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The population of Los Angeles reached more than 100,000 with the 1900 census, [118] more than a million in 1930, more than two million in 1960, and more than 3 million in 1990. Los Angeles surpassed Chicago to become the nation's second largest city between 1980 and 1982, with a population estimated to be 3.022 million in 1982.
1850 April 4: Los Angeles incorporated. [1] September 9: Los Angeles becomes part of the new U.S. state of California. [1] Population: 1,610 city; 3,530 county. [1] Los Angeles County established. 1851 – Los Angeles Star, city's first newspaper, begins publication. [12]
The same year, the California Gold Rush began, triggering intensified U.S. westward expansion. California joined the Union as a free state via the Compromise of 1850. By the end of the 19th century, California was still largely rural and agricultural, with a population of about 1.4 million.
The Los Angeles Common Council was created in 1850 as the city of Los Angeles grew from a remote town of 5,000 residents to a city of 15,000 residents. [1] Between 1850 and 1858, the council had 7 seats and for two years after had 10 seats drawn by lots. [2] From 1870 to 1889, the council had a ward system with three (until 1877) and five (1877 ...
Los Angeles: California: 1,970,358: Los Angeles is one of the few cities to have nearly continuous growth since 1950. 5 Detroit: Michigan: 1,849,568: Population peaked this census. To date, Detroit is the only city in the United States to have a population grow beyond 1 million and then fall below that figure. 6 Baltimore: Maryland: 949,708
In 1970, there were 763,000 African Americans in Los Angeles. [20] They were the second largest minority group after the then estimated 815,000 Mexican Americans. Los Angeles had the west coast's largest black population. Between 1975 and 1980, 96,833 blacks moved to Los Angeles while 73,316 blacks left Los Angeles.
Many lived in or near the small Pueblo of Los Angeles (present-day Los Angeles). [2] Many other Californios lived on the 455 ranchos of Alta California , which contained slightly more than 8,600,000 acres (35,000 km 2 ), nearly all bestowed by the Spanish and then Mexican governors with an average of about 18,900 acres (76 km 2 ) each.
Los Angeles County was one of the original counties established at the time of statehood. The eastern part of the original county was set aside in 1853 as San Bernardino County. In 1866 Kern County was established with land that had previously been assigned to Tulare and Los Angeles Counties. The boundary between Los Angeles and Ventura was ...