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Los Angeles, CA

3,971,896 Population
468.7 square miles 8,474.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2015 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in California: 36.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,136 ±$456 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $30,888 ±$228
  • a little less than the amount in California: $31,587 ±$129
$52,024 ±$609 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $62,544 ±$556
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $64,500 ±$395

20.5% ±0.6% (800,902  ±22,069) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 15.7% 2,064,301 (±0.3% / ±42,315)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 15.3% 5,891,678 (±0.2% / ±66,827)

31 minutes ±0.3 (55,522,360  ±648,051) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 30 177,026,105 (±0.1 / ±1,078,464)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 28.9 480,921,445 (±0.1 / ±2,218,611)

Families

1,360,164 ±8,307 Number of households
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,315,637 ±9,407
  • California: 12,896,357 ±19,487
2.9 ±0 (3,888,117  ±4,754) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3 13,121,176 (±0 / ±5,605)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 3 38,323,824

4.6% ±0.3% (49,033  ±3,321) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 152,060 (±0.2% / ±6,959)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 5% 478,813 (±0.1% / ±12,151)

Housing

1,451,722 ±8,928 Number of housing units
  • the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 4,585,390 ±1,924
  • California: 13,988,399 ±649

$542,100 ±$8,449 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: $540,600 ±$3,422
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $449,100 ±$1,441

12.5% ±0.4% (491,066  ±15,579.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 11.7% 1,538,208 (±0.3% / ±32,926.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 13.5% 5,228,811 (±0.1% / ±56,076.1)

Social

76.4% ±0.7% (2,052,938  ±21,938.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 79.5% 7,157,274 (±0.4% / ±37,469.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 82.2% 21,441,753 (±0.3% / ±65,631.8)
32.6% ±0.5% (877,391  ±13,572.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 32.7% 2,945,784 (±0.3% / ±22,577.5)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 32.3% 8,415,690 (±0.2% / ±41,081.9)

59.9% ±0.6% (2,226,494  ±21,433.4) 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: 54.7% 6,841,612 (±0.3% / ±33,266.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 44.6% 16,325,804 (±0.1% / ±52,824.8)

37.4% ±0.4% (1,485,425  ±17,503) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 33.8% 4,510,356 (±0.2% / ±26,489)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,688,336 (±0.1% / ±47,464)

2.7% ±0.1% (85,417  ±3,726) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 385,901 (±0.1% / ±7,789)
  • about half the rate in California: 5.5% 1,644,215 (±0.1% / ±18,788)
85,417 Total veterans ±3,726 78,778 Male ±3,591 6,639 Female ±1,343

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