Claim: Los Angeles is a city in Southern California.

Los Angeles County , officially the County of Los Angeles , is the most populous county in the United States . Its population is larger than that of 42 individual U.S. states . It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and at 4083 sqmi , 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 , the City of Los Angeles , is also its most populous city at about four million .