Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County, California
County
County of Los Angeles
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown Los Angeles in March 2007, Venice, Los Angeles during sunset, Pyramid Lake, Satellite picture of Santa Catalina Island, the Santa Monica Pier, Antelope Valley in spring
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): "L.A. County"
Map of Los Angeles County, with incorporated areas (islands not shown in actual positions); inset- location of the county in California
California's location in the contiguous United States
Coordinates: 34°3′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W / 34.050; -118.250Coordinates: 34°3′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W / 34.050; -118.250
Country	United States of America
State	California
Region	Southern California
Metro area	Greater Los Angeles Area
Formed	February 18, 1850[1]
Named for	City of Los Angeles
County seat	Los Angeles
Largest city	Los Angeles
Incorporated cities	88
Government
• Type	Council–manager
• Body	Board of Supervisors
• Board of Supervisors[2]	Supervisors Hilda Solis Mark Ridley-Thomas Sheila Kuehl Don Knabe Michael D. Antonovich
• Chief executive officer	William T Fujioka
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[3]	10,068 ft (3,069 m)
Lowest elevation[4]	0 ft (0 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)[5]
• Total	9,818,605
• Estimate (2014)[5]	10,116,705
• Density	2,100/sq mi (800/km2)
Time zone	Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	90001–90899, 91001–93599
Area codes	213, 310/424, 323, 562, 626, 661, 747/818, 909
FIPS code	06-037
GNIS feature ID	277283
Website	www.lacounty.gov

Los Angeles County, also known as L.A. County, officially the County of Los Angeles,^[6] is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county has a population of 9,818,605,^[7] making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 43 individual U.S. states. The county seat is the city of Los Angeles; it is the largest city in California and the second-largest city in the United States.

Los Angeles County is included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

Los Angeles County also includes two offshore islands, San Clemente and Santa Catalina. The county is home to 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas. At 4,083 square miles (10,570 km²), it is larger than the combined areas of the states of Rhode Island and Delaware.

With more than one quarter of total California residents, this is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the state and country.^[8] It is part of the Tech Coast.

History

Los Angeles County was organized as one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850.^[9] The county's large area included parts of what are now Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties. With increased population, sections were split off to organize San Bernardino County in 1853, Kern County in 1866, and Orange County in 1889. In 1893, part of San Bernardino County became Riverside County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,751 square miles (12,310 km²), of which 4,058 square miles (10,510 km²) is land and 693 square miles (1,790 km²) (14.6%) is water.^[10] Los Angeles County borders 70 miles (110 km) of coast on the Pacific Ocean and encompasses towering mountain ranges, deep valleys, forests, islands, lakes, rivers, and desert. The Los Angeles River, Rio Hondo, the San Gabriel River and the Santa Clara River flow in Los Angeles County, while the primary mountain ranges are the Santa Monica Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. The western extent of the Mojave Desert begins in the Antelope Valley, in the northeastern part of the county. Most of the population of Los Angeles County is located in the south and southwest, with major population centers in the Los Angeles Basin, San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valley. Other population centers are found in the Santa Clarita Valley, Crescenta Valley and Antelope Valley.

The county is divided west-to-east by the rugged San Gabriel Mountains, filled with coniferous forests and subject to plentiful snowfall in the winter. The San Gabriel Mountains are part of the Transverse Ranges of southern California, and are contained mostly within the Angeles National Forest. Most of the highest peaks in the county are located in the San Gabriel Mountains, including Mount San Antonio (10,068 ft) at the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county lines, Mount Baden-Powell (9,399 ft), Mount Burnham (8,997 ft), and the well-known Mount Wilson (5,710 ft) where the Mount Wilson Observatory is located. Several smaller, lower mountains are located in the northern, western, and southwestern parts of the county, including the San Emigdio Mountains, the southernmost part of Tehachapi Mountains, and the Sierra Pelona Mountains.

Los Angeles County's jurisdiction includes San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island, part of the Channel Islands archipelago located off the coast.

Lakes and reservoirs

Major divisions of the county

• East: Eastside, San Gabriel Valley, Pomona Valley
• West: Westside, Beach Cities
• South: South Bay, Palos Verdes Peninsula, South Los Angeles, Gateway Cities, Los Angeles Harbor Region
• North: San Fernando Valley, portions of the Conejo Valley, portions of the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley
• Central: Downtown Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire

National protected areas

• Angeles National Forest (part)
• Los Padres National Forest (part)
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (part)

Transportation

Major highways

Air

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located in the Westchester district, is the primary commercial airport for commercial airlines in the county and the Greater Los Angeles Area. LAX is operated by Los Angeles World Airports, an agency of the City of Los Angeles. Other important commercial airports in Los Angeles County include:

• Long Beach Municipal Airport operated by the City of Long Beach
• Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, operated by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority
• LA/Palmdale Regional Airport in Palmdale, also operated by Los Angeles World Airports. Palmdale Airport is planned for expanded commercial service to serve the Antelope Valley. The airport is a separate facility on the grounds of Air Force Plant 42.

The following general aviation airports also are located in Los Angeles County:

County operated airports (Department of Public Works, Aviation Division)

• Compton/Woodley Airport in Compton
• San Gabriel Valley Airport in El Monte
• Brackett Field in La Verne
• Whiteman Airport in Pacoima
• General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster

City operated airports

• Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, also operated by LAWA. Van Nuys Airport sees significant executive jet air traffic.
• Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, which also has major executive jet traffic.
• Hawthorne Municipal Airport, also known as Jack Northrop Field, in Hawthorne
• Zamperini Field in Torrance

Besides the non-flying Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, the U.S. Air Force has two airports in Los Angeles County:

• Portions of Edwards Air Force Base, located at the northern edge of the county, and
• Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, sharing runways with LA/Palmdale Regional.

Train

Los Angeles is a major freight railroad transportation center, largely due to the large volumes of freight moving in and out of the county's port facilities. The ports are connected to the downtown rail yards and to the main lines of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe headed east via a grade-separated, freight rail corridor known as the Alameda Corridor.

Passenger rail service is provided in the county by Amtrak, Los Angeles Metro Rail and Metrolink.

Amtrak has the following intercity Amtrak service at Union Station in the city of Los Angeles.

• The Pacific Surfliner to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and San Diego.
• The Coast Starlight to Seattle
• The Southwest Chief to Chicago
• The Sunset Limited to New Orleans and Orlando

Union Station is also the primary hub for Metrolink commuter rail, which serves much of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Light rail, subway (heavy rail), and long-distance bus service are all provided by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

Sea

The county's two main seaports are the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. Together they handle over a quarter of all container traffic entering the United States, making the complex the largest and most important port in the country, and the third-largest port in the world by shipping volume.

The Port of Los Angeles is the largest cruise ship center on the West Coast, handling more than 1 million passengers annually.

The Port of Long Beach is home to the Sea Launch program, which uses a floating launch platform to insert payloads into orbits that would be difficult to attain from existing land-based launch sites.

Ferries link the Catalina Island city of Avalon to the mainland.

Demographics

Los Angeles County has a large population of Asian Americans, being home to the largest concentration of immigrants who are Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian, Korean, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai in the world.^[11]

2011

Population, race, and income
Total population[12]	9,787,747
White[12]	5,126,367	52.4%
Black or African American[12]	844,048	8.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native[12]	49,329	0.5%
Asian[12]	1,347,782	13.8%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander[12]	26,310	0.3%
Some other race[12]	2,064,759	21.1%
Two or more races[12]	329,152	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[13]	4,644,328	47.5%
Per capita income[14]	$27,954
Median household income[15]	$56,266
Median family income[16]	$62,595

