East Los Angeles, California

East Los Angeles (), also called East L.A., is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the Greater Los Angeles area and is to the east of Los Angeles. At the 2020 census, 118,786 people lived there. Many Hispanic and Latino Americans live there. About 95% of its people are Hispanic or Latino. This is the highest number for any CDP with more than 100,000 people.Sharon R. Ennis, Merarys Ríos-Vargas, and Nora G. Albert, "The Hispanic Population: 2010", 2010 Census Briefs, issued May 2011. Even though it is called East Los Angeles, it is not part of the city of Los Angeles. In the 1920s, it was first called Belvedere or Belvedere Gardens.

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Category:1917 establishments in California
Category:Census-designated places in Los Angeles County, California

Category:Unincorporated communities in Los Angeles County, California