Census Reporter

Los Angeles County, CA

10,137,915 Population
4,058.2 square miles 2,498.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in California: 36.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,824 ±$246 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $33,389 ±$138
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $31,128 ±$63
$61,338 ±$427 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $67,739 ±$356
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $57,617 ±$115

16.3% ±0.4% (1,628,305  ±36,632) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 14.4% 5,525,524 (±0.2% / ±66,544)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,268,996 (±0.1% / ±246,910)

31.6 minutes ±0.1 (142,444,945  ±973,528) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.4 496,073,120 (±0.1 / ±2,066,309)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,802,425,670 (±0.1 / ±7,681,794)

Families

3,305,589 ±8,089 Number of households
  • California: 12,944,178 ±15,703
  • United States: 118,860,065 ±154,606
3 ±0 (9,962,718  ±6,252) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in California: 3 38,436,448
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 315,047,636

4.5% ±0.2% (116,876  ±5,176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.9% 471,829 (±0.1% / ±11,201)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,946,903 (±0.1% / ±36,746)

Housing

3,520,811 ±2,122 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,061,375 ±838
  • United States: 135,702,775 ±3,052

$537,900 ±$4,937 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $477,500 ±$1,663
  • more than double the amount in United States: $205,000 ±$467

10.7% ±0.3% (1,071,647  ±28,016.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 13.4% 5,188,623 (±0.2% / ±62,959.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,701,858 (±0.1% / ±203,161.6)

Social

78.3% ±0.5% (5,388,193  ±34,286.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in California: 82.4% 21,685,578 (±0.3% / ±72,049.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 87.5% 191,063,246 (±0.1% / ±220,872.9)
31.5% ±0.3% (2,167,313  ±20,752.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in California: 32.9% 8,660,470 (±0.2% / ±42,025.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 31.3% 68,334,277 (±0.1% / ±133,659.9)

57% ±0.3% (5,419,856  ±31,153) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 44.6% 16,388,313 (±0.2% / ±60,426.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,518,938 (±0.1% / ±163,928.5)

34.6% ±0.3% (3,510,712  ±25,453) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.2% 10,677,663 (±0.1% / ±46,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,739,345 (±0% / ±129,849)

3.3% ±0.1% (262,306  ±7,751) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 5.4% 1,624,519 (±0.1% / ±22,622)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.4% 18,496,937 (±0% / ±66,959)
262,306 Total veterans ±7,751 245,023 Male ±7,279 17,283 Female ±2,018

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