The history of Los Angeles
The history of Los Angeles begins about 10-20 thousand years ago, long before the appearance on the mainland of the first Europeans: all this time there were concentrated several villages of Indians who were engaged in hunting and gathering. The permanent settlement was founded on September 4, 1781 and was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles di Porciuncula. For several decades it was just a small town, but in 1820 its population exceeded 600 people, and after thirty years received the official status of the city. Since then, the city is developing rapidly and today it is a huge metropolis with a multi-million population and developed infrastructure. According to the statistical report for 2006-2008, there were 3,749,058 inhabitants, 1,275,534 households and 778,991 households (as of July 1, 2009, 3,831,868 residents). The density of the population, thus, was 2904.9 people per km². The racial makeup of the city was 49.5% White, 9.9% African American, 0.6% Indian, 10.4% Asian, 0.2% indigenous, Pacific Islander, 26.5% races. 48.4% of the population defined their origin as Latin American. In Los Angeles, one of the largest diasporas of the Asian and Latin American population lives among the cities of the United States. The city also has a significant Armenian diaspora. POPULATION