Los Angeles County, California - wikipedia Los Angeles County, California `` LA County '' redirects here. For the equivalent of counties in Louisiana, see List of parishes in Louisiana. County in California, United States Los Angeles County, California County County of Los Angeles Images, from top down, left to right : Downtown Los Angeles in December 2007, Venice, Los Angeles during sunset, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, Satellite picture of Santa Catalina Island, the Santa Monica Pier, Angeles National Forest, Vasquez Rocks, Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve Flag Seal Nickname ( s ) : `` L.A. County '' 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 ; - 118.250 Coordinates : 34 ° 3 ′ N 118 ° 15 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.050 ° N 118.250 ° W ﻿ / 34.050 ; - 118.250 Country United States State California Region Southern California Metro area Greater Los Angeles Formed February 18, 1850 Named for The Los Angeles, which was named for Our Lady, Queen of the Angels County seat Los Angeles Largest city Los Angeles Incorporated cities 88 Government Type Council -- manager Body Board of Supervisors Board of Supervisors Supervisors Hilda Solis Mark Ridley - Thomas Sheila Kuehl Janice Hahn Kathryn Barger Chief executive officer Sachi A. Hamai Area Total 4,751 sq mi ( 12,310 km ) Land 4,058 sq mi ( 10,510 km ) Water 693 sq mi ( 1,790 km ) Highest elevation 10,068 ft ( 3,069 m ) Lowest elevation 0 ft ( 0 m ) Population ( April 1, 2010 ) Total 9,818,605 Estimate ( 2017 ) 10,163,507 Density 2,100 / sq mi ( 800 / km ) 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 GDP $664 billion Website www.lacounty.gov Chamber of Commerce brochure, c. 1920 Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is the most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2017. Its population is larger than that of 41 individual U.S. states. It is the third - largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a GDP of over $700 billion -- larger than the GDPs of Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Taiwan. It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and at 4,083 square miles ( 10,570 km ), it is larger than the combined areas of the U.S. states of Delaware and Rhode Island. The county is home to more than one - quarter of California residents and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S. Its county seat, Los Angeles, is also its most populous city at about four million. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2.1 Lakes and reservoirs 2.2 Major divisions of the county 2.3 National protected areas 3 Demographics 3.1 Race and ancestry 3.2 2000 3.3 Income 3.4 Religion 4 Law, government and politics 4.1 Government 4.2 Politics 4.2. 1 Voter registration 4.2. 2 Overview 4.3 Legal system 5 Crime 5.1 Cities by population and crime rates 5.2 Other statistics 6 Economy 7 Education 7.1 Colleges 7.2 Universities 8 Sites of interest 8.1 Museums 8.2 Entertainment 8.3 Music venues 8.4 Amusement parks 8.5 Other attractions 8.6 Other areas 9 Transportation 9.1 Major highways 9.2 Air 9.3 Rail 9.4 Sea 10 Communities 10.1 Cities 10.2 Unincorporated areas 10.2. 1 Census designated places 10.2. 2 Other communities 10.3 Population ranking 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links History See also : History of Los Angeles Los Angeles County is one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. The county originally included parts of what are now Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties. As the population increased, sections were split off to organize San Bernardino County in 1853, Kern County in 1866, and Orange County in 1889. Geography Los Angeles Ventura Kern San Bernardino Orange Pacific Ocean Los Angeles and adjacent counties According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 4,751 square miles ( 12,310 km ), of which 4,058 square miles ( 10,510 km ) is land and 693 square miles ( 1,790 km ) ( 15 % ) is water. Los Angeles County borders 70 miles ( 110 km ) of coast on the Pacific Ocean and encompasses mountain ranges, 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. Los Angeles at night. Aerial photo taken from San Pedro, looking North. 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, Pomona Valley, Crescenta Valley and Antelope Valley. The county is divided west - to - east by the San Gabriel Mountains, which are part of the Transverse Ranges of southern California, and are contained mostly within the Angeles National Forest. Most of the county 's highest peaks are in the San Gabriel Mountains, including Mount San Antonio 10,068 feet ( 3,069 m ) ) at the Los Angeles - San Bernardino county lines, Mount Baden - Powell 9,399 feet ( 2,865 m ), Mount Burnham 8,997 feet ( 2,742 m ) and Mount Wilson 5,710 feet ( 1,740 m ). Several lower mountains are 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 includes San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island, which are part of the Channel Islands archipelago off the Pacific Coast. Lakes and reservoirs Baldwin Lake Bouquet Reservoir Castaic Lake Crystal Lake Elizabeth Lake Holiday Lake Hollywood Reservoir Hughes Lake Jackson