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The ages, races, and population density of Los Angeles County, California tell a story. Understand the shifts in demographic trends with these charts visualizing decades of population data.
In California, Imperial County, CA had the highest unemployment rate at 18.9%. San Mateo County, CA had the lowest at 4.1%. Los Angeles County, CA, the county with the largest labor force in the state, had an unemployment rate of 5.9%. The latest county-level data is from June 2025.
From 2019–2023, half of households in Los Angeles County, CA made more than $87,800 and the other half made less. Compared to California as a whole, Los Angeles County had more households in the less than $50,000 income range and fewer in the $200,000 or more range.
How is Los Angeles County faring against COVID-19, both overall and at a state level? Get the answers here, with data on cases and infection rates. This pages tracks the history of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County, both recent and all-time.
The latest county-level data from June 2025 shows that Los Angeles County, CA's unemployment rate was ranked 30th out of 58 counties in California, from highest to lowest.
In 2022, 1,292,737.0 veterans lived in California. 4.30% of the adult civilian population in California were considered veterans. Learn more about the veteran population of California. What era did they serve in? How do their characteristics differ from non-veterans.
Cook County, Illinois, home to Chicago and its metropolitan area, had 805 homicides in 2023 — the most in the nation. The second highest was Los Angeles County, California, whose 88 cities, including Los Angeles, had 659 homicides. Los Angeles and Cook Counties are also the two most populated counties in the country.
The counties immediately surrounding Santa Clara County have the second, third, and fourth-highest share of immigrant populations in central California: San Mateo County (35.6%), Alameda County (34.1%), and San Francisco County (34.2%). The fifth-highest immigrant population is in southern California — Los Angeles County is 33.4% foreign-born.
In Los Angeles County, 2.7% of people live in subsidized housing versus the California average of 2.4%. Share of population living in subsidized housing in 2023, by county Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development & 1 more People who live in subsidized housing share one thing: incomes low enough to qualify for housing assistance.
California had the six major-city continuums with the highest proportions of unsheltered homeless people, all with more than 60%: Long Beach, San Jose/Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Oakland/Berkeley, Fresno, and Bakersfield. Boston, New York City, Milwaukee, Baltimore, and Chicago had the highest proportions of sheltered homeless people, each over 90%.