Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Los Angeles| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 1,610 |
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| 1860 | 4,385 | 172.4% | |
| 1870 | 5,728 | 30.6% | |
| 1880 | 11,183 | 95.2% | |
| 1890 | 50,395 | 350.6% | |
| 1900 | 102,479 | 103.4% | |
| 1910 | 319,198 | 211.5% | |
| 1920 | 576,673 | 80.7% | |
| 1930 | 1,238,048 | 114.7% | |
| 1940 | 1,504,277 | 21.5% | |
| 1950 | 1,970,358 | 31.0% | |
| 1960 | 2,479,015 | 25.8% | |
| 1970 | 2,816,061 | 13.6% | |
| 1980 | 2,966,850 | 5.4% | |
| 1990 | 3,485,398 | 17.5% | |
| 2000 | 3,694,820 | 6.0% | |
| 2010 | 3,792,621 | 2.6% | |
| Est. 2011 | 3,819,702 | 0.7% | |
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The 2010 United States Census reported that Los Angeles had a population of 3,792,621. The population density was 7,544.6 people per square mile (2,913.0/km²). The Census reported that 3,708,020 people (97.8% of the population) lived in households, 58,186 (1.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 26,415 (0.7%) were institutionalized.
The age distribution was 874,525 people (23.1%) under 18, 434,478 people (11.5%) from 18 to 24, 1,209,367 people (31.9%) from 25 to 44, 877,555 people (23.1%) from 45 to 64, and 396,696 people (10.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 34.1 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.
There were 1,413,995 housing units—up from 1,298,350 during 2005–2009—at an average density of 2,812.8 households per square mile (1,086.0/km²), of which 503,863 (38.2%) were owner-occupied, and 814,305 (61.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.1%. 1,535,444 people (40.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,172,576 people (57.3%) lived in rental housing units.
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