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Satellite map of the San Francisco Bay Area from the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city's 17.7-square-mile (46 km 2) area includes 10.5 square miles (27 km 2) of land and 7.2 square miles (19 km 2) (40.83%) water, most of it part of San Francisco Bay.
For comparison, the "New York–Newark" Urbanized Area had a population density of 5,309 per square mile (2,050/km 2). Los Angeles' reputation for sprawl is due to the fact that the city grew from relative obscurity to one of the country's ten largest cities (i.e. 10th largest city in 1920), at a time when suburban patterns of growth first ...
The Los Angeles–Anaheim–Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km 2), making it the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area. The contiguous urban area is 2,281 square miles (5,910 km 2 ), whereas the remainder mostly consists of mountain and desert areas.
The city of Los Angeles covers a total area of 502.7 square miles (1,302 km 2), comprising 468.7 square miles (1,214 km 2) of land and 34.0 square miles (88 km 2) of water. [85] The city extends for 44 miles (71 km) from north to south and for 29 miles (47 km) from east to west. The perimeter of the city is 342 miles (550 km).
The maps cover the 4,000 square miles [10,500 km 2] of Los Angeles County — by far the most populous county in the nation — from the high desert to the coast. In 2009, there were an estimated 9.8 million residents, up from 9.5 million counted in the 2000 U.S. census, the basis for The Times' demographic analysis for each neighborhood and ...
Partial map of Los Angeles County showing population density in 2000 by census tract. At the 2000 census, [41] there were 9,519,338 people, 3,133,774 households, and 2,137,233 families in the county. The population density was 2,344 inhabitants per square mile (905/km 2).
Long Beach is about 21 miles (34 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 80.35 square miles (208.1 km 2), of which 50.70 square miles (131.3 km 2) is land and 29.64 square miles (76.8 km 2) (36.8%) is water.
Map of California topography and geomorphic provinces California's major mountain ranges. California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km 2), California is among the most geographically diverse states.