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Photo of Los Angeles area from space at night (largest, brightest spot) tweeted by astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station, Sep. 23, 2015.


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-- Birthplace (Nativity) of Population in Los Angeles County (all residents)
-- Place of Birth for Population by City and Community in Los Angeles County


People from at least 130 countries are residents of Los Angeles County. In fact, Los Angeles County has the largest foreign-born population of any county in the United States (one of every three residents), including the largest populations from Latin America, Asia and the Pacific Islands. The largest communities outside their homeland of Mexicans, Koreans, Filipinos, Armenians, Salvadorans and Guatemalans live here. Additionally, the largest concentrations of people in the United States born in Iran, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, Cambodia, Thailand, Lebanon, Belize, Indonesia, Syria, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Netherlands, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Fiji, New Zealand and Kuwaiti make Los Angeles County their home.



Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
TOTAL 3,285,245 3,386,618 3,477,813
EUROPE 169,368 171,820 179,001
Northern Europe 41,865 42,527 41,164
Ireland 1,800 1,646 3,470
Denmark 2,530 2,795 1,635
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Norway 663 802 857
Sweden 2,780 3,586 3,361
United Kingdom 32,925 32,795 30,755
United Kingdom (excluding England & Scotland) 16,090 15,643 11,616
United Kingdom (England) 14,717 15,090 16,779
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
United Kingdom (Scotland) 2,118 2,062 2,360
Other Northern Europe 1,167 903 1,086
Western Europe 35,291 36,836 40,337
Austria 2,076 2,239 3,163
Belgium 1,410 1,619 1,701
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
France 11,081 10,613 9,193
Germany 14,485 16,131 19,890
Netherlands 3,975 3,951 4,076
Switzerland 2,149 2,207 2,233
Other Western Europe 115 76 81
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Southern Europe 17,486 18,421 20,192
Greece 3,519 3,535 4,962
Italy 8,374 9,057 9,678
Portugal 1,500 1,489 2,025
Azores Islands 189 272 N/A
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Spain 3,958 4,222 3,358
Other Southern Europe 135 118 169
Eastern Europe 74,260 73,577 77,003
Albania 359 323 252
Belarus 2,803 2,793 1,847
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Bosnia & Herzegovina 915 542 875
Bulgaria 2,242 3,247 3,257
Croatia 1,657 1,769 2,389
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic & Slovakia) 2,709 2,409 2,442
Hungary 3,189 3,770 5,284
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Latvia 850 1,115 1,052
Lithuania 1,138 1,657 1,430
Moldova 1,909 1,684 1,378
North Macedonia (Macedonia) 142 292 196
Poland 5,164 5,902 7,421
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Romania 6,093 6,116 7,914
Russia 23,637 20,300 20,867
Serbia 1,266 1,195 906
Ukraine 15,869 15,106 14,977
Other Eastern Europe 4,318 4,491 5,422
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Europe, not elsewhere classified 466 468 305
ASIA 1,199,618 1,224,411 1,148,084
Eastern Asia 454,952 469,608 435,316
China (except Hong Kong, Taiwan) 190,337 195,332 134,137
Hong Kong 28,838 27,842 29,170
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Taiwan 61,775 65,122 68,214
Japan 36,125 35,861 41,054
Korea 135,743 143,694 161,896
Other Eastern Asia 2,134 1,757 845
South Central Asia 197,478 203,203 176,305
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Afghanistan 4,948 3,405 2,788
Bangladesh 9,521 7,096 5,805
Bhutan 0 N/A N/A
India 57,696 61,474 47,221
Iran 106,103 109,887 103,751
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Kazakhstan 2,373 1,650 540
Nepal 2,858 2,721 755
Pakistan 7,135 9,616 8,231
Sri Lanka 4,131 4,343 5,621
Uzbekistan 1,954 2,320 1,215
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Other South Central Asia 759 691 378
South Eastern Asia 399,885 410,238 408,460
Burma 10,261 8,252 6,704
Cambodia 21,232 21,224 23,607
Indonesia 11,798 13,575 14,959
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Laos 2,573 2,597 3,225
Malaysia 4,403 3,758 4,759
Philippines 231,093 237,111 235,591
Singapore 2,606 2,211 2,099
Thailand 18,785 20,830 21,490
