Historical Resident Population
City & County of Los Angeles,
1850 to 2000
| Year |
L.A. City Population
|
L.A. City Population as Percentage of
L.A. County |
L.A. County Population
|
L.A. County Population
as Percentage of
California |
California Population
|
| 1850 |
1,610 |
45.6% |
3,530 |
3.8% |
92,597 |
| 1860 |
4,385 |
38.7% |
11,333 |
3.0% |
379,994 |
| 1870 |
5,728 |
37.4% |
15,309 |
2.7% |
560,247 |
| 1880 |
11,183 |
33.5% |
33,381 |
3.9% |
864,694 |
| 1890 |
50,395 |
49.7% |
101,454 |
8.4% |
1,213,398 |
| 1900 |
102,479 |
60.2% |
170,298 |
11.5% |
1,485,053 |
| 1910 |
319,198 |
63.3% |
504,131 |
21.2% |
2,377,549 |
| 1920 |
576,673 |
61.6% |
936,455 |
27.3% |
3,426,861 |
| 1930 |
1,238,048 |
56.1% |
2,208,492 |
38.9% |
5,677,251 |
| 1940 |
1,504,277 |
54.0% |
2,785,643 |
40.3% |
6,907,387 |
| 1950 |
1,970,358 |
47.5% |
4,151,687 |
39.2% |
10,586,223 |
| 1960 |
2,479,015 |
41.0% |
6,039,834 |
38.4% |
15,717,204 |
| 1970 |
2,816,061 |
40.0% |
7,032,075 |
35.2% |
19,971,069 |
| 1980 |
2,950,010 |
39.5% |
7,477,657 |
31.6% |
23,667,764 |
| 1990 |
3,485,398 |
39.3% |
8,863,164 |
29.8% |
29,760,021 |
| 2000 |
3,694,820 |
38.8% |
9,519,338 |
28.1% |
33,871,648 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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