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About LA
The City of Los Angeles is a large coastal metropolis in
Southern California in the western United States. The city
is the county seat of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles is the
largest city in California, and the second most populous city
in the United States, with a population of 3,694,820 as of
the 2000 census. A July 1, 2002, Census estimate shows the
city's population at 3,798,981.
Initially founded on September 4, 1781, as part of New Spain,
the settlement was named by its Franciscan founders as El
Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles
del Río de Porciúncula ("the town of Our
Lady, Queen of the Angels at the Little Portion). The "little
portion" referred to the tiny property (or porziuncola
in Italian) on which St. Francis of Assisi lived in the 13th
century in a ruined chapel. After St. Francis' death, the
chapel became a place of pilgrimage with a fresco being painted
on the wall behind the altar depicting the Virgin Mary surrounded
by angels. Hence the chapel became known as "Saint Mary
of the Angels at the Little Portion" , and the Californian
settlement took its name from that original Franciscan chapel.
Los Angeles was incorporated as a city in the U.S. state
of California on April 4, 1850.
The Los Angeles metropolitan area (frequently termed the
"Southland") consists of Los Angeles, San Bernardino,
Riverside and Orange counties, and is home to more than sixteen
million people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
The Greater Los Angeles area is sometimes inaccurately referred
to as Southern California, but geographically that term more
properly includes both the Los Angeles metroplex and Imperial,
Kern, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Los Angeles, California
Flag of Los Angeles Seal of Los Angeles
City nickname:"The City of Angels"
County Los Angeles County, California
Area
- Total
- Water
1,290.6 km² (498.3 mi²)
75.7 km² (29.2 mi²) 5.86%
Population
- Total (2000)
- Metropolitan
- Density
3,694,820
16,373,645
3,041.3/km²
Time zone Pacific: UTC-8
Latitude
Longitude
33°56' N
118°24' W
City Flower: Birds of paradise
City Tree: Coral tree
United States House of Representatives: Bill Thomas, Howard
McKeon, Brad Sherman, Howard L. Berman, Henry A. Waxman, Xavier
Becerra, Hilda L. Solis, Diane E. Watson, Lucille Roybal-Allard,
Maxine Waters, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Linda Sanchez,
Dana Rohrabacher
California Assembly: Tony Strickland, Keith Richman, Cindy
Montañez, Lloyd L. Levine,Fran Pavley, Paul Koretz,
Dario Frommer, Carol Liu, Jackie Goldberg, Fabian Núñez,
Herb J. Wesson, Jr., Mark Ridley-Thomas, Marco Antonio Firebaugh,
Jerome Horton, Mervyn M. Dymally, George Nakano, Alan Lowenthal,
Jenny Oropeza, Dennis Mountjoy
City of Los Angeles Official Website (http://www.ci.la.ca.us/)
Contents [showhide]
1 History
2 Historical population
3 Culture
3.1 Food
3.2 Heritage
3.3 Art
3.4 Music
3.5 Sports
4 Flora
5 Media
6 Religion
7 Stereotypes
8 Education
8.1 Colleges and universities
9 Sites of interest
10 Law and government
11 Geography
12 Seismic activity
13 Urban layout
14 Communities, neighborhoods and districts
15 Area codes
16 Economy
16.1 Major companies headquartered in Los Angeles
16.2 Entertainment companies headquartered near Los Angeles
17 Transportation
17.1 Intercity
17.2 Intracity
18 People
19 Demographics
20 Notable natives
21 See also
22 External links
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History
Main Article: History of Los Angeles, California
The history includes earthquakes, riots, mudslides, movie
stars, oil rigs, aerospace pioneers, surfers, politicians
and palm trees.
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Historical population
Year Population
1800 315
1830 770
1850 1,610
1870 5,730
1880 11,200
1890 50,400
1900 102,500
1910 319,200
1920 576,700
1930 1,238,048
1940 1,504,277
1950 1,970,358
1960 2,479,015
1970 2,816,061
1980 2,966,850
1990 3,485,398
2000 3,694,820
At the end of 2004, population is estimated to be 3,912,200.
