Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. At the 2020 census, 10,014,009 people lived in the county. 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.
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 remainder 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 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