Los Angeles County officially County of Los Angeles , is the most populous area in the United States, with over 10 million inhabitants by 2017. The population is larger than that of 41 states US. It is the third largest metropolitan economy in the world, with GDP of more than $ 700 billion - bigger than Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Taiwan GDP. It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and an area of ​​4,083 square miles (10,570 km 2 ), which is bigger than the combined state of Delaware and Rhode Island in the US. This district is home to more than a quarter of California's population and is one of the most ethnically diverse districts in the US. Its territory, Los Angeles, is also the most populous city in the vicinity of four million.
Video Los Angeles County, California
History
Los Angeles County is one of California's native districts, which was created at a state time in 1850. The area initially included part of what is now Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange districts. As the population increased, parts were divided to set San Bernardino County in 1853, Kern County in 1866, and Orange County in 1889.
Maps Los Angeles County, California
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of ​​4,751 square miles (12,310 km 2 ), of which 4,058 square miles (10,510 km 2 ) are land and 693 square miles (1,790 km 2 ) (15%) is water. Los Angeles County borders 70 miles (110 km) from the coast of the Pacific Ocean and includes mountains, valleys, forests, islands, lakes, rivers and deserts. The Los Angeles River, Rio Hondo, the San Gabriel River and the Santa Clara River flow in Los Angeles County, while the main mountains are the Santa Monica Mountains and the San Gabriel Mountains. The western level of the Mojave Desert begins in the Antelope Valley, in the northeastern part of the area.
Most residents of Los Angeles County are located in the south and southwest, with large population centers in the Los Angeles Basin, San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valley. Other population centers are found in Santa Clarita Valley, Pomona Valley, Crescenta Valley and Antelope Valley.
The area is divided west-to-east by the San Gabriel Mountains, which are part of the Transversal Range in southern California, and are largely contained in the Angeles National Forest. Most of the highest peaks in the region are in the San Gabriel Mountains, including Mount San Antonio 10,068 feet (3,069 m)) at the Los Angeles-San Bernardino border, Mount Baden-Powell 9,399 feet (2,865 m), Mount Burnham 8,997 feet (2,742 m) and Mount Wilson 5.710 feet (1.740 m). Some of the lower mountains are in the northern, western, and southwestern regions, including the San Emigdio Mountains, the southern most of the Tehachapi Mountains and the Sierra Pelona Mountains.
Los Angeles County includes the island of San Clemente and Santa Catalina Island, which is part of the Channel Islands Islands off the Pacific coast.
Lakes and reservoirs
The county's main division
- East: Eastside, San Gabriel Valley, part of the Pomona Valley
- West: West Bank, Beach City
- South: South Bay, South Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Gateway City, Los Angeles Harbor Area
- North: San Fernando Valley, Crescenta Valley, part of the Conejo Valley, part of the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley
- Center: Los Angeles City Center, Mid-Wilshire, North East Los Angeles
National protected area
- Angeles National Forest (section)
- Los Padres National Forest (section)
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (section)
Demographics
Los Angeles County has a population of 9,818,605 in the US Census 2010. Los Angeles County's racial makeup is 4,936,599 (50%) White, 1,346,865 (13.7%) Asian, 856,874 (9%) African American, 72.828 (0.7% ) Native American, 26,094 (0.3%) Pacific Islands, 2,140,632 (21.8%)) of other races, and 438,713 (4.5%) of two or more races.
Non-Hispanic white people numbered 2,728,321, or 28% of the population. Hispanic or Latino population of any race numbered 4,687,889 (48%); 36% of Los Angeles County residents are of Mexican descent; Salvador's 3.7%, and Guatemala's 2.2% heritage.
