Editing Greater Los Angeles (section)

=== Urban areas within ===
[[File:Los Angeles CSA urban areas.svg|thumb|Urban areas within the Los Angeles combined statistical area as of the 2020 census. (Far eastern portions of Riverside and San Bernardino counties are cropped out).
{{legend|#bf321f|Urban areas}}
{{legend|#fcf7d1|Counties in the Los Angeles MSA}}
{{legend|#fbf499|Counties in the Los Angeles CSA but not the MSA}}]]
At the core of the Los Angeles–Long Beach combined statistical area (CSA) lies the Los Angeles–[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]–[[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], CA [[urban area]], the second most populous in the United States.<ref name="urban area" /> Within the boundaries of the CSA the Census Bureau defines 30 other urban areas as well, two of which ([[Riverside, California|Riverside]]–[[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] and [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]]–[[Ventura, California|Ventura]]) form the core of their own metropolitan areas separate from the Los Angeles metropolitan statistical area. Urban areas situated primarily outside the Los Angeles metropolitan statistical area but within the CSA are identified with a cross (†) in the table below.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Urban area
! Population<br />(2020 census)
! Land area<br />(sq mi)
! Land area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
! Density<br />(population / sq mi)
! Density<br />(population / km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| [[Los Angeles]]–[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]–[[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], CA ||   13,200,897  ||   1,636.83  ||   4,239.36  ||   7,476.28  || 2,886.61
|-
| [[Riverside, California|Riverside]]–[[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], CA †||   2,276,703  ||   608.56  ||   1,576.17  ||   3,741.10  || 1,444.45
|-
| [[Mission Viejo, California|Mission Viejo]]–[[Lake Forest, California|Lake Forest]]–[[Laguna Niguel, California|Laguna Niguel]], CA ||   646,843  ||   163.63  ||   423.81  ||   3,953.02  || 1,526.27
|-
| [[Temecula, California|Temecula]]–[[Murrieta, California|Murrieta]]–[[Menifee, California|Menifee]], CA †||   528,991  ||   150.47  ||   389.73  ||   3,515.49  || 1,357.34
|-
| [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]]–[[Ventura, California|San Buenaventura (Ventura)]], CA †||   376,117  ||   76.61  ||   198.41  ||   4,909.70  || 1,895.65
|-
| [[Indio, California|Indio]]–[[Palm Desert, California|Palm Desert]]–[[Palm Springs, California|Palm Springs]], CA †||   361,075  ||   151.82  ||   393.22  ||   2,378.26  || 918.25
|-
| [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]]–[[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]], CA ||   359,559  ||   84.78  ||   219.59  ||   4,240.90  || 1,637.42
|-
| [[Victorville, California|Victorville]]–[[Hesperia, California|Hesperia]]–[[Apple Valley, California|Apple Valley]], CA †||   355,816  ||   131.77  ||   341.29  ||   2,700.19  || 1,042.55
|-
| [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]], CA ||   278,031  ||   77.85  ||   201.62  ||   3,571.56  || 1,378.99
|-
| [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]], CA †||   213,986  ||   80.20  ||   207.71  ||   2,668.26  || 1,030.22
|-
| [[Hemet, California|Hemet]], CA †||   173,194 ||   37.06  ||   95.98  ||   4,673.61  || 1,804.49
|-
| [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]], CA †||   127,364  ||   31.63  ||   81.91  ||   4,027.01  || 1,554.84
|-
| [[Camarillo, California|Camarillo]], CA †||   76,338  ||   22.48  ||   58.22  ||   3,395.98  || 1,311.19
|-
| [[Desert Hot Springs, California|Desert Hot Springs]], CA †||   45,767  ||   14.08  ||   36.47  ||   3,250.66  || 1,255.09
|-
| [[Santa Paula, California|Santa Paula]], CA †||   30,675  ||   4.96  ||   12.86  ||   6,179.04  || 2,385.74
|-
| [[Barstow, California|Barstow]], CA †||   30,522  ||   12.38  ||   32.07  ||   2,465.05  || 951.76
|-
| [[Crestline, California|Crestline]]–[[Lake Arrowhead, California|Lake Arrowhead]], CA †||   22,272  ||   16.85  ||   43.64  ||   1,321.70  || 510.31
|-
| [[Yucca Valley, California|Yucca Valley]], CA †||   18,293  ||   11.33  ||   29.36  ||   1,613.95  || 623.15
|-
| [[Big Bear City, California|Big Bear]], CA †||   16,498  ||   15.93  ||   41.26  ||   1,035.73  || 399.90
|-
| [[Fillmore, California|Fillmore]], CA †||   16,397  ||   2.63  ||   6.82  ||   6,227.80  || 2,404.57
|-
| [[Twentynine Palms, California|Twentynine Palms]], CA †||   12,881  ||   6.82  ||   17.66  ||   1,889.13  || 729.40
|-
| [[Blythe, California|Blythe]], CA–AZ †||   11,780  ||   6.20  ||   16.06  ||   1,899.83  || 733.53
|-
| [[Twentynine Palms, California|Twentynine Palms North]], CA †||   11,665  ||   2.77  ||   7.18  ||   4,206.03  || 1,623.96
|-
| [[Fort Irwin, California|Fort Irwin]], CA †||   8,096  ||   3.62  ||   9.37  ||   2,238.42  || 864.26
|-
| [[Mecca, California|Mecca]], CA †||   6,875  ||   0.63  ||   1.62  ||   10,979.30  || 4,239.13
|-
| [[Needles, California|Needles]], CA–AZ †||   6,739  ||   5.55  ||   14.38  ||   1,213.99  || 468.73
|-
| [[Silver Lakes, California|Silver Lakes]], CA †||   5,908  ||   2.12  ||   5.49  ||   2,789.52  || 1,077.04
|-
| [[Running Springs, California|Running Springs]], CA †||   5,313  ||   3.64  ||   9.44  ||   1,458.40  || 563.09
|-
| [[Joshua Tree, California|Joshua Tree]], CA †||   4,370  ||   3.80  ||   9.85  ||   1,149.11  || 443.67
|-
| [[Wrightwood, California|Wrightwood]], CA †||   3,927  ||   1.38  ||   3.59  ||   2,835.51  || 1,094.80
|-
| [[Avalon, California|Avalon]], CA ||   3,362  ||   1.19  ||   3.08  ||   2,826.47  || 1,091.31
|}