County of Los Angeles

The county of Los Angeles is a county of California, located at the southern of the State. Its population is of: 10245672 inhabitants. It is the county more populated the United States, and its number of inhabitants is higher than that of 43 states. Its chief town is Los Angeles.

Geography

The county has a surface of: 10518 km ², and are located along the Pacific Ocean. The coast, skirting the ocean on a hundred kilometers, and the Basin of Los Angeles, constitute most of the urban surface of the Grand Los Angeles and gather the major part of the population. It is a very urbanized area characterized by a very extremely urban spreading out, divided into several areas: in the east are East Los Angeles and the Vallée of San Gabriel, in the west West Los Angeles and Beach Cities; in north valleys of San Fernando, Antelope and Santa Clarita, and in the south areas of South Bay, the Peninsula of Palos Verdes, Central South Los Angeles, and the Gateway Cities. The central area is occupied by Downtown Los Angeles, South Central Los Angeles and Mid-Wilshire. The rivers and rivers which feed it are the Los Angeles, the Rio Hondo, the San Gabriel and the Santa Clara.

The desert interior grounds which account for 40% of the surface of the county as for them are much populated. The San Gabriel Mountains and the Angeles National Forest separate them from the coast. Among the Chanel Islands of the coast, the island Santa Catalina and the island San Clemente belong to the county.

On the whole, the county includes/understands 88 nonbuilt-in municipalities and 136 cities. It is adjacent with the Comté of Ventura in the west, the Comté of Kern in north, that of San Bernardino in the east and with that of Orange in south-east.

Demography

According to the census of 2000 of the Office of the census of the United States of America, there is: 9519338 inhabitants in the county: 3133774 households and: 2137233 families. Its population density is of: 905 hab/km ². 48,71% of the population were identified like white, 9,78% Afro-American, 0,81% Amerindian, 11,95% of Asian origin, 0,28% originating in the Pacific Islands, 23,53% of another ethnicity, 4,94% of two or more ethnicities. 44,56% of the population are Hispanic (concept which does not prejudge any ethnicity). 31,1% of the population are Anglo , i.e. white and not-Hispanic.

In January 2006, the population was of: 10245672, is 27,56% of the total population of California.

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Policy

The county is controlled by the Los Angeles County Board off Supervisors , whose five members are elected by the inhabitants of the county. Because of size of the county, the members represent each one approximately 2 million people. They operate at the same time in the legislative and the executive , and have an influence on the legal . As legislative authorities, the council can make pass from the laws on the nonbuilt-in territories (which affect the whole county). As executive body it governs the various agencies which compose its administration.

The administrative services are divided into several départments that one can regard as true ministries considering the importance of the county. Each one deals with specific field: one can quote, for example, the Los Angeles County Department off Beaches and Harbors , the Los Angeles County Fire Department or the Los Angeles County Department off Health Services . The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in spite of its name, does not form part of these cabinets: it is in truth a commission elected by the state on the level of the county. In the same way, the Los Angeles Superior Court , which covers the county in its totality, is a division of the official legal system, it is thus not managed by the county.

Municipalities

Main cities

  • 1 Los Angeles -: 3847400 inhabitants

  • 2 Long Beach -: 461522 inhabitants
  • 3 Glendale -: 205300 inhabitants
  • 4 Santa Clarita -: 151088 inhabitants
  • 5 Pomona -: 149473 inhabitants
  • 6 Palmdale -: 143227 inhabitants
  • 7 Torrance -: 137946 inhabitants
  • 8 Pasadena -: 133936 inhabitants
  • 9 Lancaster -: 129019 inhabitants
  • 10 El Monte -: 119918 inhabitants

Other cities


Economy

See also: Economy of Large Los Angeles

The principal industries installed in the county are the Cinéma, the Télévision, the aerospace one, the recording and the production of music, the port activities, with Long Beach for example.

Whereas the town of Los Angeles is commonly associated with the industry of entertainment the majority of the large studios, except Paramount Pictures are located outside its limits; in other cities of the county like Culver City, Burbank and Glendale.

Many companies have their head office in Los Angeles, but of many firms other cities of the county chose.

Culture

Museums

Entertainment

Transport

See also: Transport in Los Angeles

The International airport of Los Angeles is the principal airport of the county, which in account a great number, of which those of Long Beach, Palmdale, Van Nuys, Santa Monica, Compton, Torrance, El Monte, Pacoima, Lancaster and Hawthorne.

Union Station is the principal railway station. Metrolink trains serve the Grand Los Angeles and of the lines allow to join the other Californian cities and the metropolises of the remainder of the country. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority manages public transport of the urban areas of the county.

The two main ports of the county are the Port of Los Angeles and the Port Length Beach, of world importance. Ferries make it possible to join the insular cities like Avalon.

Principal highways

The highway network of the county is famous in the whole world for its vastness and its complexity. It is maintained by Caltrans and is supervised by the California Highway Patrol. The other roads and streets are especially maintained by the municipalities, including one great number have their own services of public transport.

See too

References

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