Places by population, race, and income

Places by population and race
Place	Type[17]	Population[12]	White[12]	Other[12] [note 1]	Asian[12]	Black or African American[12]	Native American[12] [note 2]	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[13]
Acton	CDP	7,138	87.5%	10.9%	1.2%	0.2%	0.3%	15.8%
Agoura Hills	City	20,353	83.1%	9.0%	6.4%	1.6%	0.0%	11.4%
Agua Dulce	CDP	2,991	93.4%	5.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	17.6%
Alhambra	City	83,301	28.2%	16.3%	53.4%	1.6%	0.5%	33.5%
Alondra Park	CDP	8,358	38.8%	34.3%	14.6%	11.2%	1.1%	48.7%
Altadena	CDP	45,006	62.8%	9.1%	4.0%	23.7%	0.3%	29.1%
Arcadia	City	55,993	33.1%	8.4%	56.9%	1.2%	0.4%	12.9%
Artesia	City	16,495	37.9%	22.6%	34.8%	3.9%	0.8%	35.7%
Avalon	City	3,690	93.7%	5.5%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	61.7%
Avocado Heights	CDP	15,378	38.4%	50.3%	9.6%	1.6%	0.1%	80.2%
Azusa	City	46,177	44.9%	41.8%	8.0%	4.0%	1.3%	67.0%
Baldwin Park	City	75,441	35.5%	47.7%	15.1%	0.9%	0.8%	78.8%
Bell	City	35,602	64.5%	33.4%	0.3%	1.2%	0.6%	92.1%
Bellflower	City	76,243	35.0%	38.7%	11.1%	14.0%	1.3%	50.7%
Bell Gardens	City	42,294	63.0%	35.4%	0.3%	1.0%	0.4%	97.0%
Beverly Hills	City	34,042	85.9%	4.3%	6.8%	2.8%	0.2%	5.7%
Bradbury	City	932	64.5%	2.3%	32.9%	0.0%	0.3%	11.6%
Burbank	City	103,037	74.2%	12.0%	11.5%	2.0%	0.3%	25.5%
Calabasas	City	22,839	81.6%	5.1%	10.1%	3.1%	0.2%	6.6%
Carson	City	91,508	31.6%	16.7%	26.0%	22.3%	3.4%	37.8%
Castaic	CDP	18,170	72.6%	15.4%	6.5%	5.2%	0.3%	24.3%
Cerritos	City	49,281	21.3%	9.0%	62.2%	6.8%	0.8%	11.4%
Charter Oak	CDP	9,747	62.9%	28.8%	5.5%	2.2%	0.5%	46.6%
Citrus	CDP	10,441	43.3%	44.6%	7.4%	1.5%	3.1%	69.5%
Claremont	City	34,824	72.1%	11.0%	11.0%	5.1%	0.8%	20.8%
Commerce	City	12,791	60.3%	34.9%	1.5%	2.1%	1.2%	94.5%
Compton	City	96,102	38.2%	29.1%	0.3%	31.2%	1.1%	65.5%
Covina	City	47,662	53.2%	30.7%	10.1%	5.0%	0.9%	51.7%
Cudahy	City	23,846	61.9%	36.7%	0.5%	0.8%	0.1%	96.7%
Culver City	City	38,899	60.3%	13.5%	14.7%	11.2%	0.3%	23.4%
Del Aire	CDP	9,791	66.7%	15.0%	14.2%	3.8%	0.3%	44.6%
Desert View Highlands	CDP	2,431	43.8%	51.9%	0.0%	3.5%	0.8%	61.1%
Diamond Bar	City	55,668	34.9%	8.5%	53.0%	3.5%	0.2%	19.3%
Downey	City	111,329	55.6%	33.5%	6.9%	3.7%	0.3%	70.9%
Duarte	City	21,363	51.1%	24.9%	16.1%	7.5%	0.4%	46.1%
East La Mirada	CDP	10,195	68.9%	27.5%	3.0%	0.1%	0.5%	51.6%
East Los Angeles	CDP	124,222	57.3%	40.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.8%	97.8%
East Pasadena	CDP	5,774	61.6%	13.9%	22.0%	1.0%	1.4%	34.6%
East Rancho Dominguez	CDP	13,891	53.4%	29.5%	0.8%	15.8%	0.6%	80.7%
East San Gabriel	CDP	15,453	35.5%	14.3%	49.0%	0.5%	0.7%	23.7%
Elizabeth Lake	CDP	1,462	93.1%	3.7%	1.4%	1.8%	0.0%	10.0%
El Monte	City	113,763	38.8%	34.5%	25.1%	0.8%	0.8%	68.5%
El Segundo	City	16,597	83.0%	8.3%	6.3%	0.7%	1.8%	19.3%
Florence-Graham	CDP	61,333	74.6%	15.8%	0.1%	9.0%	0.6%	90.1%
Gardena	City	58,743	23.1%	24.5%	28.1%	22.8%	1.4%	36.9%
Glendale	City	192,069	74.3%	7.5%	16.2%	1.7%	0.4%	17.2%
Glendora	City	50,000	77.8%	11.5%	7.0%	2.4%	1.3%	29.4%
Green Valley	CDP	1,113	80.8%	16.4%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	8.7%
Hacienda Heights	CDP	55,684	46.0%	15.6%	36.6%	1.0%	0.8%	43.6%
Hasley Canyon	CDP	1,301	84.5%	14.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	17.2%
Hawaiian Gardens	City	14,309	58.7%	27.6%	9.5%	3.2%	0.9%	78.1%
Hawthorne	City	84,293	47.0%	18.7%	6.2%	27.1%	0.9%	53.0%
Hermosa Beach	City	19,422	85.6%	6.3%	7.0%	1.0%	0.2%	8.4%
Hidden Hills	City	2,370	94.1%	3.7%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%
Huntington Park	City	58,465	66.3%	31.7%	0.8%	0.6%	0.6%	97.6%
Industry	City	518	79.0%	8.9%	6.0%	6.2%	0.0%	49.8%
Inglewood	City	109,967	23.5%	30.4%	1.4%	43.9%	0.7%	49.4%
Irwindale	City	1,525	49.1%	44.5%	1.0%	1.0%	4.3%	92.5%
La Cañada Flintridge	City	20,248	71.0%	2.9%	25.7%	0.3%	0.1%	4.9%
La Crescenta-Montrose	CDP	19,785	62.1%	7.8%	28.3%	0.5%	1.3%	12.1%
Ladera Heights	CDP	6,624	13.8%	2.5%	1.7%	79.7%	2.3%	3.2%
La Habra Heights	City	5,304	78.5%	8.4%	12.6%	0.5%	0.0%	24.1%
Lake Hughes	CDP	680	68.1%	25.1%	0.0%	2.8%	4.0%	25.7%
Lake Los Angeles	CDP	12,053	73.4%	16.0%	0.6%	9.7%	0.2%	52.5%
Lakewood	City	79,994	52.8%	21.4%	16.1%	7.8%	1.9%	30.4%
La Mirada	City	48,363	54.8%	23.9%	18.4%	2.1%	0.8%	40.1%
Lancaster	City	152,678	59.5%	13.7%	5.7%	20.0%	1.1%	36.7%
La Puente	City	39,957	63.5%	26.1%	7.6%	1.6%	1.2%	86.0%