The district has a large population of Asian Americans, who are home to the largest immigrants of Burmese, Cambodians, Chinese, Filipinos, Indians, Indonesians, Koreans, Sri Lankans, Taiwanese and Thai in the world. Asia's largest group of 1,346,865 (13.7%) Asians in Los Angeles County are 4.0% China, 3.3% Philippines, 2.2% Korea, 1.0% Japan, 0.9% Vietnam, 0.8% of India, and 0.3% of Cambodia.
Race and ancestors
District racial makeup is 48.7% White, 11.0% African American, 0.8% Native American, 10.0% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Island, 23.5% of other races, and 4.9 % of two or more races. 44.6% of the population are Hispanic or Latino from any race. The largest European-American progenitor groups are Germany (6%), Ireland (5%), UK (4%) and Italy (3%). 45.9% of the population reported only speaking English at home; 37.9% speak Spanish, 2.22% Tagalog, 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% Korean, 1.87% Armenian, 0.5% Arab, and 0.2% Hindi.
This region has the largest Native Americans in any country in the country: according to the 2000 census, it has over 153,550 indigenous people, and most of them are from Latin America.
As predicted by the California Institute of Public Policy in 2008, Los Angeles County is home to more than a third of undocumented California immigrants, which make up more than ten percent of the population.
2000
In the 2000 census, there were 9,519,338 people, 3,133,774 households, and 2,137,233 families living in the area. Population density was 2,344 people per square mile (905/km 2 ). There are 3,270,909 units of homes with an average density of 806 per square mile (311/km 2 ).
There are 3,133,774 households where 37% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48% are married couples living together, 15% have unmarried female households, and 32% are non-family. 25% of all households are made up of individuals and 7% have a single person living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.61.
In this area, the population is spread by 28% under the age of 18, 10% from 18 to 24, 33% from 25 to 44, 19% from 45 to 64, and 10% 65 years or older. The average age is 32 years. For every 100 females, there are 97.7 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 95.0 men.
Earnings
The average personal income for all 16 and older workers in Los Angeles County is $ 30,654, slightly below the US median; income, but varies according to environment, race and ethnicity, and gender. The average income for households in the area is $ 42,189, and the average income for families is $ 46,452. Men have an average income of $ 36,299 compared to $ 30,981 for women. The per capita income for the county is $ 20,683. There are 14.4% of families living below the poverty line and 17.9% of the population, including 24.2% below 18 and 10.5% of those over the age of 64. The Los Angeles area has the highest number of millionaires in any country in the country, with a total of 261,081 households in 2007.
The home ownership rate is 47.9%, and the median value for the house is $ 409,300. 42.2% of housing units are in multi-unit structure. Los Angeles County has the largest number of homeless, with "48,000 people living on the streets, including 6,000 veterans.", In 2010. By 2017 the number of homeless people in the Los Angeles area has increased to nearly 58,000.
Religion
In 2000, there were hundreds of Christian churches, 202 Jewish synagogues, 145 Buddhist temples, 48 ​​Muslim mosques, 44 Bahai center of worship, 37 Hindu mandirs, 28 Tenrikyo churches and alliances, 16 Shinto centers, and 14 Sikh gurdwaras in the area. The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles has about 5 million members and is the largest diocese in the United States.
Legal, government and politics
Government
The Los Angeles County Government is defined and enacted under the California Constitution, California law and the Los Angeles County Charter. Most of the California Government in practice the responsibilities of local governments such as the Regional Government of Los Angeles.
Local voters elect five powerful members of the Los Angeles Supervisory Board. The small size of the board means that each overseer represents over 2 million people. It operates in legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial capacity. As a legislative authority, it can pass the ordinance to unrelated areas (ordinances affecting the whole region, such as restaurant rank posts, must be ratified by each city). As an executive, he can tell the county departments what to do, and how to do it. As a quasi-judicial body, the Council is the last place of appeal in the local planning process, and holds public hearings on various agendas.
