Los Angeles metropolitan area

Coordinates: 34°N 118°W / 34°N 118°W / 34; -118

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim
Coordinates: 33°54′N 118°15′W / 33.9°N 118.25°W / 33.9; -118.25
Country	United States
State(s)	California
Largest city	Los Angeles
Other cities	– Long Beach  – Anaheim  – Santa Ana  – Irvine  – Glendale  – Huntington Beach  – Santa Clarita
Area
• Total	4,850.3 sq mi (12,562 km2)
Highest elevation	Mount San Antonio 10,068 ft (3,069 m)
Lowest elevation	Wilmington −9 ft (-3 m)
Population
• Total	12,828,837 (2,010)
• Rank	2nd in the U.S.
• Density	2,645.0/sq mi (1,024.7/km2)

The Los Angeles metropolitan area, also known as Metropolitan Los Angeles or the Southland,^[1] is the 13th largest metropolitan area in the world and the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States.^[2] It is entirely located in the southern portion of the U.S. State of California.

The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), consisting of Los Angeles and Orange counties, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other agencies.^[3] Its land area is 4,850 sq. mi (12,562 km²).

Los Angeles and Orange counties are the first and third most populous counties in California respectively, and Los Angeles, with 9,819,000 people in 2010, is the most populous county in the United States. The combined Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to 18.2 million people, making it the most populous metropolitan area in the western United States and the largest in area in the United States. The metro area has at its core the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim corridor, an urbanized area defined by the Census Bureau with a population 12,150,996 as of the 2010 Census.

The Census Bureau also defines a wider region based on commuting patterns, the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA), more commonly known as the Greater Los Angeles Area, with an estimated population of 18,238,998.^[4] This includes the three additional counties of Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino. The total land area of the combined statistical area is 33,955 sq. mi (87,945 km²).

Definitions

The counties and county groupings comprising the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area are listed below with 2012 U.S. Bureau of the Census estimates of their populations.^[5]

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (12,828,837)

• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division (9,818,605)
  • Los Angeles County (9,818,605)
• Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division (3,010,232)
  • Orange County (3,010,232)

Major divisions of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area

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

In addition to the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, the following Metropolitan Statistical Areas are also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (total pop. 18,238,998):^[5]

• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (835,981)
  • Ventura County (835,981)
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (4,350,096)
  • Riverside County, California (2,268,783)
  • San Bernardino County, California (2,081,313)

Urban areas of the region

The Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA is a multicore metropolitan region containing several urban areas.

Urban areas

The combined statistical area is a multicore metropolitan region containing several urban areas.

Population Rank	Urbanized Area	2010 Population
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim	12,150,996
22	Riverside-San Bernardino	1,932,666
69	Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-San Clemente	583,681
87	Murrieta-Temecula-Menifee	441,546
103	Oxnard	367,260
111	Indio-Cathedral City	345,580
112	Lancaster-Palmdale	341,219
114	Victorville-Hesperia	328,454
146	Santa Clarita	258,653
168	Thousand Oaks	214,811
205	Hemet	163,379
254	Simi Valley	125,206
386	Camarillo	71,772

Cities

Principal cities

The following is a list of cities with populations over 50,000 in the Los Angeles metropolitan area with 2011 United States Census Bureau estimates of their population.^[6] Cities in bold are considered principal cities of the metropolitan area by the Census Bureau, which represent significant employment centers:^[7]

Los Angeles – 3,819,702 Long Beach – 465,576 Anaheim – 341,361 Santa Ana – 329,427 Irvine – 215,529 Glendale – 196,021 Huntington Beach – 192,888 Santa Clarita – 177,601 Garden Grove – 173,470 Lancaster – 157,693 Palmdale – 153,867 Pomona – 150,119 Torrance – 146,493 Orange – 138,409 Pasadena – 138,101 Fullerton – 137,183 El Monte – 114,296 Downey – 112,584 Costa Mesa – 111,600

Inglewood – 110,464 West Covina – 106,870 Norwalk – 106,309 Burbank – 104,092 Compton – 97,156 South Gate – 95,084 Mission Viejo – 94,721 Carson – 92,376 Westminster – 91,064 Santa Monica – 90,377 Newport Beach – 86,484 Whittier – 85,943 Hawthorne – 84,905 Alhambra – 83,693 Buena Park – 81,747 Lakewood – 80,634 Lake Forest – 78,439 Bellflower – 77,170 Tustin – 76,689