La Verne	City	31,139	76.6%	10.7%	8.0%	4.1%	0.5%	29.2%
Lawndale	City	32,652	48.4%	31.1%	10.9%	8.4%	1.1%	59.9%
Lennox	CDP	22,303	32.7%	59.8%	0.4%	5.9%	1.1%	91.0%
Leona Valley	CDP	1,981	93.1%	4.7%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	5.6%
Littlerock	CDP	1,237	64.1%	31.8%	0.9%	3.2%	0.0%	42.4%
Lomita	City	20,246	61.8%	18.2%	16.4%	1.9%	1.8%	38.2%
Long Beach	City	462,197	49.7%	22.1%	13.2%	13.5%	1.5%	40.1%
Los Angeles	City	3,782,544	51.9%	26.4%	11.4%	9.6%	0.7%	48.1%
Lynwood	City	69,818	33.4%	56.1%	0.8%	9.2%	0.5%	87.2%
Malibu	City	12,746	88.0%	5.7%	3.9%	1.5%	0.8%	6.1%
Manhattan Beach	City	34,986	84.5%	7.4%	7.5%	0.3%	0.3%	8.2%
Marina del Rey	CDP	8,840	78.5%	5.3%	8.5%	7.3%	0.4%	6.4%
Mayflower Village	CDP	5,673	53.9%	14.8%	30.5%	0.6%	0.2%	26.4%
Maywood	City	27,454	65.8%	32.3%	0.2%	0.8%	0.8%	98.1%
Monrovia	City	36,622	55.4%	25.1%	12.5%	6.7%	0.2%	37.4%
Montebello	City	62,470	57.0%	30.8%	10.2%	1.1%	1.0%	79.1%
Monterey Park	City	60,251	18.8%	14.9%	65.4%	0.3%	0.6%	27.7%
North El Monte	CDP	4,075	45.1%	20.0%	33.7%	0.8%	0.4%	35.1%
Norwalk	City	105,348	49.1%	32.1%	13.7%	4.4%	0.7%	69.0%
Palmdale	City	149,001	42.6%	37.8%	4.2%	14.4%	0.9%	53.6%
Palos Verdes Estates	City	13,412	76.0%	3.3%	19.4%	1.3%	0.0%	4.4%
Paramount	City	54,196	33.2%	52.7%	2.6%	9.8%	1.7%	79.5%
Pasadena	City	136,807	63.4%	11.4%	13.7%	10.9%	0.6%	33.7%
Pico Rivera	City	63,004	61.8%	34.2%	2.8%	0.5%	0.8%	91.2%
Pomona	City	148,946	54.3%	28.2%	8.1%	8.7%	0.8%	70.1%
Quartz Hill	CDP	10,845	77.4%	8.5%	3.4%	9.4%	1.3%	22.6%
Rancho Palos Verdes	City	41,575	61.1%	6.3%	29.1%	3.0%	0.5%	8.1%
Redondo Beach	City	66,397	76.9%	8.3%	11.3%	2.9%	0.6%	16.2%
Rolling Hills	City	1,790	69.3%	7.0%	21.4%	1.5%	0.8%	6.4%
Rolling Hills Estates	City	8,040	66.1%	4.3%	23.6%	5.6%	0.5%	4.2%
Rose Hills	CDP	2,977	62.7%	23.1%	11.6%	2.6%	0.0%	54.8%
Rosemead	City	53,725	21.8%	15.8%	60.8%	0.6%	0.9%	31.9%
Rowland Heights	CDP	50,663	22.1%	17.9%	58.2%	1.2%	0.6%	28.7%
San Dimas	City	33,523	70.4%	14.4%	11.9%	2.8%	0.5%	26.1%
San Fernando	City	23,638	66.0%	32.1%	0.9%	0.4%	0.7%	90.7%
San Gabriel	City	39,703	26.8%	11.7%	59.8%	0.9%	0.9%	26.3%
San Marino	City	13,131	43.7%	4.3%	51.9%	0.0%	0.1%	6.5%
San Pasqual	CDP	2,111	71.2%	2.7%	22.9%	3.2%	0.0%	7.9%
Santa Clarita	City	173,993	72.6%	15.5%	9.0%	2.4%	0.4%	29.8%
Santa Fe Springs	City	16,333	62.0%	30.6%	2.4%	3.6%	1.4%	80.9%
Santa Monica	City	89,153	77.9%	8.2%	9.9%	3.8%	0.3%	12.1%
Sierra Madre	City	10,881	77.7%	12.8%	8.0%	1.5%	0.0%	15.5%
Signal Hill	City	10,842	40.4%	20.6%	24.1%	13.1%	1.8%	33.3%
South El Monte	City	20,197	63.6%	24.5%	10.7%	0.1%	1.1%	85.7%
South Gate	City	94,586	46.6%	51.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	95.3%
South Monrovia Island	CDP	6,043	50.4%	37.7%	4.5%	7.2%	0.2%	74.3%
South Pasadena	City	25,465	57.7%	9.0%	30.8%	2.0%	0.4%	21.0%
South San Gabriel	CDP	7,872	23.9%	19.9%	54.5%	0.8%	0.9%	38.5%
South San Jose Hills	CDP	20,442	71.8%	18.1%	9.1%	0.6%	0.4%	85.5%
South Whittier	CDP	58,012	51.9%	42.2%	4.1%	0.8%	1.0%	77.3%
Stevenson Ranch	CDP	17,116	65.9%	6.7%	23.5%	3.8%	0.2%	13.5%
Sun Village	CDP	11,165	42.7%	50.2%	0.4%	6.4%	0.3%	66.5%
Temple City	City	35,372	32.1%	10.4%	56.8%	0.4%	0.2%	17.0%
Topanga	CDP	9,065	88.9%	4.8%	2.4%	3.6%	0.2%	8.8%
Torrance	City	144,622	50.5%	11.5%	34.7%	2.9%	0.4%	16.6%
Valinda	CDP	22,326	58.8%	27.3%	12.3%	1.4%	0.2%	79.0%
Val Verde	CDP	2,325	71.1%	22.6%	2.5%	3.7%	0.0%	66.1%
Vernon	City	64	37.5%	48.4%	10.9%	0.0%	3.1%	70.3%
View Park-Windsor Hills	CDP	10,814	6.7%	6.2%	1.8%	83.8%	1.5%	3.7%
Vincent	CDP	16,736	42.0%	47.9%	6.8%	3.1%	0.2%	71.7%
Walnut	City	29,269	21.7%	10.5%	64.8%	2.7%	0.2%	17.6%
Walnut Park	CDP	16,272	63.8%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	98.6%
West Athens	CDP	8,431	26.9%	20.4%	1.1%	51.2%	0.4%	45.9%
West Carson	CDP	20,641	38.5%	18.7%	27.6%	11.9%	3.3%	34.6%
West Covina	City	105,810	37.4%	32.4%	24.8%	5.0%	0.4%	53.6%
West Hollywood	City	34,564	84.4%	8.5%	4.7%	1.8%	0.6%	12.8%
Westlake Village	City	8,276	89.6%	4.1%	4.9%	1.2%	0.2%	8.0%
Westmont	CDP	30,915	16.8%	30.0%	0.0%	52.5%	0.6%	45.9%
West Puente Valley	CDP	22,485	45.2%	44.6%	9.1%	0.8%	0.4%	85.5%
West Rancho Dominguez	CDP	5,474	25.8%	25.2%	4.9%	43.9%	0.3%	40.3%
West Whittier-Los Nietos	CDP	25,358	48.4%	48.5%	1.2%	0.6%	1.3%	87.1%
Whittier	City	85,161	55.7%	38.6%	3.5%	1.1%	1.0%	66.2%
Willowbrook	CDP	34,322	39.2%	21.2%	0.3%	39.0%	0.2%	58.5%