In 2008, the Supervisory Board oversaw an annual budget of $ 22.5 billion and about 100,000 employees. Local governments are managed day-to-day by Chief Executive Officers and organized into many departments, each of which is very large compared to equivalent (and even many state) department departments elsewhere in the United States. Some of the larger or better known departments include:
- The Consumer and Business Affairs Department of Los Angeles - offers consumers in the county a wide range of services including: consumer and real estate counseling, mediation, and small claims counsel investigate consumer complaints, property fraud and identity theft issues. The department also provides small business certification and helps entrepreneurs navigate the process of opening a business.
- Los Angeles County Children & Family Services Department - managing child care
- Los Angeles County Fire Department - provides firefighting services to unrelated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities.
- The Los Angeles County Health Services Department - operates several regional hospitals and primary care clinic networks,
- The Los Angeles Public Health Department - managing public health programs including STD programs, smoking cessation, and restaurant inspections. In most counties, LACDPH places the value of letters relating to the cleanliness and safety of restaurant food in the front windows of the restaurant.
- Los Angeles Public Social Services Department - manages many federal and state prosperity programs
- The Los Angeles Department of Public Works - operates flood control systems throughout the region, builds and maintains roads in unrelated areas
- Los Angeles County District Attorney - prosecute a criminal suspect.
- Los Angeles County Defense Office - Defend poor people accused of criminal offenses.
- Los Angeles County Experimental Department
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - provides law enforcement services for unrelated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 42 cities.
The Metropolitan Transport Authority of Los Angeles County, regardless of its name, is not the County department. Technically it is a state-mandated county transportation commission that also operates buses and trains.
Politics
Registration of voters
Overview
Los Angeles County has elected a Democratic candidate in most of the presidential elections in the last four decades, and has been a Democrat in every election since 1988. However, he chose twice for Dwight Eisenhower (1952, 1956), Richard Nixon (1968). , 1972), and Ronald Reagan (1980, 1984) the latter two of whom are Californians. From 1920 to 1984, it was a decisive district that always chose the eventual national winners. It voted against the national popular vote winners in 1988 and 2004. In 2008 and 2012 about 69% of voters voted for Democrat Barack Obama. In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton won 71% of the vote, marking the largest percentage of voters ever won by a single candidate in this area.
In the United States House of Representatives, Los Angeles County is divided between 18 congressional districts: In the California State Senate, Los Angeles County is divided between 15 legislative districts: In the California State Assembly, Los Angeles County is divided between 24 legislative districts:
On November 4, 2008, the Regency of Los Angeles was almost evenly split over Proposition 8 that changed the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The state voted for an amendment of 50.04% with a margin of 2,385 votes.
Legal system
The Los Angeles Superior Court, is a district court of general jurisdiction, while the US District Court for the Central District of California can hear cases where federal jurisdiction is present. Both are headquartered in a large number of government buildings in Civic City Center.
Historically, the courthouse is a county-owned building maintained at district costs, which creates significant disputes since a court judge, as a state government official, should lobby the local Supervisory Board for renovation and upgrading of facilities. In turn, the state judiciary succeeded in persuading the state legislature to authorize the transfer of all courthouses to state governments in 2008 and 2009 (so that judges would have direct control over their own courthouse). Security Courthouse is still provided by the local government under contract with the state.
Unlike the largest city in the United States, New York City, all the city of Los Angeles and most of its important suburbs lie in one area. As a result, both district high courts and federal district courts are the busiest courts in their country.
Many celebrities like O. J. Simpson have been spotted in a Los Angeles court. In 2003, the Extra Television show (based in nearby Glendale) found himself running so many reports about legal issues from local celebrities that split them into separate performances, Celebrity Justice
State cases were filed with the Court of Appeals for the Second District of Appeal, which is also headquartered at the Civic Center, and then to the California Supreme Court, headquartered in San Francisco but also heard arguments in Los Angeles (again, in the Office Center). The federal cases were brought to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which heard them in a branch building in Pasadena. The last elected court for the federal case is the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Crime
The following table includes the number of reported incidents and the rate per 1,000 people for each type of violation.
