Diverse Los Angeles

DIVERSE LOS ANGELES

JOEBANY CORVERA CHRIS RIGGERT

BACKGROUND INFO CITY AREA (SQ MI) 467 COUNTY AREA 4,081 5-COUNTY AREA 34,149

5-COUNTY POPULATION 17,786,419

COUNTY POPULATION 9,818,605 CITY POPULATION 3,831,868

GEOGRAPHY

Primarily desert basin Surrounded by San Gabriel Mountain

range Divided by Santa Monica Mountains 75 miles of coastline

BACKGROUND INFO BUSINESS

Top 5 industries

ROLE

CULTURAL

Direct international trade Tourism Motion picture/TV production Technology Financial services

Media Empire Most museum of any US city 1 in 6 work in creative industry Earns 34 Billion annually

TRADE/IMPORT/EXPORT

5th busiest port in world when

combined with Long Beach

TRANSPORTATION

Gateway in and out of Western US

Has 4 airports, each with different

function

OLD

HISTORY

Originally settled in 1781 by settlers from Mexican provinces. Mexico was still under Spanish rule.

Mexico declared independence in 1821.

Became American city in 1847 when captured during the Mexican-American War. South Pacific Railroad line was completed in 1876, oil was discovered shortly after.

1910, Hollywood created. Generated much revenue during the Great Depression.

PLAZA CHURCH 1869

ETHNIC GROWTH OVER TIME

1940

1980

From 1880s to 1930s, prim

transplanted farmers.

Quicker stabilization after t brought minorities seeking

marily white Midwest

the Great Depression jobs in the late 1930s.

Because city was founded later than New York or Chicago, as they were de-industrializing, LA’s

industry continued to grow.

1960

1970

1990

2000

NEW

YORK

ANGELES LOS

SIMILAR SITUATION POPULATION

3,831,868 17,786,419

3

= 1,000,000 IN CITY LIMITS

= 1,000,000 IN CSA

RACE

2.2

WHITE

28.9

BLACK HISPANIC

48.6 9.4 10.7

ASIAN OTHER

% FOREIGN BORN

40.9

2

CHICAGO

3,391,881 22,085,659

2,851,268 9,804,845

2.2

27.6

11.9 36.0

2.4 35.3

23.0

27.3

33.3

5.2 32.8 21.7

S E AT T L E

LOS ANGELES

SIMILAR SITE POPULATION

617, 3,344

3,831,868 17,786,419

= 1,000,000 IN CITY LIMITS

= 1,000,000 IN CSA

RACE

2.2 28.9

WHITE BLACK

5.0 6.1 6.8 13.1

48.6

HISPANIC

9.4 10.7

ASIAN OTHER

% FOREIGN BORN

40.9

12.6

DIEGO SAN

SAN FRANCISCO

,334 4,813

805,235 7,468,390

0

28.6

1,306,301 3,001,072

4.0

69.0

28.9 14.2

28.6

3.8

14.6 5.8

27.4

21.5

6.3

47.1

GUEST WORKERS

A HISTORY OF RACIAL TENSION Chinese workers were brought in to help complete Railroads extending the coast of California.

1880s - CHINESE HELP BUILD RAILROAD Mexican workers were exploited for cheap labor during the great depression.

1930s - MEXICANS HELP HARVEST CROPS

RIOTS

During the WWII, soldiers stationed in LA did not approve of the Mexican youth’s zoot suits.

1943 - ZOOT SUIT RIOT After police offers pulled over an African American driver, the neighborhood began to get violent by throwing rocks at the officers. Aprox 4,000 arrests, 40 Million in damages.

1965 - WATTS RIOT After four officers were acquitted after being caught on tape beating Rodney king, African Americans and Hispanics took to the streets, looting and burning down stores.

1992 - RODNEY KING RIOT

CONCLUSION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY LOS ANGELES IS A REGIONAL AUTHORITY WITH A VERY UNIQUE RACIAL COMPOSITION. BECAUSE OF THIS, LOS ANGELES HAS A HISTORY OF RACIAL TENSION.

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