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Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County the most populous of the region is a Democratic stronghold although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984). Riverside County San Bernardino County and Orange County have historically leaned toward the Republican Party but have started shifting leftward in recent years. Ventura County is politically divided.
Greater Los Angeles is known for its expansive transportation network. Most notable is its extensive highway system. The area is a junction for numerous interstates coming from the north east and south and contains the three principal north-south highways in California: Interstate 5 U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1. The area is also home to several ports including the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles which are the two busiest in the United States as well as Port of Hueneme. Additionally the region is also served by the Metrorail and Metrolink commuter rail systems that link neighborhoods of Los Angeles with immediate surrounding suburbs and most of the region (excluding the outer region of the Inland Empire) with Oceanside in San Diego County respectively. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the principal international airport of the region and is one of the busiest in the world. Other airports include Ontario International Airport (ONT) John Wayne Airport (SNA) Bob Hope Airport (BUR) Long Beach Municipal Airport (LGB) and Palm Springs International Airport (PSP).
Commercial airports
The primary airport serving the LA metro area is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) one of the busiest airports in the United States. LAX is in southwestern Los Angeles 16 miles (26 km) from Downtown Los Angeles. LAX is the only airport to serve as a hub for all three U.S. legacy airlines —American Delta and United.
In addition to LAX other airports including Bob Hope Airport John Wayne Airport Long Beach Airport and LA/Ontario International Airport also serve the region.
Bridges
The Los Angeles metropolitan area has only one suspension bridge: Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro and one cable-stayed bridge: Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach.
Interstates
Golden State Freeway/Santa Ana Freeway/San Diego Freeway/Montgomery Freeway (Interstate 5)
Santa Monica Freeway/Rosa Parks Freeway/Golden State Freeway[citation needed] (Interstate 10)
Veteran's Memorial Highway (Interstate 15)
Glenn Anderson Freeway/Century Freeway (Interstate 105)
Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110)
Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210)
San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405)
San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605)
Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710)
U.S. highways
Will Rogers Highway (U.S. Route 66)
Pacific Highway (U.S. Route 99)
Santa Ana Freeway/Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101)
California state highways
Los Angeles County Metro
The Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. It is run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its system runs six rail lines throughout Los Angeles County. Metro Rail currently operates four light rail lines and two rapid transit subway lines altogether totaling 87.7 miles (141.1 km) of rail 101 stations and over 360 000 daily weekday boardings as of December 2012[update].
The A Line (Blue) – Light Rail
The B Line (Red) – Heavy Rail
The C Line (Green) – Light Rail
The D Line (Purple) – Heavy Rail
The E Line (Expo) – Light Rail
The G Line (Orange) – Busway
The J Line (Silver) – Busway
The L Line (Gold) – Light Rail
The systems light rail system is the second busiest LRT system in the United States after Boston by number of riders with 200 300 average weekday boardings during the third quarter of 2012. By 2019 it had become the most heavily-ridden light rail system in the country.
Since the region of the city is in close proximity to a major fault area the tunnels were built to resist earthquakes of up to magnitude 7.5. Both subway lines use an electrified third rail to provide power to the trains rendering these lines unusable on the other three. The Blue and Gold Lines run mostly at grade with some street-running elevated and underground stretches in the more densely populated areas of Los Angeles. The Green Line is entirely grade separated running in the median of I-105 and then turning southward along an elevated route.
The rail lines run regularly on a 5 am and midnight schedule seven days a week. Limited service on particular segments is provided after midnight and before 5 am There is no rail service between 2 and 3:30 am Exact times vary from route to route; see individual route articles for more information.
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Regional and commuter rail
There are two providers of heavy rail transportation in the region Amtrak and Metrolink. Amtrak provides service to San Diego Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo and points in between on the Pacific Surfliner. It also provides long-distance routes including the Coast Starlight which goes to the San Francisco Bay Area Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington; the Southwest Chief which goes to Flagstaff Arizona Albuquerque New Mexico Kansas City Missouri and Chicago; and the Sunset Limited which provides limited service (three days a week) to Tucson El Paso Houston and New Orleans.
Metrolink provides service to numerous places within Southern California including all counties in the region. Metrolink operates to 55 stations on seven lines within Southern California which mostly (except for the Inland Empire-Orange County Line) radiate from Los Angeles Union Station.
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County of which Los Angeles is the county seat is the most populous county in the United States and is home to over a quarter of all California residents. The large size of the city of Los Angeles as well as its history of annexing smaller towns has made city boundaries in the central area of Los Angeles County quite complicated. Many cities are completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles and are often included in the city's areas despite being independent municipalities. For example Santa Monica and Beverly Hills (which is almost completely surrounded by Los Angeles) are considered part of the Westside while Hawthorne and Inglewood are associated with South L.A. Adjacent areas that are outside the actual city boundaries of incorporated Los Angeles but border the city itself include the Santa Clarita Valley the San Gabriel Valley South Bay and the Gateway Cities.
Despite the large footprint of the city of Los Angeles a majority of the land area within Los Angeles County is unincorporated and under the primary jurisdiction of Los Angeles County. Much of this land however cannot be easily developed due to planning challenges presented by geographic features such as the Santa Monica Mountains the San Gabriel Mountains and the Mojave Desert. Actual land development in these regions occurs on the fringes of incorporated cities some of which have been fully developed such as the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster.
Subregions in Los Angeles County
While there is not official designation for the regions that comprise Greater Los Angeles one authority the Los Angeles Times divides the area into the following regions:
Angeles Forest
Antelope Valley
Central L.A. (Downtown Los Angeles Hollywood Mid-Wilshire etc.)
Eastside
Harbor (see Gateway Cities)
Northeast L.A. (Highland Park Eagle Rock etc.)
Northwest L.A. County (including the Santa Clarita Valley)
Pomona Valley (partially in San Bernardino County)
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Valley
Santa Monica Mountains (Malibu Topanga etc.)
South Bay (incl. Palos Verdes Peninsula Beach Cities)
South Los Angeles
Southeast Los Angeles County (including Norwalk and Whittier see Gateway Cities)
The Verdugos (including Glendale Pasadena and the Crescenta Valley)
Westside
Some of the above areas can be defined as being bounded by natural features such as mountains or the ocean; others are marked by city boundaries freeways or other constructed landmarks. For example Downtown Los Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three freeways and one river: the Harbor Freeway (SR 110) to the west the Santa Ana Freeway (US 101) to the north the Los Angeles River to the east and the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) to the south. Meanwhile the San Fernando Valley ("The Valley") is defined as the basin consisting of the part of Los Angeles and its suburbs that lie north-northwest of downtown and is ringed by mountains.
Edge cities in Los Angeles County
Central and Western area
Beverly Hills/Century City
LAX/El Segundo
Marina Del Rey/Culver City
Mid-Wilshire
Miracle Mile
San Fernando Valley
Burbank/North Hollywood
Sherman Oaks/Van Nuys Los Angeles
Warner Center Los Angeles/West Valley
West Los Angeles
Elsewhere in Los Angeles County
Pasadena
South Bay/Torrance/Carson
South Valley/Covina (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Santa Clarita (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Cities in Los Angeles County
With a population of 3.8 million people as of the 2010 Census the City of Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States after New York City and is the focal point of the Greater Los Angeles Area. As an international center for finance entertainment media culture education tourism and science Los Angeles is considered one of the world's most powerful and influential global cities.
