Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. There are more than 10 million people living there. Its population is larger than that of 41 individual U.S. states. It is the third-biggest metropolitan economy in the world, with a Nominal GDP of over $700 billion larger than the GDPs of Belgium, Norway, and Taiwan.

The county seat is the City of Los Angeles.

History
Los Angeles County is one of the first counties of California. It was created at the time of statehood in 1850.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has an area of . Of that,  is land and  (15%) is water.

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

People

The 2010 United States Census says that 9,818,605 people lived in Los Angeles County. The people of Los Angeles County were 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.

The county has a lot of Asian Americans. It has the most amount of immigrants who are Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian,  Indonesian, Korean, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai in the world.

Race and ancestry

The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that in 2008, Los Angeles County had more than 1/3 of California's undocumented immigrants. They are more than ten percent of the population.

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

Government

Politics

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

Voter registration

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:

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

Cities by population and crime rates

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

The entertainment and digital media industry are related to Los Angeles County. All six major movie companies Paramount Pictures, 21st Century Fox, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios are in the county.

368,500 people work in high-tech in Los Angeles County. 365,000 people work in manufacturing in Los Angeles County.

These big companies have headquarters in Los Angeles County:

Education

Colleges

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

Universities

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

Transportation

Major highways

Communities

Cities
There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County. The 2016 Estimate says the biggest are:

Notes

References

Other websites 

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

1850 establishments in California