Baldwin Park – 75,940 Lynwood – 70,257 Redondo Beach – 67,233 Yorba Linda – 65,215 San Clemente – 64,491 Laguna Niguel – 63,940 Pico Rivera – 63,400 Montebello – 62,954 La Habra – 61,164 Monterey Park – 60,707 Gardena – 59,253 Huntington Park – 58,536 Arcadia – 56,769 Fountain Valley – 56,153 Diamond Bar – 55,951 Paramount – 54,492 Rosemead – 54,154 Placentia – 51,302 Glendora – 50,435

Economy

The economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area is famously and heavily based on the entertainment industry, with a particular focus on television, motion pictures, interactive games, and recorded music – the Hollywood district of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas are known as the "movie capital of the United States" due to the region's extreme commercial and historical importance to the American motion picture industry. Other significant sectors include shipping/international trade – particularly at the adjacent Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, together comprising the United States' busiest seaport – as well as aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion and apparel, and tourism.

The City of Los Angeles is home to five Fortune 500 companies: energy company Occidental Petroleum, healthcare provider Health Net, metals distributor Reliance Steel & Aluminum, engineering firm AECOM, and real estate group CB Richard Ellis. Other companies headquartered in Los Angeles include American Apparel, City National Bank, 20th Century Fox, Latham & Watkins, Univision, Metro Interactive, LLC, Premier America, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, DeviantArt,^[8] Guess?, O’Melveny & Myers; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Tokyopop, The Jim Henson Company, Paramount Pictures, Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, Tutor Perini, Fox Sports Net, Capital Group, and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Korean Air's US passenger and cargo operations headquarters are located in two separate offices in Los Angeles.^[9]

If the Greater Los Angeles CSA were counted as a country it would have the 15th largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP, placing it just below Australia and above the Netherlands, Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, and Indonesia.^[10] The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) also has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $831 billion (as of 2008), which makes it the third largest economic center in the world, after the Greater Tokyo Area and the New York-Newark-Bridgeport CSA.^[11]

The Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach together comprise the fifth busiest port in the world being the center of imports and exports for trade on the west Pacific Coast as well as being one of the most significant ports of the western hemisphere. The Port of Los Angeles occupies 7,500 acres (30 km2) of land and water along 43 miles (69 km) of waterfront and is the busiest container port in the United States. The Port is the busiest port in the United States by container volume, the 8th busiest container port in the world.^[12][13][14] The top trading partners in 2004 were: China ($68.8 billion), Japan ($24.1 billion), Taiwan ($10.8 billion), Thailand ($6.7 billion), & South Korea ($5.6 billion)

The Port of Long Beach is the 2nd busiest container port in the United States. It adjoins the separate Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for U.S.-Asian trade, the port occupies 3,200 acres (13 km2) of land with 25 miles (40 km) of waterfront in the city of Long Beach, California. The seaport boasts approximately $100 billion in trade and provides more than 316,000 jobs in Southern California. The Port of Long Beach import and export more than $100 billion worth of goods every year. The seaport provides the country with jobs, generate tax revenue, and supporting retail and manufacturing businesses.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1890	115,043		—
1900	189,994		65.2%
1910	538,567		183.5%
1920	997,830		85.3%
1930	2,327,166		133.2%
1940	2,916,403		25.3%
1950	4,367,911		49.8%
1960	6,742,696		54.4%
1970	8,463,213		25.5%
1980	9,410,159		11.2%
1990	11,273,720		19.8%
2000	12,365,627		9.7%
2010	12,828,837		3.7%
State Census data

According to the 2009 American Community Survey, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area had a population of 12,874,797, of which 6,402,498 (49.7% of the population) were male and 6,472,299 (50.3% of the population) were female.

The age composition was the following:

• Under 5 years: 7.3%
• 5 to 9 years: 6.6%
• 10 to 14 years: 7.0%
• 15 to 19 years: 7.2%
• 20 to 24 years: 7.0%
• 25 to 34 years: 15.5%
• 35 to 44 years: 14.8%
• 45 to 54 years: 13.9%
• 55 to 59 years: 5.5%
• 60 to 64 years: 4.4%
• 65 to 74 years: 5.6%
• 75 to 84 years: 3.6%
• 85 years and over: 1.6%

Median age: 34.6 years

According to the survey, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area was 54.6% White (32.2% non-Hispanic White alone), 7.0% Black or African American, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 13.9% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 20.6% from Some other race, and 3.2% from Two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 44.8% of the population.

Whites are the racial majority; whites of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 54.6% of the population. Non-Hispanic whites make up under one-third (32.2%) of the population. Approximately 7,028,533 residents are white, of which 4,150,426 are non-Hispanic whites.