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Culture
Main article: Arts and Culture of Los Angeles
The greater Los Angeles area is the most important site in
the United States for movie and television production. It
is also one of the most important sites in the world for the
recorded music industry. It faces increasing competition,
however, from other parts of the United States and from the
Canadian cities of Vancouver and Toronto.
The phenomenon of entertainment companies running away to
other locales in search of lower labor and production costs
is known as "runaway production."
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Food
While the cuisines of many cultures have taken root in Los
Angeles, it is the home of the Cobb Salad, invented in the
Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood, the French-Dip sandwich,
originated by either Cole's or Phillippe's restaurant in downtown,
the ice blended coffee drink by Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
and the Tommy's Hamburger.
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Heritage
The greater Los Angeles metro area has several notable art
museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
the J. Paul Getty Center on the Santa Monica mountains overlooking
the Pacific, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the UCLA
Hammer Museum and the Norton Simon Museum. In the 1920s and
1930s Will Durant and Ariel Durant, Arnold Schoenberg and
other intellectuals were the representatives of culture, in
contrast to the movie writers and directors. But, until the
1960s the region was something of a "cultural wasteland"
compared to San Francisco and New York--if culture is defined
as the "high arts" of ballet, opera, classical music
and legitimate theater. However, as the city flourished financially
in the middle of the 20th century, the culture followed. Boosters
such as Dorothy Buffum Chandler and other philanthropists
raised funds for the establishment of art museums, music centers
and theaters. Today, the Southland cultural scene is as complex,
sophisticated and varied as any in the world.
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Art
Los Angeles is known for its mural art, and its thousands
of examples of wall art are believe to outnumber those in
every other city in the world. The city also has a famous
"public art" program which requires developers to
contribute one percent of the cost of construction of new
buildings to a public art fund. Much of this money has been
spent in downtown Los Angeles. In downtown Los Angeles, there
are several buildings constructed in the Art Deco style. In
recognition of this heritage, the recently built Metropolitan
Transit Authority building incorporates subtle Art Deco characteristics.
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Music
Los Angeles had a vibrant African-American musical community
even when it was relatively small: a number of musical artists
congregated around Central Avenue, and the community produced
a number of great talents, including Charles Mingus, Buddy
Collette, Gerald Wilson, and others in the 1930s and 1940s.
While that scene disappeared in the 1950s, Los Angeles continues
as an important center for music, including rock and rap,
both performed live and recorded. Much hard rock has come
out of Los Angeles, including "hair bands" like
Mötley Crüe, thrash metal acts like Slayer, and
also 90s rock bands such as Korn. Metallica got their start
in L.A., but made their fame in the Bay Area. The hardcore
punk movement also had an offshoot here, featuring bands like
X, Black Flag and Wasted Youth.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra now performs at Walt
Disney Concert Hall after having spent many years in residence
at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
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Sports
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball
team, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers men's
basketball teams, the Los Angeles Sparks women's basketball
team, the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, the Los Angeles Galaxy
soccer team, and the Los Angeles Avengers arena football team.
Anaheim, about 25 miles to the south-east, is home to the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim hockey team and the Anaheim Angels
baseball team.
The city is credited with being the birthplace of skateboarding.
Los Angeles has twice played host to the summer Olympic Games:
in 1932 and in 1984.
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Flora
Jacaranda blossomThere are many exotic flowers and flowering
trees that are blooming year-round, with subtle colors, including
the jacaranda, hibiscus, phlox, bougainvillea, coral tree
blossoms and bird of paradise. If there were no city here,
flower-growing could still flourish as an industry, as it
does in Lompoc. Wisteria has been known to grow to house-lot-size,
and in Descanso Gardens, there are forests of camellia trees.
Orchids take special attention in this Mediterranean climate.
