Los Angeles County Population

vs. State Populations

The population of Los Angeles County alone would place it tenth in population behind only the states of California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina. It is even larger, geographically (land area: 4,058 square miles), than the states of Rhode Island land area: (1,212 square miles; pop: 1.1 million) and Delaware (2,489 square miles; pop: 967,171). Incidentally, Los Angeles County also has a larger economic Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than all but nine U.S. states.

Los Angeles County's Population Ranked Among 20 Most Populous U.S. States

State Population 1 California 39,557,045 2 Texas 28,701,596 Florida 21,299,325 New York 19,542,209 Pennsylvania 12,807,060 Illinois 12,741,080 Ohio 11,689,442 Georgia 10,519,475 North Carolina 10,383,620 LOS ANGELES COUNTY 10,105,518 Michigan 9,995,915 New Jersey 8,908,520 Virginia 8,517,685 Washington 7,535,591 Arizona 7,171,646 Massachusetts 6,902,149 Tennessee 6,770,010 Indiana 6,691,878 Missouri 6,126,452 Maryland 6,042,718 Wisconsin 5,813,568

1 Estimates as of July 1, 2018

2 Includes the population of Los Angeles County

Source: U.S. Census Bureau