Editing Greater Los Angeles (section)

===Los Angeles County===
{{main|Los Angeles County, California}}
Los Angeles County, of which the City of Los Angeles is the county seat, is the most populous county in the United States and is home to over a quarter of all California residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb09-76.html |title=Newsroom: Population: Census Bureau Releases State and County Data Depicting Nation's Population Ahead of 2010 Census |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=August 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824232857/http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb09-76.html |archive-date=August 24, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The large size of the city of Los Angeles, as well as its history of annexing smaller towns, has made city boundaries in the central area of Los Angeles County quite complicated.<ref>[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/ Mapping L.A. – Los Angeles Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805060700/http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/ |date=August 5, 2011 }}. Projects.latimes.com. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.</ref> Many cities are completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles and are often included in the city's areas despite being independent municipalities. For example, [[Santa Monica]] and [[Beverly Hills]] (which is almost completely surrounded by Los Angeles) are considered part of the Westside, while [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]] and [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]] are associated with South L.A. Adjacent areas that are outside the actual city boundaries of incorporated Los Angeles but border the city itself include the [[Santa Clarita Valley]], the [[San Gabriel Valley]], [[South Bay, Los Angeles|South Bay]], and the [[Gateway Cities]].

Despite the large footprint of the city of Los Angeles, a majority of the land area within Los Angeles County is unincorporated and under the primary jurisdiction of Los Angeles County. Much of this land, however, cannot be easily developed due to planning challenges presented by geographic features such as the [[Santa Monica Mountains]], the [[San Gabriel Mountains]], and the [[Mojave Desert]]. Actual land development in these regions occurs on the fringes of incorporated cities, some of which have been fully developed, such as the cities of [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]] and [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]].

====Subregions in Los Angeles County====
While there is not an official designation for the regions that comprise Greater Los Angeles, one authority, the ''Los Angeles Times'', divides the area into the following regions:<ref>{{cite news |title=Neighborhoods |url=http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/ |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805060700/http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/ |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Angeles National Forest|Angeles Forest]]
* [[Antelope Valley]]
* Central L.A. ([[Downtown Los Angeles]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[Mid-Wilshire]], etc.)
* [[East Los Angeles (region)|Eastside]]
* [[Gateway Cities]]/Harbor Area
* Northeast L.A. ([[Highland Park, Los Angeles|Highland Park]], [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles|Eagle Rock]], etc.)
* Northwest L.A. County (including the [[Santa Clarita Valley]])
* [[Pomona Valley]] (partially in San Bernardino County)
* [[San Fernando Valley]]
* [[San Gabriel Valley]]
* [[Santa Clarita Valley]]
* [[Santa Monica Mountains]] ([[Malibu, California|Malibu]], [[Topanga, California|Topanga]], etc.)
* [[South Bay, Los Angeles|South Bay]] (incl. [[Palos Verdes Peninsula]], [[Beach Cities]])
* [[South Los Angeles]]
* Southeast Los Angeles County (including [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]] and [[Whittier, California|Whittier]], see [[Gateway Cities]])
* The Verdugos (including [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], [[Pasadena]] and the [[Crescenta Valley]])
* [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Westside]]

Some of the above areas can be defined as being bounded by natural features such as mountains or the ocean; others are marked by city boundaries, freeways, or other constructed landmarks. For example, [[Downtown Los Angeles]] is the area of Los Angeles roughly enclosed by three freeways and one river: the [[Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)|Harbor Freeway (SR 110)]] to the west, the [[Santa Ana Freeway]] ([[U.S. Route 101 in California|US 101]]) to the north, the [[Los Angeles River]] to the east, and the [[Santa Monica Freeway]] ([[Interstate 10 in California|I-10]]) to the south.<ref name=LAT080807>Sharon Bernstein and David Pierson, "[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-downtown8aug08,0,5462749,full.story L.A. moves toward more N.Y-style downtown] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007142223/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-downtown8aug08,0,5462749,full.story |date=October 7, 2008 }}", ''Los Angeles Times'', August 8, 2007.</ref> Meanwhile, the [[San Fernando Valley]] ("The Valley") is defined as the basin consisting of the part of Los Angeles and its suburbs that lie north-northwest of downtown and is ringed by mountains.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=San Fernando Valley|encyclopedia=Britannica Online Encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/521119/San-Fernando-Valley|access-date=August 31, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602224649/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/521119/San-Fernando-Valley|archive-date=June 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Edge cities in Los Angeles County====
=====Central and Western area=====
*[[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]/[[Century City]]
*[[Los Angeles International Airport|LAX]]/[[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*[[Marina del Rey, California|Marina Del Rey]]/[[Culver City, California|Culver City]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*[[West Los Angeles]]
*[[Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles|Mid-Wilshire]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*[[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>

=====San Fernando Valley=====
*[[Burbank, California|Burbank]]/[[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*[[Sherman Oaks]]/[[Van Nuys, Los Angeles]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*[[Warner Center, Los Angeles]]/West [[San Fernando Valley|Valley]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>

=====Elsewhere in Los Angeles County=====
*[[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*South Bay/[[Torrance, California|Torrance]]/[[Carson, California|Carson]]<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*South [[San Gabriel Valley|Valley]]/[[Covina]] (emerging edge city as of 1991)<ref name="garreauLA"/>
*[[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]] (emerging edge city as of 1991)<ref name="garreauLA"/>

