About LA County
POPULATION
10 MILLION RESIDENTS
Los Angeles County has the largest population of any county in the nation—with nearly 10 million residents, who account for approximately 25 percent of California’s population.
UNINCORPORATED AREAS
120-125 UNINCORPORATED AREAS
More than one million residents live in approximately 120-125 unincorporated areas, whose municipal services are provided by the County.
88 CITIES
The other nearly 9.3 million residents live in 88 cities CITIES within the County, located throughout 4,084 square miles.
That’s larger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
DIVERSITY
140 CULTURES
A diverse county, with more than 140 cultures and as many as 224 languages.
Land Acknowledgement
The County of Los Angeles recognizes that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present, and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters.
We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide, and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing, and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture, and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County. We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council
Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians
Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians – Kizh Nation
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
San Fernando Band of Mission Indians
To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.gov.