The top five European ancestries are the following:

• German: 6.9% (883,124)
• Irish: 5.3% (786,541)
• English: 4.8% (619,364)
• Italian: 3.3% (425,056)
• French: 1.6% (204,635)

Blacks are a sizable minority; blacks of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 7.0% of the population. Non-Hispanic blacks make up 6.7% of the population. Approximately 895,931 residents are black, of which 864,737 are non-Hispanic blacks. In the survey, 136,024 people identified their ancestry as "Sub-Saharan African", equal to 1.1% of the population.

American Indians are a small minority; American Indians of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 0.5% of the population. American Indians of non-Hispanic origin make up 0.2% of the populace. Approximately 68,822 residents are American Indian, of which 26,134 are American Indians of non-Hispanic origin. Approximately 3,872 Cherokee, 1,679 Navajo, 1,000 Chippewa, and 965 Sioux reside in the area.

Asians are a large minority; Asians of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 13.9% of the population. Asians of non-Hispanic origin make up 13.7% of the population. Approximately 1,790,140 residents are Asian, of which 1,770,225 are Asians of non-Hispanic origin.

The six Asian ancestries mentioned are the following:

• Chinese: 3.5% (454,086)
• Filipino: 3.0% (390,192)
• Korean: 2.1% (274,288)
• Vietnamese: 2.0% (254,353)
• Japanese: 1.0% (134,466)
• Indian: 0.9% (116,090)

"Other Asian" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group includes people of Cambodian, Laotian, Pakistani, Burmese, Taiwanese, and Thai descent, among others. Approximately 166,665 people are in this category, and they make up 1.3% of the population.

Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are a very small minority; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders make up 0.3% of the population. Approximately 37,719 residents are Native Hawaiian or of other Pacific Islander ancestries, of which 33,982 are of non-Hispanic origin.

The three Pacific Islander ancestries mentioned are the following:

• Samoan: 0.1% (13,519)
• Native Hawaiian: 0.1% (6,855)
• Guamanian or Chamorro: <0.1% (4,581)

"Other Pacific Islander" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group includes people of Fijian and Tongan descent, among others. Approximately 12,764 people are in this category, and they make up 0.1% of the population.

Multiracial individuals are a sizable minority; multiracial people of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin make up 3.2% of the population, of which 1.8% were of non-Hispanic origin. Approximately 405,568 people are multiracial, of which 228,238 are of non-Hispanic origin.

The four multiracial ancestries mentioned are the following:

• White and Asian: 0.8% (107,585)
• White and American Indian: 0.4% (55,960)
• White and Black or African American: 0.4% (53,476)
• Black or African American and American Indian: 0.1% (12,661)

Hispanic or Latinos, are, by far, the largest minority group; Hispanics or Latinos make up 44.8% of the population. They do not make up a majority, but they make up a plurality, outnumbering every other individual racial group. Approximately 5,763,181 residents are Hispanic or Latino.

The three Hispanic or Latino ancestries mentioned are the following:

• Mexican: 35.5% (4,570,776)
• Puerto Rican: 0.4% (48,780)
• Cuban: 0.4% (47,056)

"Other Hispanic or Latino" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group include people of Costa Rican, Salvadoran, and Colombian descent, among others. Approximately 1,096,569 people are in this category, and they make up 8.5% of the population.

Source 1:^[15]

Source 2:^[16]

Tourism

Due to L.A.'s stance as The Entertainment Capital of the World, there are an abundance of tourist attractions in the area. Consequently, the metropolitan L.A. is one of the most visited areas in the world. Here is a breakdown of some of its major attractions:

Theme parks

Beaches

Shopping

Motion picture studios

Waterparks

Zoos and aquariums

Nightlife

Museums

See also, Los Angeles City Museums

Presidential Museums

• Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

Other

• Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
• Queen Mary
• Mission Inn

Transportation

Commercial airports

Airport	IATA code	ICAO code	County
Los Angeles International Airport	LAX	KLAX	Los Angeles
John Wayne Airport	SNA	KSNA	Orange
Bob Hope Airport	BUR	KBUR	Los Angeles
Ontario International Airport	ONT	KONT	San Bernardino
Long Beach Municipal Airport	LGB	KLGB	Los Angeles

Interstates

• Golden State Freeway/Santa Ana Freeway/San Diego Freeway/Montgomery Freeway (Interstate 5)
• Santa Monica Freeway/Rosa Parks Freeway/Golden State Freeway^[17] (Interstate 10)
• Glenn Anderson Freeway/Century Freeway (Interstate 105)
• Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110)
• Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210)
• San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405)
• San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605)
• Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710)

California State Highways

• State Route 1
• State Route 2
• State Route 14
• State Route 18
• State Route 19
• State Route 39
• State Route 47
• State Route 57
• State Route 60
• State Route 71
• State Route 90
• State Route 91
• State Route 110
• State Route 134
• State Route 138
• State Route 170