List of cities with populations of over 50 000 as of the 2010 U.S. Census:
Orange County
Orange County was originally an agricultural area dependent on citrus crops avocados and oil extraction and became a bedroom community for Los Angeles when I–5 the Santa Ana Freeway linked it to the city in the 1950s. The growth of Los Angeles initially fueled population growth in Orange County but by the 1970s it had become an important economic center in its own right with tourism and electronics industries among others. Today Orange County is known for its tourist attractions such as Disneyland Knott's Berry Farm its several pristine beaches and coastline and its wealthier areas featured in television shows such as The O.C. No one of the original downtowns serves as the central urban core for the county but there are important clusters of business and culture in Downtown Santa Ana and in three edge cities: the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city from Disneyland to the Orange Crush interchange (Orange Santa Ana) the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city (Santa Ana Costa Mesa Irvine) and Irvine's Spectrum edge city.
Orange County is sometimes figuratively divided into "North County" and "South County" with North Orange County including cities such as Anaheim Fullerton and Santa Ana and is the older more ethnically diverse and more densely built-up area closer to Los Angeles. South County defined variously as beginning with either Costa Mesa or Irvine and includes cities to the east and south such as Laguna Beach Mission Viejo Newport Beach and San Clemente is more residential affluent recently developed and has a mostly white population. Irvine is an exception as it is a center of employment and is ethnically diverse. A growing alternative dividing marker between north and south is the El Toro Y interchange. Orange Coast or South Coast area is defined instead consisting of some or all of the cities lining the coast.
Subregions in Orange County
North Orange County
South Orange County
Edge cities in Orange County
Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city
Fullerton/La Habra/Brea (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Irvine Spectrum
Newport Center/Fashion Island (emerging edge city as of 1991)
San Clemente/Laguna Niguel (emerging edge city as of 1991)
South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city
Westminster/Huntington Beach
Cities in Orange County
Cities in Orange County with a population of 60 000 or more in the 2010 Census.
Inland Empire
The Inland Empire consisting of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties contains fast-growing suburbs of the region with a large to majority percentage of the working population commuting to either Los Angeles or Orange Counties for work. Originally an important center for citrus production the region became an important industrial area by the early 20th century. The Inland Empire also became a key transportation center following the completion of Route 66 and later Interstate 10. With the post-World War II economic boom leading to rapid development in Los Angeles and Orange Counties land developers bulldozed acres of agricultural land to build suburbs in order to accommodate the Los Angeles area's expanding population. The development of a regional freeway system facilitated the expansion of suburbs and human migration linking the Inland Empire and rest of Greater Los Angeles. Despite being primarily suburban the Inland Empire is also home to important warehousing shipping logistics and retail industries centered on the subregion's major cities of Riverside San Bernardino and Ontario.
While the Inland Empire is sometimes defined as the entirety of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties the eastern undeveloped desert portions of these counties are not considered to be part of Greater Los Angeles. The state of California defines this area to include the cities of Adelanto Apple Valley and Victorville to the north the Riverside–San Diego county line to the south and the towns of Anza Idyllwild and Lucerne Valley along with the San Bernardino National Forest to the east. However with clear northern and southern limits to expansion the region's urban eastern boundaries have become increasingly nebulous as suburban sprawl continues to spread out to form a unified whole with Los Angeles with further development encroaching past the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains and into the outlying desert areas. As a result the regional definition of Greater Los Angeles can now be extended to include Barstow and surrounding towns in the northeast the Morongo Basin in the east-central including Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms and the Coachella Valley cities in the southeast. This interconnectivity provided by one of the most extensive freeway systems in the world as well as economic social and media ties has blended boundaries between these regions and the urbanized Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas.
Subregions in the Inland Empire
High Desert (includes Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County plus Victor Valley and Morongo Basin)
Low Desert (Coachella Valley Palm Springs and Palm Desert area)
Northwest Riverside County (Corona Norco Eastvale Jurupa Valley and Riverside area)
Moreno Valley (Moreno Valley and Perris)
Pomona Valley (Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Chino and Ontario area. Partially in Los Angeles County)
San Bernardino Valley (San Bernardino Fontana Rialto and Redlands area)
San Gorgonio Pass (Banning and Beaumont area)
San Jacinto Valley (Hemet and San Jacinto area)
Temecula Valley (Lake Elsinore Murrieta Wildomar and Temecula area)
Edge cities in the Inland Empire
Ontario Airport/Rancho Cucamonga
Riverside (emerging edge city as of 1991)
San Bernardino (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Cities in the Inland Empire
List of cities with populations of over 60 000 as of the 2010 U.S. Census:
Sparsely populated areas in the Inland Empire
While the above areas are included in the regional definition of Greater Los Angeles the U.S. Census Bureau defines Greater Los Angeles or officially the Los Angeles-Long Beach Combined Statistical Area to include both the above-mentioned areas along with the entirety of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. These areas are sparsely developed and are part of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. To the north Interstate 15 crosses desolate desert landscape after passing Barstow linking Greater Los Angeles with Las Vegas with Baker being the only significant outpost along the route. To the east lie the Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park along with the towns of Needles and Blythe on the California-Arizona border.
Ventura County
Ventura County is mostly suburban and rural and also has developed primarily through the growth of Los Angeles. The northern part of the county however remains largely undeveloped and is mostly within the Los Padres National Forest. Central and southern Ventura County formerly consisted of small towns along the Pacific Coast until the expansion of U.S. Route 101 drew in commuters from the San Fernando Valley. Master-planned cities soon began developing and the county became increasingly urbanized.
Subregions in Ventura County
Conejo Valley
Oxnard Plain
Edge cities in Ventura County
Ventura/Coastal Plain (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Cities in Ventura County
Table of urban area components
Within the metropolitan areas the Census Bureau defines the following urbanized areas:
Primary and Secondary Education
The Los Angeles Unified School District serves the city of L.A. and other school districts serve the surrounding areas. A number of private schools are also located in the region.
Higher Education
Greater Los Angeles is home to a number of colleges and universities. The University of Southern California and University of California Los Angeles are among the largest and the Claremont Colleges and California Institute of Technology are among the most academically renowned. Below is a list of colleges and universities within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
According to the 2010 census there were 17 877 006 people living in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The racial makeup of the area was 54.9% White (39.0% White Non-Hispanic) 12.3% Asian 0.3% Pacific Islander 7.0% African American 0.8% Native American 20.2% from other races and 4.5% from two or more races. 44.9% of the population (8.0 million) were Hispanic of any race including 35.7% of the population (6.4 million) which was of Mexican origin. 31.0% of the population (5.5 million) was foreign born; 18.3% (3.3 million) came from Latin America and 9.8% (1.7 million) from Asia.
