Los Angeles County, California

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Los Angeles County is a United States county located in the United States of California. Los Angeles County had an official population of 9519338 in 2000. According to July 2008 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the county is 9862049, It is California's most populous county. The county encompasses an area of 4752.32 square miles (12308.45 square kilometre ), of which, 4060.87 square miles (10517.61 square kilometre) of it is land and 691.45 square miles (1790.85 square kilometre) of it is water, making it California's eighth largest county by total area. It is ranks second in the size of its inland waterways in California.


According to 2000 Census Bureau, there were 9519338 people, 3133774 households, and 2136977 families living in the county. The population density was 2344.2 people per square mile (905.1/kmē), it is third most densely populated county in California. There were 3270909 housing units at an average density of 805.5 per square mile (311.01/kmē). It has an average household size was 2.98 persons, and the average family size was 3.61 persons. In the county Age distribution was 28% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 or older. For every 100 males there were 102.4 females. For every 100 males age 18 and over, there were 105.3 females. Its population in July 2008 was estimated to be about 9862049, The racial or ethnic makeup of the county was 74.14% White, 9.45% Black or African American, 1% American Indian, 13.17% Asian, 0.34% Native Hawaiian, and 1.9% from two or more races.

Population 2000-2008

School Enrollment 2000

GDP 2000

The median income for a household in the county was $42189, it would be the 25th highest county by median household income in the U.S. state of California. The median income for a family in the county was $46452, it is the 30th wealthiest county in terms of median family income. The per capita income for the county was $20683, it is California's 26th wealthiest county by per capita income.

In 2000, 2931076 pupils and students, of which 49.65% are male and 50.35% are female, 30.79% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 5.43% nursery or pri school, 5.69% kindergarten, 42.96% elementary school, 21.01% high school and 24.92% College graduate school.

