Los Angeles - Long Beach - Santa Ana

Common name: Los Angeles Area
Largest city	- Los Angeles
Other cities	- Long Beach  - Santa Ana  - Anaheim  - Glendale  - Irvine
Population	Ranked 2nd in the U.S.
- Total	CSA: 17,775,984 [1] MSA: 12,923,547 [2]
- Density	/sq. mi.  /km²
Area	sq. mi. km²
State(s)	California
Elevation
- Highest point	feet ( m)
- Lowest point	Wilmington[3] -9 feet (3 m)

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, also known as Metro LA, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the United States, trailing only the New York Metropolitan Area. It consists of two counties, Los Angeles County and Orange County.^[4] The metro is home to almost 13,000,000 people across the two-county area, making it the largest metropolitan area in California, and of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

[edit] Divisions

Los Angeles, CA from the air

The county groupings creating the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area are listed with their 2005 U.S. Census Bureau estimates of their populations.

• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division (9,948,081)
  • Los Angeles County (9,948,081)

• Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division (3,002,048)
  • Orange County (3,002,048)

[edit] Cities

Skyscrapers in Downtown Los Angeles.

[edit] Major Cities

The following is a list of cities in the Los Angeles Area with 2008 California Department of Finance estimates of their population:^[5]

[edit] Central city

• • Los Angeles (4,045,873)

[edit] Other major cities

• • Long Beach (492,642)
  • Santa Ana (353,184)
  • Anaheim (346,823)
  • Irvine (209,806)
  • Glendale (207,157)
  • Huntington Beach (201,993)

[edit] Large suburbs

[edit] See also

Los Angeles portal

• Greater Los Angeles Area
• Los Angeles

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Los Angeles Map

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