Los Angeles County Metro

The Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. It is run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its system runs five rail lines throughout Los Angeles County. Metro Rail currently operates four light rail lines and two rapid transit subway lines, altogether totaling 87.7 miles (141.1 km) of rail, 101 stations, and over 360,000 daily weekday boardings as of December 2012.^[18]

• The Blue Line – light rail
• The Red Line – subway
• The Green Line – light rail
• The Gold Line – light rail
• The Purple Line – subway
• The Expo Line – light rail

The systems light rail system is the second busiest LRT system in the United States, after Boston, by number of riders, with 200,300 average weekday boardings during the third quarter of 2012.^[19]

Since the region of the city is in close proximity to a major fault area the tunnels were built to resist earthquakes of up to magnitude 7.5. Both subway lines use an electrified third rail to provide power to the trains, rendering these lines unusable on the other three. The Blue and Gold Lines run mostly at grade, with some street-running, elevated, and underground stretches in the more densely populated areas of Los Angeles. The Green Line is entirely grade separated, running in the median of I-105 and then turning southward along an elevated route.

The rail lines run regularly on a 5 am and midnight schedule, seven days a week. Limited service on particular segments is provided after midnight and before 5 am There is no rail service between 2 and 3:30 am Exact times vary from route to route; see individual route articles for more information.

Codes of metropolitan Los Angeles

Area codes

• 213 – Downtown Los Angeles, surrounded by 323 (October 1947)
• 310/424 – Santa Monica, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Compton, Lynwood, Torrance, Beverly Hills, Catalina Island; the southwestern portion of Los Angeles County. (Split from 213 on November 2, 1991; overlaid by 424 on August 26, 2006)
• 323 – a ring around downtown Los Angeles, including the Hollywood and Eagle Rock districts of Los Angeles, South Gate, Huntington Park, Vernon, Walnut Park, Florence, Bell, Bell Gardens, Cudahy, Montebello, and East Los Angeles. (Split from 213 on June 13, 1998)
• 562 – Long Beach, Downey, Whittier; Norwalk, Lakewood, Bellflower, Paramount, Cerritos, southeast Los Angeles County, and a small portion of coastal Orange County. (Split from 310 on January 25, 1997)
• 626 – Pasadena, El Monte, West Covina; the San Gabriel Valley, and eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. (Split from 818 on June 14, 1997)
• 657/714 – Anaheim, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Garden Grove; northern and western Orange County (overlay with 714) (September 23, 2008)
• 661 – Bakersfield, Santa Clarita, Palmdale; northern Los Angeles County including the Antelope Valley, and most of Kern County, including the southern San Joaquin Valley. (Split from 805 on February 13, 1999)
• 747/818 – Burbank, Glendale, the North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Panorama City, Sherman Oaks, and Northridge districts of Los Angeles; the San Fernando Valley. (Split from 213 on January 7, 1984)
• 909 – Pomona, Walnut, Diamond Bar, La Verne, Claremont, and Eastern Glendora. (The Eastern San Gabriel Valley)
• 949 – Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, San Juan Capistrano; southern and eastern Orange County. (Split from 714 on April 18, 1998)

ZIP codes

The following is the list of ZIP codes for select areas within the metropolitan area.

Culture

Sports teams

Listing of the professional sports teams in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

• National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • Los Angeles Clippers
  • Los Angeles Lakers
• Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
  • Los Angeles Sparks
• Major League Baseball (MLB)
  • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  • Los Angeles Dodgers
• National Hockey League (NHL)
  • Los Angeles Kings
  • Anaheim Ducks
• Major League Soccer (MLS)
  • Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Chivas USA 2005-2014 folded and replaced by Los Angeles Football Club in 2017

As a whole, the Los Angeles area has more national championships, all sports combined (college and professional), than any other city in the United States, with over four times as many championships as the entire state of Texas, and just over twice that of New York City.^[20]

Media

The Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to the headquarters of several well-known media companies including: the Los Angeles Times, Fox Broadcasting Company, Universal Studios, and The Walt Disney Company. Local television channels include KCBS-TV 2 (CBS), KNBC 4 (NBC), KTLA 5 (CW), KABC 7 (ABC), KCAL-TV 9 (Independent/CBS), KTTV 11 (FOX), KCOP 13 (myNetworkTV), KPXN-TV 38/30 (Ion), and KLCS 41/58 (PBS). Radio stations serving the area include: KKJZ, KIIS, KNX (AM), and KMZT.

See also

• Greater Los Angeles Area
• United States metropolitan area
• Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• New York Metropolitan Area
• Chicago Metropolitan Area

References

External references

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