Los Angeles is an enormous coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 3,694,834 people and 739 constituent neighborhoods, Los Angeles is the largest community in California.

Unlike some cities, Los Angeles isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Los Angeles are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Los Angeles is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Los Angeles who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.31%), sales jobs (11.43%), and management occupations (8.20%).

Of important note, Los Angeles is also a city of artists. Los Angeles has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Los Angeles's character.

One thing noticeable about Los Angeles is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Los Angeles is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Los Angeles a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Los Angeles is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

One of the nice things about Los Angeles is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Los Angeles Information and Demographics

The education level of Los Angeles citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 25.51% of adults in Los Angeles have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Los Angeles in 2000 was $20,671, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,684 for a family of four.

Los Angeles is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Los Angeles home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Los Angeles is White, followed by African-American. Los Angeles also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.55% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Los Angeles include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Los Angeles's cultural character, accounting for 40.94% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Los Angeles are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Los Angeles is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Korean, and Tagalog.