Lake Malibou Lake Morris Reservoir Munz Lakes Lake Palmdale Puddingstone Reservoir Pyramid Lake Quail Lake Silver Lake Reservoir Stone Canyon Reservoir Tweedy Lake Major divisions of the county East : Eastside, San Gabriel Valley, portions of the Pomona Valley West : Westside, Beach Cities South : South Bay, South Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Gateway Cities, Los Angeles Harbor Region North : San Fernando Valley, Crescenta Valley, portions of the Conejo Valley, portions of the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley Central : Downtown Los Angeles, Mid-Wilshire, Northeast Los Angeles National protected areas Angeles National Forest ( part ) Los Padres National Forest ( part ) Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area ( part ) Demographics Main article : Demographics of Los Angeles County Los Angeles County had a population of 9,818,605 in the 2010 United States Census. The racial makeup of Los Angeles County was 4,936,599 ( 50 % ) White, 1,346,865 ( 13.7 % ) Asian, 856,874 ( 9 % ) African American, 72,828 ( 0.7 % ) Native American, 26,094 ( 0.3 % ) Pacific Islander, 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 28 % of the population. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race numbered 4,687,889 ( 48 % ) ; 36 % of Los Angeles County 's population was of Mexican ancestry ; 3.7 % Salvadoran, and 2.2 % Guatemalan heritage. The county has a large population of Asian Americans, being home to the largest concentration of immigrants who are Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Korean, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai in the world. The largest Asian groups of the 1,346,865 ( 13.7 % ) Asians in Los Angeles County are 4.0 % Chinese, 3.3 % Filipino, 2.2 % Korean, 1.0 % Japanese, 0.9 % Vietnamese, 0.8 % Indian, and 0.3 % Cambodian. 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 % 8,863,164 18.5 % 2000 9,519,338 7.4 % 9,818,605 3.1 % Est. 2017 10,163,507 3.5 % U.S. Decennial Census 1790 -- 1960 1900 -- 1990 1990 -- 2000 2010 -- 2015 Race and ancestry Population, race, and income ( 2011 ) Total population 9,787,747 White 5,126,367 52.4 % Black or African American 844,048 8.6 % American Indian or Alaska Native 49,329 0.5 % Asian 1,347,782 13.8 % Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 26,310 0.3 % Some other race 2,064,759 21.1 % Two or more races 329,152 3.4 % Hispanic or Latino ( of any race ) 4,644,328 47.5 % Per capita income $27,954 Median household income $56,266 Median family income $62,595 The racial makeup of the county is 48.7 % White, 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, 1.87 % Armenian, 0.5 % Arabic, and 0.2 % Hindi. The county 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. As estimated by the Public Policy Institute of California in 2008, Los Angeles County is home to more than one - third of California 's undocumented immigrants, who make up more than ten percent of the population. 2000 Map of Los Angeles County showing population density in 2000 by census tract At the census 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 / km ). There were 3,270,909 housing units at an average density of 806 per square mile ( 311 / km ). There were 3,133,774 households out of which 37 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48 % were married couples living together, 15 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 32 % were non-families. 25 % of all households were made up of individuals and 7 % 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 % under the age of 18, 10 % from 18 to 24, 33 % from 25 to 44, 19 % from 45 to 64, and 10 % 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. Income Percent of households with incomes above $150 k across LA County census tracts. The median personal earnings for all workers 16 and older in Los Angeles County are $30,654, slightly below the US median ; earnings, however vary widely by neighborhood, race and ethnicity, and gender. 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. Los Angeles County has the highest number of millionaires of any county in the nation, totaling 261,081 households as of 2007. 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. Los Angeles County has the largest number of homeless people, with `` 48,000 people living on the streets, including 6,000 veterans. '', in 2010. As of 2017 the number of homeless in the county of Los Angeles increased to nearly 58,000. Religion In 2000, there were hundreds of Christian churches, 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 in the county. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has approximately 5 million members and is the largest diocese in the United States. Law, government and politics Government Main article : Government of Los Angeles County 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. 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. The county government is managed on a day - to - day basis by a Chief Executive Officer 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 : The Grand Avenue entrance of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs -- offers consumers in the county a variety of services including : consumer and real estate counseling, mediation, and small claims counseling investigates consumer complains, real estate fraud and identity theft issues. The department also provides small business certifications and helps entrepreneurs navigate the process of opening a business. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services -- administers foster care Los Angeles County Fire Department -- provides firefighting services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities. 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 Office of the Public Defender -- Defends indigent people accused of criminal offenses. Los Angeles County Probation Department Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department -- provides law enforcement services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 42 cities. 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 Main article : Politics of Los Angeles County Los Angeles County vote by party in presidential elections Year GOP DEM Others 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 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 30.96 % 746,544 59.34 % 1,430,629 9.70 % 233,841 29.04 % 799,607 52.54 % 1,446,529 18.43 % 507,267 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 Voter registration Population and registered voters Total population 9,787,747 Registered voters 4,865,403 49.7 % Democratic 2,486,479 51.1 % Republican 1,048,507 21.6 % Democratic -- Republican spread + 1,437,972 + 29.5 % Independent 109,055 2.2 % Green 24,534 0.5 % Libertarian 25,808 0.5 % Peace and Freedom 24,950 0.5 % Americans Elect 2,583 0.1 % Other 262,180 5.4 % No party preference 881,307 18.1 % Overview Los Angeles County has voted for the Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the past four decades, and has gone Democratic in every election since 1988. However, 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 was a bellwether county that always voted for the eventual national winner. It voted against the national popular vote winner in 1988 and 2004. In 2008 and 2012 approximately 69 % of the electorate voted for Democrat Barack Obama. In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton won 71 % of the vote, marking the largest percentage of the electorate ever won by a single candidate in the county. In the United States House of Representatives, Los Angeles County is split between 18 congressional districts : In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 15 legislative districts : In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is split between 24 legislative districts : 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 50.04 % with a margin of 2,385 votes. Legal system Further information : Superior Court of Los Angeles County The Los Angeles Superior Court, is the county 's court of general jurisdiction, while the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California may hear cases where federal jurisdiction is present. 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. 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 9,787,747 Violent crime 54,747 5.59 Homicide 699 0.07 Forcible rape 2,114 0.22 Robbery 24,528 2.51 Aggravated assault 27,406 2.80 Property crime 155,583 15.90 Burglary 50,558 5.17 Larceny - theft 144,589 14.77 Motor vehicle theft 46,710 4.77 Arson 2,815 0.29 Cities by population and crime rates Cities by population and crime rates City Population Violent crimes Violent crime rate per 1,000 persons Property crimes 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 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 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 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 ) 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 Thefts : 54,971 Burglaries : 17,606 Car Thefts : 15,866 Robberies : 10,202 Violent Crimes : 20,318 Rapes : 843 Assaults : 8,976 Murders : 297 Economy See also : Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employment by industry in Los Angeles County ( 2015 ) Los Angeles County is commonly associated with the entertainment and digital media 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. Numerous other major industries also define the economy of Los Angeles County, including international trade supported by the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, music recording and production, aerospace and defense, fashion, and professional services such as law, medicine, engineering and design services, financial services and more. High - tech sector employment within Los Angeles County is 368,500 workers, and manufacturing employment within Los Angeles County is 365,000 workers. The following major companies have headquarters in Los Angeles County : Burbank Walt Disney Co Cerritos CareMore Isuzu Motors America Memorex RazorUSA Beverly Hills Live Nation Entertainment, Inc El Segundo Konami Mattel, Inc Glendale Avery Dennison Corp. Hawthorne Space X La Mirada Makita Los Angeles AECOM CBRE Group Dollar Shave Club Fandango, Inc. Farmers Insurance Group The Honest Company Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Snapchat Universal Pictures Long Beach Molina Healthcare Monrovia Trader Joe 's Palmdale Delta Scientific Rosemead Edison International Santa Clarita Princess Cruise Lines Honda Racing Santa Monica Activision Blizzard Hulu Riot Games TrueCar Torrance American Honda Motor Co. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. Westlake Village Dole Food Company Woodland Hills Farmers Insurance Exchange Health Net Inc. Unincorporated areas ICANN ( Marina del Rey ) 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 Roman Catholic Archdiocese. 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 McKenna College, Claremont 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 Harvey Mudd College, Claremont 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, 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 Pitzer College, Claremont Pomona College, Claremont Rio Hondo College, Whittier Santa Monica College ( SMC ), Santa Monica Scripps College, Claremont 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 Sites of Interest L.A. County Fair at dusk, 2008 Photo of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art during its 2005 Ancient Egypt exhibit. 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 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California Battleship USS Iowa, Los Angeles Waterfront in San Pedro SS Lane Victory, Los Angeles Waterfront in San Pedro, just south of the USS Iowa California African American Museum California Science Center, Los Angeles ( formerly the Museum of Science and Industry ) The Broad Hammer Museum 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 Pacific Park Six Flags Magic Mountain Raging Waters Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Universal Studios Hollywood Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Descanso Gardens Dodger Stadium Exposition Park Farmers Market The Forum 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 Disney Concert Hall California Plaza, comprising One California Plaza and Two California Plaza Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts The Forum Disney Concert Hall Greek Theatre House of Blues Sunset Strip Pantages Theatre Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Palladium John Anson Ford Amphitheatre The Orpheum Theatre The Roxy Theatre Royce Hall ( UCLA ) The Music Box El Rey Theatre Staples Center The Troubadour The Wiltern Whisky a Go Go Amusement parks Universal Studios Hollywood Raging Waters Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Pacific Park Other attractions U.S. Bank Tower Wilshire Grand Tower Central Los Angeles Library Watts Towers Wayfarers Chapel Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Queen Mary Other areas Angeles National Forest Ridge Route Angeles National Forest Mount Wilson Observatory Malibu Creek State Park Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park Plant 42 's Blackbird Airpark and Heritage Airpark Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve Cortes Bank Santa Catalina Island Mojave Desert Saddleback Butte State Park Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park Transportation Main article : Transportation in Los Angeles Major highways I - 5 I - 5 Bus. 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 182 SR 210 SR 213 Air Los Angeles International Airport 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 ( LAWA ), 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. 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. LA / Palmdale Regional Airport in Palmdale. The airport is a separate facility on the grounds of Air Force Plant 42. Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica, which has major executive jet traffic. Hawthorne Municipal Airport, also known as Jack Northrop Field, in Hawthorne. Zamperini Field in Torrance. The U.S. Air Force operates three airports in Los Angeles County : Portions of Edwards Air Force Base, located at the northern edge of the county. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, sharing runways with LA / Palmdale Regional. The non-flying Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo. Rail 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 sea 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. Communities Cities Main article : List of cities in Los Angeles County, California There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County. According to the 2016 Estimate, the most populous are : Largest cities, 2016 Estimate City Population Los Angeles 3,976,322 Long Beach 470,130 Glendale 200,831 Santa Clarita 181,972 Lancaster 160,106 Palmdale 157,356 Pomona 152,494 Torrance 147,195 Pasadena 142,059 El Monte 115,807 Downey 113,267 West Covina 107,847 Norwalk 106,178 Burbank 104,447 Unincorporated areas Census designated places Acton Agua Dulce Alondra Park Altadena Avocado Heights Castaic Charter Oak Citrus Del Aire Desert View Highlands East Los Angeles East Pasadena East Rancho Dominguez East San Gabriel East Whittier Elizabeth Lake Florence - Graham Green Valley Hacienda Heights Hasley Canyon La Crescenta - Montrose Ladera Heights Lake Hughes Lake Los Angeles Lennox Leona Valley Littlerock Marina del Rey Mayflower Village North El Monte Quartz Hill Rose Hills Rowland Heights San Pasqual South