====Cities in Los Angeles County====
With a population of nearly 4.1 million people at the 2020 census, the City of [[Los Angeles]] is the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, and is the focal point of the Greater Los Angeles Area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0644000 |title=Los Angeles city, California |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215205838/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0644000 |url-status=live }}</ref> As an international center for finance, entertainment, media, culture, education, tourism, and science, Los Angeles is considered one of the world's most powerful and influential [[global cities]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/node/373401 |title=The Global Cities Index 2010 |magazine=Foreign Policy |year=2010 |access-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202071827/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/node/373401 |archive-date=December 2, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

List of the 88 cities of Los Angeles County and six large CDPs by population at the 2020 U.S. census:
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* [[Los Angeles]] (3,898,747)
* [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] (466,742)
* [[Santa Clarita]] (228,673)
* [[Glendale, California|Glendale]] (196,543)
* [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]] (173,516)
* [[Palmdale]] (169,450)
* [[Pomona, California|Pomona]] (151,713)
* [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] (147,067)
* [[Pasadena]] (138,699)
* [[East Los Angeles]] CDP (118,786)
* [[Downey, California|Downey]] (114,355)
* [[West Covina]] (109,501)
* [[El Monte, California|El Monte]] (109,450)
* [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]] (107,762)
* [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] (107,337)
* [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]] (102,773)
* [[Compton, California|Compton]] (95,740)
* [[Carson, California|Carson]] (95,558)
* [[Santa Monica]] (93,076)
* [[South Gate, California|South Gate]] (92,726)
* [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]] (88,083)
* [[Whittier, California|Whittier]] (87,306)
* [[Alhambra, California|Alhambra]] (82,868)
* [[Lakewood, California|Lakewood]] (82,496)
* [[Bellflower, California|Bellflower]] (79,190)
* [[Baldwin Park, California|Baldwin Park]] (72,176)
* [[Redondo Beach, California|Redondo Beach]] (71,576)
* [[Lynwood, California|Lynwood]] (67,265)
* [[Montebello, California|Montebello]] (62,640)
* [[Pico Rivera]] (62,088)
* [[Florence-Graham]] CDP (61,983)
* [[Monterey Park, California|Monterey Park]] (61,096)
* [[Gardena, California|Gardena]] (61,027)
* [[Arcadia, California|Arcadia]] (56,681)
* [[South Whittier]] CDP (56,415)
* [[Diamond Bar]] (55,072)
* [[Huntington Park, California|Huntington Park]] (54,883)
* [[Hacienda Heights]] CDP (54,191)
* [[Paramount, California|Paramount]] (53,733)
* [[Glendora, California|Glendora]] (52,558)
* [[Covina]] (51,268)
* [[Rosemead]] (51,185)
* [[Azusa, California|Azusa]] (50,000)
* [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]] (49,578)
* [[Rowland Heights]] CDP (48,231)
* [[La Mirada, California|La Mirada]] (48,008)
* [[Altadena]] CDP (42,846)
* [[Rancho Palos Verdes, California|Rancho Palos Verdes]] (42,287)
* [[Culver City, California|Culver City]] (40,779)
* [[San Gabriel, California|San Gabriel]] (39,568)
* [[Bell Gardens, California|Bell Gardens]] (39,501)
* [[La Puente, California|La Puente]] (38,062)
* [[Monrovia, California|Monrovia]] (37,931)
* [[Claremont, California|Claremont]] (37,266)
* [[Temple City, California|Temple City]] (36,494)
* [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] (35,757)
* [[Manhattan Beach, California|Manhattan Beach]] (35,506)
* [[San Dimas, California|San Dimas]] (34,924)
* [[Bell, California|Bell]] (33,559)
* [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] (32,701)
* [[Lawndale, California|Lawndale]] (31,807)
* [[La Verne, California|La Verne]] (31,334)
* [[Walnut, California|Walnut]] (28,430)
* [[South Pasadena, California|South Pasadena]] (26,943)
* [[Maywood, California|Maywood]] (25,138)
* [[San Fernando, California|San Fernando]] (23,946)
* [[Calabasas, California|Calabasas]] (23,241)
* [[Cudahy, California|Cudahy]] (22,811)
* [[Duarte, California|Duarte]] (21,727)
* [[Lomita, California|Lomita]] (20,921)
* [[La Cañada Flintridge, California|La Cañada Flintridge]] (20,573)
* [[Agoura Hills, California|Agoura Hills]] (20,299)
* [[Hermosa Beach, California|Hermosa Beach]] (19,728)
* [[South El Monte, California|South El Monte]] (19,567)
* [[Santa Fe Springs, California|Santa Fe Springs]] (19,219)
* [[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]] (17,272)
* [[Artesia, California|Artesia]] (16,395)
* [[Hawaiian Gardens, California|Hawaiian Gardens]] (14,149)
* [[Palos Verdes Estates, California|Palos Verdes Estates]] (13,347)
* [[San Marino, California|San Marino]] (12,513)
* [[Commerce, California|Commerce]] (12,378)
* [[Signal Hill, California|Signal Hill]] (11,848)
* [[Sierra Madre, California|Sierra Madre]] (11,268)
* [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] (10,654)
* [[Rolling Hills Estates, California|Rolling Hills Estates]] (8,280)
* [[Westlake Village, California|Westlake Village]] (8,029)
* [[La Habra Heights, California|La Habra Heights]] (5,682)
* [[Avalon, California|Avalon]] (3,460)
* [[Rolling Hills, California|Rolling Hills]] (1,739)
* [[Hidden Hills, California|Hidden Hills]] (1,725)
* [[Irwindale, California|Irwindale]] (1,472)
* [[Bradbury, California|Bradbury]] (921)
* [[Industry, California|Industry]] (264)
* [[Vernon, California|Vernon]] (222){{colend}}