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Los Angeles, CA

3,976,324 Population
468.7 square miles 8,483 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in California: 36.4 ±0.2

Economics

$31,619 ±$430 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $32,594 ±$257
  • a little less than the amount in California: $33,389 ±$138
$54,432 ±$1,028 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $65,950 ±$495
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $67,739 ±$356

19.5% ±0.6% (762,006  ±24,794) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 15% 1,974,307 (±0.3% / ±37,220)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 14.4% 5,525,524 (±0.2% / ±66,544)

31.7 minutes ±0.2 (57,724,640  ±678,188) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.7 183,199,985 (±0.1 / ±1,141,317)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.4 496,073,120 (±0.1 / ±2,066,309)

Families

1,378,844 ±9,016 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,337,807 ±9,691
  • California: 12,944,178 ±15,703
2.8 ±0 (3,891,196  ±5,640) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 13,092,245 (±0 / ±5,768)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 3 38,436,448

4% ±0.3% (42,569  ±3,397) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 151,592 (±0.2% / ±5,132)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.9% 471,829 (±0.1% / ±11,201)

Housing

1,478,666 ±8,379 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,610,932 ±1,988
  • California: 14,061,375 ±838

$593,500 ±$6,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $578,200 ±$2,974
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $477,500 ±$1,663

11.5% ±0.4% (452,976  ±16,999.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 11.3% 1,480,838 (±0.3% / ±33,726.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 13.4% 5,188,623 (±0.2% / ±62,959.9)

Social

76.5% ±0.8% (2,093,333  ±22,350.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 79.9% 7,221,090 (±0.5% / ±41,367)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 82.4% 21,685,578 (±0.3% / ±72,049.2)
32.8% ±0.5% (897,466  ±15,086) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.5% 3,030,113 (±0.3% / ±25,599.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 32.9% 8,660,470 (±0.2% / ±42,025.9)

60% ±0.6% (2,245,186  ±22,181.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 54.3% 6,782,195 (±0.3% / ±35,384.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 44.6% 16,388,313 (±0.2% / ±60,426.2)

37.7% ±0.4% (1,499,418  ±17,572) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.6% 4,475,769 (±0.2% / ±28,570)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.2% 10,677,663 (±0.1% / ±46,799)

2.6% ±0.1% (82,531  ±3,914) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 378,165 (±0.1% / ±9,540)
  • about half the rate in California: 5.4% 1,624,519 (±0.1% / ±22,622)
82,531 Total veterans ±3,914 76,842 Male ±3,644 5,689 Female ±1,054

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