Photo of Los Angeles at night (brightest spot) tweeted by astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station on September 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.
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 3,478,829 | 3,489,888 |
| EUROPE | 170,318 | 172,382 |
| Northern Europe | 41,592 | 39,821 |
| United Kingdom | 31,612 | 29,887 |
| United Kingdom (excluding England & Scotland) | 13,862 | 11,495 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 15,428 | 16,390 |
| United Kingdom (Scotland) | 2,322 | 2,002 |
| Ireland | 3,027 | 2,964 |
| Denmark | 1,444 | 1,864 |
| Norway | 876 | 823 |
| Sweden | 3,667 | 2,852 |
| Other Northern Europe | 966 | 1,431 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| Western Europe | 35,913 | 39,373 |
| Austria | 2,217 | 3,361 |
| Belgium | 1,405 | 1,972 |
| France | 10,176 | 9,003 |
| Germany | 16,042 | 18,886 |
| Netherlands | 4,054 | 4,109 |
| Switzerland | 1,896 | 2,042 |
| Other Western Europe | 123 | 0 |
| Southern Europe | 19,133 | 19,168 |
| Greece | 4,056 | 5,594 |
| Italy | 9,260 | 7,876 |
| Portugal | 1,666 | 2,231 |
| Azores Islands | 210 | N/A |
| Spain | 4,009 | 3,359 |
| Other Southern Europe | 142 | 108 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| Eastern Europe | 73,114 | 73,887 |
| Albania | 482 | 586 |
| Belarus | 2,119 | 2,352 |
| Bulgaria | 2,866 | 2,650 |
| Croatia | 1,942 | 2,086 |
| Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic & Slovakia) | 2,613 | 2,076 |
| Hungary | 4,380 | 4,158 |
| Latvia | 1,051 | 588 |
| Lithuania | 1,749 | 1,346 |
| Macedonia | 219 | 99 |
| Moldova | 1,359 | 1,444 |
| Poland | 6,298 | 5,507 |
| Romania | 5,856 | 6,839 |
| Russia | 20,865 | 22,028 |
| Ukraine | 15,102 | 14,507 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 580 | 1,681 |
| Serbia | 1,007 | 1,576 |
| Yugoslavia | N/A | 3,199 |
| Other Eastern Europe | 4,626 | 2,741 |
| Europe, not elsewhere classified | 566 | 133 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| ASIA | 1,227,447 | 1,168,150 |
| Eastern Asia | 472,329 | 450,280 |
| China (except Hong Kong) | 184,320 | 152,776 |
| Hong Kong | 28,206 | 27,472 |
| Taiwan | 67,159 | 64,740 |
| Japan | 36,715 | 36,375 |
| Korea | 154,093 | 167,679 |
| Other Eastern Asia | 1,836 | 1,238 |
| South Central Asia | 198,452 | 168,509 |
| Afghanistan | 2,440 | 2,136 |
| Bangladesh | 6,119 | 4,813 |
| India | 58,320 | 47,854 |
| Iran | 109,902 | 99,973 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,315 | 534 |
| Nepal | 2,326 | 594 |
| Pakistan | 10,015 | 5,621 |
| Sri Lanka | 4,908 | 4,978 |
| Uzbekistan | 2,256 | 1,428 |
| Other South Central Asia | 851 | 578 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| South Eastern Asia | 418,517 | 413,835 |
| Cambodia | 24,401 | 25,360 |
| Indonesia | 14,563 | 14,715 |
| Laos | 2,616 | 3,198 |
| Malaysia | 3,879 | 3,402 |
| Burma | 7,800 | 8,016 |
| Philippines | 240,583 | 229,743 |
| Singapore | 2,358 | 2,013 |
| Thailand | 21,872 | 22,789 |
| Vietnam | 100,369 | 104,536 |
| Other South Eastern Asia | 76 | 63 |
| Western Asia | 136,353 | 133,507 |
| Iraq | 7,061 | 5,301 |
| Israel | 14,744 | 14,503 |
| Jordan | 3,527 | 2,610 |
| Kuwait | 1,802 | 1,576 |
| Lebanon | 17,666 | 17,741 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,050 | 1,205 |
| Syria | 12,789 | 12,548 |
| Yemen | 83 | 39 |
| Turkey | 5,818 | 5,537 |
| Armenia | 63,152 | 66,683 |
| Other Western Asia | 6,661 | 5,764 |
| Asia, not elsewhere classified | 1,796 | 2,019 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| AFRICA | 56,345 | 53,539 |
| Eastern Africa | 13,875 | 12,660 |
| Eritrea | 852 | 927 |
| Ethiopia | 7,215 | 6,025 |
| Kenya | 2,197 | 2,325 |
| Somalia | 231 | N/A |
| Other Eastern Africa | 3,380 | 3,383 |
| Middle Africa | 2,414 | 834 |
| Cameroon | 1,480 | 196 |
| Other Middle Africa | 934 | 638 |
| Northern Africa | 18,059 | 18,668 |
| Egypt | 13,437 | 14,780 |
| Morocco | 2,608 | 1,980 |
| Sudan | 457 | 712 |
| Other Northern Africa | 1,557 | 1,196 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| Southern Africa | 5,249 | 4,971 |
| South Africa | 5,200 | 4,971 |
| Other Southern Africa | 49 | 0 |
| Western Africa | 14,665 | 13,371 |
| Cabo Verde | 76 | 0 |
| Ghana | 1,925 | 3,685 |
| Liberia | 476 | 423 |
| Nigeria | 10,407 | 7,249 |
| Sierra Leone | 778 | 277 |
| Other Western Africa | 1,003 | 1,737 |
| Africa, not elsewhere classified | 2,083 | 3,035 |
| OCEANIA | 13,810 | 14,596 |
| Australia & New Zealand Subregion | 7,625 | 8,007 |
| Australia | 6,107 | 6,254 |
| Other Australian & New Zealand Subregion | 1,518 | 1,753 |
| Fiji | 2,264 | 2,864 |
| Oceania, not elsewhere classified | 3,921 | 3,725 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| AMERICAS | 2,010,909 | 2,081,221 |
| Bahamas | 187 | 103 |
| Caribbean | 31,468 | 32,666 |
| Barbados | 443 | 297 |
| Cuba | 17,213 | 23,027 |
| Dominica | 102 | 71 |
| Dominican Republic | 2,306 | 1,300 |
| Grenada | 167 | 0 |
| Haiti | 1,415 | 935 |
| Jamaica | 5,806 | 3,835 |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines | 162 | 69 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 2,633 | 1,703 |
| West Indies | 273 | 403 |
| Other Caribbean | 761 | 923 |
| Central America | 1,852,474 | 1,925,168 |
| Mexico | 1,332,258 | 1,400,604 |
| Belize | 13,688 | 12,000 |
| Costa Rica | 5,215 | 4,992 |
| El Salvador | 263,746 | 263,878 |
| Guatemala | 173,675 | 176,263 |
| Honduras | 34,994 | 32,628 |
| Nicaragua | 25,289 | 30,109 |
| Panama | 2,956 | 2,481 |
| Other Central America | 653 | 2,213 |
| Geography | 2017 Estimate* | 2010 Estimate* |
| South America | 97,256 | 94,010 |
| Argentina | 12,918 | 12,993 |
| Bolivia | 3,459 | 3,503 |
| Brazil | 9,960 | 9,883 |
| Chile | 5,960 | 8,047 |
| Colombia | 17,363 | 17,924 |
| Ecuador | 12,778 | 12,604 |
| Guyana | 1,297 | 716 |
| Peru | 27,570 | 24,029 |
| Uruguay | 1,039 | 1,457 |
| Venezuela | 3,447 | 2,256 |
| Other South America | 1,465 | 598 |
| Northern America | 29,711 | 29,377 |
| Canada | 29,494 | 29,166 |
| Other Northern America | 217 | 211 |
* Estimates from U.S. Census American Community Surveys: 5-Year estimates, 2013-2017, for 2017 and 1-Year "point-in-time" estimate for 2010.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