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Media
The city is served by several local television stations including:
Call letters Channel Network
KCBS 2 CBS
KNBC 4 NBC
KTLA 5 WB
KABC 7 ABC
KCAL 9 Independent
KTTV 11 Fox
KCOP 13 UPN
KSCI 18 Independent
KWHY 22 Independent
KVCR 24 PBS
KSFV-LP 26 Independent
KCET 28 PBS
KPXN 30 PaxNet
KJLA 33 Independent
Call letters Channel Network
KMEX 34 Univision
KNET 38 World TV
KPAL-LP 38 Independent
KTBN 40 Trinity Broadcasting
KXLA 44 Independent
KFTR 46 Telefutura
KOCE 50 PBS
KVEA 52 Telemundo
KAZA 54 Azteca America
KDOC 56 Independent
KJLA 57 Independent
KLCS 58 PBS
KRCA 62 Independent
KNLA-LP 67 Independent
Los Angeles is served by the Los Angeles Times and La Opinión
(the city's major Spanish-language paper.), as well as smaller
regional newspapers, alternative weeklies and magazine, including
the Daily News (which focuses coverage on the Valley), L.A.
Weekly, L.A. City Beat, Los Angeles magazine, Los Angeles
Business Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal (legal industry
paper), Daily Variety, (show-biz industry paper), and Los
Angeles Downtown News.
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Religion
Los Angeles is home to adherents of many religions. The cathedral
of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Cathedral
of Our Lady of the Angels (at the north end of downtown) was
completed in 2002. A major temple of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints is situated in West Los Angeles.
Los Angeles' large multi-ethnic population has fostered some
of the less common religions of North America . Immigrants
from Asia, for example, have formed a number of significant
Buddhist congregations.
Los Angeles is also home to a number of Neopagans and other
mystical religions.
The city has also been home to some very colorful religious
leaders and icons. In the 1920s, Aimee Semple McPherson established
a thriving evangelic ministry, open to both black and white
congregants. The Church of Scientology today has a major presence
in the city.
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Stereotypes
U.S. Bank Tower in Downtown Los Angeles is the tallest building
west of the Mississippi River.Los Angeles has been derided
by the rest of the United States for most of the last century:
to quote one dyspeptic observer, it simply "oozed up
through the unstable earth like some noxious tropical plant
growing and spreading over the plain and sending forth strange
fruit to contaminate the rest of the country". H.L. Mencken
complained about the stink of oranges, while Bertolt Brecht
compared Los Angeles to hell with "endless processions
of cars/Lighter than their own shadows, faster than/Mad thoughts,
gleaming vehicles in which/Jolly-looking people come from
nowhere and are nowhere bound". The current stereotype
appears to be Los Angeles as dystopia, as portrayed in movies
such as Blade Runner, and promulgated in part by socialist
urban critic Mike Davis, author of the influential nonfiction
works City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear.
Other perceptions of Los Angeles suggest a town full of surfers,
gang members and sleazy show biz types.
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Education
The primary school district that serves Los Angeles is Los
Angeles Unified School District.
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Colleges and universities
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of Southern California (USC)
California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA)
California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
Loyola Marymount University (LMU)
Los Angeles City College (LACC)
Occidental College (Oxy)
Southwestern University School of Law
Note: for more colleges and universities in the L.A. area,
such as Caltech, see Los Angeles County, California#Colleges
and Universities
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Sites of interest
Los Angeles city hallAngels Flight
Biltmore Hotel
Bonaventure Hotel
Central Los Angeles Library
Chinatown
Exposition Park
Farmers Market
J. Paul Getty Center
Grauman's Chinese Theater
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Park
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles Zoo
La Brea Tar Pits
Museum of Tolerance
Olvera Street
Peterson Automotive Museum
Southwest Museum
Union Station
Universal Studios
U.S. Bank Tower
Watts Towers
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Law and government
Main article: Law and Government of Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) polices the city
of Los Angeles. (The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
polices all areas of L.A. county that do not have independent
city police departments.)
The city has a mayor-council system. The current mayor is
James Hahn. There are 15 city council districts. Other elected
city officials are the city attorney and the city controller.
The city attorney prosecutes misdemeanors within the city
limits. The district attorney, elected by the county voters,
prosecutes misdemeanors in unincorporated areas and in 78
of the 88 cities in the county, as well as felonies everywhere
in the county.