Places by population and income
Place	Type[17]	Population[18]	Per capita income[14]	Median household income[15]	Median family income[16]
Acton	CDP	7,138	$33,279	$87,896	$94,673
Agoura Hills	City	20,353	$53,193	$108,820	$129,648
Agua Dulce	CDP	2,991	$39,064	$97,000	$105,833
Alhambra	City	83,301	$24,849	$52,717	$56,062
Alondra Park	CDP	8,358	$23,742	$58,906	$57,784
Altadena	CDP	45,006	$40,659	$84,413	$90,308
Arcadia	City	55,993	$38,518	$77,221	$93,977
Artesia	City	16,495	$21,366	$58,281	$60,260
Avalon	City	3,690	$24,296	$49,514	$64,087
Avocado Heights	CDP	15,378	$21,737	$73,030	$77,019
Azusa	City	46,177	$19,119	$53,826	$57,778
Baldwin Park	City	75,441	$15,534	$52,094	$51,948
Bell	City	35,602	$12,436	$37,121	$36,713
Bellflower	City	76,243	$20,591	$50,244	$55,575
Bell Gardens	City	42,294	$12,026	$38,971	$39,190
Beverly Hills	City	34,042	$75,234	$85,560	$114,764
Bradbury	City	932	$67,880	$118,750	$152,727
Burbank	City	103,037	$33,651	$66,024	$78,802
Calabasas	City	22,839	$67,123	$118,182	$135,889
Carson	City	91,508	$24,026	$70,416	$74,869
Castaic	CDP	18,170	$36,053	$100,625	$106,200
Cerritos	City	49,281	$32,610	$87,853	$95,282
Charter Oak	CDP	9,747	$24,462	$67,423	$74,340
Citrus	CDP	10,441	$19,953	$67,382	$66,603
Claremont	City	34,824	$37,539	$81,715	$104,608
Commerce	City	12,791	$17,116	$48,878	$53,246
Compton	City	96,102	$13,595	$43,311	$44,835
Covina	City	47,662	$26,055	$67,638	$74,726
Cudahy	City	23,846	$12,034	$39,338	$37,920
Culver City	City	38,899	$42,832	$75,596	$96,809
Del Aire	CDP	9,791	$30,570	$83,705	$95,136
Desert View Highlands	CDP	2,431	$16,860	$62,591	$64,783
Diamond Bar	City	55,668	$35,771	$90,153	$98,506
Downey	City	111,329	$23,241	$59,773	$63,263
Duarte	City	21,363	$25,717	$64,329	$70,068
East La Mirada	CDP	10,195	$26,741	$65,926	$85,069
East Los Angeles	CDP	124,222	$12,628	$37,271	$39,136
East Pasadena	CDP	5,774	$42,048	$74,127	$79,688
East Rancho Dominguez	CDP	13,891	$12,761	$50,114	$50,538
East San Gabriel	CDP	15,453	$32,592	$70,250	$85,561
Elizabeth Lake	CDP	1,462	$36,838	$96,016	$98,112
El Monte	City	113,763	$14,464	$41,820	$43,183
El Segundo	City	16,597	$46,185	$88,486	$103,890
Florence-Graham	CDP	61,333	$11,745	$38,329	$37,099
Gardena	City	58,743	$22,969	$46,961	$55,227
Glendale	City	192,069	$30,107	$54,087	$61,283
Glendora	City	50,000	$32,851	$75,939	$85,104
Green Valley	CDP	1,113	$38,333	$89,615	$106,250
Hacienda Heights	CDP	55,684	$28,376	$72,759	$79,390
Hasley Canyon	CDP	1,301	$44,449	$92,143	$95,000
Hawaiian Gardens	City	14,309	$14,066	$42,898	$44,821
Hawthorne	City	84,293	$19,862	$45,622	$50,490
Hermosa Beach	City	19,422	$69,857	$102,289	$156,506
Hidden Hills	City	2,370	$119,367	$250,001	$250,001
Huntington Park	City	58,465	$12,461	$36,788	$37,573
Industry	City	518	$13,782	$49,792	$48,958
Inglewood	City	109,967	$20,187	$44,021	$47,697
Irwindale	City	1,525	$19,158	$65,455	$65,260
La Cañada Flintridge	City	20,248	$74,357	$148,214	$168,813
La Crescenta-Montrose	CDP	19,785	$38,009	$83,048	$99,688
Ladera Heights	CDP	6,624	$56,603	$97,518	$108,914
La Habra Heights	City	5,304	$53,945	$127,750	$157,589
Lake Hughes	CDP	680	$24,742	$52,823	$64,318
Lake Los Angeles	CDP	12,053	$16,034	$44,565	$46,045
Lakewood	City	79,994	$29,838	$78,360	$86,039
La Mirada	City	48,363	$28,468	$81,913	$89,677
Lancaster	City	152,678	$20,739	$52,290	$57,448
La Puente	City	39,957	$15,762	$52,042	$54,040
La Verne	City	31,139	$32,335	$77,088	$89,824
Lawndale	City	32,652	$18,895	$48,813	$52,093
Lennox	CDP	22,303	$11,453	$36,493	$36,122
Leona Valley	CDP	1,981	$32,172	$79,659	$93,011
Littlerock	CDP	1,237	$18,518	$50,982	$53,438
Lomita	City	20,246	$29,251	$61,327	$72,933
Long Beach	City	462,197	$26,986	$52,945	$60,179
Los Angeles	City	3,782,544	$28,222	$50,028	$54,243
Lynwood	City	69,818	$12,443	$43,782	$43,856
Malibu	City	12,746	$99,692	$132,926	$155,082
Manhattan Beach	City	34,986	$81,472	$132,752	$178,783
Marina del Rey	CDP	8,840	$70,228	$91,218	$107,679
Mayflower Village	CDP	5,673	$29,024	$75,982	$79,400
Maywood	City	27,454	$12,210	$38,155	$39,204
Monrovia	City	36,622	$32,084	$68,071	$77,073
Montebello	City	62,470	$21,253	$52,496	$57,094
Monterey Park	City	60,251	$23,639	$51,736	$58,973
North El Monte	CDP	4,075	$26,805	$65,380	$82,614
Norwalk	City	105,348	$19,379	$60,090	$62,761
Palmdale	City	149,001	$19,193	$55,213	$55,460
Palos Verdes Estates	City	13,412	$92,920	$159,038	$186,651
Paramount	City	54,196	$14,293	$42,831	$44,017
Pasadena	City	136,807	$39,825	$67,920	$81,498
Pico Rivera	City	63,004	$18,428	$55,632	$61,607
Pomona	City	148,946	$17,113	$50,893	$53,297
Quartz Hill	CDP	10,845	$23,057	$56,070	$65,464
Rancho Palos Verdes	City	41,575	$58,045	$116,643	$132,492
Redondo Beach	City	66,397	$51,703	$94,982	$118,658
Rolling Hills	City	1,790	$128,300	$223,750	$246,591
Rolling Hills Estates	City	8,040	$75,293	$151,757	$163,466
Rose Hills	CDP	2,977	$46,965	$91,979	$120,074
Rosemead	City	53,725	$17,869	$47,964	$51,702
Rowland Heights	CDP	50,663	$26,030	$63,750	$66,383
San Dimas	City	33,523	$33,731	$74,610	$84,409
San Fernando	City	23,638	$16,211	$52,021	$54,667
San Gabriel	City	39,703	$25,432	$57,666	$61,491
San Marino	City	13,131	$78,155	$154,318	$164,643
San Pasqual	CDP	2,111	$55,093	$94,875	$104,306
Santa Clarita	City	173,993	$33,322	$83,579	$92,521
Santa Fe Springs	City	16,333	$18,675	$53,638	$61,823
Santa Monica	City	89,153	$58,933	$71,400	$107,660
Sierra Madre	City	10,881	$52,221	$84,487	$115,329
Signal Hill	City	10,842	$34,215	$69,946	$72,891
South El Monte	City	20,197	$14,013	$47,537	$45,858
South Gate	City	94,586	$14,039	$41,990	$44,007
South Monrovia Island	CDP	6,043	$16,560	$53,883	$56,149
South Pasadena	City	25,465	$50,185	$84,914	$103,970
South San Gabriel	CDP	7,872	$22,967	$62,500	$66,969
South San Jose Hills	CDP	20,442	$13,365	$55,033	$56,376
South Whittier	CDP	58,012	$20,532	$64,824	$67,061
Stevenson Ranch	CDP	17,116	$47,877	$114,036	$130,036
Sun Village	CDP	11,165	$17,232	$54,481	$58,078
Temple City	City	35,372	$26,779	$65,445	$72,675
Topanga	CDP	9,065	$66,493	$127,167	$147,188
Torrance	City	144,622	$36,370	$75,885	$91,028
Valinda	CDP	22,326	$17,590	$66,013	$63,629
Val Verde	CDP	2,325	$19,197	$59,506	$70,714
Vernon	City	64	$22,756	$32,292	$59,375
View Park-Windsor Hills	CDP	10,814	$46,145	$78,729	$105,511
Vincent	CDP	16,736	$19,429	$71,189	$69,925
Walnut	City	29,269	$34,045	$101,358	$106,284
Walnut Park	CDP	16,272	$11,731	$38,538	$34,621
West Athens	CDP	8,431	$19,502	$47,773	$51,671
West Carson	CDP	20,641	$28,795	$63,125	$75,850
West Covina	City	105,810	$26,006	$68,308	$75,610
West Hollywood	City	34,564	$53,227	$52,303	$63,725
Westlake Village	City	8,276	$66,429	$113,852	$136,150
Westmont	CDP	30,915	$14,646	$31,826	$37,403
West Puente Valley	CDP	22,485	$16,591	$60,393	$64,060
West Rancho Dominguez	CDP	5,474	$17,295	$39,696	$54,375
West Whittier-Los Nietos	CDP	25,358	$19,796	$59,356	$61,952
Whittier	City	85,161	$28,031	$68,055	$73,744
Willowbrook	CDP	34,322	$13,814	$37,632	$40,162

