Los Angeles County, California
| Los Angeles County, California | ||||||||||
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| County of Los Angeles | ||||||||||
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown Los Angeles in December 2007, Venice, Los Angeles during sunset, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA, Satellite picture of Santa Catalina Island, the Santa Monica Pier, Angeles National Forest, Vasquez Rocks, Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
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| Nickname(s): "L.A. County" | ||||||||||
 Location of the county in California |
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 California's location in the contiguous United States |
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| Coordinates: 34°3′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°WCoordinates: 34°3′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W | ||||||||||
| Country |  United States of America |
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| Region | Southern California | |||||||||
| Metro area | Greater Los Angeles Area | |||||||||
| Formed | February 18, 1850 | |||||||||
| Named for |
 City of Los Angeles
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| County seat | Los Angeles | |||||||||
| Largest city | Los Angeles | |||||||||
| Incorporated cities | 88 | |||||||||
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| • Type | Council–manager | |||||||||
| • Body | Board of Supervisors | |||||||||
| • Board of Supervisors | ||||||||||
| • Chief executive officer | Sachi A. Hamai | |||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • Total | 4,751 sq mi (12,310 km2) | |||||||||
| • Land | 4,058 sq mi (10,510 km2) | |||||||||
| • Water | 693 sq mi (1,790 km2) | |||||||||
| Highest elevation | 10,068 ft (3,069 m) | |||||||||
| Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) | |||||||||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||||||||||
| • Total | 9,818,605 | |||||||||
| • Estimate (2015) | 10,170,292 | |||||||||
| • Density | 2,100/sq mi (800/km2) | |||||||||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8) | |||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) | |||||||||
| ZIP codes | 90001–90899, 91001–93599 | |||||||||
| Area codes | 213, 310/424, 323, 562, 626, 661, 747/818, 909 | |||||||||
| FIPS code | 06-037 | |||||||||
| GNIS feature ID | 277283 | |||||||||
| GDP | $664 billion | |||||||||
| Website | www |
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Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is a county in California. With a population of more than ten million people, it is the most populous county in the United States, and larger than that of 42 individual U.S. states. It has 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated areas and at 4,083 square miles (10,570 km2) it is larger than the combined areas of the U.S. states of Delaware and Rhode Island. The county is home to more than one quarter of all California residents and is one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S. Its county seat, the City of Los Angeles, is also its most populous city at about four million.
Los Angeles County is one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. The county originally included parts of what are now Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties. As the population increased, sections were split off to organize San Bernardino County in 1853, Kern County in 1866, and Orange County in 1889.
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