Los Angeles Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Los Angeles metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Los Angeles in 2024 is 12,598,000, a 0.51% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Los Angeles in 2023 was 12,534,000, a 0.37% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Los Angeles in 2022 was 12,488,000, a 0.23% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Los Angeles in 2021 was 12,459,000, a 0.1% increase from 2020.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
19,034,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,598,000 |
| Chicago |
8,984,000 |
| Houston |
6,802,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,655,000 |
| Miami |
6,317,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,193,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,821,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,545,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,777,000 |
| Boston |
4,367,000 |
| Seattle |
3,549,000 |
| Detroit |
3,528,000 |
| San Diego |
3,345,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,343,000 |
| Minneapolis |
3,014,000 |
| Tampa |
3,009,000 |
| Denver |
2,963,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,953,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,631,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,491,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,370,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,321,000 |
| Austin |
2,274,000 |
| Portland |
2,243,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,243,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,242,000 |
| Orlando |
2,101,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,903,000 |
| San Jose |
1,834,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,787,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,771,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,739,000 |
| Columbus |
1,727,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,708,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,629,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,496,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,463,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,345,000 |
| Nashville |
1,333,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,214,000 |
| Providence |
1,210,000 |
| Memphis |
1,179,000 |
| Richmond |
1,151,000 |
| Louisville |
1,126,000 |
| McAllen |
1,100,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,027,000 |
| Tucson |
1,024,000 |
| Hartford |
1,024,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,021,000 |
| El Paso |
996,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
994,000 |
| Albuquerque |
967,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
967,000 |
| Cape Coral |
957,000 |
| Honolulu |
920,000 |
| Buffalo |
886,000 |
| Birmingham |
871,000 |
| Omaha |
868,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
859,000 |
| Fresno |
803,000 |
| Tulsa |
799,000 |
| Knoxville |
796,000 |
| Allentown |
793,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
776,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
766,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
765,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
761,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
756,000 |
| Rochester |
753,000 |
| Dayton |
750,000 |
| Bakersfield |
741,000 |
| Concord |
704,000 |
| The Woodlands |
701,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
701,000 |
| Springfield |
685,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
653,000 |
| Albany |
642,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
610,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
607,000 |
| New Haven |
604,000 |
| Kissimmee |
600,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
575,000 |
| Des Moines |
573,000 |
| Harrisburg |
572,000 |
| Akron |
568,000 |
| Greenville |
568,000 |
| Worcester |
567,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
565,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
545,000 |
| Wichita |
544,000 |
| Little Rock |
539,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
539,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
538,000 |
| Reno |
538,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
533,000 |
| Lancaster |
526,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
513,000 |
| Madison |
513,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
504,000 |
| Boise City |
476,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
472,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
469,000 |
| Concord |
467,000 |
| Spokane |
465,000 |
| Visalia |
465,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
461,000 |
| Stockton |
456,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
441,000 |
| Durham |
439,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
433,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
432,000 |
| Modesto |
427,000 |
| Syracuse |
425,000 |
| Huntsville |
414,000 |
| Oxnard |
407,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
394,000 |
| Lafayette |
390,000 |
| Montgomery |
380,000 |
| Antioch |
376,000 |
| Asheville |
376,000 |
| Greensboro |
376,000 |
| Scranton |
376,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
369,000 |
| Lakeland |
369,000 |
| Pensacola |
361,000 |
| Fort Collins |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
358,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
355,000 |
| Youngstown |
353,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
348,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Savannah |
343,000 |
| Laredo |
340,000 |
| Trenton |
339,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
339,000 |
| Mobile |
337,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
336,000 |
| Rockford |
333,000 |
| Lansing |
331,000 |
| Shreveport |
329,000 |
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Los Angeles - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
12,598,000 |
0.51% |
| 2023 |
12,534,000 |
0.37% |
| 2022 |
12,488,000 |
0.23% |
| 2021 |
12,459,000 |
0.10% |
| 2020 |
12,447,000 |
-0.01% |
| 2019 |
12,448,000 |
-0.08% |
| 2018 |
12,458,000 |
0.31% |
| 2017 |
12,420,000 |
0.30% |
| 2016 |
12,383,000 |
0.31% |
| 2015 |
12,345,000 |
0.30% |
| 2014 |
12,308,000 |
0.30% |
| 2013 |
12,271,000 |
0.30% |
| 2012 |
12,234,000 |
0.30% |
| 2011 |
12,197,000 |
0.30% |
| 2010 |
12,160,000 |
0.31% |
| 2009 |
12,123,000 |
0.30% |
| 2008 |
12,087,000 |
0.31% |
| 2007 |
12,050,000 |
0.30% |
| 2006 |
12,014,000 |
0.30% |
| 2005 |
11,978,000 |
0.30% |
| 2004 |
11,942,000 |
0.30% |
| 2003 |
11,906,000 |
0.30% |
| 2002 |
11,870,000 |
0.30% |
| 2001 |
11,834,000 |
0.31% |
| 2000 |
11,798,000 |
0.69% |
| 1999 |
11,717,000 |
0.83% |
| 1998 |
11,621,000 |
0.82% |
| 1997 |
11,526,000 |
0.82% |
| 1996 |
11,432,000 |
0.82% |
| 1995 |
11,339,000 |
0.83% |
| 1994 |
11,246,000 |
0.82% |
| 1993 |
11,154,000 |
0.81% |
| 1992 |
11,064,000 |
0.83% |
| 1991 |
10,973,000 |
0.83% |
| 1990 |
10,883,000 |
1.23% |
| 1989 |
10,751,000 |
1.37% |
| 1988 |
10,606,000 |
1.38% |
| 1987 |
10,462,000 |
1.37% |
| 1986 |
10,321,000 |
1.38% |
| 1985 |
10,181,000 |
1.36% |
| 1984 |
10,044,000 |
1.37% |
| 1983 |
9,908,000 |
1.37% |
| 1982 |
9,774,000 |
1.37% |
| 1981 |
9,642,000 |
1.37% |
| 1980 |
9,512,000 |
1.31% |
| 1979 |
9,389,000 |
1.27% |
| 1978 |
9,271,000 |
1.27% |
| 1977 |
9,155,000 |
1.28% |
| 1976 |
9,039,000 |
1.27% |
| 1975 |
8,926,000 |
1.28% |
| 1974 |
8,813,000 |
1.28% |
| 1973 |
8,702,000 |
1.27% |
| 1972 |
8,593,000 |
1.28% |
| 1971 |
8,484,000 |
1.27% |
| 1970 |
8,378,000 |
2.23% |
| 1969 |
8,195,000 |
2.55% |
| 1968 |
7,991,000 |
2.57% |
| 1967 |
7,791,000 |
2.55% |
| 1966 |
7,597,000 |
2.55% |
| 1965 |
7,408,000 |
2.56% |
| 1964 |
7,223,000 |
2.56% |
| 1963 |
7,043,000 |
2.56% |
| 1962 |
6,867,000 |
2.55% |
| 1961 |
6,696,000 |
2.54% |
| 1960 |
6,530,000 |
4.38% |
| 1959 |
6,256,000 |
4.95% |
| 1958 |
5,961,000 |
4.97% |
| 1957 |
5,679,000 |
4.95% |
| 1956 |
5,411,000 |
4.99% |
| 1955 |
5,154,000 |
4.95% |
| 1954 |
4,911,000 |
4.98% |
| 1953 |
4,678,000 |
4.96% |
| 1952 |
4,457,000 |
4.97% |
| 1951 |
4,246,000 |
4.94% |
| 1950 |
4,046,000 |
0.00% |