2010

Historical population
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%
Est. 2014	10,116,705		3.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[19] 1790-1960[20] 1900-1990[21] 1990-2000[22] 2010–2014[5]

The 2010 United States Census reported that Los Angeles County had a population of 9,818,605. The racial makeup of Los Angeles County was 4,936,599 (50.3%) White, 856,874 (8.7%) African American, 72,828 (0.7%) Native American, 1,346,865 (13.7%) Asian (4.0% Chinese, 3.3% Filipino, 2.2% Korean, 1.0% Japanese, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.8% Indian, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.3% Thai, 0.1% Pakistani), 26,094 (0.3%) Pacific Islander (0.1% Samoan), 2,140,632 (21.8%) from other races, and 438,713 (4.5%) from two or more races.

Non-Hispanic whites numbered 2,728,321, or 27.8% of the population.^[23] Hispanic or Latino residents of any race numbered 4,687,889 (47.7%); 35.8% of Los Angeles County's population was of Mexican ancestry; 3.7% Salvadoran, and 2.2% Guatemalan heritage,.^[24]

Population reported at 2010 United States Census
The County	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Los Angeles County	9,818,605	4,936,599	856,874	72,828	1,346,865	26,094	2,140,632	438,713	4,687,889
	100%	50.3%	8.7%	0.7%	13.7%	0.3%	21.8%	4.5%	47.7%
Incorporated city	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Agoura Hills	20,330	17,147	267	51	1,521	24	590	730	1,936
Alhambra	83,089	23,521	1,281	538	43,957	81	10,805	2,906	28,582
Arcadia	56,364	18,191	681	186	33,353	16	2,352	1,585	6,799
Artesia	16,522	6,446	589	94	6,131	40	2,630	592	5,910
Avalon	3,728	2,313	20	22	49	13	1,137	174	2,079
Azusa	46,361	26,715	1,499	562	4,054	87	11,270	2,174	31,328
Baldwin Park	75,390	33,119	913	674	10,696	85	27,079	2,824	60,403
Bell	35,477	19,098	337	315	259	8	13,899	1,561	33,028
Bell Gardens	42,072	20,824	377	476	261	37	18,787	1,310	40,271
Bellflower	76,616	32,337	10,760	731	8,865	615	19,732	3,576	40,085
Beverly Hills	34,109	28,112	746	48	3,032	12	485	1,674	1,941
Bradbury	1,048	652	22	4	276	0	59	35	218
Burbank	103,340	75,167	2,600	486	12,007	89	7,999	4,992	25,310
Calabasas	23,058	19,341	375	48	1,993	8	368	925	1,481
Carson	91,714	21,864	21,856	518	23,522	2,386	17,151	4,417	35,417
Cerritos	49,041	11,341	3,388	131	30,363	138	1,822	1,858	5,883
Claremont	34,926	24,666	1,651	172	4,564	38	2,015	1,820	6,919
Commerce	12,823	6,930	96	161	140	9	4,886	601	12,114
Compton	96,455	24,942	31,688	655	292	718	34,914	3,246	62,669
Covina	47,796	27,937	2,013	532	5,684	104	9,230	2,296	25,030
Cudahy	23,805	11,708	333	246	137	24	10,339	1,018	22,850
Culver City	38,883	23,450	3,694	191	5,742	81	3,364	2,361	9,025
Diamond Bar	55,544	18,434	2,288	178	29,144	106	3,237	2,157	11,138
Downey	111,772	63,255	4,329	820	7,804	221	30,797	4,546	78,996
Duarte	21,321	11,076	1,587	179	3,361	26	4,108	984	10,190
El Monte	113,475	44,058	870	1,083	28,503	131	35,205	3,625	78,317
El Segundo	16,654	12,997	337	68	1,458	38	799	957	2,609
Gardena	58,829	14,498	14,352	348	15,400	426	11,136	2,669	22,151
Glendale	191,719	136,226	2,573	531	31,434	122	12,146	8,687	33,414
Glendora	50,073	37,582	930	345	3,999	52	4,756	2,409	15,348
Hawaiian Gardens	14,254	6,477	546	178	1,513	57	4,929	554	11,010
Hawthorne	84,293	27,678	23,385	565	5,642	974	22,127	3,922	44,572
Hermosa Beach	19,506	16,928	229	49	1,111	46	325	818	1,632
Hidden Hills	1,856	1,713	37	3	42	1	30	30	123
Huntington Park	58,114	29,776	440	752	393	28	24,535	2,190	56,445
Industry	219	129	1	0	18	0	63	8	115
Inglewood	109,673	25,562	48,164	751	1,484	350	28,860	4,502	55,449
Irwindale	1,422	833	12	29	34	8	448	58	1,288
La Cañada Flintridge	20,246	13,959	109	24	5,214	5	245	690	1,267
La Habra Heights	5,325	3,855	47	26	841	6	333	217	1,254
La Mirada	48,527	29,462	1,099	394	8,650	142	6,670	2,110	19,272
La Puente	39,816	19,658	558	430	3,356	42	14,316	1,456	33,896
La Verne	31,063	23,057	1,065	265	2,381	61	2,822	1,412	9,635
Lakewood	80,048	44,820	6,973	564	13,115	744	9,249	4,583	24,101
Lancaster	156,633	77,734	32,083	1,519	6,810	362	29,728	8,397	59,596
Lawndale	32,769	14,274	3,320	301	3,269	367	9,374	1,864	20,002
Lomita	20,256	11,987	1,075	174	2,923	140	2,680	1,277	6,652
Long Beach	462,257	213,066	62,603	3,458	59,496	5,253	93,930	24,451	188,412
Los Angeles	3,792,621	1,888,158	365,118	28,215	426,959	5,577	902,959	175,635	1,838,822
Lynwood	69,772	27,444	7,168	464	457	206	31,652	2,381	60,452
Malibu	12,645	11,565	148	20	328	15	182	387	769
Manhattan Beach	35,135	29,686	290	59	3,023	49	409	1,619	2,440
Maywood	27,395	14,244	166	208	87	20	11,495	1,175	26,696
Monrovia	36,590	21,932	2,500	279	4,107	76	5,818	1,878	14,043
Montebello	62,500	33,633	567	634	6,850	58	18,431	2,327	49,578
Monterey Park	60,269	11,680	252	242	40,301	28	6,022	1,744	16,218
Norwalk	105,549	52,089	4,593	1,213	12,700	431	29,954	4,569	74,041
Palmdale	152,750	74,901	22,677	1,316	6,548	335	38,773	8,200	83,097
Palos Verdes Estates	13,438	10,346	161	21	2,322	8	94	486	631
Paramount	54,098	22,988	6,334	440	1,629	419	20,023	2,265	42,547
Pasadena	137,122	76,550	14,650	827	19,595	134	18,675	6,691	46,174
Pico Rivera	62,942	37,411	602	871	1,614	42	20,069	2,333	57,400
Pomona	149,058	71,564	10,924	1,763	12,688	282	45,171	6,666	105,135
Rancho Palos Verdes	41,643	25,698	1,015	80	12,077	41	748	1,984	3,556
Redondo Beach	66,748	49,805	1,852	291	8,004	199	2,725	3,872	10,142
Rolling Hills	1,860	1,437	29	5	303	2	24	60	102
Rolling Hills Estates	8,067	5,463	109	19	2,007	8	120	341	499
Rosemead	53,764	11,348	273	396	32,617	32	7,940	1,158	18,147
San Dimas	33,371	24,038	1,084	233	3,496	48	2,828	1,644	10,491
San Fernando	23,645	12,068	222	314	248	33	9,877	883	21,867
San Gabriel	39,718	10,076	388	220	24,091	43	3,762	1,138	10,189
San Marino	13,147	5,434	55	5	7,039	2	198	414	855
Santa Clarita	176,320	125,005	5,623	1,013	15,025	272	21,169	8,213	51,941
Santa Fe Springs	16,223	9,514	371	233	677	31	4,712	685	13,137
Santa Monica	89,736	69,663	3,526	338	8,053	124	4,047	3,985	11,716
Sierra Madre	10,917	8,967	201	44	835	9	390	471	1,628
Signal Hill	11,016	4,650	1,502	83	2,245	135	1,778	623	3,472
South El Monte	20,116	10,136	107	250	2,211	12	6,718	682	17,079
South Gate	94,396	47,645	890	878	732	99	40,624	3,528	89,442
South Pasadena	25,619	13,922	771	107	7,973	9	1,422	1,415	4,767
Temple City	35,558	11,941	283	150	19,803	31	2,316	1,034	6,853
Torrance	145,438	74,333	3,955	554	50,240	530	7,808	8,018	23,440
Vernon	112	99	4	0	2	0	7	0	48
Walnut	29,172	6,913	824	69	18,567	28	1,750	1,021	5,575
West Covina	106,098	45,432	4,741	1,045	27,333	198	22,641	4,708	56,471
West Hollywood	34,399	28,979	1,115	103	1,874	34	1,049	1,245	3,613
Westlake Village	8,270	7,326	98	12	490	13	114	217	533
Whittier	85,331	55,117	1,092	1,093	3,262	123	20,848	3,796	56,081
Census-designated place	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
Acton	7,596	6,564	57	70	155	5	451	294	1,373
Agua Dulce	3,342	2,854	59	24	78	3	223	101	611
Alondra Park	8,592	3,716	806	32	1,396	48	2,167	427	4,304
Altadena	42,777	22,569	10,136	300	2,307	71	4,852	2,542	11,502
Avocado Heights	15,411	8,564	136	107	1,359	13	4,726	506	12,648
Castaic	19,015	13,607	630	119	2,162	26	1,466	1,005	4,716
Charter Oak	9,310	5,602	405	85	1,035	18	1,693	472	4,546
Citrus	10,866	5,898	240	120	860	4	3,302	442	7,911
Del Aire	10,001	6,052	458	60	922	131	1,815	563	4,724
Desert View Highlands	2,360	1,286	182	29	50	1	669	143	1,253
East La Mirada	9,757	7,022	178	78	462	20	1,557	440	4,907
East Los Angeles	126,496	63,934	817	1,549	1,144	63	54,846	4,143	122,784
East Pasadena	6,144	3,183	183	47	1,589	7	857	278	2,139
East Rancho Dominguez	15,135	4,774	2,404	133	33	109	7,156	526	12,407
East San Gabriel	14,874	5,037	243	58	7,421	3	1,602	510	3,700
Elizabeth Lake	1,756	1,591	21	9	23	1	47	64	231
Florence-Graham	63,387	23,895	5,861	498	150	25	30,704	2,254	57,066
Green Valley	1,027	901	8	11	12	1	35	59	123
Hacienda Heights	54,038	21,873	743	315	20,065	99	9,199	1,744	24,608
Hasley Canyon	1,137	966	15	2	26	1	75	52	244
La Crescenta-Montrose	19,653	12,807	142	70	5,375	12	533	714	2,232
Ladera Heights	6,498	979	4,786	20	231	2	134	346	355
Lake Hughes	649	544	19	7	5	1	54	19	104
Lake Los Angeles	12,328	6,862	1,388	178	116	27	3,068	689	6,604
Lennox	22,753	8,623	765	199	177	188	11,811	990	21,162
Leona Valley	1,607	1,456	11	4	28	0	51	57	198
Littlerock	1,377	808	75	16	24	11	373	70	745
Marina del Rey	8,866	7,071	465	31	749	10	154	386	686
Mayflower Village	5,515	2,929	83	28	1,734	4	491	246	1,521
North El Monte	3,723	1,768	33	13	1,437	4	336	132	1,002
Quartz Hill	10,912	8,218	795	142	303	28	947	479	2,689
Rose Hills	2,803	1,573	54	9	440	1	471	255	1,647
Rowland Heights	48,993	11,506	772	175	29,284	61	5,658	1,537	13,229
San Pasqual	2,041	1,344	63	7	438	1	104	84	362
South Monrovia Island	6,777	3,433	570	49	418	9	2,003	295	5,013
South San Gabriel	8,070	2,198	83	56	3,990	4	1,427	312	3,444
South San Jose Hills	20,551	9,302	304	195	1,649	30	8,449	622	17,713
South Whittier	57,156	33,663	859	743	2,305	147	17,085	2,354	44,094
Stevenson Ranch	17,557	11,271	606	65	4,028	34	765	788	2,827
Sun Village	11,565	6,806	809	167	129	24	3,113	517	7,311
Topanga	8,289	7,313	117	35	353	3	125	343	534
Val Verde	2,468	1,404	105	26	48	1	732	152	1,507
Valinda	22,822	11,058	439	240	2,718	42	7,530	795	17,977
View Park-Windsor Hills	11,075	669	9,392	45	147	4	244	574	720
Vincent	15,922	8,670	312	146	1,128	31	4,857	778	11,921
Walnut Park	15,966	9,046	70	277	89	2	5,953	529	15,543
West Athens	8,729	1,584	4,578	31	111	10	2,127	288	3,843
West Carson	21,699	7,630	2,330	185	6,730	301	3,411	1,112	7,100
West Puente Valley	22,636	11,383	471	256	1,650	28	7,945	903	19,365
West Rancho Dominguez	5,669	1,054	2,974	32	46	21	1,354	188	2,526
West Whittier-Los Nietos	25,540	15,170	254	372	393	43	8,404	904	22,369
Westmont	31,853	5,037	16,262	188	126	31	9,180	1,029	14,871
Willowbrook	35,983	8,245	12,387	273	119	49	13,858	1,052	22,979
Unincorporated communities	Total Population	White	African American	Native American	Asian	Pacific Islander	other races	two or more races	Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
All others not CDPs (combined)	136,360	81,172	10,441	920	16,393	224	21,340	5,870	46,050

