Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County is comprised of Metro, South LA, South Bay, Westside, Gateway Cities and San Fernando, San Gabriel, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys.
Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the United States. The county is home to 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated city-like areas. Los Angeles County borders 70 miles of coast on the Pacific Ocean and encompasses numerous other natural landscapes including towering mountain ranges, deep valleys, forests, islands, lakes, rivers, and desert. It also includes the westernmost part of the Mojave Desert, San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island in the Pacific Ocean.
The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, and recorded music), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. Los Angeles is also the largest manufacturing center in the United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together comprise the most significant port in North America and one of the most important ports in the world, and they are vital to trade within the Pacific Rim. Other significant industries include media production, finance, telecommunications, law, health and medicine, and transportation.
Los Angeles County has one of the largest freeway systems in the world, with 27 intertwining freeways. Nearly half of the nation’s imports and one-fourth of exports move by road between the nation’s two busiest ports of entry, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The fifth busiest commercial airport in the world is the Los Angeles International Airport which handled over 61 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo in 2006.
Economic Development divides Los Angeles County by regions: San Gabriel Valley and Gateway Cities, South Bay and Westside, and San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and all points north. Here is a list of our partners in Los Angeles County:
