section_path: Demographics/Demographics of Los Angeles and Orange counties/Age and gender
section_name: Age and gender
paragraph_text: Age and gender
  
  According to the 2009 American Community Survey, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area had a population of 12,874,797, of which 6,402,498 (49.7% of the population) were male and 6,472,299 (50.3% of the population) were female. The age composition is shown in the table at right.
  
  Median age: 34.6 years