Rank	City	County	Total Area mi2	Land Area mi2	Water Area mi2	Population	Density mi2	Per capita Income	House hold Income
1	Acton Cdp	Los Angeles County	4.64	4.64	0	2390	514.8	26810	63156
2	Agoura Hills City	Los Angeles County	8.2	8.18	0.03	20537	2511.8	39700	87008
3	Alhambra City	Los Angeles County	7.62	7.62	0	85804	11257.3	17350	39213
4	Alondra Park Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.16	1.14	0.02	8622	7562.4	17175	39722
5	Altadena Cdp	Los Angeles County	8.7	8.7	0	42610	4898.9	27604	60549
6	Arcadia City	Los Angeles County	11.11	10.98	0.12	53054	4830	28400	56100
7	Artesia City	Los Angeles County	1.62	1.62	0	16380	10126.1	15763	44500
8	Avalon City	Los Angeles County	3.15	2.81	0.33	3127	1112.4	21032	39327
9	Avocado Heights Cdp	Los Angeles County	2.82	2.67	0.15	15148	5675.7	14570	48712
10	Azusa City	Los Angeles County	8.9	8.9	0	44712	5023.7	13412	39191
11	Baldwin Park City	Los Angeles County	6.8	6.66	0.13	75837	11379.2	11562	41629
12	Bell City	Los Angeles County	2.64	2.48	0.17	36664	14802.5	9905	29946
13	Bell Gardens City	Los Angeles County	2.49	2.49	0	44054	17721.3	8415	30597
14	Bellflower City	Los Angeles County	6.15	6.07	0.07	72878	11999.5	15982	39362
15	Beverly Hills City	Los Angeles County	5.67	5.67	0	33784	5954	65507	70945
16	Bradbury City	Los Angeles County	1.91	1.91	0	855	447.3	57717	100454
17	Burbank City	Los Angeles County	17.36	17.35	0.02	100316	5782.4	25713	47467
18	Calabasas City	Los Angeles County	13.15	13.1	0.05	20033	1528.8	48189	93860
19	Carson City	Los Angeles County	18.97	18.84	0.12	89730	4762.2	17107	52284
20	Cerritos City	Los Angeles County	8.89	8.62	0.27	51488	5974	25249	73030
21	Charter Oak Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.93	0.93	0	9027	9711.3	18766	50744
22	Citrus Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.9	0.9	0	10581	11784.8	15848	55110
23	Claremont City	Los Angeles County	13.43	13.14	0.28	33998	2586.6	28843	65910
24	Commerce City	Los Angeles County	6.57	6.57	0	12568	1913.6	11117	34040
25	Compton City	Los Angeles County	10.2	10.13	0.07	93493	9225.6	10389	31819
26	Covina City	Los Angeles County	6.97	6.97	0.01	46837	6723.7	20231	48474
27	Cudahy City	Los Angeles County	1.12	1.12	0	24208	21627.7	8688	29040
28	Culver City City	Los Angeles County	5.13	5.11	0.02	38816	7589.8	29025	51792
29	Del Aire Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.99	0.99	0	9012	9110.7	20726	55186
30	Desert View Highlands Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.47	0.47	0	2337	4950.4	15651	37341
31	Diamond Bar City	Los Angeles County	14.76	14.76	0	56287	3813.2	25472	68871
32	Downey City	Los Angeles County	12.59	12.42	0.17	107323	8641.7	18197	45667
33	Duarte City	Los Angeles County	6.68	6.68	0	21486	3215.7	19648	50744
34	East Compton Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.52	0.52	0	9286	17945.9	8108	31398
35	East La Mirada Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.11	1.11	0	9538	8559	20613	51440
36	East Los Angeles Cdp	Los Angeles County	7.45	7.44	0	124283	16697.4	9543	28544
37	East Pasadena Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.32	1.32	0	6045	4586.6	34548	53378
38	East San Gabriel Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.57	1.55	0.01	14512	9337.5	23571	51301
39	El Monte City	Los Angeles County	9.69	9.55	0.14	115965	12139.5	10316	32439
40	El Segundo City	Los Angeles County	10.8	5.54	5.26	16033	2894.6	33996	61341
41	Florence-graham Cdp	Los Angeles County	3.58	3.58	0	60197	16799.7	8092	25425
42	Gardena City	Los Angeles County	5.82	5.82	0	57746	9921.3	17263	38988
43	Glendale City	Los Angeles County	30.67	30.65	0.02	194973	6362.2	22227	41805
44	Glendora City	Los Angeles County	19.27	19.14	0.13	49415	2581.5	25993	60013
45	Hacienda Heights Cdp	Los Angeles County	11.39	11.38	0.01	53122	4668.8	21893	59485
