{{Short description|Region of Los Angeles County, California}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Central Los Angeles |settlement_type = Region of Los Angeles<!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.--> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = United States Los Angeles Western |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location within Southern Los Angeles |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = California |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Los Angeles |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = Los Angeles |blank2_name_sec1 = Cities |blank2_info_sec1 = |blank3_name_sec1 = Unincorporated areas |blank3_info_sec1 = |coordinates = }}

'''Central Los Angeles''' is the historical urban region of the city of Los Angeles, containing downtown Los Angeles, and several nearby regions in southwest Los Angeles County, California.

==Geographic designation by The City of Los Angeles== The Los Angeles Department of City Planning divides the city into Area Planning Commission (APC) areas, each further divided into Community Plan areas (CPAs).

The Central Los Angeles APC area is made up of the following six CPAs:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://zimas.lacity.org/|title=ZIMAS|website=zimas.lacity.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/ca/Los-Angeles-County/Maps/Zoning-Areas|title=Zoning Areas Map of Los Angeles County, CA &#124; PropertyShark.com|website=www.propertyshark.com}}</ref>

* Central City CPA * Central City North CPA * Hollywood CPA * Westlake CPA * Wilshire CPA

Each CPA is divided by neighborhood council, though a neighborhood council can cover an area in more than one CPA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://empowerla.org/city-map/|title=City Map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://empowerla.org/councils-by-commission-area/|title=Councils By Commission Area}}</ref> Neighborhoods within each CPA include the following:

'''Central City CPA'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Historic Resources Survey Report: Central City Community Plan Area | website=City of Los Angeles | date=September 2016 | url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/55d383ee-3403-41fb-9b63-5c60afa4a170/SurveyLACentralCity_SurveyReport.pdf | access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Bunker Hill * Central City East * Civic Center * Convention Center district * El Pueblo district * Fashion District * Historic Core * Little Tokyo * South Park * Warehouse District {{div col end}} '''Central City North CPA'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Historic Resources Survey Report: Central City North Community Plan Area | website=City of Los Angeles | date=September 2016 | url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/4004f839-e03a-43a2-a759-7ad60d40f19b/SurveyLACentralCityNorth_SurveyReport_RevMay18.pdf | access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Chinatown * Little Tokyo (partly) * Arts District * Warehouse District {{div col end}} '''Wilshire CPA'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Los Angeles City Planning | website=Home | date=2020-06-05 | url=http://preservation.lacity.org/sites/default/files/SurveyLAWilshire_SurveyReport_.pdf | access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Wilshire Center * Koreatown * Hancock Park * Windsor Square * Larchmont * Mid-Wilshire * Mid-City * Beverly–Fairfax * Carthay * Pico–Robertson (partly) {{div col end}} '''Hollywood CPA'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Los Angeles City Planning | website=Home | date=2020-06-05 | url=http://preservation.lacity.org/sites/default/files/SurveyLAHollywood_SurveyReport.pdf | access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Bird Streets * Beachwood Canyon * East Hollywood * Hollywood * Hollywood Hills * Laurel Canyon (partly)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/InitialRpts/CPC-2017-2864.PDF |title= DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING RECOMMENDATION REPORT |date=January 25, 2018 |website=planning.lacity.org |format=PDF|access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref> * Little Armenia * Los Feliz * Thai Town {{div col end}} '''Westlake CPA'''<ref>{{cite web | title=Los Angeles City Planning | website=Home | date=2020-06-05 | url=https://preservation.lacity.org/sites/default/files/Westlake%20Report_0.pdf | access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Westlake * Historic Filipinotown * Temple–Beaudry {{div col end}}

==Geographic designation by Mapping L.A. Project== According to the Mapping L.A. survey of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' the Central Los Angeles region constitutes {{cvt|57.87|sqmi}} and comprises twenty-three neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles, as well as Griffith Park, the city's largest public park. In Mapping L.A., the Central Los Angeles region consists of:<ref name=MappingLACentralLA>{{Cite web|url=http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/region/central-la/|title=Central L.A.|website=Mapping L.A.}}</ref>

thumb|upright|Central Los Angeles as mapped by the ''Los Angeles Times''

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Arlington Heights * Beverly Grove * Carthay * Chinatown * Downtown * East Hollywood * Echo Park * Elysian Park * Elysian Valley * Faircrest Heights * Griffith Park * Hancock Park * Harvard Heights * Hollywood * Hollywood Hills * Hollywood Hills West * Koreatown * Larchmont * Los Feliz * Mid-City * Mid-Wilshire * Pico-Union * Silver Lake * West Hollywood * Westlake * Windsor Square {{div col end}}

==Population== The following data applies to Central Los Angeles within the boundaries set by Mapping L.A.:

In the 2000 United States census, Central Los Angeles had 836,638 residents in its {{cvt|57.87|sqmi}}, including the uninhabited Griffith and Elysian parks, which amounted to 14,458 people per square mile. The densest neighborhood was Koreatown, and the least dense was Elysian Park.<ref name=MappingLACentralLA/> The four densest regions by population were in Central Los Angeles: Koreatown with 42,611 residents per square mile, followed by Westlake, 38,214; East Hollywood, 31,095, and Pico-Union, 25,352.<ref>[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/population/density/neighborhood/list] "Density," Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>

About 81% of the area's population lived in rental units, while 19% lived in owner-occupied housing. Westlake was the neighborhood with the highest rental occupancy, and Hollywood Hills West had the lowest. The latter district also had the oldest population, and Pico-Union had the youngest. Hollywood Hills West also was the wealthiest neighborhood, and Downtown was the poorest. Hollywood Hills West was the neighborhood with the largest percentage of residents holding a four-year academic degree, and Pico-Union had the lowest percentage.<ref name=MappingLACentralLA/> The ethnic breakdown in 2000 was Latino 46.1%; white 26.4%, Asian 16.2%; black 8.2%, and other 3.1%. Mid-Wilshire was the most ethnically diverse neighborhood and Pico-Union the least.<ref name=MappingLACentralLA/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==See also== '''Other regions of Los Angeles County'''

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Angeles National Forest * Antelope Valley * Eastside * Harbor * Northeast Los Angeles * Northwest County * Pomona Valley * San Fernando Valley * San Gabriel Valley * South Bay * Santa Monica Mountains * South Los Angeles * Southeast County * Verdugos * Westside {{div col end}}

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