Editing Los Angeles County, California (section)

===2010 census===
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Los Angeles County.png|thumb|330x330px|Ethnic origins in Los Angeles County]]
Los Angeles County had a population of 9,818,605 in the [[2010 United States census]].<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Los Angeles County, California; United States |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/losangelescountycalifornia,US/PST045219 |website=www.census.gov |access-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518091537/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/losangelescountycalifornia,US/PST045219 |url-status=live}}</ref> This includes a natural increase since the last census of 583,364 people (i.e., 1,152,564 births minus 569,200 deaths) and a decrease due to net migration of 361,895 people. Immigration resulted in a net increase of 293,433 people, and migration from within the United States resulted in a net decrease of 655,328 people.<ref name="Components">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html |title=Estimates of the Components of Resident Population Change for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019 |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126071436/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of Los Angeles County was 4,936,599 (50%) White, 1,346,865 (13.7%) Asian, 856,874 (9%) African American, 72,828 (0.7%) Native American, 26,094 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 2,140,632 (21.8%) from other races, and 438,713 (4.5%) from two or more races.

[[Non-Hispanic whites]] numbered 2,728,321, or 28% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06037.html |title=Los Angeles County, California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=December 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703090819/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06037.html |archive-date=July 3, 2011}}</ref> Hispanic or Latino residents of any race numbered 4,687,889 (48%); 36% of Los Angeles County's population was of Mexican ancestry, 3.7% Salvadoran, and 2.2% Guatemalan heritage.<ref>{{USCensus2010CA}}</ref>

The county has a large population of [[Asian Americans]], being home to the largest numbers of [[Burmese diaspora|Burmese]], [[Demographics of Cambodia#Overseas Population|Cambodian]], [[Chinese diaspora|Chinese]], [[Overseas Filipino|Filipino]], [[Overseas Indonesian|Indonesian]], [[Korean diaspora|Korean]], [[Sri Lankan diaspora|Sri Lankan]], [[Taiwanese people#Taiwanese overseas|Taiwanese]], and [[Thai people|Thai]] outside their respective countries.<ref>{{cite news |last=Trinidad |first=Elson |date=September 27, 2013 |title=L.A. County is the Capital of Asian America |url=http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/transpacific-routes/la-county-is-the-capital-of-asian-america.html |newspaper=KCET |access-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407061018/http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/transpacific-routes/la-county-is-the-capital-of-asian-america.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> The largest Asian groups in Los Angeles County are 4.0% Chinese, 3.3% Filipino, 2.2% Korean, 1.0% Japanese, 0.9% Vietnamese, 0.8% Indian, and 0.3% Cambodian.

In 2007, the largest European-American ancestry groups were German (6%), Irish (5%), English (4%) and Italian (3%). 45.9% of the population reported speaking only English at home; 37.9% spoke Spanish, 2.22% [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], 2.0% Chinese, 1.9% [[Korean language|Korean]], 1.87% [[Armenian language|Armenian]], 0.5% [[Arabic]], and 0.2% [[Hindi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=6&county_id=37&mode=geographic&zip=&place_id=&cty_id=&ll=all&a=&ea=&order=r |title=Language Map Data Center |publisher=Mla.org |date=July 17, 2007 |access-date=August 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220045846/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D6%26county_id%3D37%26mode%3Dgeographic%26zip%3D%26place_id%3D%26cty_id%3D%26ll%3Dall%26a%3D%26ea%3D%26order%3Dr |archive-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>

The county has the largest [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] population of any U.S. county, originating mostly from [[Latin America|Latin American]] countries.

As estimated by the [[Public Policy Institute of California]] in 2008, Los Angeles County was home to more than one-third of California's [[Illegal immigration to the United States|undocumented immigrants]], who made up more than ten percent of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/atissue/AI_711HJAI.pdf |title=Illegal Immigration |last1=Johnson |first1=Hans |last2=Hill |first2=Laura |date=July 2011 |work=Publications |publisher=[[Public Policy Institute of California]] |access-date=January 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117094725/http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/atissue/AI_711HJAI.pdf |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Los Angeles County is home to the largest Armenian population outside of Armenia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/armenian-genocide/ |title=The U.S. Will Finally Recognize the Armenian Genocide |work=Los Angeles Magazine |last=Stuart |first=Gwynned |date=October 29, 2019 |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724092605/https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/armenian-genocide/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Los Angeles County contains the largest [[Iranian diaspora|Iranian population outside of Iran]] of any other county or county equivalent globally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/iranian-immigrants-united-states-2021 |title=Immigrants from Iran in the United States |work=Migration Policy |last=Lai |first=Tianjian |date=July 15, 2021 |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref>