Los Angeles, California

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The 2000 Census showed that Los Angeles had a population of 3,694,820 people^<1>. This represents 10.87% of the total population of California, making it the state's most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
-1-	Los Angeles			3,833,995	3.77% increase
2	San Diego	SE	111 mi [178.6 km]	1,279,329	4.57% increase
3	San Jose	NW	296 mi [476.4 km]	948,279	5.96% increase
4	San Francisco	NW	359 mi [577 km]	808,976	4.15% increase
5	Long Beach	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	463,789	0.49% increase
6	Fresno	N	205 mi [329.9 km]	476,050	11.32% increase
7	Sacramento	NW	356 mi [572 km]	463,794	13.95% increase

Los Angeles had 1,337,706 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Los Angeles has a total area of 498.3 square miles [1,290 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 469.1 square miles [1,214 km²]29.22 square miles [75.7 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Los Angeles had a 2000 population density of 7,876 people per square mile [3,041 people/km²], making it the state's 48th most densely populated area.

Los Angeles County

The city of Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 9,544,112 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 3,694,820 people, Los Angeles contained 38.71% of the Los Angeles County total.

In addition, where the community of Los Angeles has a population density of 7,876 people per square mile [3,041 people/km²], Los Angeles County averages 2,350 people per square mile [907 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Los Angeles County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Los Angeles. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Los Angeles. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Los Angeles, it also contains a comparison between Los Angeles and the state of California.

Click here for the Los Angeles QuickFact (QF-0644000).

The following communities are nearby Los Angeles and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Culver City	QF-0617568	SE	Less than 2 mi	38,580	0.61% decrease
	Beverly Hills	QF-0606308	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	34,445	1.96% increase
	Inglewood	QF-0636546	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	112,714	0.12% increase
	Santa Monica	QF-0670000	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	87,664	4.26% increase
	West Hollywood	QF-0684410	NE	5 mi [8.05 km]	36,005	0.81% increase
	Hawthorne	QF-0632548	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	84,305	0.23% increase
	Lawndale	QF-0640886	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	31,346	1.15% decrease
	Manhattan Beach	QF-0645400	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	36,605	8.13% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Los Angeles.

A Census Quickfact is available for Los Angeles County (QF-06037).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Los Angeles County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Kern	QF-06029	N	800,458	20.64% increase
	Orange	QF-06059	SE	3,010,759	5.38% increase
	San Bernardino	QF-06071	E	2,015,355	17.26% increase
	Ventura	QF-06111	W	797,740	5.46% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Los Angeles:

Los Angeles is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #9 (the Pacific Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Los Angeles.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Los Angeles. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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