2024 population: 12,927,614 
  (  277,043 from 2020)
 277,043 from 2020) 
Land area: 4852.1 square miles
Population density: 2664.3 persons per square mile
| 2024 Census data | |||
| White: | 3,597,950 | 27.83% |  6.9% | 
| Black: | 815,727 | 6.31% |  5.2% | 
| Indian: | 24,277 | 0.19% |  4.1% | 
| Asian: | 2,314,056 | 17.90% |  3.2% | 
| 2+ races: | 329,884 | 2.55% |  4.0% | 
| Hispanic: | 5,845,720 | 45.22% |  0.8% | 
| Total non-White: | 9,329,664 | 72.17% |  0.1% | 
| 2020-2024 Components | Number | Rate  | 
|---|---|---|
| Births: | 533,675 | 10.1 | 
| Deaths: | 426,126 | 8.1 | 
| Net Migration:  | -714,090 | -13.5 | 
| Net Immigration:  | 334,938 | 6.3 | 
| Change in White population: | -268,491 | -2.0 | 
| Change in Non-White pop.: | -8,552 | -0.1 | 
| Age, Family & Household Data for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [Display all years] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 4,730,219 | |
| Median Value | $763,441 | |
| Occupied | 4,429,379 | 93.6% | 
| Vacant | 300,840 | 6.4% | 
| Owned | 2,155,123 | 48.7% | 
| Rented | 2,274,256 | 51.3% | 
| Median Rent | $1,911 | |
| Single-Family Units | 2,661,527 | 56.3% | 
| Detached | 2,288,039 | 48.4% | 
| Attached | 373,488 | 7.9% | 
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 1,572,269 | 33.2% | 
| Mobile Homes | 86,684 | 1.8% | 
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % | 
| Less than $10,000 | 219,665 | 5.0% | 
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 156,724 | 3.5% | 
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 117,080 | 2.6% | 
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 137,055 | 3.1% | 
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 136,938 | 3.1% | 
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 134,430 | 3.0% | 
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 127,262 | 2.9% | 
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 130,979 | 3.0% | 
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 127,968 | 2.9% | 
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 259,582 | 5.9% | 
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 354,492 | 8.0% | 
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 532,290 | 12.0% | 
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 447,064 | 10.1% | 
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 343,742 | 7.8% | 
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 464,561 | 10.5% | 
| $200,000 or more | 739,547 | 16.7% | 
| Median Household Income | 89,657 | |
| Per Capita Income | 43,974 | |
| Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
| Compared to U.S. | 128 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 275,040 | 6.2% | 
| Public Assistance | 176,003 | 4.0% | 
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 541,838 | 12.2% | 
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 3,325,437 | 70.2% | 
| Unemployed | 236,842 | 5.0% | 
| In Armed Forces | 5,732 | 0.1% | 
| Total Labor Force | 3,568,011 | 75.3% | 
| Not in Labor Force | 1,169,476 | 24.7% | 
| Real Unemployment Rate | 29.7% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 2,462,769 | 1,902,516 | 56.4% | 
| Non-Profit | 165,901 | 279,877 | 37.2% | 
| Self-Employed | 529,939 | 318,085 | 62.5% | 