2000

As of the census^[25] of 2000, there were 9,519,338 people, 3,133,774 households, and 2,137,233 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,344 people per square mile (905/km²). There were 3,270,909 housing units at an average density of 806 per square mile (311/km²). The racial makeup of the county is 48.7% White^[26] 11.0% African American, 0.8% Native American, 10.0% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 23.5% from other races, and 4.9% from two or more races. 44.6% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The largest European-American ancestry groups are German (6%), Irish (5%), English (4%) and Italian (3%). 45.9% of the population reported speaking only English at home; 37.9% spoke Spanish, 2.22% Tagalog, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Korean, and 1.87% Armenian.^[27]

Because the county is so populous, what is not so evident is that it has the largest Native American population of any county in the nation: according to the 2000 census, it has more than 153,550 people of indigenous descent, and most are from Latin America. "The invisible population that is virtually ignored by the census is that of indigenous people from Mexico, Central and South America."^[28]

There were 3,133,774 households out of which 36.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.61.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,189, and the median income for a family was $46,452. Males had a median income of $36,299 versus $30,981 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,683. There are 14.4% of families living below the poverty line and 17.9% of the population, including 24.2% of under 18 and 10.5% of those over 64.

According to TNS Financial Services, Los Angeles County has the highest number of millionaires of any county in the nation, totaling 261,081 households as of 2007.^[29] In addition to millionaires, Los Angeles County has the largest number of homeless people, with "48,000 people living on the streets, including 6,000 veterans."^[30]

Religion

As of 2000, there are hundreds of Christian churches, 202 Jewish synagogues, 145 Buddhist temples, 48 Islamic mosques, 44 Bahai worship centers, 37 Hindu temples, 28 Tenrikyo churches and fellowships, 16 Shinto worship centers, and 14 Sikh gurdwaras in the county.^[31] The Los Angeles Archdiocese has approximately 5 million members and is the largest in the United States.

Housing

The homeownership rate is 47.9%, and the median value for houses is $409,300. 42.2% of housing units are in multi-unit structures.

Illegal Immigrants

As estimated by the Public Policy Institute of California in 2008, Los Angeles County is home to more than one-third of California's illegal immigrants, who make up more than ten percent of the population.^[32]

Economy

Los Angeles County is commonly associated with the entertainment industry; all six major film studios—Paramount Pictures, 21st Century Fox, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios—are located within the county. Beyond motion picture and television program production, other major industries of Los Angeles County are international trade supported by the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, music recording and production, aerospace, and professional services such as law and medicine.

The following major companies have headquarters in Los Angeles County:

Cerritos CareMore Isuzu Motors America Memorex RazorUSA La Mirada Makita

Monrovia Trader Joe's Palmdale Delta Scientific Santa Clarita Princess Cruise Lines Honda Racing

Torrance American Honda Motor Co. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. Westlake Village Dole Food Company[33] Unincorporated areas ICANN (Marina del Rey)

Law, government and politics

Government

The Government of Los Angeles County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law and the Charter of the County of Los Angeles.^[34] Much of the Government of California is in practice the responsibility of local governments such as the Government of Los Angeles County.

The county's voters elect a governing five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The small size of the board means each supervisor represents over 2 million people. The board operates in a legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass ordinances for the unincorporated areas (ordinances that affect the whole county, like posting of restaurant ratings, must be ratified by the individual city). As an executive body, it can tell the county departments what to do, and how to do it. As a quasi-judicial body, the Board is the final venue of appeal in the local planning process, and holds public hearings on various agenda items.

As of 2008, the Board of Supervisors oversees a $22.5 billion annual budget and approximately 100,000 employees.^[35] The county government is managed on a day-to-day basis by a Chief Executive Officer, William T Fujioka, and is organized into many departments, each of which is enormous in comparison to equivalent county-level (and even many state-level) departments anywhere else in the United States. Some of the larger or better-known departments include:

• Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs – offers consumers in the county a variety of services including: consumer and real estate counseling, mediation, and small claims counseling. The department also investigates: consumer complains, real estate fraud and identity theft issues.
• Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services – administers foster care
• Los Angeles County Fire Department – provides fire protection, suppression, and prevention as well as emergency medical services
• Los Angeles County Department of Health Services – operates several county hospitals and a network of primary care clinics,
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health - administers public health programs including STD programs, smoking cessation, and restaurant inspection. In the majority of the county LACDPH puts letter grades relating to the food cleanliness and safety of a restaurant in the front window of restaurants.
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services – administers many federal and state welfare programs
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Works – operates countywide flood control system, constructs and maintains roads in unincorporated areas
• Los Angeles County District Attorney – prosecutes criminal suspects
• Los Angeles County Probation Department
• Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department – provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas and cities that do not have their own police departments, and operates the county jails. The LASD is the largest county Sheriff's Department in the United States.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, despite its name, is not a County department. Technically it is a state-mandated county transportation commission that also operates bus and rail.

Politics

Voter registration statistics

Population and registered voters
Total population[12]	9,787,747
Registered voters[36][note 3]	4,865,403	49.7%
Democratic[36]	2,486,479	51.1%
Republican[36]	1,048,507	21.6%
Democratic–Republican spread[36]	+1,437,972	+29.5%
Independent[36]	109,055	2.2%
Green[36]	24,534	0.5%
Libertarian[36]	25,808	0.5%
Peace and Freedom[36]	24,950	0.5%
Americans Elect[36]	2,583	0.1%
Other[36]	262,180	5.4%
No party preference[36]	881,307	18.1%

