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Los Angeles, Space, International Space Station

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)
-- Place of Birth for Population by City and Community in Los Angeles County


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 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
TOTAL 3,311,836 3,386,618 3,477,813
EUROPE 169,699 171,820 179,001
Northern Europe 42,373 42,527 41,164
Ireland 1,545 1,646 3,470
Denmark 2,709 2,795 1,635
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Norway 668 802 857
Sweden 3,308 3,586 3,361
United Kingdom 32,954 32,795 30,755
United Kingdom (excluding England & Scotland) 16,143 15,643 11,616
United Kingdom (England) 14,785 15,090 16,779
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
United Kingdom (Scotland) 2,026 2,062 2,360
Other Northern Europe 1,189 903 1,086
Western Europe 35,547 36,836 40,337
Austria 2,122 2,239 3,163
Belgium 1,444 1,619 1,701
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
France 10,944 10,613 9,193
Germany 14,957 16,131 19,890
Netherlands 3,895 3,951 4,076
Switzerland 2,090 2,207 2,233
Other Western Europe 95 76 81
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Southern Europe 17,466 18,421 20,192
Greece 3,141 3,535 4,962
Italy 8,654 9,057 9,678
Portugal 1,378 1,489 2,025
Azores Islands 233 272 N/A
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Spain 4,151 4,222 3,358
Other Southern Europe 142 118 169
Eastern Europe 73,897 73,577 77,003
Albania 398 323 252
Belarus 2,752 2,793 1,847
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Bosnia & Herzegovina 833 542 875
Bulgaria 2,611 3,247 3,257
Croatia 1,782 1,769 2,389
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic & Slovakia) 2,577 2,409 2,442
Hungary 3,492 3,770 5,284
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Latvia 844 1,115 1,052
Lithuania 1,285 1,657 1,430
Moldova 1,715 1,684 1,378
North Macedonia (Macedonia) 145 292 196
Poland 5,641 5,902 7,421
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Romania 5,948 6,116 7,914
Russia 21,778 20,300 20,867
Serbia 1,327 1,195 906
Ukraine 15,888 15,106 14,977
Other Eastern Europe 4,881 4,491 5,422
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Europe, not elsewhere classified 416 468 305
ASIA 1,191,887 1,224,411 1,148,084
Eastern Asia 457,510 469,608 435,316
China (except Hong Kong, Taiwan) 193,273 195,332 134,137
Hong Kong 27,039 27,842 29,170
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Taiwan 61,102 65,122 68,214
Japan 36,409 35,861 41,054
Korea 138,199 143,694 161,896
Other Eastern Asia 1,488 1,757 845
South Central Asia 195,173 203,203 176,305
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Afghanistan 3,825 3,405 2,788
Bangladesh 9,129 7,096 5,805
Bhutan 0 N/A N/A
India 57,971 61,474 47,221
Iran 105,187 109,887 103,751
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Kazakhstan 2,084 1,650 540
Nepal 2,807 2,721 755
Pakistan 7,640 9,616 8,231
Sri Lanka 3,822 4,343 5,621
Uzbekistan 1,954 2,320 1,215
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Other South Central Asia 754 691 378
South Eastern Asia 396,822 410,238 408,460
Burma 9,353 8,252 6,704
Cambodia 21,116 21,224 23,607
Indonesia 12,503 13,575 14,959
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Laos 2,616 2,597 3,225
Malaysia 4,170 3,758 4,759
Philippines 230,341 237,111 235,591
Singapore 2,376 2,211 2,099
Thailand 18,639 20,830 21,490
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Vietnam 95,644 100,619 96,015
Other South Eastern Asia 64 61 11
Western Asia 139,909 139,100 126,402
Armenia 70,473 68,125 57,105
Azerbaijan 3,950 N/A N/A
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Georgia 2,725 N/A N/A
Iraq 6,795 6,569 5,899
Israel 15,476 15,755 15,869
Jordan 3,802 3,382 2,970
Kuwait 1,797 2,150 1,424
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Lebanon 15,414 16,371 18,772