City by population and crime rate
Other statistics
Crime in 2008 (reported by the sheriff's office or the police)
- Attack: 5452
- Automatic theft: 7727
- Theft: 5254
- Murder: 568 (5.7 per 100,000)
- Rape: 582
- Robbery: 2210
- Theft: 9682
Crime in 2013
- Murder: 386
- Theft: 54,971
- Theft: 17606
- Car Theft: 15,866
- Robbery: 10.202
- Violent Crime: 20.318
- Rape: 843
- Assault: 8.976
- Murder: 297
Economy
The Los Angeles area is generally associated with the entertainment industry and digital media; all six major film studios - Paramount Pictures, 21st Century Fox, Sony, Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios - are located within the county. Many other major industries also define the economy of Los Angeles County, including international trade supported by the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Port, music recording and production, aerospace and defense, fashion and professional services such as law, medicine, engineering services and design , financial services and more. The high-tech sector jobs in Los Angeles County are 368,500 workers, and manufacturing jobs in Los Angeles County are 365,000 workers.
The following big companies have their headquarters in Los Angeles County:
Education
The Los Angeles County Education Office provides a supporting role for the school district of the area. The county office also operates two magnet schools, the International Politeknik Secondary School and the Los Angeles County College of Art. There are a number of private schools in the area, especially those operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese.
Colleges
University
Sites of interest
The most visited park in the area is Griffith Park, owned by the city of Los Angeles. The district is also known as the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, the annual Los Angeles County Fairground in Pomona, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, the La Brea Tar Pits, the Los Angeles Arboretum and two racetracks horses and two car racetracks (Pomona Raceway and Irwindale Speedway), as well as RMS Queen Mary's located in Long Beach, and Long Beach Grand Prix, and miles of beaches - from Zuma to Cabrillo.
Venice Beach is a popular attraction where Muscle Beach is used to find many tourists admiring the "hardbodies". Today, more centered on art. The Santa Monica pier is a popular tourist spot, famous for riding cars and bumper, which is featured in the preliminary segment of the television sitcom of the Three-Person Company. Further north in Pacific Palisades, we find beaches used in the Baywatch television series. Malibu, home to many movie or television stars, lies to its west.
In mountainous areas, canyons and deserts, you may find the Vasquez Rocks Nature Park, where many old Westerns are filmed. Mount Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains is open to the public to see the astronomy star from his telescope, which is now computer-assisted. Many residents of the area find relaxation in water skiing and swimming in the Castaic Lake Recreation Area - the region's largest park by region - as well as enjoying the natural surroundings and starry nights at Saddleback Butte State Park east of Antelope Valley - California State Parks' largest in area within the county. California Poppy Reserve is located in the western Antelope Valley and showcases the country's great flowers in its hills every spring.
Museum
- Armament Center for Art, Pasadena, California
- Battleship USS Iowa , Los Angeles Waterfront in San Pedro
- SS Lane Victory, Los Angeles Waterfront in San Pedro, just south of the USS Iowa
- The California African American Museum
- California Science Center, Los Angeles (formerly Museum of Science and Industry)
- Broad
- Hammer Museum
- Huntington Library, San Marino
- Long Beach Art Museum at the historic Elizabeth Milbank Anderson residence
- Los Angeles Children's Museum
- Los Angeles County Fire Museum, at Bellflower
- Los Angeles Art Museum, Mid-City, Los Angeles
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1950); The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Downtown Los Angeles (founded in 1980)
- Jurassic Technology Museum, Culver City
- The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach
- Neon Art Museum
- The American Museum of the West (Gene Autry Museum), in Griffith Park
- Museum of Tolerance
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
- Pasadena California Art Museum, in Pasadena
- J. Paul Getty Center, Brentwood (Ancient Roman Art, Greek, and European Renaissance)
- J. Paul Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, Getty's original home
- George C. Page Museum at La Brea Tar Pits
- Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica (Contemporary Art)
- Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (19th century art and early 20th century)
- Skirball Culture Center, Los Angeles
- Southwest Museum
Entertainment
- Pacific Park
- Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Raging Waters
- Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Descanso Gardens
- Dodger Stadium
- Exposition Park
- Farmers Market
- Forums
- Griffith Park
- Griffith Observatory
- Huntington Botanical Gardens
- La Brea Tar Pits
- Music Center
- Olvera Street
- Staples Center
- Third Street Promenade
- Venice Beach
- Los Angeles Zoo
Music location
Amusement park
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- Raging Waters
- Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
- Pacific Park
Other attractions
More areas
Transportation
Main highway
Air
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), located in the Westchester district, is the main commercial airport for commercial airlines in the area and the Greater Los Angeles Area. LAX is operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), an agent from the City of Los Angeles.