The explosive growth of the region in the 20th century can be attributed to its favorable Mediterranean climate the availability of land and many booming industries such as oil automobile and rubber motion pictures and aerospace which in turn attracted millions of people from all over the United States and world.[citation needed] Citrus production was important to the region's development in the earlier part of the 20th century.
While the New York metropolitan area is presently the most populous metropolitan area in the United States it has been predicted in the past that Greater Los Angeles will eventually surpass Greater New York in population.[citation needed] Whether this will happen is yet to be seen but past predictions on this event have been off the mark. A 1966 article in Time predicted Greater Los Angeles would surpass New York by 1975 and that by 1990 would reach close to the 19 million mark. But the article's flawed definition of Greater Los Angeles included San Diego which is actually its own metropolitan area. A 1989 article in The New York Times predicted Greater Los Angeles would surpass Greater New York by 2010 but the article predicted the population would be 18.3 million in that year a number Greater New York has already surpassed as of 2007 by half a million people. As of 2009 the New York metropolitan area had a population of 22.2 million compared to the Greater Los Angeles Area's 18.7 million about a 3.56 million persons difference. Percentage growth however has been higher in Greater Los Angeles over the past few decades than in Greater New York.
Demographics of Los Angeles and Orange counties
Age and gender
According to the 2009 American Community Survey the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area had a population of 12 874 797 of which 6 402 498 (49.7% of the population) were male and 6 472 299 (50.3% of the population) were female. The age composition is shown in the table at right.
Median age: 34.6 years
Race
According to the survey the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area was 54.6% White (32.2% non-Hispanic White alone) 7.0% Black or African American 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native 13.9% Asian 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 20.6% from Some other race and 3.2% from Two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 44.8% of the population.
Whites are the racial majority; whites (both Hispanic and non-Hispanic) make up 54.6% of the population. Non-Hispanic whites make up under one-third (32.2%) of the population. Approximately 7 028 533 residents are white of which 4 150 426 are non-Hispanic whites. The top five European ancestries were German: 6.9% (883 124) Irish: 5.3% (786 541) English: 4.8% (619 364) Italian: 3.3% (425 056) and French: 1.6% (204 635).
Asians make up 13.9% of the population the largest racial minority since Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity of any race. Asians of non-Hispanic origin make up 13.7% of the population. Approximately 1 790 140 residents are Asian of which 1 770 225 are Asians of non-Hispanic origin. The six Asian ancestries mentioned were Filipino: 3.5% (454 086) Chinese: 3.0% (390 192) Korean: 2.1% (274 288) Vietnamese: 2.0% (254 353) Japanese: 1.0% (134 466) and Indian: 0.9% (116 090). "Other Asian" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group includes people of Cambodian Laotian Pakistani Burmese Taiwanese and Thai descent among others. Approximately 166 665 people are in this category and they make up 1.3% of the population.
African Americans or Blacks make up 7.0% of the population. Non-Hispanic blacks make up 6.7% of the population. Approximately 895 931 residents are black of which 864 737 are non-Hispanic blacks. In the survey 136 024 people identified their ancestry as "Sub-Saharan African" equal to 1.1% of the population.
Native Americans make up 0.5% of the population (68 822) with those of non-Hispanic origin making up 0.2% (26 134). Approximately 3 872 Cherokee 1 679 Navajo 1 000 Chippewa and 965 Sioux reside in the area.
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders make up 0.3% of the population. Approximately 37 719 residents are Native Hawaiian or of other Pacific Islander ancestries of which 33 982 are of non-Hispanic origin. The three Pacific Islander ancestries mentioned were Samoan: 0.1% (13 519) Native Hawaiian: 0.1% (6 855) and Guamanian or Chamorro: <0.1% (4 581). "Other Pacific Islander" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group includes people of Fijian and Tongan descent among others. Approximately 12 764 people are in this category and they make up 0.1% of the population.
Multiracial people make up 3.2% of the population of which 1.8% were of non-Hispanic origin. Approximately 405 568 people are multiracial of which 228 238 are of non-Hispanic origin. The four multiracial ancestries mentioned were White and Asian: 0.8% (107 585) White and American Indian: 0.4% (55 960) White and Black or African American: 0.4% (53 476) and Black or African American and American Indian: 0.1% (12 661).
Hispanic or Latino origin
Hispanic or Latinos who may be of any race are by far the largest minority group; Hispanics or Latinos make up 44.8% of the population. They outnumber every other racial group. Approximately 5 763 181 residents are Hispanic or Latino. The three Hispanic or Latino ancestries mentioned were Mexican: 35.5% (4 570 776) Puerto Rican: 0.4% (48 780) and Cuban: 0.4% (47 056). "Other Hispanic or Latino" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group include people of Costa Rican Salvadoran and Colombian descent among others. Approximately 1 096 569 people are in this category and they make up 8.5% of the population.
Source: Factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on July 29 2013. Part 1: American FactFinder Archived December 13 2012 at archive.today. Part 2: American FactFinder Archived July 19 2011 at archive.today.
Area codes
213 – Downtown Los Angeles surrounded by 323 (October 1947)
310/424 – Santa Monica Malibu Pacific Palisades Compton Lynwood Torrance Beverly Hills Catalina Island; the southwestern portion of Los Angeles County. (Split from 213 on November 2 1991; overlaid by 424 on August 26 2006)
323 – a ring around downtown Los Angeles including the Hollywood and Eagle Rock neighborhoods of Los Angeles; South Los Angeles; the cities of South Gate Huntington Park Vernon Walnut Park Florence Bell Bell Gardens Cudahy Montebello and East Los Angeles. (Split from 213 on June 13 1998)
562 – Long Beach Downey Whittier; Norwalk Lakewood Bellflower Paramount Cerritos southeast Los Angeles County and a small portion of coastal Orange County. (Split from 310 on January 25 1997)
626 – Pasadena Monterey Park Rowland Heights Alhambra and West Covina; the San Gabriel Valley and eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. (Split from 818 on June 14 1997)
657/714 – Anaheim Huntington Beach Santa Ana Orange Garden Grove; northern and western Orange County (Overlaid by 657 on September 23 2008)
661 – Bakersfield Santa Clarita Palmdale; northern Los Angeles County including the Antelope Valley and most of Kern County including the southern San Joaquin Valley. (Split from 805 on February 13 1999)
747/818 – the cities of Burbank Glendale San Fernando; the North Hollywood Van Nuys Panorama City Sherman Oaks and Northridge neighborhoods of Los Angeles; the San Fernando Valley. (Split from 213 on January 7 1984)
909 – Southwest San Bernardino County and the far eastern L.A. County suburbs of Pomona Walnut Diamond Bar San Dimas La Verne and Claremont.
949 – Irvine Laguna Beach Newport Beach San Juan Capistrano; southern and eastern Orange County. (Split from 714 on April 18 1998)
951 – Corona Hemet Jurupa Valley Moreno Valley Riverside Temecula; western end of Riverside County.
Due to L.A.'s position as The Entertainment Capital of the World there are many tourist attractions in the area. Consequently Greater Los Angeles is one of the most visited areas in the world. Here is a breakdown of some of its major attractions:
Amusement parks
Beaches
Shopping centers and districts
Key shopping centers and shopping districts that attract out-of-area visitors are listed here; see also the Table of Shopping Centers in Southern California.
Film and TV studio tours
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Universal Studios
Walt Disney Studios
Warner Brothers Studios
Water parks
Zoos and aquariums
Museums
There are over 100 museums in the area with some of the most widely visited being:
Convention Centers
State parks & beaches
National parks monuments & refuges
Channel Islands National Park
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Joshua Tree National Park
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
Other
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to the headquarters of several well-known media companies including: the Los Angeles Times Fox Broadcasting Company Universal Studios and The Walt Disney Company. Local television channels broadcasting to the Los Angeles market include KCBS-TV 2 (CBS) KNBC 4 (NBC) KTLA 5 (CW) KABC 7 (ABC) KCAL-TV 9 (Independent/CBS) KTTV 11 (FOX) KCOP 13 (myNetworkTV) KPXN-TV 38/30 (Ion) and KLCS 41/58 (PBS). Radio stations serving the area include: KKJZ KIIS KNX (AM) and KMZT.
Los Angeles metropolitan area
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a 2017 population of 13 353 907. The MSA is in turn made up of two "metropolitan divisions"
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA Metropolitan Division coterminous with Los Angeles County (2017 population 10 163 507)
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine CA Metropolitan Division coterminous with Orange County (2017 population 3 190 400)
The MSA is the most populous metropolitan area in the Western United States and at 4 850 sq. mi (12 562 km2) the largest in area in the United States. It has at its core the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim corridor an urbanized area defined by the Census Bureau with a population 12 150 996 as of the 2010 Census.
Greater Los Angeles
The Census Bureau also defines a wider commercial region based on commuting patterns or megalopolis the Los Angeles-Long Beach CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) more commonly known as the Greater Los Angeles Area with an estimated population of 18 788 800 in 2017. The total land area of the CSA is 33 955 sq. mi (87 945 km2).
The CSA consists of three component metropolitan areas:
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA MSA (2017 pop. 13 353 907)
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA MSA coterminous with Ventura County (2017 pop. 854 223)
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA MSA (2017 pop. 4 580 670) consisting of:
Riverside County California (2017 pop. 2 423 266)
San Bernardino County California (2017 pop. 2 157 404)
Professional teams
As a whole the Los Angeles area has more national championships all sports combined (college and professional) than any other city in the United States with over four times as many championships as the entire state of Texas and just over twice that of New York City. It is the only American city to host the Olympic games twice: once in 1932 and more recently in 1984. Los Angeles will also be the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics becoming the third city to host three Olympic Games after London and Paris.
Table of professional teams and venues
Other professional venues include:
Auto Club Raceway Pomona
Auto Club Speedway
John C. Argue Swim Stadium
Long Beach Marine Stadium
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Temporary)
Rose Bowl
Santa Anita Park
The Forum
VELO Sports Center
NCAA Division I college sports
Cal Baptist University
Cal State Fullerton Titans
Cal State Northridge Matadors
Long Beach State 49ers
Loyola Marymount Lions
Pepperdine Waves
UC Irvine Anteaters
UC Riverside Highlanders
UCLA Bruins (FBS)
USC Trojans (FBS)
Other sports
The Greater Los Angeles area also has three well-known horse racing facilities: Santa Anita Park Los Alamitos Race Course and the former Hollywood Park Racetrack and three major motorsport venues: Auto Club Speedway Long Beach street circuit and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. In addition the city of Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984.
For over twenty years the Los Angeles area media market lacked a National Football League team. After the 1994 season the Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis Missouri and the Los Angeles Raiders returned to their original home of Oakland California due to the lack of an up-to-date NFL stadium. After numerous stadium proposals between 1995 and 2016 in an attempt to bring the NFL back the Oakland Raiders St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers all submitted plans to relocate back to Los Angeles after the 2015 NFL season. On January 12 2016 the Rams were approved to move to Los Angeles and build SoFi Stadium with the Chargers or Raiders given the option to join them. On January 12 2017 the Chargers announced their move to Los Angeles to join the Rams. The Rams temporarily play at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum while the Chargers temporarily play at StubHub Center. Both teams will share the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood California once construction is completed.
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عزيزي زائر دليل الهاتف و بدالة أرقام الإمارات تم إعداد وإختيار هذا الموضوع Greater Los Angeles فإن كان لديك ملاحظة او توجيه يمكنك مراسلتنا من خلال الخيارات الموجودة بالموضوع.. وكذلك يمكنك زيارة القسم en, وهنا نبذه عنها en وتصفح المواضيع المتنوعه... آخر تحديث للمعلومات بتاريخ اليوم 06/02/2023
Greater Los Angeles
آخر تحديث منذ 1 شهر و 15 يوم
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Politics
| Year | GOP | DEM | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 37.4% 2 196 108 | 60.2% 3 534 444 | 2.4% 143 577 |
| 2008 | 37.3% 2 099 609 | 60.8% 3 425 319 | 1.9% 107 147 |
| 2004 | 45.3% 2 490 150 | 53.4% 2 932 429 | 1.3% 69 649 |
| 2000 | 41.3% 2 003 114 | 54.6% 2 652 907 | 4.1% 198 750 |
| 1996 | 38.3% 1 661 209 | 51.3% 2 220 837 | 10.4% 449 706 |
| 1992 | 33.8% 1 657 151 | 45.0% 2 202 345 | 21.2% 1 038 448 |
| 1988 | 53.8% 2 408 696 | 45.0% 2 014 670 | 1.2% 54 441 |
| 1984 | 60.6% 2 614 904 | 38.3% 1 650 231 | 1.1% 48 225 |
| 1980 | 55.5% 2 187 859 | 35.0% 1 381 285 | 9.5% 374 993 |
| 1976 | 50.8% 1 877 267 | 46.7% 1 728 532 | 2.5% 93 554 |
| 1972 | 57.7% 2 346 127 | 38.7% 1 573 708 | 3.6% 146 653 |
| 1968 | 50.3% 1 836 478 | 43.0% 1 570 478 | 7.3% 247 280 |
| 1964 | 44.0% 1 578 837 | 55.9% 2 006 184 | 0.1% 2 488 |
| 1960 | 50.8% 1 677 962 | 48.9% 1 612 924 | 0.3% 10 524 |
Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County the most populous of the region is a Democratic stronghold although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984). Riverside County San Bernardino County and Orange County have historically leaned toward the Republican Party but have started shifting leftward in recent years. Ventura County is politically divided.