Saudi Arabia 1,266 1,837 1,189
Syria 11,537 12,953 11,546
Turkey 5,495 4,943 77
United Arab Emirates 668 N/A N/A
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Yemen 52 78 5,139
Other Western Asia 459 6,937 6,412
Asia, not elsewhere classified 2,473 2,262 1,601
AFRICA 62,527 61,135 47,484
Eastern Africa 14,344 15,246 12,158
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Eritrea 1,236 1,348 938
Ethiopia 6,639 6,990 5,943
Kenya 2,548 2,964 1,827
Somalia 76 168 N/A
Tanzania 577 N/A N/A
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Uganda 1,618 1,700 N/A
Zimbabwe 444 312 N/A
Other Eastern Africa 1,206 1,764 3,450
Middle Africa 2,111 2,568 1,345
Cameroon 1,045 1,489 571
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Congo 342 415 N/A
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) 566 571 N/A
Other Middle Africa 158 93 774
Northern Africa 19,041 18,492 15,594
Algeria 888 N/A N/A
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Egypt 14,188 13,650 11,527
Morocco 2,275 2,276 2,284
Sudan 888 992 734
Other Northern Africa 802 1,574 1,049
Southern Africa 5,561 4,888 4,001
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
South Africa 5,486 4,846 3,923
Other Southern Africa 75 42 78
Western Africa 19,317 17,879 11,301
Cabo Verde 17 41 0
Ghana 2,819 2,612 1,683
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Ivory Coast 480 N/A N/A
Liberia 541 429 362
Nigeria 13,884 12,934 7,111
Senegal 272 347 N/A
Sierra Leone 693 717 630
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Togo 53 N/A N/A
Other Western Africa 558 799 1,515
Africa, not elsewhere classified 2,153 2,062 3,085
OCEANIA 16,228 15,211 12,461
Australia & New Zealand Subregion 9,424 8,696 6,857
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Australia 7,692 6,863 4,951
Other Australian & New Zealand Subregion 1,732 1,833 1,906
Fiji 2,703 2,813 2,214
Marshall Islands 301 N/A N/A
Micronesia 358 95 3,390
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Oceania, not elsewhere classified 3,442 3,607 2,090,783
AMERICAS 1,871,495 1,914,041 2,060,538
Caribbean 29,911 31,946 34,114
Bahamas 325 281 201
Barbados 391 197 317
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Cuba 14,892 16,954 21,633
Dominica 398 249 135
Dominican Republic 2,324 1,943 1,561
Grenada 240 287 127
Haiti 1,716 1,650 1,081
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Jamaica 6,340 6,556 5,318
St. Lucia 199 N/A N/A
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 74 77 90
Trinidad & Tobago 1,893 2,488 2,164
West Indies 423 245 664
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Other Caribbean 696 1,019 823
Central America 1,714,945 1,757,123 1,928,143
Belize 12,428 12,445 1,417,013
Costa Rica 4,591 4,722 13,035
El Salvador 267,334 266,490 5,867
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Guatemala 180,551 172,479 260,182
Honduras 37,517 35,079 166,490
Mexico 1,186,595 1,239,695 32,157
Nicaragua 21,480 22,058 27,267
Panama 2,720 2,652 3,700
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Other Central America 1,729 1,503 2,432
South America 99,044 96,037 98,281
Argentina 13,709 12,993 15,149
Bolivia 3,315 3,337 4,031
Brazil 13,849 12,182 8,521
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Chile 5,057 5,388 6,411
Colombia 18,154 17,730 16,709
Ecuador 11,012 10,907 13,601
Guyana 1,429 1,541 1,196
Peru 24,504 25,384 26,719
Geography 2022 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Uruguay 1,428 1,424 990
Venezuela 5,747 4,087 3,432
Other South America 840 1,064 1,522
Northern America 27,595 28,935 30,245
Canada 27,540 28,835 30,007
Other Northern America 55 100 238

* Annual estimates derived from U.S. Census American Community Survey conducted over the preceeding five-year period.
N/A No data specifically for this country was broken out for this year.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau