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Los Angeles, CA

3,878,718 Population
470.5 square miles 8,243.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$48,230 ±$822 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $48,297 ±$412
  • a little less than the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$82,263 ±$1,125 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $96,405 ±$980
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

16% ±0.5% (606,316  ±18,753) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 12.4% 1,577,387 (±0.3% / ±37,640)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

31.7 minutes ±0.4 (52,871,512  ±959,433) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30.7 167,900,750 (±0.2 / ±1,472,822)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

1,480,869 ±9,988 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,583,939 ±11,287
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
2.5 ±0 (3,765,474  ±1,752) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.8 12,669,142 (±0 / ±1,609)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

3.2% ±0.3% (33,157  ±3,422) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 124,721 (±0.2% / ±6,786)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

1,587,311 ±10,556 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,870,148 ±946
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$947,900 ±$10,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $908,500 ±$4,270
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

10.6% ±0.4% (408,411  ±16,594) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 1,185,489 (±0.2% / ±29,446.1)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

80.4% ±0.8% (2,244,908  ±25,220.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 82.8% 7,605,430 (±0.5% / ±46,909.9)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
39.9% ±0.6% (1,114,031  ±17,152.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 39% 3,584,880 (±0.3% / ±31,412.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

56.6% ±0.7% (2,089,747  ±24,246.5) 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: 53.5% 6,573,772 (±0.3% / ±40,831.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 45.3% 16,935,156 (±0.2% / ±69,359.3)

36.1% ±0.6% (1,401,236  ±23,803) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.4% 4,318,347
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

2.2% ±0.1% (68,438  ±4,585) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 282,350 (±0.1% / ±8,840)
  • about half the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
68,438 Total veterans ±4,585 62,493 Male ±4,290 5,945 Female ±1,119

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