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Los Angeles County / Los Angeles, CA

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Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the country, holding the city of Los Angeles and the coast west of it. Edwin Hubble used the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory to work out that ours is one of many galaxies in an expanding universe.

Art Museums: 59: No county in the country has more art museums. Admission to the Getty Center in Brentwood costs nothing and needs a timed-entry reservation, and the charge is for parking. >99% of 3,143 counties
Farmers Markets: 106: No county in the country has more farmers markets. Only California-grown produce can be sold as certified at any of them. >99% of 3,143 counties
Mountains: 9,931'⁸: Only 80 counties in the country rise higher above their own low ground. Parking at Mount Wilson Observatory, up the Angeles Crest Highway from La Cañada Flintridge, needs a USFS Adventure Pass. >97% of 3,143 counties
Hospitals: 45: No county in the country has more hospitals. Some are the county's own, run by Los Angeles County Health Services, the second largest municipal health system in the country. >99% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $880K⁴: The median home is $880K against a household income of $82K, a ratio of nearly eleven to one. Only 28 counties in the country have higher home prices. >99% of 3,143 counties

Few things are as iconic as the Hollywood sign. But you might be surprised to learn that LA's most famous landmark looked a little different when it was first erected in 1923. Back then, it read "Hollywoodland."

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #47
Air Quality: 12.0¹
Alcohol Regulation: #45
All Occupations: $76K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.6%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.1%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 22m
Any Natural Disaster: Very High³
Architecture & Engineering: $116K¹⁰
Art Museums: 59
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $107K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑13.2%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑10.0%
Avalanche: Very Low³
Average School Rating: 43.4⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 50+
Bike Score: 59
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-1.1%
Boating: 214
Broadband Internet: 84%
Buddhists: ↑0.9%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $42K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $94K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 41%
Catholics: ↑22.3%⁷
City Population: 3.90M
Climate Change Risk: 4.0
Coastal Flooding: Very Low³
Cold Wave: none³
Community & Social Service: $65K¹⁰
Commute Time: 32
Computer & Mathematical: $144K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $70K¹⁰
County Population: 9.83M
Cuisine Diversity: 56
Cycling: 50+
Dentists: 9.0
Dog Friendly Rentals: 42%
Drought: Very Low³
Earthquakes: Very High³
Education, Training, & Library: $76K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 28%
Elevation: 1,237'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-20.2%
Farmers Markets: 106
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $37K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 1
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 1
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 123
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $37K¹⁰
Forests: 6%
Freshwater Access: 337
Gluten-Free Options: 50+
Golf: 63
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Illegal
Hail: Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $119K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $38K¹⁰
Heat Wave: High³
High School Graduation Rate: 85%¹
Hiking: 470
Hindus: ↑0.1%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑38.7%
History Museums: 43
Home Ownership Rate: 46%
Homelessness: 599
Homicide Rate: 6¹
Hospitals: 45
Hurricanes: none³
Ice Storms: Medium³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑3.8%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $63K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 22 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.5%⁷
Jews: ↑0.7%⁷
Landslide: Very Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-0.7%⁷
Legal: $154K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 82¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $97K¹⁰
Lightning: High³
Live Music: 167
Major Airport: 0h 22m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 07m
Major League Soccer: 0h 07m
Management: $155K¹⁰
Median Age: 37 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $880K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $2,272
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $2,866
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $3,642
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $4,038
Median Rental - Room: $1,268
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,976⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $2,026
Mental Health Providers: 36.2
Meth Labs: 8
Michelin Rated Restaurants: 2 Star
Minor League Baseball: 4h 35m
Mountains: 9,931'
Multiracials: ↑0.3%
Muslims: ↑0.5%⁷
National Parks: 1h 15m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↑0.1%
NBA Basketball: 0h 04m
NFL Football: 0h 17m
NHL Hockey: 0h 04m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑7.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 22%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $52K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑0.5%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 63%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↑0.0%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-0.3%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑3.4%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑3.0%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑1.8%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-0.9%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-3.1%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-2.7%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-1.1%
Performing Arts: 14
Personal Care & Service: $42K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 89% Dems
Population Density: 2,467
Population Growth: ↓-1.6%
Poverty Rate: 13.2%
Primary Care Physicians: 7.3¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #13
Production: $49K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 2,383
Property Tax: 0.71%
Protective Service: $65K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-21.7%⁷
Rain: 16"
Regional Theatre: 9
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $58K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 9.5%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.2%
Scenic Beauty: #1
Seacoast Proximity: coastal
Seasons: 30 °F
Shark Attacks: 6
Single Parent Households: ↑0.8%
Skiing: 1h 02m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 22m
Smokers: 13%¹
Snow: 0"
Spanish Speakers: ↑32.7%
State Income Tax: 13.3%
Strong Wind: Medium³
Summer Heat: 88 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 284
Termite Infestation: Heavy
Tobacco Regulation: #6
Top School Rating: 99.8⁶
Tornadoes: High³
Traffic: 5.72M
Transit Score: 53
Transportation & Material Moving: $47K¹⁰
Tsunami: Medium³
Typical Expenses: $167K⁵
Typical Expenses: $74K⁵
Typical Expenses: $101K⁵
Typical Expenses: $91K⁵
Typical Expenses: $100K⁵
Typical Expenses: $171K⁵
Typical Expenses: $111K⁵
Typical Expenses: $74K⁵
Typical Expenses: $55K⁵
Typical Expenses: $138K⁵
Typical Expenses: $109K⁵
Typical Expenses: $128K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 12.8%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 50+
Violent Crime Rate: 488²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 69
Water Quality: 2/4
Whites: ↓-49.8%
Wildfires: Very High³
Windiness: 12 mph
Wineries: 11
Winter Cold: 58 °F
Winter Weather: Low³

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