
Palos Verdes Estates	13,661	6	0.44	136	9.96
Paramount	54,997	244	4.44	1,536	27.93
Pasadena	139,382	433	3.11	3,379	24.24
Pico Rivera	63,988	261	4.08	1,780	27.82
Pomona	151,511	1,021	6.74	5,055	33.36
Rancho Palos Verdes	42,335	35	0.83	498	11.76
Redondo Beach	67,856	190	2.80	1,596	23.52
Rolling Hills	1,891	0	0.00	27	14.28
Rolling Hills Estates	8,202	9	1.10	129	15.73
Rosemead	54,656	143	2.62	913	16.70
San Dimas	33,923	51	1.50	668	19.69
San Fernando	24,039	77	3.20	380	15.81
San Gabriel	40,376	88	2.18	550	13.62
San Marino	13,364	13	0.97	183	13.69
Santa Clarita	179,248	342	1.91	2,742	15.30
Santa Fe Springs	16,492	99	6.00	1,272	77.13
Santa Monica	91,215	395	4.33	3,398	37.25
Sierra Madre	11,098	4	0.36	112	10.09
Signal Hill	11,198	43	3.84	536	47.87
South El Monte	20,452	88	4.30	399	19.51
South Gate	95,966	553	5.76	2,545	26.52
South Pasadena	26,045	27	1.04	443	17.01
Temple City	36,148	38	1.05	354	9.79
Torrance	147,851	190	1.29	2,690	18.19
Vernon	114	27	236.84	311	2,728.07
Walnut	29,658	37	1.25	382	12.88
West Covina	107,861	281	2.61	3,224	29.89
West Hollywood	34,971	338	9.67	1,642	46.95
Westlake Village	8,406	3	0.36	154	18.32
Whittier	86,740	247	2.85	2,502	28.84

Other statistics

Crime in 2008 (reported by the sheriff's office or police)^[31]

• Assaults: 5452
• Auto thefts: 7727
• Burglaries: 5254
• Murders: 568 (5.7 per 100,000)
• Rapes: 582
• Robberies: 2210
• Thefts: 9682

Crime in 2013

• Homicides: 386^[32]
• Thefts: 54,971 ^[33]
• Burglaries: 17,606
• Car Thefts: 15,866^[33]
• Robberies: 10,202
• Violent Crimes: 20,318^[33]
• Rapes: 843
• Assaults: 8,976^[33]
• Murders: 297

Economy

See also: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

Employment by industry in Los Angeles County (2015)

The entertainment and digital media industry are related to Los Angeles County. All five major movie companies Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios are in the county.

368,500 people work in high-tech in Los Angeles County.^[34] 365,000 people work in manufacturing in Los Angeles County.^[35]

These big companies have headquarters in Los Angeles County:

Beverly Hills Live Nation Entertainment, Inc Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Burbank Walt Disney Co Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Warner Bros. Cerritos CareMore Isuzu Motors America Memorex RazorUSA El Segundo Konami Mattel, Inc Glendale Avery Dennison Corp. Hawthorne SpaceX City of Industry Lee Kum Kee Irwindale Huy Fong Foods La Mirada Makita

Los Angeles AECOM CBRE Group Dollar Shave Club Fandango, Inc. Farmers Insurance Group Herbalife The Honest Company ICANN Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Universal Pictures Long Beach Molina Healthcare Monrovia Trader Joe's Palmdale Delta Scientific Rosemead Edison International Panda Express Santa Clarita Princess Cruise Lines Honda Racing

Santa Monica Activision Blizzard Hulu Riot Games Snap Inc. TrueCar Torrance American Honda Motor Co. Westlake Village Dole Food Company[36] Woodland Hills Farmers Insurance Exchange Health Net Inc. Panavision

Education

Colleges

• Antelope Valley College, Lancaster
• Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
• The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles (AICALA), Santa Monica
• California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita
• Cerritos College, Norwalk
• Citrus College, Glendora
• Claremont Colleges, Claremont
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College
  • Scripps College
• Claremont School of Theology, Claremont
• College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita
• DeVry University, Long Beach and West Hills (Los Angeles)
• East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park
• El Camino College, Torrance
• Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena
• Glendale Community College, Glendale
• Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles
• ITT Technical Institute, Culver City, San Dimas, Sylmar (Los Angeles), Torrance, and West Covina
• Life Pacific College, San Dimas
• Long Beach City College, Long Beach
• Los Angeles City College (LACC), Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Harbor College, Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar (Los Angeles)
• Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music, Pasadena
• Los Angeles Pierce College (Pierce), Woodland Hills
• Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC), Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen (Los Angeles)
• The Master's College, Santa Clarita
• Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles
• Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut
• Mt. Sierra College Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine, Monrovia
• Occidental College (Oxy), Eagle Rock (Los Angeles)
• Otis College of Art and Design, Westchester (Los Angeles)
• Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena
• Pasadena City College, Pasadena
• Pepperdine University, Malibu
• Rio Hondo College, Whittier
• Santa Monica College (SMC), Santa Monica
• West Los Angeles College, Culver City
• Whittier College, Whittier
• Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech), Long Beach

Universities

• Abraham Lincoln University (ALU), Los Angeles
• Alliant International University (AIU), Alhambra
• American Jewish University (AJULA), Los Angeles
• Azusa Pacific University, Azusa
• Biola University, La Mirada
• California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, (Cal Poly Pomona), Pomona
• California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), Carson
• California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach
• California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), Los Angeles
• California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Northridge (Los Angeles)
• Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Los Angeles)
• Claremont Graduate University (CGU), Claremont
• Loyola Law School, (Downtown Los Angeles)
• Loyola Marymount University (LMU), Westchester (Los Angeles)
• National University, Los Angeles and Woodland Hills
• Pepperdine University, Malibu
• Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier
• Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles
• Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles
• University of Antelope Valley (UAV), Lancaster
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Westwood (Los Angeles)
• University of La Verne, La Verne
• University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles
• University of the West (UWest), Rosemead
• Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU), Pomona
• Woodbury University, Burbank

Transportation

Major highways

• I-5
• I-5 BL
• I-10
• I-105
• I-110
• I-210
• I-405
• I-605
• I-710
• US 101
• SR 1
• SR 2
• SR 14
• SR 18
• SR 19
• SR 22
• SR 23
• SR 27
• SR 39
• SR 47
• SR 57
• SR 60
• SR 66
• SR 71
• SR 72
• SR 90
• SR 91
• SR 103
• SR 107
• SR 110
• SR 118
• SR 126
• SR 134
• SR 138
• SR 170
• SR 210
• SR 213
• SR 710

Communities

Cities

There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County. The 2020 Census says the biggest are:^[37]

Largest cities, 2020 Census

City	Population
Los Angeles	3,898,747
Long Beach	466,742
Santa Clarita	228,673
Glendale	196,543
Lancaster	173,516
Palmdale	169,450
Pomona	151,713
Torrance	147,067
Pasadena	138,699
Downey	114,355
West Covina	109,501
El Monte	109,450
Inglewood	107,762
Burbank	107,337
Norwalk	102,773

Notes

1. Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. Percentages of party members with respect to registered voters follow.
2. Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.

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• Los Angeles County official website
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• Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
• Lakewood Accountability Action Group A group of residents that lives in Lakewood (within Los Angeles County) and often challenges the County Board of Supervisors on issues that affect Lakewood residents.