Editing Los Angeles County, California (section)

=== Income ===
[[File:Distribution of high income households across LA County.png|thumb|Percent of households with incomes above $150k across LA County census tracts]]
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In 2019, the median household income in the county was $72,797.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Income%20and%20Poverty&g=0500000US06037&tid=ACSST1Y2019.S1903 |title=MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2019 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221200325/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Income%20and%20Poverty&g=0500000US06037&tid=ACSST1Y2019.S1903 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The median personal earnings for all workers 16 and older in Los Angeles County are $30,654, slightly below the US median; earnings, however vary widely by neighborhood, race and ethnicity, and gender.<ref>{{cite report |url=http://www.measureofamerica.org/los-angeles-county/ |title=A Portrait of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles County Human Development Report 2017–2018 |last=Lewis |first=Kristen |last2=Burd-Sharps |first2=Sarah |date=2017–2018 |publisher=Measure of America of the Social Science Research Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041520/http://www.measureofamerica.org/los-angeles-county/ |archive-date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The median household income was $42,189 and the median family income was $46,452. Males had a median income of $36,299 versus $30,981 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,683. There are 14.4% of families living below the poverty line and 17.9% of the population, including 24.2% of under 18 and 10.5% of those over 64.
Los Angeles County has the highest number of millionaires of any county in the nation, totaling 261,081 households as of 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Frank |first=Robert |title=California Boasts Most Millionaires |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/05/05/california-boasts-most-millionaires/tab/article/ |access-date=September 29, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=May 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119232214/http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/05/05/california-boasts-most-millionaires/tab/article/ |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The homeownership rate is 47.9%, and the median value for houses is $409,300. 42.2% of housing units are in multi-unit structures. Los Angeles County has the largest number of [[Homelessness in the United States by state#California|homeless people]], with "48,000 people living on the streets, including 6,000 [[Homeless veterans in the United States|veterans]]," in 2010.<ref name="Nagourney">{{cite news |last=Nagourney |first=Adam |title=Los Angeles Confronts Homelessness Reputation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/us/13homeless.html |access-date=December 14, 2010 |newspaper=New York Times |date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213044212/http://www.nytimes.com//2010//12//13//us//13homeless.html |archive-date=December 13, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{as of|2017}} the number of homeless people in the county increased to nearly 58,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Segal |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Emerling |first2=Jennifer |date=May 9, 2018 |title=A Haven for the Homeless |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-05-09/in-santa-monica-california-a-haven-for-the-homeless-seeks-to-do-more |work=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=May 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510183825/https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-05-09/in-santa-monica-california-a-haven-for-the-homeless-seeks-to-do-more |archive-date=May 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>