Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous
city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within
the city limits as of 2020, It is the second-most populous city in the United
States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural
center of Southern California. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse
population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 13.2 million people.
Greater Los Angeles, which includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino
metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18 million residents.
The majority of the city proper lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent
to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending partly through the Santa Monica
Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the
San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2),
and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county
in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.
It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. with over 2.7 million visitors
as of 2022.
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