| Local Government | 198,511 | 296,503 | 40.1% | 
| State Government | 83,190 | 122,162 | 40.5% | 
| Federal Government | 52,982 | 40,497 | 56.7% | 
| Total Private + Self | 2,992,708 | 2,220,601 | 57.4% | 
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 500,584 | 739,039 | 40.4% | 
| Total | 3,493,292 | 2,959,640 | 54.1% | 
| Pct. Govt. | 12.3% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 1,110,065 | 17.2% | 
| Sales and Office Occupations | 1,364,569 | 21.1% | 
| Professional, Technical | 1,576,417 | 24.4% | 
| Service Occupations | 1,148,088 | 17.8% | 
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 20,860 | 0.3% | 
| All others | 1,268,607 | 19.6% | 
| White Collar | 62.6% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Health care and social assistance | 823,238 | 12.7% | 
| Retail trade | 647,982 | 10.0% | 
| Manufacturing | 611,998 | 9.5% | 
| Professional, scientific, technical | 573,357 | 8.9% | 
| Educational services | 545,184 | 8.4% | 
| Accommodation and food services | 483,353 | 7.5% | 
| Construction | 399,449 | 6.2% | 
| Other services | 347,216 | 5.4% | 
| Transportation and warehousing | 343,462 | 5.3% | 
| Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 311,543 | 4.8% | 
| Finance and insurance | 267,914 | 4.1% | 
| Information | 245,885 | 3.8% | 
| Public administration | 224,766 | 3.5% | 
| Wholesale trade | 204,956 | 3.2% | 
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 203,570 | 3.1% | 
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 155,631 | 2.4% | 
| Utilities | 37,640 | 0.6% | 
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 28,976 | 0.4% | 
| Management | 7,983 | 0.1% | 
| Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 3,643 | 0.1% | 
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % | 
| Mexican | 4,488,186 | 34.23% | 
| Puerto Rican | 60,573 | 0.46% | 
| Cuban | 49,340 | 0.38% | 
| Dominican | 8,093 | 0.06% | 
| Total Central American | 907,181 | 6.92% | 
| Costa Rican | 13,287 | 0.10% | 
| Guatemalan | 304,396 | 2.32% | 
| Honduran | 59,911 | 0.46% | 
| Nicaraguan | 40,646 | 0.31% | 
| Panamanian | 6,469 | 0.05% | 
| Salvadoran | 473,887 | 3.61% | 
| Other Central American | 8,585 | 0.07% | 
| Total South American | 178,557 | 1.36% | 
| Argentinean | 27,837 | 0.21% | 
| Bolivian | 7,835 | 0.06% | 
| Chilean | 10,833 | 0.08% | 
| Colombian | 43,642 | 0.33% | 
| Ecuadorian | 25,873 | 0.20% | 
| Paraguayan | 484 | 0.00% | 
| Peruvian | 46,538 | 0.35% | 
| Uruguayan | 3,126 | 0.02% | 
| Venezuelan | 9,838 | 0.08% | 
| Other South American | 2,551 | 0.02% | 
| Other Hispanic | 223,031 | 1.70% | 
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % | 
| Chinese | 546,625 | 4.17% | 
| Filipino | 419,539 | 3.20% | 
| Vietnamese | 313,069 | 2.39% | 
| Korean | 303,594 | 2.32% | 
| Indian | 162,693 | 1.24% | 
| Japanese | 129,686 | 0.99% | 
| Taiwanese | 50,081 | 0.38% | 
| Cambodian | 39,285 | 0.30% | 
| Thai | 26,305 | 0.20% | 
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % | 
| English | 5,817,946 | 46.9% | 
| Spanish | 4,329,081 | 34.9% | 
| Chinese | 475,976 | 3.8% | 
| Other Indo-European | 472,495 | 3.8% | 
| Tagalog | 269,175 | 2.2% | 
| Vietnamese | 262,923 | 2.1% | 
| Korean | 240,334 | 1.9% | 
| Other Asian | 210,294 | 1.7% | 
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 86,690 | 0.7% | 
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % | 
| German | 661,588 | 5.0% | 
| English | 562,296 | 4.3% | 
| Irish | 557,930 | 4.3% | 
| American | 461,609 | 3.5% | 
| Italian | 374,893 | 2.9% | 
| Armenian | 194,729 | 1.5% | 
| European | 168,093 | 1.3% | 
| French | 154,062 | 1.2% | 
| Polish | 148,604 | 1.1% | 
| Russian | 135,245 | 1.0% | 
| Iranian | 118,093 | 0.9% | 
| Scottish | 108,947 | 0.8% | 
| Swedish | 82,185 | 0.6% | 
| Norwegian | 76,969 | 0.6% | 
| Dutch | 69,984 | 0.5% | 
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 11,199,870 | 85.4% | 
| Not a citizen | 1,912,047 | 14.6% | 
| Native | 8,862,811 | 67.6% | 
| Foreign-born | 4,249,106 | 32.4% | 
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 972,210 | 10.7% | 681,901 | 7.5% | 1,791,578 | 19.7% | 2,332,261 | 25.6% | 2,134,359 | 23.4% | 1,195,018 | 13.1% | 
| Average years of education: 13.1 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 972,210 | 10.7% | 
| 9-12 Years | 681,901 | 7.5% | 
| H.S. Grad or GED | 1,791,578 | 19.7% | 
| Some College | 2,332,261 | 25.6% | 
| Bach. Degree | 2,134,359 | 23.4% | 
| Grad Degree | 1,195,018 | 13.1% | 
| Average years of education: 13.1 | ||
| Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. | 
| 1990 | 11,715,620 | 11,086,726 | 628,894 | 5.4% | |
| 1991 | 11,541,890 | 10,687,664 | 854,226 | 7.4% | |
| 1992 | 11,551,620 | 10,497,806 | 1,053,814 | 9.1% | |
| 1993 | 11,349,658 | 10,299,016 | 1,050,642 | 9.3% | |
| 1994 | 11,257,744 | 10,311,588 | 946,156 | 8.4% | |
| 1995 | 11,220,700 | 10,388,856 | 831,844 | 7.4% | |
| 1996 | 11,319,366 | 10,500,946 | 818,420 | 7.2% | |
| 1997 | 11,616,678 | 10,913,936 | 702,742 | 6.0% | |
| 1998 | 11,945,608 | 11,269,472 | 676,136 | 5.7% | |
| 1999 | 12,077,854 | 11,458,018 | 619,836 | 5.1% | |
| 2000 | 12,291,080 | 11,684,376 | 606,704 | 4.9% | |
| 2001 | 12,477,902 | 11,815,602 | 662,300 | 5.3% | |
| 2002 | 12,533,378 | 11,731,648 | 801,730 | 6.4% | |
| 2003 | 12,556,738 | 11,745,288 | 811,450 | 6.5% | |
| 2004 | 12,631,736 | 11,885,134 | 746,602 | 5.9% | |
| 2005 | 12,747,026 | 12,119,758 | 627,268 | 4.9% | |
| 2006 | 12,789,690 | 12,223,518 | 566,172 | 4.4% | |
| 2007 | 12,946,468 | 12,322,568 | 623,900 | 4.8% | |
| 2008 | 13,080,318 | 12,166,266 | 914,052 | 7.0% | |
| 2009 | 13,065,306 | 11,617,310 | 1,447,996 | 11.1% | |
| 2010 | 12,956,746 | 11,405,276 | 1,551,470 | 12.0% | |
| 2011 | 12,970,902 | 11,476,488 | 1,494,414 | 11.5% | |
| 2012 | 12,926,720 | 11,598,396 | 1,328,324 | 10.3% | |
| 2013 | 13,030,572 | 11,853,422 | 1,177,150 | 9.0% | |
| 2014 | 13,095,716 | 12,101,294 | 994,422 | 7.6% | |
| 2015 | 13,116,104 | 12,308,228 | 807,876 | 6.2% | |
| 2016 | 13,232,734 | 12,567,868 | 664,866 | 5.0% | |
| 2017 | 13,391,356 | 12,787,514 | 603,842 | 4.5% | |
| 2018 | 13,420,700 | 12,850,626 | 570,074 | 4.2% | |
| 2019 | 13,471,902 | 12,911,628 | 560,274 | 4.2% | |
| 2020 | 12,949,600 | 11,416,852 | 1,532,748 | 11.8% | |
| 2021 | 13,108,358 | 12,029,906 | 1,078,452 | 8.2% | |
| 2022 | 13,151,456 | 12,560,970 | 590,486 | 4.5% | |
| 2023 | 13,209,004 | 12,592,004 | 617,000 | 4.7% | |
| 2024 | 13,466,012 | 12,744,452 | 721,560 | 5.4% | |