The population structure of Los Angeles

The population of downtown Los Angeles is about 465,438+million, and the total population of its suburbs and satellite city greater los angeles area is about160,000.

A large number of immigrants have made Los Angeles a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural international city. Ethnic minorities account for about half of the city's population and there are many immigrant communities. Areas inhabited by various ethnic groups have formed their own "cities", such as Brazil Street, which is full of rich Brazilian culture. Brazilian-Americans can be seen dancing the charming samba at the Brazilian Carnival in March every year. Los Angeles is also one of the major gathering places for Chinese Americans, with about 400,000 Chinese living here. Los Angeles' nickname "Luosheng" is a Cantonese transliteration of early Chinese immigrants from Guangdong. Moreover, the city of Los Angeles belongs to Los Angeles County, so it also means "provincial capital".

However, the mixture of different races also makes Los Angeles, like other big American cities, face powerful racial problems. 1992 there was a big riot in which blacks opposed the abuse of police power by white police.

Age population growth rate

1790 13 1 —

1800 3 15 —

18 10 365 —

1820 650 —

1830 1,300 —

1840 2,240 —

1850 1,6 10 —

1860 4,385 172.4%

1870 5,728 30.6%

1880 1 1, 183 95.2%

1890 50,395 350.6%

1900 102,479 103.4%

19 10 3 19, 198 2 1 1.5%

1920 576,673 80.7%

1930 1,238,048 1 14.7%

1940 1,504,277 2 1.5%

1950 1,970,358 3 1.0%

1960 2,479,0 15 25.8%

1970 2,8 16,06 1 13.6%

1980 2,966,850 5.4%

1990 3,485,398 17.5%

2000 3,694,820 6.0%

Los Angeles is one of the cities with the most diverse religious groups in the world.

Many religions have followers in Los Angeles, among which the number of Christian sects exceeds 100. With a large number of Spaniards, Filipinos and Irish, Roman Catholicism is the largest religious group in Los Angeles.

The Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles leads the largest parish in the United States. In 2002, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels was built at the northern end of the city center.

The Temple of Los Angeles is the second largest church of jesus christ of latter-day saints in the world, located on Santa Monica Avenue in westwood, Los Angeles. Founded in 1956, it is the first church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints in California. The visitor center is open to the public, as is the Family History Center in the Los Angeles area.

Los Angeles has the second largest Jewish population in the United States, after new york. There are many reformist, conservative and orthodox synagogues in the whole city. Most of them are located in the San Fernando Valley and West Los Angeles.

The revival of Zi Street from 1906 to 1909 is a milestone in the history of Pentecostalism. Soon after, Protestant fundamentalism also got its name in Los Angeles and took a crucial step. From 65438 to 0909, the Bible College of Los Angeles (B.I.O.L.A, now Biola University) published and widely distributed a series of books called Fundamentals, which introduced the conservative interpretation of the Bible tradition. The term "Christian fundamentalism" is named after this series.

In the 1920s, Aimee semple mcpherson (1890-) founded the prosperous Sifang Evangelical International Church, and Angelus Temple was open to both white and black believers. 1949, Reverend Billy Graham became a celebrity because he held a successful revival party in LA. The Global Church of God founded by Herbert W Armstrong was once headquartered near Pasadena, but it is located in Glendale. Before his death in 2005, Dr. Jean Scott had a foothold near the city center. Metropolitan Community Church is a Christian group with gays and lesbians as its main members. It was founded by Troy Perry in Los Angeles on 1968.

Because there are a large number of people of different races in Los Angeles, there are many organizations with various religious beliefs, including Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Baha 'i, various Orthodox churches, Sufism and so on. For example, immigrants from Asia have established many Buddhist societies, which makes the city have the largest variety of Buddhists in the world. Los Angeles has the largest number of Buddhists in the United States. There are more than 300 Buddhist temples in this city.