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Vietnam 97,057 100,619 96,015
Other South Eastern Asia 77 61 11
Western Asia 144,742 139,100 126,402
Armenia 75,245 68,125 57,105
Azerbaijan 4,313 N/A N/A
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Georgia 3,154 N/A N/A
Iraq 6,869 6,569 5,899
Israel 15,372 15,755 15,869
Jordan 3,986 3,382 2,970
Kuwait 1,423 2,150 1,424
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Lebanon 15,881 16,371 18,772
Saudi Arabia 1,528 1,837 1,189
Syria 10,403 12,953 11,546
Turkey 5,386 4,943 77
United Arab Emirates 690 N/A N/A
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Yemen 16 78 5,139
Other Western Asia 476 6,937 6,412
Asia, not elsewhere classified 2,561 2,262 1,601
AFRICA 60,770 61,135 47,484
Eastern Africa 13,453 15,246 12,158
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Eritrea 1,127 1,348 938
Ethiopia 6,010 6,990 5,943
Kenya 2,379 2,964 1,827
Somalia 81 168 N/A
Tanzania 552 N/A N/A
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Uganda 1,653 1,700 N/A
Zimbabwe 361 312 N/A
Other Eastern Africa 1,290 1,764 3,450
Middle Africa 2,429 2,568 1,345
Cameroon 1,281 1,489 571
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Congo 342 415 N/A
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) 590 571 N/A
Other Middle Africa 216 93 774
Northern Africa 18,668 18,492 15,594
Algeria 921 N/A N/A
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Egypt 13,479 13,650 11,527
Morocco 2,324 2,276 2,284
Sudan 912 992 734
Other Northern Africa 1,032 1,574 1,049
Southern Africa 5,312 4,888 4,001
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
South Africa 5,228 4,846 3,923
Other Southern Africa 84 42 78
Western Africa 18,750 17,879 11,301
Cabo Verde 21 41 0
Ghana 2,480 2,612 1,683
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Ivory Coast 529 N/A N/A
Liberia 505 429 362
Nigeria 13,529 12,934 7,111
Senegal 346 347 N/A
Sierra Leone 675 717 630
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Togo 204 N/A N/A
Other Western Africa 461 799 1,515
Africa, not elsewhere classified 2,158 2,062 3,085
OCEANIA 15,964 15,211 12,461
Australia & New Zealand Subregion 9,287 8,696 6,857
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Australia 7,462 6,863 4,951
Other Australian & New Zealand Subregion 1,825 1,833 1,906
Fiji 3,194 2,813 2,214
Marshall Islands 310 N/A N/A
Micronesia 275 95 3,390
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Oceania, not elsewhere classified 2,898 3,607 2,090,783
AMERICAS 1,839,525 1,914,041 2,060,538
Caribbean 29,964 31,946 34,114
Bahamas 365 281 201
Barbados 454 197 317
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Cuba 14,305 16,954 21,633
Dominica 409 249 135
Dominican Republic 2,432 1,943 1,561
Grenada 286 287 127
Haiti 1,914 1,650 1,081
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Jamaica 6,430 6,556 5,318
St. Lucia 158 N/A N/A
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 113 77 90
Trinidad & Tobago 1,762 2,488 2,164
West Indies 506 245 664
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Other Caribbean 830 1,019 823
Central America 1,677,239 1,757,123 1,928,143
Belize 12,859 12,445 1,417,013
Costa Rica 4,524 4,722 13,035
El Salvador 261,495 266,490 5,867
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Guatemala 178,962 172,479 260,182
Honduras 39,838 35,079 166,490
Mexico 1,152,597 1,239,695 32,157
Nicaragua 22,783 22,058 27,267
Panama 2,750 2,652 3,700
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Other Central America 1,431 1,503 2,432
South America 103,526 96,037 98,281
Argentina 12,815 12,993 15,149
Bolivia 3,598 3,337 4,031
Brazil 14,284 12,182 8,521
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Chile 5,532 5,388 6,411
Colombia 20,049 17,730 16,709
Ecuador 10,937 10,907 13,601
Guyana 1,488 1,541 1,196
Peru 25,701 25,384 26,719
Geography 2023 Estimate* 2020 Estimate* 2010 Estimate*
Uruguay 1,351 1,424 990
Venezuela 6,826 4,087 3,432
Other South America 945 1,064 1,522
Northern America 28,796 28,935 30,245
Canada 28,620 28,835 30,007
Other Northern America 176 100 238

* Annual estimates derived from Census American Community Survey conducted over the preceding 5-year period.
† Annual estimates derived from Census American Community Survey conducted just over the preceding year period.
N/A No data specifically for this country was broken out for this year.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau