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Population Growth by Single Year
Los Angeles County, 1850-1998




Year Population
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
3530
4310
5090
5870
6650
7430
8210
8990
9770
10,550
11,333
11,730
12,127
12,524
12,921
13,318
13,715
14,112
14,509
14,906
15,309
17,116
18,923
20,730
22,537
24,344
26,151
27,958
29,765
31,572
Year Population
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
33,381
40,188
46,995
53,802
60,609
67,416
74,223
81,030
87,837
94,644
101,454
108,338
115,222
122,106
128,990
135,874
142,758
149,642
156,526
163,410
170,298
195,000
210,000
230,000
275,000
305,000
350,000
400,000
425,000
460,000
Year Population
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
504,131
554,000
630,000
725,000
790,000
815,000
852,000
875,000
884,500
910,477
936,455
1,092,500
1,229,490
1,366,130
1,648,670
1,737,570
1,842,550
1,925,010
2,010,170
2,081,070
2,208,492
2,278,580
2,336,060
2,308,870
2,381,080
2,389,680
2,453,970
2,609,270
2,718,780
2,738,390
Year Population
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
2,785,643
2,915,000
3,056,000
3,171,000
3,271,000
3,365,000
3,480,000
3,645,000
3,855,000
4,000,000
4,151,687
4,222,900
4,444,300
4,581,200
4,806,600
4,982,500
5,186,200
5,401,300
5,614,200
5,818,300
6,042,686
6,143,000
6,272,000
6,403,000
6,537,000
6,664,000
6,769,000
6,847,000
6,912,000
6,971,000
Year Population
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
7,041,980
7,085,000
7,065,000
7,034,000
7,021,000
7,086,000
7,160,000
7,240,000
7,315,000
7,380,000
7,477,421
7,571,000
7,679,000
7,830,000
7,962,000
8,092,000
8,249,000
8,419,000
8,556,000
8,650,000
8,863,160
8,988,200
9,115,600
9,208,100
9,280,600
9,327,300
9,369,800
9,470,900
9,603,300

*Decennial Census Year: United States Censuses of 1850 through 1990 were taken on June 1, 1910 on April 15 and 1920 on January 1. All subsequent censuses have been taken on April. All intercensal estimates (those for years not ending in zero) are as of January 1.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, decennial censuses of 1850 through 1990. Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Department of Regional Planning, estimates for 1851 through 1919. California Taxpayers Association, estimates for 1921 through 1939. Los Angeles County 1998. Historical data compiled by George Malone, Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

1998-99 State of the County Report, United Way of Greater Los Angeles


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