Los Angeles, CA

1963‑1975:		Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA
1975‑1983:		Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA SCSA
1983‑1992:		Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA CMSA
1992‑2003:		Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA
2003‑2006:		Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Division in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Los Angeles County, CA	4,151,687	6,038,771	7,032,075	7,477,503	8,863,164	9,519,338	9,941,197



Total	-	-	7,032,075	7,477,503	8,863,164	9,519,338	9,941,197
Percent Change	-	-	-	6.3%	18.5%	7.4%	4.4%



Total (as currently defined)	4,151,687	6,038,771	7,032,075	7,477,503	8,863,164	9,519,338	9,941,197
Percent Change	-	45.5%	16.4%	6.3%	18.5%	7.4%	4.4%

Timeline

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Component

Los Angeles County, CA

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Long Beach, CA	250,767	344,168	358,633	*	361,334	*	429,433	*	461,522	*	474,014	*

Los Angeles, CA	1,970,358	2,479,015	2,816,061	*	2,966,850	*	3,485,398	*	3,694,820	*	3,844,829	*

Burbank, CA	78,577	90,155	88,871		84,625		93,643	*	100,316		104,108	*

Pasadena, CA	104,577	116,407	113,327		118,550		131,591	*	133,936	*	143,731	*

Pomona, CA	35,405	67,157	87,384		92,742		131,723	*	149,473		153,787	*

Lancaster, CA	(x)	(x)	(x)		48,027		97,291		118,718	*	134,032

Arcadia, CA	23,066	41,005	42,868		45,994		48,290		53,054		56,153	*

Carson, CA	(x)	38,059	71,150		81,221		83,995		89,730		93,955	*

Cerritos, CA	(x)	3,508	15,856		53,020		53,240		51,488		52,561	*

Compton, CA	47,991	71,812	78,611		81,286		90,454		93,493		95,659	*

Gardena, CA	14,405	35,943	41,021		45,165		49,847		57,746		59,891	*

Glendale, CA	95,702	119,442	132,752		139,060		180,038		194,973		200,065	*

Montebello, CA	21,735	32,097	42,807		52,929		59,564		62,150		63,290	*

Monterey Park, CA	20,395	37,821	49,166		54,338		60,738		60,051		62,065	*

Paramount, CA	(x)	27,249	34,734		36,407		47,669		55,266		56,540	*

Santa Monica, CA	71,595	83,249	88,289		88,314		86,905		84,084		87,800	*

Torrance, CA	22,241	100,991	134,584		129,881		133,107		137,946		142,384	*



Total	0	0	3,174,694		3,328,184		4,271,788		4,408,996		5,690,832
Metro	0	0	7,032,075		7,477,503		8,863,164		9,519,338		9,941,197
Percent			45.1%		44.5%		48.2%		46.3%		57.2%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Long Beach, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Burbank, CA

Pasadena, CA

Pomona, CA

Lancaster, CA

Arcadia, CA

Carson, CA

Cerritos, CA

Compton, CA

Gardena, CA

Glendale, CA

Montebello, CA

Monterey Park, CA

Paramount, CA

Santa Monica, CA

Torrance, CA

Urban/Rural Population



1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			5,968,274	98.8%
		UA Population		5,922,710	98.1%
	Rural Population			70,497	1.2%

	Inside Central Cities			2,823,183	46.8%
	Outside Central Cities			3,215,588	53.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			6,038,771	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA		6,488,791	5,831,809	89.9%
	Pomona-Ontario, CA		186,547	90,901	48.7%

	Total			5,922,710


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			6,938,453	98.7%
		UA Population		6,871,745	97.7%
	Rural Population			93,622	1.3%

	Inside Central Cities			3,174,694	45.1%
	Outside Central Cities			3,857,381	54.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			7,032,075	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA		8,351,266	6,868,885	82.2%
	Oxnard-Ventura-Thousand Oaks, CA		244,653	2,860	1.2%

	Total			6,871,745


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			7,392,175	98.9%
		UA Population		7,344,967	98.2%
	Rural Population			85,328	1.1%

	Inside Central Cities			3,624,101	48.5%
	Outside Central Cities			3,853,402	51.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			7,477,503	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lancaster, CA		56,328	56,328	100.0%
	Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA		9,479,436	7,273,711	76.7%
	Oxnard-Ventura-Thousand Oaks, CA		377,695	14,928	4.0%

	Total			7,344,967


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			8,786,268	99.1%
		UA Population		8,775,373	99.0%
	Rural Population			76,896	0.9%

	Inside Central Cities			4,143,713	46.8%
	Outside Central Cities			4,719,451	53.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			8,863,164	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lancaster-Palmdale, CA		187,190	187,190	100.0%
	Los Angeles, CA		11,402,946	8,557,396	75.0%
	Oxnard-Ventura, CA		480,482	30,787	6.4%

	Total			8,775,373


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			9,451,033	99.3%
		UA Population		9,418,004	98.9%
	Rural Population			68,305	0.7%

	Inside Principal Cities			5,480,048	57.6%
	Outside Principal Cities			4,039,290	42.4%

	Total Metro Area Population			9,519,338	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Lancaster-Palmdale, CA		263,532	263,532	100.0%
	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA		11,789,487	8,944,817	75.9%
	Santa Clarita, CA		170,481	170,481	100.0%
	Thousand Oaks, CA		210,990	39,174	18.6%

	Total			9,418,004


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		Los Angeles County, CA included as original component of Los Angeles, CA SMA
-		Los Angeles, CA designated as original central city of new Los Angeles, CA SMA


Jul 1955



-		Long Beach, CA designated as central city of Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMA


Oct 1963



-		New SMSA: Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA (The Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA was redrawn as a single-county area from what had been a two-county area with Los Angeles and Orange Counties.)
-		Los Angeles County, CA included as original SMSA component, transferred from Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA
-		Long Beach, CA designated as original central city of new SMSA, transferred from Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA
-		Los Angeles, CA designated as original central city of new SMSA, transferred from Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA


Oct 1975



-		Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA included in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA SCSA


Jun 1983



-		Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA SMSA in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA SCSA became Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA CMSA
-		Burbank, CA designated as central city of PMSA
-		Pasadena, CA designated as central city of PMSA
-		Pomona, CA designated as central city of PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Lancaster, CA designated as central city of PMSA
-		Burbank, CA no longer designated as central city
-		Pomona, CA no longer designated as central city


Jun 2003



-		Title of Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA PMSA in Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA changed to Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Division in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metro Area in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
-		Arcadia, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Burbank, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Carson, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Cerritos, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Compton, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Gardena, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Glendale, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Montebello, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Monterey Park, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Paramount, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Pomona, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Santa Monica, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Torrance, CA designated as principal city of Metro Division
-		Lancaster, CA no longer designated as principal/central city

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