Los Angeles, California

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

Los Angeles was incorporated April 4, 1850.

The community of Los Angeles is near sea level^<1>.

Time Zone: Los Angeles lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Texas has a community that is also named Los Angeles.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Los Angeles had a population of 3,694,820 people^<2> (or 38.71% of the total population of Los Angeles County). The population of Los Angeles represented 10.91% of the total of California, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Los Angeles had a population of 3,833,995 people. This is an increase of 3.77% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Los Angeles.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alhambra	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	85,953	0.17% increase
	Burbank	NE	12 mi [19.31 km]	102,968	2.64% increase
	Carson	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	92,366	2.94% increase
	Compton	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	93,851	0.38% increase
	Downey	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	107,587	0.25% increase
	Glendale	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	197,176	1.13% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Los Angeles.

Websites for Los Angeles

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

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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