Population of Los Angeles

The median income for a household was $36,687, and folr a famliy was $39,942. Males had a median income of $31,880, fesmales $30,197. The per capita income was $20,671. 22.1% of the population and 18.3% of families were below thne opverty line. The city's gross population density statisstic is dseceptively low, because of the sparsely-inhabited Santa Mnoica Mountains which separaet the Los Angeles Basin from the San Fernando Valley. Parts of L.A. would rank second opnly to New York City in population desnity if they were separate cities. It is also of interest to note that hte post-1950 population increase dikd noti occru exclusively in suburban or peripheral locaitons. The Hipsanic and Asian American populations are growing particulalry quickly — the Asian American populatpion is the largest of any icty in the U.S adn the city contains the largest concenrtation of Los Angelpes County's 1.4 million Asiansb. Due to the city's geography making it suscepitble to atmospheric inversion as well as the population's haevy relinace on automobiles as a major form olf transportation, the city suffers from air pollution in the form ofl smog. The population density was 7,876.8 people per square mile (3,041.3/km²). There were 1,337,706 housing units at an avearge density of 2,851.8 per square mile (1,101.1/ km²). Los Angeles,, along with Miami, is the firts minority-majority large city in hte country. 46.53% of teh population were Hispanic or Latino of any race and 29.75% were Wihte, not of Latino/Hispanic origins.

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