Los Angeles County would rank tenth in population among the 50 U.S. states, following only the states of California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina. Geographically, it is even larger (land area: 4,058 square miles) than the states of Rhode Island (land area: 1,212 square miles; pop: 1.1 million) and Delaware (2,489 square miles; pop: 967,171). Incidentally, Los Angeles County also has a larger economic Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than all but five U.S. states (California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois).
| State | Population 1 |
|---|---|
| California | 39,283,497 2 |
| Texas | 28,260,856 |
| Florida | 20,901,636 |
| New York | 19,572,319 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,791,530 |
| Illinois | 12,770,631 |
| Ohio | 11,655,397 |
| Georgia | 10,403,847 |
| North Carolina | 10,264,876 |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY | 10,081,570 |
| Michigan | 9,965,265 |
| New Jersey | 8,878,503 |
| Virginia | 8,454,463 |
| Washington | 7,404,107 |
| Arizona | 7,050,299 |
| Massachusetts | 6,850,553 |
| Tennessee | 6,709,356 |
| Indiana | 6,665,703 |
| Missouri | 6,104,910 |
| Maryland | 6,018,848 |
| Wisconsin | 5,790,716 |
1 U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for 2019
2 Includes the population of Los Angeles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
