Los Angeles County, California (CA)

Land area: 4061 sq. mi.

Water area: 691.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 2435 people per square mile   (very high).

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Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (20.3%), Educational, health and social services (19.1%), Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing (11.0%).

Type of workers:

Races in Los Angeles County, California:

Mean price in 2013:

Detached houses: $586,622

Here:	$586,622
State:	$516,149

Townhouses or other attached units: $430,826

Here:	$430,826
State:	$433,209

In 2-unit structures: $538,009

Here:	$538,009
State:	$591,113

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $423,149

Here:	$423,149
State:	$414,303

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $428,884

Here:	$428,884
State:	$419,085

Mobile homes: $89,129

Here:	$89,129
State:	$79,966

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $15,622

Here:	$15,622
State:	$74,300

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 168
• Rapes: 233
• Robberies: 1910
• Assaults: 5148
• Burglaries: 5024
• Thefts: 8682
• Auto thefts: 6727

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 170
• Rapes: 224
• Robberies: 1776
• Assaults: 5031
• Burglaries: 5042
• Thefts: 9191
• Auto thefts: 6517

Health of residents in Los Angeles County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2009:

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2013: $3,727 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2013: $2,260 (0.5%)

Area name: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles County is $952 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1189 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1597 a month.

Cities in this county include: Los Angeles, East San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Upper San Gabriel Valley, Southwest San Gabriel Valley, Glendale, Newhall, South Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita, North Antelope Valley.

2005 air pollution in Los Angeles County:

Carbon Monoxide: 6 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Lead: 0.02 µg/m³ (standard limit: 1.5 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.031 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.171 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.118 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 43 µg/m³. Significanly above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour: 79 µg/m³(standard limit: 150 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 17.8 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour: 53 µg/m³(standard limit: 35 µg/m³). Significanly above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.006 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.010 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Kern County , Orange County , San Bernardino County , Ventura County .

Current college students: 730,314
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 69.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,449,444 (38% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,593,516
• One, attached: 241,571
• Two: 89,608
• 3 or 4: 197,916
• 5 to 9: 269,122
• 10 to 19: 263,319
• 20 or more: 559,236
• Mobile homes: 53,475
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3,146

Housing units in Los Angeles County with a mortgage: 1,014,178 (145,085 second mortgage, 86,225 home equity loan, 4,320 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 273,501

Religion statistics for Los Angeles County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Los Angeles County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• CaliforniaCrown Fire, Incident Period: July 29, 2010 to August 3, 2010, Fire Management Assistance Declared: July 30, 2010, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2851, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, and Debris and Mud Flows, Incident Period: January 17, 2010 to February 6, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1884): March 8, 2010, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1884, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• CaliforniaStation Fire, Incident Period: August 27, 2009 to September 25, 2009, Fire Management Assistance Declared: August 28, 2009, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2830, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaPV Fire, Incident Period: August 27, 2009 to August 29, 2009, Fire Management Assistance Declared: August 28, 2009, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2828, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaFreeway Complex Fire, Incident Period: November 15, 2008 to November 20, 2008, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 15, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2792, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaSayre Fire, Incident Period: November 14, 2008, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 15, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2791, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaWildfires, Incident Period: November 13, 2008 to November 28, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared (DR-1810): November 18, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-DR-1810, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaSesnon Fire, Incident Period: October 13, 2008 to October 19, 2008, Fire Management Assistance Declared: October 13, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2789, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaMareck Fire, Incident Period: October 12, 2008 to October 17, 2008, Fire Management Assistance Declared: October 12, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2788, Natural disaster type: Fire
• CaliforniaSanta Anita Fire, Incident Period: April 26, 2008 to May 2, 2008, Fire Management Assistance Declared: April 27, 2008, FEMA Id: FEMA-FM-2763, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 41 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

3.18% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,176 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,133 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	0.04%
California average:	0.07%

1.70% relocated from other counties in California ($22,902 average AGI)
1.45% relocated from other states ($20,141 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	1.45%
California average:	1.68%

from Orange County, CA	0.44% ($47,619 average AGI)
from San Bernardino County, CA	0.34% ($34,625)
from Riverside County, CA	0.19% ($37,493)
from San Diego County, CA	0.15% ($42,108)
from Ventura County, CA	0.12% ($55,089)
from Clark County, NV	0.09% ($33,513)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.07% ($37,819)

3.63% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($47,892 average adjusted gross income)

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($921 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	0.07%
California average:	0.10%

2.10% relocated to other counties in California ($27,629 average AGI)
1.46% relocated to other states ($19,342 average AGI)

Los Angeles County:	1.46%
California average:	1.74%

to Orange County, CA	0.54% ($53,226 average AGI)
to San Bernardino County, CA	0.50% ($38,459)
to Riverside County, CA	0.28% ($43,924)
to San Diego County, CA	0.16% ($46,993)
to Ventura County, CA	0.14% ($63,628)
to Clark County, NV	0.11% ($42,836)
to Kern County, CA	0.07% ($35,127)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 19.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2013: 14.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2013: 5.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2012: 4.7

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,029,780 (911,590 aged, 118,190 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 23%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 110.2. This is less than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 72.9. This is less than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 8,234,154 (1,430,848 male householders, 763,232 female householders)

  1,480,665 spouses, 3,033,524 children (2,872,074 natural, 53,496 adopted, 107,954 stepchildren), 308,856 grandchildren, 205,746 brothers or sisters, 184,807 parents, 318,669 other relatives, 372,007 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 1,412,770 (510,532 male householders (360,530 living alone)), 536,592 female householders (424,398 living alone)), 365,646 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 171,681 (68,682 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 649,627 2-persons, 491,991 3-persons, 472,144 4-persons, 278,178 5-persons, 142,574 6-persons, 159,566 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 784,928 1-person, 203,376 2-persons, 34,946 3-persons, 13,883 4-persons, 5,388 5-persons, 2,382 6-persons, 2,221 7-or-more-persons.

1,648,001 married couples with children.
626,289 single-parent households (146,085 men, 480,204 women).

45.9% of residents of Los Angeles County speak English at home.
37.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
10.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $59,186,337,000 ($5956 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,701,264,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $14,173,548,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $12,143,933,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $112,921,000
Federal grants: $14,859,308,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,234,903,000 ($9,746,008,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,661,724,000 ($483,161,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $137,089,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,812,723,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,910,094,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-57 per 1000 residents
State:	-18 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1574.83 millions of gallons per day (41% from ground, 59% from surface)

55% of Los Angeles County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in California.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 4302278
• Northeast: 409451
• Midwest: 521741
• South: 510809
• West: 239119

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $170,900

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 402,699
• Number of aged recipients: 141,771
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 260,928
• Number of recipients under 18: 32,631
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 164,721
• Number of recipients older than 64: 205,347
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 142,661
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 247,897

Los Angeles County on our top lists:

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Ozone (8-hour) air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2005 (ppm)"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"