Monrovia Island South San Gabriel South San Jose Hills South Whittier Stevenson Ranch Sun Village Topanga Val Verde Valinda View Park - Windsor Hills Vincent Walnut Park West Athens West Carson West Rancho Dominguez West Puente Valley West Whittier - Los Nietos Westmont Willowbrook Other communities Agoura Antelope Acres Athens Bassett Big Mountain Ridge Big Pines Big Rock Boiling Point Bouquet Canyon Castaic Junction City Terrace Del Sur Del Valle Florence Gorman Juniper Hills Kinneloa Mesa Llano Pearblossom Two Harbors Universal City Valyermo Centennial ( planned for 70,000 ). See : Los Angeles Almanac MAP : Unincorporated Areas and Communities of Los Angeles County See also : List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles Population ranking The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Los Angeles County. † county seat Rank City / Town / etc. Municipal type Population ( 2010 Census ) † Los Angeles City 3,792,621 Long Beach City 462,257 Glendale City 191,719 Santa Clarita City 176,320 5 Lancaster City 156,633 6 Palmdale City 152,750 7 Pomona City 149,058 8 Torrance City 145,438 9 Pasadena City 137,122 10 East Los Angeles CDP 126,496 11 El Monte City 113,475 12 Downey City 111,772 13 Inglewood City 109,673 14 West Covina City 106,098 15 Norwalk City 105,549 16 Burbank City 103,340 17 Compton City 96,455 18 South Gate City 94,396 19 Carson City 91,714 20 Santa Monica City 89,736 21 Whittier City 85,331 22 Hawthorne City 84,293 23 Alhambra City 83,089 24 Lakewood City 80,048 25 Bellflower City 76,616 26 Baldwin Park City 75,390 27 Lynwood City 69,772 28 Redondo Beach City 66,748 29 Florence - Graham CDP 63,387 30 Pico Rivera City 62,942 31 Montebello City 62,500 32 Monterey Park City 60,269 33 Gardena City 58,829 34 Huntington Park City 58,114 35 South Whittier CDP 57,156 36 Arcadia City 56,364 37 Diamond Bar City 55,544 38 Paramount City 54,098 39 Hacienda Heights CDP 54,038 40 Rosemead City 53,764 41 Glendora City 50,073 42 Cerritos City 49,041 43 Rowland Heights CDP 48,993 44 La Mirada City 48,527 45 Covina City 47,796 46 Azusa City 46,361 47 Altadena CDP 42,777 48 Bell Gardens City 42,072 49 Rancho Palos Verdes City 41,643 50 La Puente City 39,816 51 San Gabriel City 39,718 52 Culver City City 38,883 53 Monrovia City 36,590 54 Willowbrook CDP 35,983 55 Temple City City 35,558 56 Bell City 35,477 57 Manhattan Beach City 35,135 58 Claremont City 34,926 59 West Hollywood City 34,399 60 Beverly Hills City 34,109 61 San Dimas City 33,371 62 Lawndale City 32,769 63 Westmont CDP 31,853 64 La Verne City 31,063 65 Walnut City 29,172 66 Maywood City 27,395 67 South Pasadena City 25,619 68 West Whittier - Los Nietos CDP 25,540 69 Cudahy City 23,805 70 San Fernando City 23,645 71 Calabasas City 23,058 72 Valinda CDP 22,822 73 Lennox CDP 22,753 74 West Puente Valley CDP 22,636 75 West Carson CDP 21,699 76 Duarte City 21,321 77 South San Jose Hills CDP 20,551 78 Agoura Hills City 20,330 79 Lomita City 20,256 80 La Cañada Flintridge City 20,246 81 South El Monte City 20,116 82 La Crescenta - Montrose CDP 19,653 83 Hermosa Beach City 19,506 84 Castaic CDP 19,015 85 Stevenson Ranch CDP 17,557 86 El Segundo City 16,654 87 Artesia City 16,522 88 Santa Fe Springs City 16,223 89 Walnut Park CDP 15,966 90 Vincent CDP 15,922 91 Avocado Heights CDP 15,411 92 East Rancho Dominguez CDP 15,135 93 East San Gabriel CDP 14,874 94 Hawaiian Gardens City 14,254 95 Palos Verdes Estates City 13,438 96 San Marino City 13,147 97 Commerce City 12,823 98 Malibu City 12,645 99 Lake Los Angeles CDP 12,328 100 Sun Village CDP 11,565 101 View Park - Windsor Hills CDP 11,075 102 Signal Hill City 11,016 103 Sierra Madre City 10,917 104 Quartz Hill CDP 10,912 105 Citrus CDP 10,866 106 Del Aire CDP 10,001 107 East Whittier ( formerly East La Mirada until 2012 ) CDP 9,757 108 Charter Oak CDP 9,310 109 Marina del Rey CDP 8,866 110 West Athens CDP 8,729 111 Alondra Park CDP 8,592 112 Topanga CDP 8,289 113 Westlake Village City 8,270 114 South San Gabriel CDP 8,070 115 Rolling Hills Estates City 8,067 116 Acton CDP 7,596 117 South Monrovia Island CDP 6,777 118 Ladera Heights CDP 6,498 119 East Pasadena CDP 6,144 120 West Rancho Dominguez CDP 5,669 121 Mayflower Village CDP 5,515 122 La Habra Heights City 5,325 123 Avalon City 3,728 124 North El Monte CDP 3,723 125 Agua Dulce CDP 3,342 126 Rose Hills CDP 2,803 127 Val Verde CDP 2,468 128 Desert View Highlands CDP 2,360 129 San Pasqual CDP 2,041 130 Rolling Hills City 1,860 131 Hidden Hills City 1,856 132 Elizabeth Lake CDP 1,756 133 Leona Valley CDP 1,607 134 Irwindale City 1,422 135 Littlerock CDP 1,377 136 Hasley Canyon CDP 1,137 137 Bradbury City 1,048 138 Santa Susana ( mostly in Ventura County ) CDP 1,037 139 Green Valley CDP 1,027 140 Lake Hughes CDP 649 141 Industry City 219 142 Vernon City 112 See also Greater Los Angeles portal List of museums in Los Angeles List of museums in Los Angeles County, California 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 Jump up ^ Percentage of registered voters with respect to total population. 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Question: population of los angeles county compared to states
Answer: larger than that of 41 individual U.S. states