Greater Los Angeles Area: Large urban region in the United States

The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is a term used for the group of metropolitan areas over five counties in the southern part of California.

It includes Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County and Ventura County. It has been one of the fastest growing regions in the United States for decades. The growth started in Los Angeles County, then Orange County, and now in the Inland Empire. As of 2020, the population of the Greater Los Angeles area was 18.6 million. It is the second-largest statistical area in the country. Only the New York metropolitan area is larger.

Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles–Long Beach CSA
Coordinates: 35°03′25″N 118°15′00″W / 35.0569°N 118.2500°W / 35.0569; -118.2500
CountryGreater Los Angeles Area: Main cities United States of America
StateGreater Los Angeles Area: Main cities California
Principal cityGreater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Los Angeles
Other major citiesGreater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Long Beach

Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Anaheim
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Riverside
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Santa Ana
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Irvine
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Santa Clarita
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities San Bernardino
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Moreno Valley
Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Fontana

Greater Los Angeles Area: Main cities Oxnard
Area
 • Metro
33,954 sq mi (87,940 km2)
Highest elevation
11,499 ft (3,505 m)
Lowest elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Metropolitan area18,644,680
 • Density549.1/sq mi (212.0/km2)
 Ranked 2nd in the US
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)213, 323 310, 424, 442, 562, 626, 657, 661, 714, 760, 805, 818, 909, 949, 951

The Greater Los Angeles area is centered on the county of Los Angeles, California. The term is defined to refer to the area from Ventura to the southern border of Orange County, and from the Pacific Ocean to the Inland Empire. The Greater Los Angeles area includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the Inland Empire, and Ventura County. The term "Greater Los Angeles" does not include San Diego and Imperial counties.

The United States Census Bureau has named the five county region as the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA combined statistical area. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a total area of 4,850 square miles (12,561.442 km2). The wider combined statistical area covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km2). More than half of this is the thinly populated eastern areas of Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Main cities

The following is a list of main cities in the Greater Los Angeles Area with their population in 2020.

Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana MSA

Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA

Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura MSA

References

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