Los Angeles County, California

**Los Angeles County** is a county in California that is by far the largest county in the United States by population. At the 2020 census, 10,014,009 people lived in the county.

The county seat is the City of Los Angeles.

## History
Los Angeles County, one of the first counties of California, was created in 1850, the year that California became a state.

## 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
According to the 2020 United States Census, 10,014,009 people lived in Los Angeles County, who were 3,259,427 (32.5%) White, 1,499,984 (15.0%) Asian, 794,364 (7.9%) African American, 163,464 (1.6%) Native American,  24,522 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 2,784,180 (27.8%) from other races, and 1,488,068 (14.9%) from two or more races.

The county has many Asian Americans. It has more immigrants who are Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Korean, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai than anyone else in the world.

Los Angeles County has a large Latino population. 73% of the Latino population in Los Angeles County is of Mexican heritage, according to 2020 Census estimates. Another 9.6% were of Salvadoran heritage, 6.0% Guatemalan, 3.1% South American, and Honduran 1.3%. The others were of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, other Central American, or other Hispanic/Latino origin in Los Angeles County.

### Race and ancestry
The Public Policy Institute of California estimates that in 2008, Los Angeles County had more than a third 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.https://crcc.usc.edu/losangeles/  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 17 congressional districts. 
In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is split between 13 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: 15,866 365,000 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

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## Communities
### Cities
There are 88 incorporated cities in Los Angeles County. The 2020 Census 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.