46	Hawaiian Gardens City	Los Angeles County	0.98	0.96	0.02	14779	15389.5	10728	34500
47	Hawthorne City	Los Angeles County	6.06	6.06	0	84112	13879.4	15022	31887
48	Hermosa Beach City	Los Angeles County	5.91	1.43	4.48	18566	12982.4	54244	81153
49	Hidden Hills City	Los Angeles County	1.65	1.65	0	1875	1135	94096	200001
50	Huntington Park City	Los Angeles County	3.03	3.03	0	61348	20252.4	9340	28941
51	Industry City	Los Angeles County	11.89	11.72	0.18	777	66.3	9877	49423
52	Inglewood City	Los Angeles County	9.14	9.14	0	112580	12323.6	14776	34269
53	Irwindale City	Los Angeles County	9.46	9.29	0.17	1446	155.7	13144	45000
54	La Canada Flintridge City	Los Angeles County	8.65	8.65	0	20318	2348.9	52838	109989
55	La Crescenta-montrose Cdp	Los Angeles County	3.43	3.43	0	18532	5407	30196	60089
56	La Habra Heights City	Los Angeles County	6.2	6.2	0	5712	922	47258	101080
57	La Mirada City	Los Angeles County	7.88	7.85	0.03	46783	5960.6	22404	61632
58	La Puente City	Los Angeles County	3.49	3.49	0	41063	11757.3	11336	41222
59	La Verne City	Los Angeles County	8.41	8.31	0.1	31638	3805.8	26689	61326
60	Ladera Heights Cdp	Los Angeles County	2.94	2.94	0	6568	2230.6	47798	90233
61	Lake Los Angeles Cdp	Los Angeles County	13.06	13.01	0.05	11523	885.7	12209	38794
62	Lakewood City	Los Angeles County	9.5	9.43	0.07	79345	8414.8	22095	58214
63	Lancaster City	Los Angeles County	94.18	94	0.18	118718	1263	16935	41127
64	Lawndale City	Los Angeles County	1.98	1.98	0	31711	16036.7	13702	39012
65	Lennox Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.08	1.08	0	22950	21257.5	8499	28273
66	Littlerock Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.45	1.45	0	1402	967.3	15557	39000
67	Lomita City	Los Angeles County	1.9	1.9	0	20046	10572.7	22127	43303
68	Long Beach City	Los Angeles County	65.87	50.44	15.43	461522	9149.8	19040	37270
69	Los Angeles City	Los Angeles County	498.29	469.07	29.22	3694820	7876.8	20671	36687
70	Lynwood City	Los Angeles County	4.85	4.85	0	69845	14389.2	9542	35888
71	Malibu City	Los Angeles County	100.96	19.87	81.09	12575	632.9	74336	102031
72	Manhattan Beach City	Los Angeles County	10.36	3.93	6.43	33852	8606.7	61136	100750
73	Marina Del Rey Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.47	0.88	0.59	8176	9289.5	58530	68447
74	Mayflower Village Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.66	0.66	0	5081	7652.3	21790	55547
75	Maywood City	Los Angeles County	1.18	1.18	0	28083	23887.2	8926	30480
76	Monrovia City	Los Angeles County	13.81	13.75	0.07	36929	2686.5	21686	45375
77	Montebello City	Los Angeles County	8.35	8.25	0.11	62150	7536.9	15125	38805
78	Monterey Park City	Los Angeles County	7.67	7.63	0.03	60051	7869.5	17661	40724
79	North El Monte Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.42	0.42	0	3703	8751.9	19192	48583
80	Norwalk City	Los Angeles County	9.74	9.68	0.05	103298	10667.6	14022	46047
81	Palmdale City	Los Angeles County	105.1	104.96	0.14	116670	1111.6	16384	46941
82	Palos Verdes Estates City	Los Angeles County	4.79	4.79	0	13340	2784.9	69040	123534
83	Paramount City	Los Angeles County	4.84	4.73	0.1	55266	11678.3	11487	36749
84	Pasadena City	Los Angeles County	23.17	23.1	0.07	133936	5798.7	28186	46012
85	Pico Rivera City	Los Angeles County	8.84	8.3	0.55	63428	7645.7	13011	41564
86	Pomona City	Los Angeles County	22.84	22.84	0	149473	6544.3	13336	40021
87	Quartz Hill Cdp	Los Angeles County	3.82	3.82	0	9890	2591.9	22140	49098
88	Rancho Palos Verdes City	Los Angeles County	13.66	13.66	0	41145	3011.2	46250	95503
89	Redondo Beach City	Los Angeles County	6.43	6.28	0.14	63261	10065.4	38305	69173
90	Rolling Hills City	Los Angeles County	3.08	3.08	0	1871	607.7	111031	200001
91	Rolling Hills Estates City	Los Angeles County	3.6	3.59	0.02	7676	2139.1	51849	109010
92	Rosemead City	Los Angeles County	5.15	5.15	0.01	53505	10398.3	12146	36181