Transportation
Greater Los Angeles is known for its expansive transportation network. Most notable is its extensive highway system. The area is a junction for numerous interstates coming from the north east and south and contains the three principal north-south highways in California: Interstate 5 U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1. The area is also home to several ports including the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles which are the two busiest in the United States as well as Port of Hueneme. Additionally the region is also served by the Metrorail and Metrolink commuter rail systems that link neighborhoods of Los Angeles with immediate surrounding suburbs and most of the region (excluding the outer region of the Inland Empire) with Oceanside in San Diego County respectively. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the principal international airport of the region and is one of the busiest in the world. Other airports include Ontario International Airport (ONT) John Wayne Airport (SNA) Bob Hope Airport (BUR) Long Beach Municipal Airport (LGB) and Palm Springs International Airport (PSP).
Commercial airports
| Airport | IATA code | County | Enplanements (2013) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles International Airport | LAX | Los Angeles | 32 425 892 |
| John Wayne Airport | SNA | Orange | 4 540 628 |
| Ontario International Airport | ONT | San Bernardino | 1 970 538 |
| Bob Hope Airport | BUR | Los Angeles | 1 918 011 |
| Long Beach Airport | LGB | Los Angeles | 1 438 756 |
The primary airport serving the LA metro area is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) one of the busiest airports in the United States. LAX is in southwestern Los Angeles 16 miles (26 km) from Downtown Los Angeles. LAX is the only airport to serve as a hub for all three U.S. legacy airlines —American Delta and United.
In addition to LAX other airports including Bob Hope Airport John Wayne Airport Long Beach Airport and LA/Ontario International Airport also serve the region.
Bridges
The Los Angeles metropolitan area has only one suspension bridge: Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro and one cable-stayed bridge: Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach.
Interstates
Main article: Southern California freeways |
Golden State Freeway/Santa Ana Freeway/San Diego Freeway/Montgomery Freeway (Interstate 5)
Santa Monica Freeway/Rosa Parks Freeway/Golden State Freeway[citation needed] (Interstate 10)
Veteran's Memorial Highway (Interstate 15)
Glenn Anderson Freeway/Century Freeway (Interstate 105)
Harbor Freeway (Interstate 110)
Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210)
San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405)
San Gabriel River Freeway (Interstate 605)
Long Beach Freeway (Interstate 710)
U.S. highways
Will Rogers Highway (U.S. Route 66)
Pacific Highway (U.S. Route 99)
Santa Ana Freeway/Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101)
California state highways
Los Angeles County Metro
Main article: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
The Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. It is run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its system runs six rail lines throughout Los Angeles County. Metro Rail currently operates four light rail lines and two rapid transit subway lines altogether totaling 87.7 miles (141.1 km) of rail 101 stations and over 360 000 daily weekday boardings as of December 2012[update].
The A Line (Blue) – Light Rail
The B Line (Red) – Heavy Rail
The C Line (Green) – Light Rail
The D Line (Purple) – Heavy Rail
The E Line (Expo) – Light Rail
The G Line (Orange) – Busway
The J Line (Silver) – Busway
The L Line (Gold) – Light Rail
The systems light rail system is the second busiest LRT system in the United States after Boston by number of riders with 200 300 average weekday boardings during the third quarter of 2012. By 2019 it had become the most heavily-ridden light rail system in the country.
Since the region of the city is in close proximity to a major fault area the tunnels were built to resist earthquakes of up to magnitude 7.5. Both subway lines use an electrified third rail to provide power to the trains rendering these lines unusable on the other three. The Blue and Gold Lines run mostly at grade with some street-running elevated and underground stretches in the more densely populated areas of Los Angeles. The Green Line is entirely grade separated running in the median of I-105 and then turning southward along an elevated route.
The rail lines run regularly on a 5 am and midnight schedule seven days a week. Limited service on particular segments is provided after midnight and before 5 am There is no rail service between 2 and 3:30 am Exact times vary from route to route; see individual route articles for more information.
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Main article: Orange County Transportation Authority |
Regional and commuter rail
There are two providers of heavy rail transportation in the region Amtrak and Metrolink. Amtrak provides service to San Diego Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo and points in between on the Pacific Surfliner. It also provides long-distance routes including the Coast Starlight which goes to the San Francisco Bay Area Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington; the Southwest Chief which goes to Flagstaff Arizona Albuquerque New Mexico Kansas City Missouri and Chicago; and the Sunset Limited which provides limited service (three days a week) to Tucson El Paso Houston and New Orleans.
Metrolink provides service to numerous places within Southern California including all counties in the region. Metrolink operates to 55 stations on seven lines within Southern California which mostly (except for the Inland Empire-Orange County Line) radiate from Los Angeles Union Station.
Component counties subregions and cities
Los Angeles County
Main article: Los Angeles County California |
Los Angeles County of which Los Angeles is the county seat is the most populous county in the United States and is home to over a quarter of all California residents. The large size of the city of Los Angeles as well as its history of annexing smaller towns has made city boundaries in the central area of Los Angeles County quite complicated. Many cities are completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles and are often included in the city's areas despite being independent municipalities. For example Santa Monica and Beverly Hills (which is almost completely surrounded by Los Angeles) are considered part of the Westside while Hawthorne and Inglewood are associated with South L.A. Adjacent areas that are outside the actual city boundaries of incorporated Los Angeles but border the city itself include the Santa Clarita Valley the San Gabriel Valley South Bay and the Gateway Cities.
Despite the large footprint of the city of Los Angeles a majority of the land area within Los Angeles County is unincorporated and under the primary jurisdiction of Los Angeles County. Much of this land however cannot be easily developed due to planning challenges presented by geographic features such as the Santa Monica Mountains the San Gabriel Mountains and the Mojave Desert. Actual land development in these regions occurs on the fringes of incorporated cities some of which have been fully developed such as the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster.
Subregions in Los Angeles County
While there is not official designation for the regions that comprise Greater Los Angeles one authority the Los Angeles Times divides the area into the following regions:
Angeles Forest
Antelope Valley
Central L.A. (Downtown Los Angeles Hollywood Mid-Wilshire etc.)
Eastside
Harbor (see Gateway Cities)
Northeast L.A. (Highland Park Eagle Rock etc.)
Northwest L.A. County (including the Santa Clarita Valley)
Pomona Valley (partially in San Bernardino County)
San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Valley
Santa Monica Mountains (Malibu Topanga etc.)
South Bay (incl. Palos Verdes Peninsula Beach Cities)
South Los Angeles
Southeast Los Angeles County (including Norwalk and Whittier see Gateway Cities)
The Verdugos (including Glendale Pasadena and the Crescenta Valley)
Westside
Some of the above areas can be defined as being bounded by natural features such as mountains or the ocean; others are marked by city boundaries freeways or other constructed landmarks. For example Downtown Los Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three freeways and one river: the Harbor Freeway (SR 110) to the west the Santa Ana Freeway (US 101) to the north the Los Angeles River to the east and the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) to the south. Meanwhile the San Fernando Valley ("The Valley") is defined as the basin consisting of the part of Los Angeles and its suburbs that lie north-northwest of downtown and is ringed by mountains.