Los Angeles has 20 Sister Cities, more than any other municipality
in California. Notable sister cities include Athens, Jakarta,
Berlin, Mumbai, Vancouver, Mexico City and St. Petersburg.
See also: List of mayors of Los Angeles, California
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Geography
Los Angeles' large urban sprawl: About fifteen million people
live in the imaged area.Main article: Geography of Los Angeles
The city is situated in a semitropical Mediterranean climate
zone.
L.A. has a total area of 472.08 square miles. The extreme
north-south distance is 44 miles, the extreme east-west distance
is 29 miles, and the length of the city boundary is 342 miles.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has
a total area of 1,290.6 km² (498.3 mi²). 1,214.9
km² (469.1 mi²) of it is land and 75.7 km²
(29.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 5.86% water.
The highest point in Los Angeles is Sister Elsie Peak, 5,080
feet at the far reaches of the northeastern San Fernando Valley,
part of Mt. Lukens. The city is mostly at sea level elevation
or a few feet above.
The major waterway of Los Angeles is the Los Angeles River,
and water rights and battles have been a major part of the
city's history.
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Seismic activity
Like most areas of California, Los Angeles' history is punctuated
with major earthquakes, most recently the 1994 Northridge
earthquake, centered in the northern San Fernando Valley.
Coming less than two years after the civil unrest, the Northridge
earthquake resulted in an additional shock to Southern Californians,
in addition to billions of dollars in damage. Other major
earthquakes include the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake and
the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.
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Urban layout
Greater Los Angeles (also referred to locally as "Southern
California" or "The Southland") is such a sprawling
area that residents refer to broad general sub-regions. It
is not always meaningful to refer to Los Angeles as a distinct
city, but people outside of Southern California commonly refer
to the entire region as "L.A.," even though there
are five counties, more than 100 distinct municipalities,
hundreds of neighborhoods and districts, and more people than
any individual state except for Texas, New York, Florida,
and, of course, California.
Some areas are defined by natural features such as mountains
or the ocean; others are marked by city boundaries, freeways,
or other constructed landmarks. For example, Downtown Los
Angeles is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three
freeways and one river: The Harbor Freeway to the west, the
Hollywood Freeway to the north, the Los Angeles River to the
east, and the Santa Monica Freeway to the south. Or, consider
the San Fernando Valley: Lying north-northwest of Downtown
L.A., "The Valley" is a 15 mile-wide basin ringed
by mountains.
Some other areas of Los Angeles include the Westside; South
L.A. (formerly known as South Central L.A.); and the San Pedro/Harbor
City area. Adjoining areas that are outside the actual city
boundaries of the incorporated city of Los Angeles include
the South Bay, the San Gabriel Valley and the Foothills.
The city boundaries are quite complicated. Some areas such
as Beverly Hills and San Fernando are separate cities and
are independent of Los Angeles, yet are entirely surrounded
by L.A. territory. There are also unincorporated enclaves
which are under County jurisdiction.
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Communities, neighborhoods and districts
For more communities and cities local to the L.A. area, see
Los Angeles County, California.
These are districts and neighborhoods within the city proper:
Arleta, Arroyo Seco, Atwater Village, Baldwin Hills, Bel-Air,
Beverlywood, Boyle Heights, Brentwood, Byzantine-Latino Quarter,
Canoga Park, Century City, Chatsworth, Cheviot Hills, Chinatown,
Downtown Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, El Sereno, Elysian
Valley, Encino, Fairfax District, Glassell Park, Granada Hills,
Hancock Park, Highland Park, Hollywood, Holmby Hills, Koreatown,
Leimert Park, Lincoln Heights, Little Tokyo, Los Feliz, Mar
Vista, Mission Hills, Montecito Heights, Mt. Washington, North
Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, Olive View, Pacific Palisades,
Pacoima, Palms, Panorama City, Pico-Union, Playa del Rey,
Porter Ranch, Rancho Park, Reseda, San Pedro, Sawtelle, Sepulveda,
Sherman Oaks, Silver Lake, South Central Los Angeles (now
formally South Los Angeles), Studio City, Sunland, Sunset
Junction, Sun Valley, Sylmar, Tarzana, Toluca Lake, Tujunga,
Universal City, Van Nuys, Venice, Watts, West Adams, West
Alameda, Westchester, West Hills, Westlake/MacArthur Park,
Westwood, Wilmington, Winnetka, Woodland Hills
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Area codes
Area code 213 - Downtown L.A.
