Los Angeles County Demographics and Statistics.

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I'm always interested in learning more about where I live. The US Census has fairly good information, but sadly even though they update estimates on some data, a lot of it is hopelessly out of date because the census is only conducted every 10 years.

Today I discovered the California Department of Finance Financial and Economic Data. They have much more recent data on all the various California counties. For use in later posts, I'm going to list some of their key data on Los Angeles County here (data accessed on 7/19/07.)

Population:

Population, 7-1-06: 10,292,723
Percent of California: 27.5%

1-1-06
Population in households: 10,066,953
Population/household: 3.123

Schools:

Enrollment, Fall 2006 (public & private schools) Kindergarten-12: 1,833,725
Enrollment, Fall 2005 Colleges: 539,562

UC, Los Angeles: 37,221

California State Universities: 100,181

Community Colleges: 380,987

Independent: 21,173

Employment:

Civilian labor force, 2006: 4,860,600
Civilian employment: 4,631,600
Unemployment: 229,000
Unemployment rate: 4.7%

Nonagricultural wage & salary employment, 2006 (BLS series): 4,092,542
Percent of California: 27.2%

Trade, Transportation and Utilities: 814,083

Professional and Business Services: 594,667

State and Local Government: 536,267

Educational and Health Services: 481,300

Manufacturing: 462,275

Leisure and Hospitality: 387,508

Financial Activities: 248,042

Information: 209,692

Construction: 156,675

Other Services: 145,717

Federal Government: 52,333

Natural Resources and Mining: 3,983

Personal income, 2005 (mil.): $342,231.0
Percent of California: 25.6%
County Rank: 1

Per capita income, 2005: $34,426
Percent of California: 93.2%
County Rank: 19

Avg. earnings per job, 2005: $51,806
Avg. wages per job, 2005: $46,228
Avg. earnings per nonfarm proprietor, 2005: $33,858

Median family income, Census:
1979: $21,135
1989: $39,035
1999: $46,452

Median household income, Census
1979: $17,563
1989: $34,965
1999: $42,189

Median adjusted gross income (AGI) based on personal income tax returns, 2004:
Individual: $28,686
Joint: $52,170

Number of Employers by Firm Size: (1999)

1-4: 124,760

5-9: 38,613

10-19: 26,286

20-49: 20,150

50-99: 7,123

100-249: 4,008

250-499: 1,008

500-999: 352

1000+: 213

Total: 222,513

Housing: (1/1/2006)

Housing stock: 3,364,750
Percent of California: 25.6%

Single family: 1,876,512

Multiple family: 1,431,547

Mobile homes, trailers, etc: 56,691
Vacancy rate (percent): 4.2%
Median Home Price

January 2007: $525,000

January 2006: $490,000

Retail/Consumer Spending:

Total taxable sales / Taxable Retail Sales / % of California
2003: $113,685.4 MM / $79,426.7 MM / 24.7%
2004: $122,533.1 MM / $86,496.7 MM / 24.5%
2005: $130,722.4 MM / $92,271.2 MM / 24.3%

Sales and Use tax rate (includes state, local, and district taxes): 8.250%
* Rate may be higher in some areas of the county.

Obviously, there is a ton more data available. But these in particular are what interest me. If you need more in depth data, check out their data sources.