Cities by population and voter registration

Cities by population and voter registration
City	Population[12]	Registered voters[36] [note 3]	Democratic[36]	Republican[36]	D–R spread[36]	Other[36]	No party preference[36]
Agoura Hills	20,353	70.3%	40.1%	33.8%	+6.3%	11.5%	17.4%
Alhambra	83,301	45.4%	47.4%	19.1%	+28.3%	10.9%	24.4%
Arcadia	55,993	53.7%	28.4%	34.2%	-5.8%	10.1%	28.9%
Artesia	16,495	44.1%	46.9%	24.2%	+22.7%	9.8%	20.7%
Avalon	3,690	46.6%	38.7%	34.9%	+3.8%	12.0%	17.1%
Azusa	46,177	40.1%	46.8%	25.2%	+21.6%	11.9%	18.7%
Baldwin Park	75,441	38.9%	54.5%	17.0%	+37.5%	10.2%	20.2%
Bell	35,602	31.6%	61.7%	12.1%	+49.6%	9.2%	18.3%
Bell Gardens	42,294	30.6%	61.5%	11.2%	+50.3%	9.6%	19.4%
Bellflower	76,243	44.2%	51.5%	22.4%	+29.1%	11.4%	17.2%
Beverly Hills	34,042	66.0%	45.3%	24.7%	+20.6%	10.1%	21.8%
Bradbury	932	67.8%	24.5%	48.7%	-24.2%	8.1%	20.7%
Burbank	103,037	59.4%	44.2%	26.7%	+17.5%	12.5%	19.0%
Calabasas	22,839	67.8%	43.2%	31.0%	+12.2%	10.9%	17.2%
Carson	91,508	58.3%	60.7%	14.8%	+45.9%	8.5%	17.8%
Cerritos	49,281	64.8%	39.6%	28.5%	+11.1%	8.5%	25.0%
Claremont	34,824	66.0%	45.0%	30.4%	+14.6%	10.7%	16.0%
Commerce	12,791	49.0%	67.0%	11.0%	+56.0%	8.5%	15.0%
Compton	96,102	47.2%	73.0%	6.8%	+66.2%	9.2%	12.8%
Covina	47,662	53.6%	42.5%	32.5%	+10.0%	11.4%	16.4%
Cudahy	23,846	28.1%	61.9%	11.6%	+50.3%	9.7%	18.1%
Culver City	38,899	69.4%	57.0%	15.9%	+41.1%	11.2%	18.1%
Diamond Bar	55,668	58.0%	34.5%	31.7%	+2.8%	10.5%	25.5%
Downey	111,329	48.3%	50.1%	25.8%	+24.3%	10.3%	16.0%
Duarte	21,363	55.9%	47.6%	26.5%	+21.1%	9.9%	18.3%
El Monte	113,763	31.7%	50.9%	17.1%	+33.8%	11.1%	23.1%
El Segundo	16,597	68.8%	33.5%	37.3%	-3.8%	13.2%	18.9%
Gardena	58,743	51.8%	62.8%	15.5%	+47.3%	8.5%	15.0%
Glendale	192,069	50.6%	40.7%	27.5%	+13.2%	11.5%	22.6%
Glendora	50,000	63.6%	30.1%	46.0%	-15.9%	10.7%	16.1%
Hawaiian Gardens	14,309	32.2%	53.8%	17.0%	+36.8%	10.8%	20.6%
Hawthorne	84,293	42.8%	61.7%	13.3%	+48.4%	10.6%	16.4%
Hermosa Beach	19,422	70.4%	35.4%	32.5%	+2.9%	13.7%	20.9%
Hidden Hills	2,370	59.0%	38.7%	38.2%	+0.5%	9.8%	15.6%
Huntington Park	58,465	28.5%	64.1%	11.0%	+53.1%	9.4%	17.1%
Industry	518	19.7%	25.5%	53.9%	-28.4%	16.7%	9.8%
Inglewood	109,967	49.8%	74.1%	6.1%	+68.0%	8.6%	12.8%
Irwindale	1,525	61.0%	62.4%	15.5%	+46.9%	10.1%	15.0%
La Cañada Flintridge	20,248	73.2%	30.0%	46.1%	-16.1%	8.5%	17.2%
La Habra Heights	5,304	72.9%	23.1%	53.5%	-30.4%	9.8%	16.0%
La Mirada	48,363	57.0%	38.2%	37.9%	+0.3%	10.2%	16.3%
La Puente	39,957	39.5%	58.6%	15.9%	+42.7%	9.9%	17.5%
La Verne	31,139	66.5%	34.4%	43.0%	-8.6%	10.3%	14.9%
Lakewood	79,994	60.7%	44.5%	30.9%	+13.6%	10.9%	16.4%
Lancaster	152,678	46.0%	39.9%	35.4%	+4.5%	14.4%	14.2%
Lawndale	32,652	40.8%	54.0%	17.8%	+36.2%	11.5%	19.1%
Lomita	20,246	56.4%	41.8%	32.1%	+9.7%	11.6%	17.2%
Long Beach	462,197	54.2%	51.5%	21.1%	+30.4%	13.2%	16.6%
Los Angeles	3,782,544	48.0%	56.1%	15.9%	+40.2%	12.1%	18.0%
Lynwood	69,818	34.7%	66.5%	9.4%	+57.1%	9.4%	16.4%
Malibu	12,746	72.3%	42.2%	29.4%	+12.8%	11.9%	19.1%
Manhattan Beach	34,986	72.1%	35.8%	37.8%	-2.0%	11.0%	17.7%
Maywood	27,454	30.4%	62.3%	10.1%	+52.2%	9.1%	19.8%
Monrovia	36,622	56.9%	41.4%	32.2%	+9.2%	11.2%	17.7%
Montebello	62,470	47.1%	59.0%	16.7%	+42.3%	9.2%	16.7%
Monterey Park	60,251	46.3%	44.7%	19.0%	+25.7%	9.3%	28.5%
Norwalk	105,348	45.1%	54.3%	19.9%	+34.4%	10.1%	17.8%
Palmdale	149,001	45.2%	44.5%	30.6%	+13.9%	13.1%	15.2%
Palos Verdes Estates	13,412	77.1%	25.4%	51.6%	-26.2%	8.7%	16.4%
Paramount	54,196	36.4%	61.3%	13.5%	+47.8%	10.3%	16.8%
Pasadena	136,807	58.2%	49.7%	23.2%	+26.5%	11.5%	17.7%
Pico Rivera	63,004	51.5%	61.9%	15.8%	+46.1%	8.5%	15.4%
Pomona	148,946	39.3%	52.1%	20.2%	+31.9%	12.3%	17.6%
Rancho Palos Verdes	41,575	69.4%	31.7%	42.8%	-11.1%	9.1%	18.4%
Redondo Beach	66,397	66.6%	38.0%	31.4%	+6.6%	13.4%	19.8%
Rolling Hills	1,790	85.9%	19.3%	57.1%	-37.8%	10.2%	16.3%
Rolling Hills Estates	8,040	74.6%	28.1%	49.9%	-21.8%	8.2%	15.5%
Rosemead	53,725	38.5%	45.2%	17.4%	+27.8%	11.5%	28.2%
San Dimas	33,523	64.4%	34.2%	41.7%	-7.5%	11.0%	16.0%
San Fernando	23,638	38.6%	60.9%	12.5%	+48.4%	11.1%	17.2%
San Gabriel	39,703	41.8%	41.4%	22.8%	+18.6%	10.8%	26.8%
San Marino	13,131	67.9%	22.7%	42.1%	-19.4%	7.8%	28.9%
Santa Clarita	173,993	60.4%	33.7%	40.8%	-7.1%	12.1%	16.5%
Santa Fe Springs	16,333	58.5%	57.5%	20.5%	+37.0%	8.7%	15.3%
Santa Monica	89,153	72.9%	53.7%	15.4%	+38.3%	13.5%	19.6%
Sierra Madre	10,881	75.8%	38.0%	36.8%	+1.2%	11.0%	16.7%
Signal Hill	10,842	56.5%	50.7%	21.6%	+29.1%	12.9%	17.6%
South El Monte	20,197	35.7%	57.9%	13.4%	+44.5%	9.2%	21.4%
South Gate	94,586	37.7%	62.6%	12.5%	+50.1%	9.2%	17.3%
South Pasadena	25,465	65.4%	45.6%	24.1%	+21.5%	11.6%	20.8%
Temple City	35,372	50.7%	35.3%	28.4%	+6.9%	10.6%	27.7%
Torrance	144,622	58.2%	37.1%	35.5%	+1.6%	10.3%	19.3%
Vernon	112[37]	69.6%	23.1%	32.1%	-9.0%	26.9%	23.1%
Walnut	29,269	62.2%	33.2%	28.0%	+5.2%	10.3%	30.3%
West Covina	105,810	51.0%	46.7%	25.9%	+20.8%	10.8%	18.9%
West Hollywood	34,564	76.3%	60.5%	9.9%	+50.6%	12.9%	18.8%
Westlake Village	8,276	77.3%	31.9%	42.1%	-10.2%	11.6%	16.8%
Whittier	85,161	54.2%	44.1%	33.2%	+10.9%	10.4%	14.8%

Overview

Los Angeles County vote
by party in presidential elections

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2012	27.8% 885,333	69.7% 2,216,903	2.5% 77,378
2008	28.8% 956,425	69.2% 2,295,853	2.0% 65,970
2004	35.6% 1,076,225	63.2% 1,907,736	1.3% 39,319
2000	32.4% 871,930	63.5% 1,710,505	4.2% 112,719
1996	31.0% 746,544	59.3% 1,430,629	9.7% 233,841
1992	29.0% 799,607	52.5% 1,446,529	18.4% 507,267
1988	46.9% 1,239,716	51.9% 1,372,352	1.2% 32,603
1984	54.5% 1,424,113	44.4% 1,158,912	1.1% 29,889
1980	50.2% 1,224,533	40.2% 979,830	9.7% 235,822
1976	47.8 1,174,926	49.7% 1,221,893	2.5% 62,258
1972	54.8% 1,549,717	42.0% 1,189,977	3.2% 90,676
1968	47.6% 1,266,480	46.0% 1,223,251	6.3% 168,251
1964	42.5% 1,161,067	57.4% 1,568,300	0.1% 1,551
1960	49.4% 1,302,661	50.2% 1,323,818	0.3% 8,020
1956	55.4% 1,260,206	44.3% 1,007,887	0.3% 7,331
1952	56.2% 1,278,407	42.7% 971,408	1.1% 24,725
1948	46.5% 804,232	47.0% 812,690	6.5% 112,160
1944	42.7% 666,441	56.8% 886,252	0.6% 8,871
1940	40.6% 574,266	58.1% 822,718	1.3% 18,285
1936	31.6% 357,401	67.0% 757,351	1.4% 15,663
1932	38.6% 373,738	57.2% 554,476	4.3% 41,380
1928	70.2% 513,526	28.7% 209,945	1.1% 7,830
1924	65.5% 299,675	7.3% 33,554	27.2% 124,228
1920	69.1% 178,117	21.6% 55,661	9.3% 23,992

Los Angeles County has voted for the Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, although it did vote twice for Dwight Eisenhower (1952, 1956), Richard Nixon (1968, 1972), and Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984) the latter two of whom were Californians. From 1920 to 1984 it could be considered as a reliable bellwether county which always voted for the eventual national winner. Los Angeles went against the overall national picture in 1988, 2000 and 2004. In 2008 and 2012 approximately 69% of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama.

In the United States House of Representatives, Los Angeles County is split between 18 congressional districts:^[38]

• California's 23rd congressional district, represented by Republican Kevin McCarthy
• California's 25th congressional district, represented by Republican Steve Knight
• California's 26th congressional district, represented by Democrat Julia Brownley
• California's 27th congressional district, represented by Democrat Judy Chu
• California's 28th congressional district, represented by Democrat Adam Schiff
• California's 29th congressional district, represented by Democrat Tony Cárdenas
• California's 30th congressional district, represented by Democrat Brad Sherman
• California's 32nd congressional district, represented by Democrat Grace Napolitano
• California's 33rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Ted Lieu
• California's 34th congressional district, represented by Democrat Xavier Becerra
• California's 35th congressional district, represented by Democrat Norma Torres
• California's 37th congressional district, represented by Democrat Karen Bass
• California's 38th congressional district, represented by Democrat Linda Sánchez
• California's 39th congressional district, represented by Republican Ed Royce
• California's 40th congressional district, represented by Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard
• California's 43rd congressional district, represented by Democrat Maxine Waters
• California's 44th congressional district, represented by Democrat Janice Hahn and
• California's 47th congressional district, represented by Democrat Alan Lowenthal.

In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 15 legislative districts:^[39]

• the 18th Senate District, represented by Democrat Robert Hertzberg,
• the 20th Senate District, represented by Democrat Connie Leyva,
• the 21st Senate District, represented by Republican Sharon Runner,
• the 22nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Ed Hernandez,
• the 23rd Senate District, represented by Republican Mike Morrell,
• the 24th Senate District, represented by Democrat Kevin de León,
• the 25th Senate District, represented by Democrat Carol Liu,
• the 26th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ben Allen,
• the 27th Senate District, represented by Democrat Fran Pavley,
• the 29th Senate District, represented by Republican Bob Huff,
• the 30th Senate District, represented by Democrat Holly Mitchell,
• the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Tony Mendoza,
• the 33rd Senate District, represented by Democrat Ricardo Lara,
• the 34th Senate District, represented by Republican Janet Nguyen, and
• the 35th Senate District, represented by Democrat Isadore Hall, III.

In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is split between 24 legislative districts:^[40]

• the 36th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tom Lackey,
• the 38th Assembly District, represented by Republican Scott Wilk,
• the 39th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Patty Lopez,
• the 41st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Chris Holden,
• the 43rd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mike Gatto,
• the 44th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jacqui Irwin,
• the 45th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Matt Dababneh,
• the 46th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Adrin Nazarian,
• the 48th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Roger Hernandez,
• the 49th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ed Chau,
• the 50th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Richard Bloom,
• the 51st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Jimmy Gomez,
• the 52nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Freddie Rodriguez,
• the 53rd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Miguel Santiago,
• the 54th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Sebastian Ridley-Thomas,
• the 55th Assembly District, represented by Republican Ling-Ling Chang,
• the 57th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ian Calderon,
• the 58th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Cristina Garcia,
• the 59th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Reggie Jones-Sawyer,
• the 62nd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Autumn Burke,
• the 63rd Assembly District, represented by Democrat Anthony Rendon,
• the 64th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Mike Gipson,
• the 66th Assembly District, represented by Republican David Hadley, and
• the 70th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Patrick O'Donnell.

On November 4, 2008, Los Angeles County was almost evenly split over Proposition 8 which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages. The county voted for the amendment 50.1% with a margin of 2,385 votes.^[41]

Legal system

The Los Angeles Superior Court, has jurisdiction over all cases arising under state law, while the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California hears all federal cases. Both are headquartered in a large cluster of government buildings in the city's Civic Center.

Historically, the courthouses were county-owned buildings that were maintained at county expense, which created significant friction since the trial court judges, as officials of the state government, had to lobby the county Board of Supervisors for facility renovations and upgrades. In turn, the state judiciary successfully persuaded the state Legislature to authorize the transfer of all courthouses to the state government in 2008 and 2009 (so that judges would have direct control over their own courthouses). Courthouse security is still provided by the county government under a contract with the state.

Unlike the largest city in the United States, New York City, all of the city of Los Angeles and most of its important suburbs are located within a single county. As a result, both the county superior court and the federal district court are respectively the busiest courts of their type in the nation.^[42][43]

Many celebrities like O. J. Simpson have been seen in Los Angeles courts. In 2003, the television show Extra (based in nearby Glendale) found itself running so many reports on the legal problems of local celebrities that it spun them off into a separate show, Celebrity Justice.

State cases are appealed to the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, which is also headquartered in the Civic Center, and then to the California Supreme Court, which is headquartered in San Francisco but also hears argument in Los Angeles (again, in the Civic Center). Federal cases are appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which hears them at its branch building in Pasadena. The court of last resort for federal cases is the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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[12]	9,787,747
Violent crime[44]	54,747	5.59
Homicide[44]	699	0.07
Forcible rape[44]	2,114	0.22
Robbery[44]	24,528	2.51
Aggravated assault[44]	27,406	2.80
Property crime[44]	155,583	15.90
Burglary[44]	50,558	5.17
Larceny-theft[44][note 4]	144,589	14.77
Motor vehicle theft[44]	46,710	4.77
Arson[44]	2,815	0.29

Cities by population and crime rates

Cities by population and crime rates
City	Population[45]	Violent crimes[45]	Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons	Property crimes[45]	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)^[46]

• 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^[47]

• Thefts: 54,971 ^[48]
• Burglaries: 17,606
• Car Thefts: 15,866^[48]
• Robberies: 10,202
• Violent Crimes: 20,318^[48]
• Rapes: 843
• Assaults: 8,976^[48]
• Murders: 297

Education

The Los Angeles County Office of Education provides a supporting role for school districts in the area. The county office also operates two magnet schools, the International Polytechnic High School and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. There are a number of private schools in the county, most notably those operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

Colleges

Universities

Sites of interest

The county's most visited park is Griffith Park, owned by the city of Los Angeles. The county is also known for the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, the annual Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits, the Arboretum of Los Angeles, and two horse racetracks and two car racetracks (Pomona Raceway and Irwindale Speedway), also the RMS Queen Mary located in Long Beach, and the Long Beach Grand Prix, and miles of beaches—from Zuma to Cabrillo.

Venice Beach is a popular attraction where its Muscle Beach used to find throngs of tourists admiring "hardbodies". Today it is more arts-centered. Santa Monica's pier is a well known tourist spot, famous for its ferris wheel and bumper car rides, which were featured in the introductory segment of the television sitcom Three's Company. Further north in Pacific Palisades one finds the beaches used in the television series Baywatch. The fabled Malibu, home of many a film or television star, lies west of it.

In the mountain, canyon, and desert areas one may find Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, where many old westerns were filmed. Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains is open for the public to view astronomical stars from its telescope, now computer-assisted. Many county residents find relaxation in water skiing and swimming at Castaic Lake Recreation Area – the county's largest park by area – as well as enjoying natural surroundings and starry nights at Saddleback Butte State Park in the eastern Antelope Valley – California State Parks' largest in area within the county. The California Poppy Reserve is located in the western Antelope Valley and shows off the State's flower in great quantity on its rolling hills every spring.

Museums

• Battleship USS Iowa, Los Angeles Waterfront
• California Science Center, Los Angeles (formerly the Museum of Science and Industry)
• Huntington Library, San Marino
• Long Beach Museum of Art in the historic Elizabeth Milbank Anderson residence
• Los Angeles Children's Museum
• Los Angeles County Fire Museum, in Bellflower
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mid-City, Los Angeles
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1950); The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1980)
• Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City
• Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach
• Museum of Neon Art
• Museum of the American West (Gene Autry Museum), in Griffith Park
• Museum of Tolerance
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Pasadena Museum of California Art, in Pasadena
• J. Paul Getty Center, Brentwood (Ancient Roman, Greek, and European Renaissance Art)
• J. Paul Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, Getty's original house
• George C. Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits
• Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (Contemporary art)
• Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (19th- and early 20th-century art)
• Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
• Southwest Museum

Entertainment

Descanso Gardens Dodger Stadium Exposition Park Farmers Market Griffith Park

Griffith Observatory Huntington Botanical Gardens La Brea Tar Pits Music Center Olvera Street

STAPLES Center Third Street Promenade Venice Beach Los Angeles Zoo

Music venues

Amusement parks

• Raging Waters
• Six Flags Magic Mountain
• Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
• Universal Studios Hollywood
• Pacific Park

Other attractions

U.S. Bank Tower Central Los Angeles Library Watts Towers

Wayfarers Chapel Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple

Queen Mary Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Other areas

Communities

Cities

There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the most populous are: ^[49]

1. Los Angeles 3,792,621 2. Long Beach 462,257 3. Glendale 191,719 4. Santa Clarita 179,013 5. Lancaster 156,633

6. Palmdale 152,750 7. Pomona 149,058 8. Torrance 145,438 9. Pasadena 137,122 10. El Monte 113,475

11. Downey 111,772 12. Inglewood 109,673 13. West Covina 106,098 14. Norwalk 105,549 15. Burbank 103,340

Unincorporated areas

Despite the large number of incorporated cities, most of the area of the county is unincorporated, and falls directly under the county government's jurisdiction. There are 140 County-recognized unincorporated communities. The Board of Supervisors is their "city council" and the supervisor representing the area the "mayor." County departments provide the municipal services.^[50] Some unincorporated areas may have town councils which provide advisory services to local supervisors and government officials.^[51]

Census designated places

Other communities

See: Los Angeles Almanac MAP: Unincorporated Areas and Communities of Los Angeles County

See also

• List of museums in Los Angeles, California
• List of museums in Greater Los Angeles County
• List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California
• List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Los Angeles County, California.

Wikisource has the text of an 1879 American Cyclopædia article about Los Angeles County, California.

• Official website
• LA County Sheriff's list of Unincorporated Areas in Los Angeles County
• Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

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