Country of Birth of Foreign-Born Population
Los Angeles County

Census Estimates, 2018 and 2010*

Photo of Los Angeles area from space at night (largest, brightest spot) tweeted by astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station, Sep. 23, 2015.

Aslo see: Birthplace (Nativity) of Population in Los Angeles County (all residents)
and Place of Birth Statistics by City (no breakdown by specific place of birth)

People from at least 130 countries are residents of Los Angeles County. In fact, Los Angeles County has the largest foreign-born population of any county in the United States (one of every three residents), including the largest populations from Latin America, Asia and the Pacific Islands. The largest communities outside their homeland of Mexicans, Koreans, Filipinos, Armenians, Salvadorans and Guatemalans live here. Additionally, the largest concentrations of people in the United States born in Iran, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, Cambodia, Thailand, Lebanon, Belize, Indonesia, Syria, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Netherlands, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Fiji, New Zealand and Kuwaiti make Los Angeles County their home.

* Estimates from U.S. Census American Community Surveys: 5-Year estimates, 2014-2018, for 2018 and 1-Year "point-in-time" estimate for 2010.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau