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Los Angeles, CA

3,820,963 Population
470.5 square miles 8,120.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,699 ±$899 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $46,589 ±$379
  • a little less than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$79,701 ±$1,695 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $91,960 ±$779
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

16.2% ±0.6% (604,635  ±20,783) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 1,585,798 (±0.3% / ±38,842)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

31.4 minutes ±0.3 (50,736,184  ±731,646) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.3 163,337,840 (±0.2 / ±1,299,339)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

1,460,167 ±11,730 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,542,998 ±10,740
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.5 ±0 (3,713,984  ±1,487) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,545,130 (±0 / ±2,416)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

4% ±0.4% (40,027  ±3,759) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 130,398 (±0.2% / ±7,499)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

1,565,491 ±11,331 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,828,892 ±863
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$919,900 ±$9,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $867,200 ±$4,333
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

10.6% ±0.5% (401,989  ±17,598.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,173,921 (±0.3% / ±32,630.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

80.2% ±0.8% (2,186,828  ±24,863.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.7% 7,495,534 (±0.5% / ±45,581.1)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
39.2% ±0.6% (1,069,167  ±17,285.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 38.5% 3,487,205 (±0.3% / ±29,272.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

56.3% ±0.6% (2,045,049  ±23,540) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 53.1% 6,465,390 (±0.3% / ±40,773.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 45% 16,604,364 (±0.2% / ±70,281.5)

35.4% ±0.5% (1,353,048  ±18,512) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.9% † 4,207,484 (±1,426.9% / ±36,723)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

2% ±0.1% (62,818  ±3,891) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8% 287,466 (±0.1% / ±8,605)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
62,818 Total veterans ±3,891 56,758 Male ±3,712 6,060 Female ±1,141

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