section_path: Definitions/Los Angeles metropolitan area
section_name: Los Angeles metropolitan area
paragraph_text: Los Angeles metropolitan area
  
  The Los Angeles metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with a 2021 population of 12,997,353. The MSA is in turn made up of two "metropolitan divisions":
  
  The MSA is the most populous metropolitan area in the Western United States and second-most populous in the United States. It has at its core the Los Angeles – Long Beach – Anaheim urban area, which had a population of 12,237,376 as of the 2020 census.