Edge cities in Los Angeles County
Central and Western area
Beverly Hills/Century City
LAX/El Segundo
Marina Del Rey/Culver City
Mid-Wilshire
Miracle Mile
San Fernando Valley
Burbank/North Hollywood
Sherman Oaks/Van Nuys Los Angeles
Warner Center Los Angeles/West Valley
West Los Angeles
Elsewhere in Los Angeles County
Pasadena
South Bay/Torrance/Carson
South Valley/Covina (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Santa Clarita (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Cities in Los Angeles County
With a population of 3.8 million people as of the 2010 Census the City of Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States after New York City and is the focal point of the Greater Los Angeles Area. As an international center for finance entertainment media culture education tourism and science Los Angeles is considered one of the world's most powerful and influential global cities.
List of cities with populations of over 50 000 as of the 2010 U.S. Census:
Orange County
Main article: Orange County California |
Orange County was originally an agricultural area dependent on citrus crops avocados and oil extraction and became a bedroom community for Los Angeles when I–5 the Santa Ana Freeway linked it to the city in the 1950s. The growth of Los Angeles initially fueled population growth in Orange County but by the 1970s it had become an important economic center in its own right with tourism and electronics industries among others. Today Orange County is known for its tourist attractions such as Disneyland Knott's Berry Farm its several pristine beaches and coastline and its wealthier areas featured in television shows such as The O.C. No one of the original downtowns serves as the central urban core for the county but there are important clusters of business and culture in Downtown Santa Ana and in three edge cities: the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city from Disneyland to the Orange Crush interchange (Orange Santa Ana) the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city (Santa Ana Costa Mesa Irvine) and Irvine's Spectrum edge city.
Orange County is sometimes figuratively divided into "North County" and "South County" with North Orange County including cities such as Anaheim Fullerton and Santa Ana and is the older more ethnically diverse and more densely built-up area closer to Los Angeles. South County defined variously as beginning with either Costa Mesa or Irvine and includes cities to the east and south such as Laguna Beach Mission Viejo Newport Beach and San Clemente is more residential affluent recently developed and has a mostly white population. Irvine is an exception as it is a center of employment and is ethnically diverse. A growing alternative dividing marker between north and south is the El Toro Y interchange. Orange Coast or South Coast area is defined instead consisting of some or all of the cities lining the coast.
Subregions in Orange County
North Orange County
South Orange County
Edge cities in Orange County
Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city
Fullerton/La Habra/Brea (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Irvine Spectrum
Newport Center/Fashion Island (emerging edge city as of 1991)
San Clemente/Laguna Niguel (emerging edge city as of 1991)
South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city
Westminster/Huntington Beach
Cities in Orange County
Cities in Orange County with a population of 60 000 or more in the 2010 Census.
Inland Empire
Main article: Inland Empire (California) |
The Inland Empire consisting of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties contains fast-growing suburbs of the region with a large to majority percentage of the working population commuting to either Los Angeles or Orange Counties for work. Originally an important center for citrus production the region became an important industrial area by the early 20th century. The Inland Empire also became a key transportation center following the completion of Route 66 and later Interstate 10. With the post-World War II economic boom leading to rapid development in Los Angeles and Orange Counties land developers bulldozed acres of agricultural land to build suburbs in order to accommodate the Los Angeles area's expanding population. The development of a regional freeway system facilitated the expansion of suburbs and human migration linking the Inland Empire and rest of Greater Los Angeles. Despite being primarily suburban the Inland Empire is also home to important warehousing shipping logistics and retail industries centered on the subregion's major cities of Riverside San Bernardino and Ontario.
While the Inland Empire is sometimes defined as the entirety of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties the eastern undeveloped desert portions of these counties are not considered to be part of Greater Los Angeles. The state of California defines this area to include the cities of Adelanto Apple Valley and Victorville to the north the Riverside–San Diego county line to the south and the towns of Anza Idyllwild and Lucerne Valley along with the San Bernardino National Forest to the east. However with clear northern and southern limits to expansion the region's urban eastern boundaries have become increasingly nebulous as suburban sprawl continues to spread out to form a unified whole with Los Angeles with further development encroaching past the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains and into the outlying desert areas. As a result the regional definition of Greater Los Angeles can now be extended to include Barstow and surrounding towns in the northeast the Morongo Basin in the east-central including Yucca Valley and Twentynine Palms and the Coachella Valley cities in the southeast. This interconnectivity provided by one of the most extensive freeway systems in the world as well as economic social and media ties has blended boundaries between these regions and the urbanized Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas.
Subregions in the Inland Empire
High Desert (includes Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County plus Victor Valley and Morongo Basin)
Low Desert (Coachella Valley Palm Springs and Palm Desert area)
Northwest Riverside County (Corona Norco Eastvale Jurupa Valley and Riverside area)
Moreno Valley (Moreno Valley and Perris)
Pomona Valley (Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Chino and Ontario area. Partially in Los Angeles County)
San Bernardino Valley (San Bernardino Fontana Rialto and Redlands area)
San Gorgonio Pass (Banning and Beaumont area)
San Jacinto Valley (Hemet and San Jacinto area)
Temecula Valley (Lake Elsinore Murrieta Wildomar and Temecula area)
Edge cities in the Inland Empire
Ontario Airport/Rancho Cucamonga
Riverside (emerging edge city as of 1991)
San Bernardino (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Cities in the Inland Empire
List of cities with populations of over 60 000 as of the 2010 U.S. Census:
Sparsely populated areas in the Inland Empire
While the above areas are included in the regional definition of Greater Los Angeles the U.S. Census Bureau defines Greater Los Angeles or officially the Los Angeles-Long Beach Combined Statistical Area to include both the above-mentioned areas along with the entirety of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. These areas are sparsely developed and are part of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. To the north Interstate 15 crosses desolate desert landscape after passing Barstow linking Greater Los Angeles with Las Vegas with Baker being the only significant outpost along the route. To the east lie the Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park along with the towns of Needles and Blythe on the California-Arizona border.
Ventura County
Main article: Ventura County California |
Ventura County is mostly suburban and rural and also has developed primarily through the growth of Los Angeles. The northern part of the county however remains largely undeveloped and is mostly within the Los Padres National Forest. Central and southern Ventura County formerly consisted of small towns along the Pacific Coast until the expansion of U.S. Route 101 drew in commuters from the San Fernando Valley. Master-planned cities soon began developing and the county became increasingly urbanized.
Subregions in Ventura County
Conejo Valley
Oxnard Plain
Edge cities in Ventura County
Ventura/Coastal Plain (emerging edge city as of 1991)
Cities in Ventura County
See also: Ventura County California |
Table of urban area components
Within the metropolitan areas the Census Bureau defines the following urbanized areas:
| Population Rank | Urbanized Area | 2010 Population |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 12 150 996 |
| 22 | Riverside-San Bernardino | 1 932 666 |
| 69 | Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-San Clemente | 583 681 |
| 87 | Murrieta-Temecula-Menifee | 441 546 |
| 103 | Oxnard | 367 260 |
| 111 | Indio-Cathedral City | 345 580 |
| 112 | Lancaster-Palmdale | 341 219 |
| 114 | Victorville-Hesperia | 328 454 |
| 146 | Santa Clarita | 258 653 |
| 168 | Thousand Oaks | 214 811 |
| 205 | Hemet | 163 379 |
| 254 | Simi Valley | 125 206 |
| 386 | Camarillo | 71 772 |
See also
Education
Primary and Secondary Education
The Los Angeles Unified School District serves the city of L.A. and other school districts serve the surrounding areas. A number of private schools are also located in the region.