Other important commercial airports in Los Angeles County include:
- Long Beach City Airport operated by Long Beach City.
- Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, operated by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority.
The following public airports are also located in Los Angeles County:
- The county operates the airport (Department of Public Works, Flight Division)
- Compton/Woodley Airport in Compton.
- San Gabriel Valley Airport in El Monte.
- The Brackett Field in La Verne.
- Whiteman Airport in Pacoima.
- General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster.
- Airport operated by the city
- Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, also operated by LAWA. Van Nuys airport sees significant executive jet air traffic.
- LA/Palmdale Regional Airport in Palmdale. The airport is a separate facility at the Air Force Base 42.
- Santa Monica airport in Santa Monica, which has major executive jet traffic.
- Hawthorne Municipal Airport, also known as Jack Northrop Field, in Hawthorne.
- Field of Zamperini in Torrance.
The US Air Force operates three airports in Los Angeles County:
- Part of Edwards Air Force Base, located at the north end of the county.
- Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, share the runway with LA/Palmdale Regional.
- The non-flying Los Angeles Airbase in El Segundo.
Rel
Los Angeles is a major freight transport hub, largely due to the large volumes of goods moving in and out of the district's port facilities. These ports are connected to the downtown railway and to the main lines of Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe heading east through a separate freight train corridor, known as Alameda Corridor.
A passenger train service is provided in the area by Amtrak, Metro Rail Los Angeles and Metrolink.
Amtrak has the following Intercity Amtrak service at Union Station in Los Angeles:
- The Pacific Surfliner to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and San Diego.
- The
to Seattle. - The Southwest Chief to Chicago.
- The Sunset Limited to New Orleans and Orlando.
Union Station is also a major center for Metrolink commuter trains, which serve most of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Light trains, subway (heavy rail), and long distance bus services are all provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles County (Metro).
Sea
The two main ports in the region are the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbor. Together they handle more than a quarter of all container traffic entering the United States, making it the largest and most important port complex in the country, and the world's third largest port with shipping volumes.
Port of Los Angeles is the largest cruise ship center on the West Coast, handling more than 1 million passengers annually.
Port of Long Beach is home to the Sea Launch program, which uses a floating launch platform to incorporate cargo into orbit that would be difficult to reach from existing land-based launch sites.
Ferries connect the city of Catalina Island Avalon to the mainland.
Community
City
There are 88 cities in Los Angeles County. According to Estimated 2016, the most widely used ones are:
Unrelated area
Places specified census
Other communities
- View: Los Angeles Almanac MAP: Immovable Local Area and Community in Los Angeles
Population ranking
The population ranking of the following table is based on the Los Angeles County 2010 census.
county seat
See also
- List of museums in Los Angeles
- List of museums in Los Angeles County, California
- List of school districts in Los Angeles County, California
- List of schools in Rome's Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- List of Historic Historic Places of Historic Places in Los Angeles County, California
Note
References
External links
- Regional government website
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