Area code 323 - Donut around downtown including greater Hollywood,
East L.A., northern South-Central L.A.
Area code 310 - West L.A. and the South Bay
Area code 562 - South-West L.A. County, Whittier area
Area code 626 - Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley
Area code 661 - Antelope Valley including Palmdale, Lancaster;
Santa Clarita
Area code 818 - The San Fernando Valley, Glendale
Area code 909 - Pomona, parts of the east County
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Economy
Main article: Economy of Los Angeles
The most important industries in Los Angeles are entertainment
and media production, aerospace, telecommunications, law,
tourism, health and medicine, manufacturing and transportation.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to North
American trade with the Pacific Rim countries.
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Major companies headquartered in Los Angeles
TokyoPop
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Entertainment companies headquartered near Los Angeles
The Walt Disney Company and Warner Brothers are based in nearby
Burbank, California. Sony Pictures Entertainment (parent of
Columbia Pictures) is based in Culver City, California.
None of the major film companies are headquartered within
the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles for a variety of
reasons, such as the city's high taxes. For example, Los Angeles
charges a gross receipts tax on business revenue, while practically
all neighboring cities do not.
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Transportation
Los Angeles is a car city and is crisscrossed with freeways.[edit]
Intercity
Most visitors to the the City of Los Angeles arrive by air
at Los Angeles International Airport. Visitors from within
California, nearby states, or Mexico often choose to drive
instead.
When approaching Los Angeles International Airport from the
east, nighttime airline travelers will glimpse the lights
of the greater Los Angeles area for over 30 minutes before
landing. The greater Los Angeles area sprawls over 120 miles
from Ventura to San Bernardino.
L.A.'s Union Station (a terminus) is the train station for
Amtrak and Metrolink. Amtrak operates a somewhat less than
hourly service to San Diego and less frequent services to
the north, including the Coast Starlight to Seattle, once
a day, a 34 hours ride. There is also daily service once a
day to Chicago and three times a week to Orlando, Florida.
As for visitors arriving by car or bus, the major routes
are Interstate 5, Interstate 15, U.S. Highway 101, and Interstate
10. Interstates 5 and 15 connect to all cities to the north
and south. Highway 101 runs west towards Santa Barbara before
veering north towards San Francisco. Interstate 10 connects
to all cities to the east.
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Intracity
The City of Los Angeles is served by a huge freeway network,
an even larger street grid, and an extensive public transportation
system.
There are at least a dozen major freeways. The original freeway,
known as the Arroyo Seco Parkway, running between downtown
Los Angeles and Pasadena, opened January 1, 1940, when the
first California freeway "traffic jam" occurred.
Major freeways of Los Angeles include the San Diego (405)
freeway, Ventura (101) freeway, Santa Monica (10) freeway,
Harbor (110) freeway, Century (105) freeway, Simi Valley (118)
freeway, the Foothill (210) freeway, Long Beach (710) freeway
and the Golden State (5) freeway.
The city's streets are often as congested as its freeways.
Streets were a major issue during an unsuccessful campaign
in 2002 by some Hollywood and San Fernando Valley residents
to secede from Los Angeles.
L.A. is also far behind many other cities in complying with
a state law that requires conversion of 70 percent of traffic
signal lights from incandescent light bulbs to light emitting
diodes.
The primary regional public transportation agency is the
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
commonly referred to as MTA or Metro. MTA has developed a
sophisticated and modern subway, as well as an extensive bus
system. Additionally, a light rail system has been built connecting
downtown L.A. to outlying suburbs like Long Beach and Pasadena.