93	Rowland Heights Cdp	Los Angeles County	9.02	9.02	0	48553	5380.7	19315	52270
94	San Dimas City	Los Angeles County	15.63	15.51	0.12	34980	2255.7	28321	62885
95	San Fernando City	Los Angeles County	2.38	2.38	0	23564	9880.7	11485	39909
96	San Gabriel City	Los Angeles County	4.13	4.13	0	39804	9639.3	16807	41791
97	San Marino City	Los Angeles County	3.77	3.77	0	12945	3430.5	59150	117267
98	Santa Clarita City	Los Angeles County	47.85	47.83	0.02	151088	3159.1	26841	66717
99	Santa Fe Springs City	Los Angeles County	8.86	8.75	0.11	17438	1992	14547	44540
100	Santa Monica City	Los Angeles County	15.91	8.26	7.65	84084	10178.7	42874	50714
101	Sierra Madre City	Los Angeles County	3.01	3	0.01	10578	3522.9	41104	65900
102	Signal Hill City	Los Angeles County	2.23	2.23	0	9333	4182	24399	48938
103	South El Monte City	Los Angeles County	2.89	2.88	0	21144	7330.8	10130	34656
104	South Gate City	Los Angeles County	7.48	7.37	0.12	96375	13084.6	10602	35695
105	South Pasadena City	Los Angeles County	3.44	3.44	0	24292	7064.4	32620	55728
106	South San Gabriel Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.83	0.83	0	7595	9106.3	16345	51136
107	South San Jose Hills Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.46	1.46	0	20218	13876.4	11324	48655
108	South Whittier Cdp	Los Angeles County	5.38	5.38	0	55193	10257.7	15080	47378
109	Temple City City	Los Angeles County	4.01	4.01	0	33377	8313.8	20267	48722
110	Torrance City	Los Angeles County	20.54	20.54	0	137946	6715.7	28144	56489
111	Val Verde Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.33	0.33	0	1472	4428.8	15626	52593
112	Valinda Cdp	Los Angeles County	2.01	2.01	0	21776	10830.8	12949	49578
113	Vernon City	Los Angeles County	5.16	5	0.16	91	18.2	17812	60000
114	View Park-windsor Hills Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.86	1.86	0	10958	5895.8	34382	59961
115	Vincent Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.5	1.5	0	15097	10039.3	15522	52349
116	Walnut City	Los Angeles County	8.98	8.98	0	30004	3340.5	25196	81015
117	Walnut Park Cdp	Los Angeles County	0.74	0.74	0	16180	21919	10275	35837
118	West Athens Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.34	1.34	0	9101	6784.4	12903	35423
119	West Carson Cdp	Los Angeles County	2.26	2.26	0	21138	9355.3	21023	49118
120	West Compton Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.64	1.64	0	5435	3313	12255	38000
121	West Covina City	Los Angeles County	16.11	16.11	0	105080	6524.6	19342	53002
122	West Hollywood City	Los Angeles County	1.88	1.88	0	35716	18992.7	38302	38914
123	West Puente Valley Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.75	1.75	0	22589	12908	12806	49923
124	West Whittier-los Nietos Cdp	Los Angeles County	2.51	2.51	0	25129	9997.3	14417	45921
125	Westlake Village City	Los Angeles County	5.66	5.21	0.45	8368	1605.9	49596	94571
126	Westmont Cdp	Los Angeles County	1.85	1.85	0	31623	17103	9765	23323
127	Whittier City	Los Angeles County	14.63	14.63	0	83680	5719.4	21409	49256
128	Willowbrook Cdp	Los Angeles County	3.74	3.74	0	34138	9121.6	9865	27811

Year	Population
April 2000 census	9519338
April 2000 Estimate	9519331
July 2000 Estimate	9544112
July 2001 Estimate	9643067
July 2002 Estimate	9733679
July 2003 Estimate	9801378
July 2004 Estimate	9841217
July 2005 Estimate	9846010
July 2006 Estimate	9826493
July 2007 Estimate	9807870
July 2008 Estimate	9862049

School	Male	Female	Total
Nursery school	82435	76589	159024
Kindergarten	85356	81279	166635
Elementary school	642046	617115	1259161
High school	316801	299141	615942
College or graduate school	328506	401808	730314

Place	Median household income	Median family income	Per capita income
Los Angeles County, California	$42189	$46452	$20683
California, United States	$47493	$53025	$22711
United States	$41994	$50046	$21587