Higher Education
Greater Los Angeles is home to a number of colleges and universities. The University of Southern California and University of California Los Angeles are among the largest and the Claremont Colleges and California Institute of Technology are among the most academically renowned. Below is a list of colleges and universities within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census there were 17 877 006 people living in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The racial makeup of the area was 54.9% White (39.0% White Non-Hispanic) 12.3% Asian 0.3% Pacific Islander 7.0% African American 0.8% Native American 20.2% from other races and 4.5% from two or more races. 44.9% of the population (8.0 million) were Hispanic of any race including 35.7% of the population (6.4 million) which was of Mexican origin. 31.0% of the population (5.5 million) was foreign born; 18.3% (3.3 million) came from Latin America and 9.8% (1.7 million) from Asia.
The explosive growth of the region in the 20th century can be attributed to its favorable Mediterranean climate the availability of land and many booming industries such as oil automobile and rubber motion pictures and aerospace which in turn attracted millions of people from all over the United States and world.[citation needed] Citrus production was important to the region's development in the earlier part of the 20th century.
While the New York metropolitan area is presently the most populous metropolitan area in the United States it has been predicted in the past that Greater Los Angeles will eventually surpass Greater New York in population.[citation needed] Whether this will happen is yet to be seen but past predictions on this event have been off the mark. A 1966 article in Time predicted Greater Los Angeles would surpass New York by 1975 and that by 1990 would reach close to the 19 million mark. But the article's flawed definition of Greater Los Angeles included San Diego which is actually its own metropolitan area. A 1989 article in The New York Times predicted Greater Los Angeles would surpass Greater New York by 2010 but the article predicted the population would be 18.3 million in that year a number Greater New York has already surpassed as of 2007 by half a million people. As of 2009 the New York metropolitan area had a population of 22.2 million compared to the Greater Los Angeles Area's 18.7 million about a 3.56 million persons difference. Percentage growth however has been higher in Greater Los Angeles over the past few decades than in Greater New York.
Demographics of Los Angeles and Orange counties
| County | 2017 Estimate | 2010 Census | Change | Area | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | 10 163 507 | 9 818 605 | +3.51% | 4 057.88 sq mi (10 509.9 km2) | 2 498/sq mi (965/km2) |
| Orange County | 3 190 400 | 3 010 232 | +5.99% | 790.57 sq mi (2 047.6 km2) | 4 013/sq mi (1 549/km2) |
| Total | 13 353 907 | 12 828 837 | +4.09% | 4 848.45 sq mi (12 557.4 km2) | 2 745/sq mi (1 060/km2) |
Age and gender
According to the 2009 American Community Survey the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area had a population of 12 874 797 of which 6 402 498 (49.7% of the population) were male and 6 472 299 (50.3% of the population) were female. The age composition is shown in the table at right.
| Age distribution Los Angeles and Orange Counties 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Age | % of pop. |
| Under 5 | 7.3% |
| 5 to 9 | 6.6% |
| 10 to 14 | 7.0% |
| 15 to 19 | 7.2% |
| 20 to 24 | 7.0% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.5% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% |
| 55 to 59 | 5.5% |
| 60 to 64 | 4.4% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.6% |
| 75 to 84 | 3.6% |
| 85 and over | 1.6% |
| Median age | 34.6 |
Median age: 34.6 years
Race
According to the survey the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area was 54.6% White (32.2% non-Hispanic White alone) 7.0% Black or African American 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native 13.9% Asian 0.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 20.6% from Some other race and 3.2% from Two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 44.8% of the population.
Whites are the racial majority; whites (both Hispanic and non-Hispanic) make up 54.6% of the population. Non-Hispanic whites make up under one-third (32.2%) of the population. Approximately 7 028 533 residents are white of which 4 150 426 are non-Hispanic whites. The top five European ancestries were German: 6.9% (883 124) Irish: 5.3% (786 541) English: 4.8% (619 364) Italian: 3.3% (425 056) and French: 1.6% (204 635).
Asians make up 13.9% of the population the largest racial minority since Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity of any race. Asians of non-Hispanic origin make up 13.7% of the population. Approximately 1 790 140 residents are Asian of which 1 770 225 are Asians of non-Hispanic origin. The six Asian ancestries mentioned were Filipino: 3.5% (454 086) Chinese: 3.0% (390 192) Korean: 2.1% (274 288) Vietnamese: 2.0% (254 353) Japanese: 1.0% (134 466) and Indian: 0.9% (116 090). "Other Asian" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group includes people of Cambodian Laotian Pakistani Burmese Taiwanese and Thai descent among others. Approximately 166 665 people are in this category and they make up 1.3% of the population.
African Americans or Blacks make up 7.0% of the population. Non-Hispanic blacks make up 6.7% of the population. Approximately 895 931 residents are black of which 864 737 are non-Hispanic blacks. In the survey 136 024 people identified their ancestry as "Sub-Saharan African" equal to 1.1% of the population.
Native Americans make up 0.5% of the population (68 822) with those of non-Hispanic origin making up 0.2% (26 134). Approximately 3 872 Cherokee 1 679 Navajo 1 000 Chippewa and 965 Sioux reside in the area.
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders make up 0.3% of the population. Approximately 37 719 residents are Native Hawaiian or of other Pacific Islander ancestries of which 33 982 are of non-Hispanic origin. The three Pacific Islander ancestries mentioned were Samoan: 0.1% (13 519) Native Hawaiian: 0.1% (6 855) and Guamanian or Chamorro: <0.1% (4 581). "Other Pacific Islander" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group includes people of Fijian and Tongan descent among others. Approximately 12 764 people are in this category and they make up 0.1% of the population.
Multiracial people make up 3.2% of the population of which 1.8% were of non-Hispanic origin. Approximately 405 568 people are multiracial of which 228 238 are of non-Hispanic origin. The four multiracial ancestries mentioned were White and Asian: 0.8% (107 585) White and American Indian: 0.4% (55 960) White and Black or African American: 0.4% (53 476) and Black or African American and American Indian: 0.1% (12 661).
Hispanic or Latino origin
Hispanic or Latinos who may be of any race are by far the largest minority group; Hispanics or Latinos make up 44.8% of the population. They outnumber every other racial group. Approximately 5 763 181 residents are Hispanic or Latino. The three Hispanic or Latino ancestries mentioned were Mexican: 35.5% (4 570 776) Puerto Rican: 0.4% (48 780) and Cuban: 0.4% (47 056). "Other Hispanic or Latino" is an additional category that includes people who did not identify themselves as any of the groups above. This group include people of Costa Rican Salvadoran and Colombian descent among others. Approximately 1 096 569 people are in this category and they make up 8.5% of the population.
Source: Factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on July 29 2013. Part 1: American FactFinder Archived December 13 2012 at archive.today. Part 2: American FactFinder Archived July 19 2011 at archive.today.
Area and zip codes
Area codes
Main article: List of California area codes |
213 – Downtown Los Angeles surrounded by 323 (October 1947)
310/424 – Santa Monica Malibu Pacific Palisades Compton Lynwood Torrance Beverly Hills Catalina Island; the southwestern portion of Los Angeles County. (Split from 213 on November 2 1991; overlaid by 424 on August 26 2006)
323 – a ring around downtown Los Angeles including the Hollywood and Eagle Rock neighborhoods of Los Angeles; South Los Angeles; the cities of South Gate Huntington Park Vernon Walnut Park Florence Bell Bell Gardens Cudahy Montebello and East Los Angeles. (Split from 213 on June 13 1998)
562 – Long Beach Downey Whittier; Norwalk Lakewood Bellflower Paramount Cerritos southeast Los Angeles County and a small portion of coastal Orange County. (Split from 310 on January 25 1997)
626 – Pasadena Monterey Park Rowland Heights Alhambra and West Covina; the San Gabriel Valley and eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. (Split from 818 on June 14 1997)
657/714 – Anaheim Huntington Beach Santa Ana Orange Garden Grove; northern and western Orange County (Overlaid by 657 on September 23 2008)
661 – Bakersfield Santa Clarita Palmdale; northern Los Angeles County including the Antelope Valley and most of Kern County including the southern San Joaquin Valley. (Split from 805 on February 13 1999)
747/818 – the cities of Burbank Glendale San Fernando; the North Hollywood Van Nuys Panorama City Sherman Oaks and Northridge neighborhoods of Los Angeles; the San Fernando Valley. (Split from 213 on January 7 1984)
909 – Southwest San Bernardino County and the far eastern L.A. County suburbs of Pomona Walnut Diamond Bar San Dimas La Verne and Claremont.
949 – Irvine Laguna Beach Newport Beach San Juan Capistrano; southern and eastern Orange County. (Split from 714 on April 18 1998)
951 – Corona Hemet Jurupa Valley Moreno Valley Riverside Temecula; western end of Riverside County.
Tourism and attractions
Due to L.A.'s position as The Entertainment Capital of the World there are many tourist attractions in the area. Consequently Greater Los Angeles is one of the most visited areas in the world. Here is a breakdown of some of its major attractions:
Amusement parks
Beaches
Shopping centers and districts
Key shopping centers and shopping districts that attract out-of-area visitors are listed here; see also the Table of Shopping Centers in Southern California.
Film and TV studio tours
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Universal Studios
Walt Disney Studios
Warner Brothers Studios
Water parks
Zoos and aquariums
Museums
There are over 100 museums in the area with some of the most widely visited being:
Convention Centers
State parks & beaches
National parks monuments & refuges
Channel Islands National Park
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Joshua Tree National Park
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
Other
Media
Main article: Media in Los Angeles |
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to the headquarters of several well-known media companies including: the Los Angeles Times Fox Broadcasting Company Universal Studios and The Walt Disney Company. Local television channels broadcasting to the Los Angeles market include KCBS-TV 2 (CBS) KNBC 4 (NBC) KTLA 5 (CW) KABC 7 (ABC) KCAL-TV 9 (Independent/CBS) KTTV 11 (FOX) KCOP 13 (myNetworkTV) KPXN-TV 38/30 (Ion) and KLCS 41/58 (PBS). Radio stations serving the area include: KKJZ KIIS KNX (AM) and KMZT.
Definitions
Los Angeles metropolitan area
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a 2017 population of 13 353 907. The MSA is in turn made up of two "metropolitan divisions"
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA Metropolitan Division coterminous with Los Angeles County (2017 population 10 163 507)
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine CA Metropolitan Division coterminous with Orange County (2017 population 3 190 400)
The MSA is the most populous metropolitan area in the Western United States and at 4 850 sq. mi (12 562 km2) the largest in area in the United States. It has at its core the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim corridor an urbanized area defined by the Census Bureau with a population 12 150 996 as of the 2010 Census.
Greater Los Angeles
The Census Bureau also defines a wider commercial region based on commuting patterns or megalopolis the Los Angeles-Long Beach CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) more commonly known as the Greater Los Angeles Area with an estimated population of 18 788 800 in 2017. The total land area of the CSA is 33 955 sq. mi (87 945 km2).
The CSA consists of three component metropolitan areas:
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA MSA (2017 pop. 13 353 907)
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA MSA coterminous with Ventura County (2017 pop. 854 223)
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA MSA (2017 pop. 4 580 670) consisting of:
Riverside County California (2017 pop. 2 423 266)
San Bernardino County California (2017 pop. 2 157 404)
Sports
Main article: Sports in Los Angeles |
Further information: History of the National Football League in Los Angeles |
Professional teams
Main article: Sports in Los Angeles |
As a whole the Los Angeles area has more national championships all sports combined (college and professional) than any other city in the United States with over four times as many championships as the entire state of Texas and just over twice that of New York City. It is the only American city to host the Olympic games twice: once in 1932 and more recently in 1984. Los Angeles will also be the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics becoming the third city to host three Olympic Games after London and Paris.
Table of professional teams and venues
Other professional venues include:
Auto Club Raceway Pomona
Auto Club Speedway
John C. Argue Swim Stadium
Long Beach Marine Stadium
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Temporary)
Rose Bowl
Santa Anita Park
The Forum
VELO Sports Center
NCAA Division I college sports
Cal Baptist University
Cal State Fullerton Titans
Cal State Northridge Matadors
Long Beach State 49ers
Loyola Marymount Lions
Pepperdine Waves
UC Irvine Anteaters
UC Riverside Highlanders
UCLA Bruins (FBS)
USC Trojans (FBS)
Other sports
The Greater Los Angeles area also has three well-known horse racing facilities: Santa Anita Park Los Alamitos Race Course and the former Hollywood Park Racetrack and three major motorsport venues: Auto Club Speedway Long Beach street circuit and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. In addition the city of Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984.
For over twenty years the Los Angeles area media market lacked a National Football League team. After the 1994 season the Los Angeles Rams moved to St. Louis Missouri and the Los Angeles Raiders returned to their original home of Oakland California due to the lack of an up-to-date NFL stadium. After numerous stadium proposals between 1995 and 2016 in an attempt to bring the NFL back the Oakland Raiders St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers all submitted plans to relocate back to Los Angeles after the 2015 NFL season. On January 12 2016 the Rams were approved to move to Los Angeles and build SoFi Stadium with the Chargers or Raiders given the option to join them. On January 12 2017 the Chargers announced their move to Los Angeles to join the Rams. The Rams temporarily play at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum while the Chargers temporarily play at StubHub Center. Both teams will share the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood California once construction is completed.
Geography
See also: Southern Califor
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