Expansion of the subway system was halted by voter referendum
after several accidents during the construction of the Red
Line subway, but MTA is continuing with expansion of the light
rail network to the Westside and East Los Angeles, and with
expansion of the bus network along dedicated busways.
The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)
also runs several short bus lines to fill gaps in the huge
MTA countywide bus network, and many bordering cities operate
their own bus companies with service into the City of Los
Angeles. To make its buses stand out from the chaos on L.A.
streets, the City of Santa Monica pioneered the practice of
painting its "Big Blue Buses" all blue. City of
Culver City buses are painted in a predominantly green pattern,
and MTA local buses are now painted in an orange design.
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People
The people of Los Angeles are known as "Angelenos".
L.A. can truly be described as a "world city"--it
has one of the largest and most diverse populations of any
municipality anywhere. The Hispanic and Asian-American populations
are growing particularly quickly--the Asian-American population
is the largest of any city in the U.S. Los Angeles hosts the
largest populations of Armenians, Cambodians, Filipinos, Guatemalans,
Koreans, Thais, Mexicans, and Salvadorans outside of their
respective countries. Los Angeles is also home to the largest
populations of Japanese, Iranians, and Cambodians living in
the U.S. L.A. also has one of the largest Native American
populations in the country.
L.A. is home to people from more than 140 countries, who
speak at least 92 different languages. Ethnic enclaves like
Little Persia, Thai Town and Little Ethiopia give testimony
to the polyglot character of Los Angeles.
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Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 3,694,820 people, 1,275,412
households, and 798,407 families residing in the city. The
population density is 3,041.3/km² (7,876.8/mi²).
There are 1,337,706 housing units at an average density of
1,101.1/km² (2,851.8/mi²). The racial makeup of
the city is 46.93% White (29.7% non-Latino white), 11.24%
African American, 0.80% Native American, 9.99% Asian, 0.16%
Pacific Islander, 25.70% from other races, and 5.18% from
two or more races. 46.53% of the population are Hispanic or
Latino of any race.
There are 1,275,412 households out of which 33.5% have children
under the age of 18 living with them, 41.9% are married couples
living together, 14.5% have a female householder with no husband
present, and 37.4% are non-families. 28.5% of all households
are made up of individuals and 7.4% have someone living alone
who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size
is 2.83 and the average family size is 3.56.
In the city the population is spread out with 26.6% under
the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 18.6%
from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are
99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are
97.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $36,687,
and the median income for a family is $39,942. Males have
a median income of $31,880 versus $30,197 for females. The
per capita income for the city is $20,671. 22.1% of the population
and 18.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the
total people living in poverty, 30.3% are under the age of
18 and 12.6% are 65 or older.
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Notable natives
Famous political figures born within the city of Los Angeles
include
H. R. Haldeman, Adlai Stevenson, Earl Warren
Not surprisingly, the list includes many film and television
stars (including second generation stars)
Jennifer Aniston, Anne Archer, Bob Barker, Albert Brooks,
Jackie Cooper, Richard Crenna, Doug Davidson, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Mia Farrow, Bridget Fonda, Jodie Foster, Kelsey Grammer, Jake
Gyllenhaal, Helen Hunt, Angelina Jolie, Michael Keaton, Wayne
Knight, Martin Lawrence, Liza Minnelli, Marilyn Monroe, Eddie
Murphy, Jack Nicholson, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Ryan O'Neal,
Tatum O'Neal, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt, Gene Rayburn, Val
Kilmer
The list also includes several musicians
John Cage, Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Etta James,
Randy Newman (who made "I Love L.A." the city's
official anthem), Tupac Shakur, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson
Thomas, Brian Wilson and other members of the Beach Boys
Other notables include
Sally Ride, Herb Ritts, Tommy Lasorda, Bing Crosby, Francesca
Lia Block, Michael Milken, Peter Tomarken, Bo Jackson, Dave
Koz, Brandy, and Magic Johnson
Numerous other figures (too many to mention) were born elsewhere
in Southern California or spent their childhood in the Los
Angeles region.
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