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Los Angeles California
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Hollywood glamour contrasts with gang violence,
year-round sunny skies with smog, fast cars with traffic
jams. Los Angeles is a land of style and disaster,
movers, shakers and earth quakers. Residents are
accustomed to a rhythm that alternates between
relaxation and stress. The nation's second-largest city
after New York, L.A. is a great place in which to do
business or take a vacation. Marvelous restaurants,
terrific nightlife, beaches, diverse cultural offerings,
Disneyland and easygoing attitudes merge in a vast
territory flooded with sunshine and lined with palms.
- Founded: 1781 (incorporated 1850)
- Head Official: Mayor James K. Hahn (D)
(since 2001)
- City Population
- 1980: 2,966,850
- 1990: 3,485,557
- 2000: 3,694,820
- 2003 estimate: 3,819,951
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 5.9%
- U.S. rank in 1980: 3rd
- U.S. rank in 1990: 2nd (State rank: 1st)
- U.S. rank in 2000: 2nd (State rank: 1st)
- Metropolitan Area Population (PMSA)
- 1980: 7,478,000
- 1990: 8,863,000
- 2000: 9,519,338
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 9.3%
- U.S. rank in 1980: 2nd (CMSA)
- U.S. rank in 1990: 2nd (CMSA)
- U.S. rank in 2000: 2nd (CMSA)
- Area: 469.1 square miles (2000)
- Elevation: 340 feet above sea level
- Average Annual Temperature: 63.9° F
- Average Annual Precipitation: 17 inches
- Major Economic Sectors: Services;
manufacturing; government; finance, insurance, and
real estate
- Unemployment Rate: 5.8% (January 2005)
- Per Capita Income: $26,733 (1999)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 190,992
- Major Colleges and Universities: University
of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of
Southern California (USC), California Institute of
Technology
- Daily Newspaper: Los Angeles Times
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